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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa) 04/29/2019 at 19:20 • Filed to: None

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My LS400, ostensibly a car made for eating up highway miles in comfort, has had a nasty vibration at highway speed that sort of ruins any comfort there might have been. Today I finally ordered the OEM castor arm bushings to remedy that issue. Also ordered: #82 Keihin main jets for the CX500 and new carb boots. Grand total is about $82 for all that. Hopefully it all works out.

Bonus pic of the bushings in question:

Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/29/2019 at 20:20

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Will you be installing the bushings yourself?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's 04/29/2019 at 20:32

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Yeah. Buddy has a lift. Other buddy has a press.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/29/2019 at 22:34

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Wheel weights havnt been wiped off by the caliper?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > sony1492 04/29/2019 at 23:06

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Nope. Road force balanced and everything. Sticky weights don’t clear at all on these cars.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/29/2019 at 23:16

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Thats  why I asked, at one point in time I ran this rim brake combination on the sc and a tech mounted the weights too far inboard. 

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > sony1492 04/29/2019 at 23:33

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A friend of mine has some chrome 17" JDM Aristo wheels for sale... very tempting.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/30/2019 at 00:34

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Ma y aswell be older IS wheels with a toyota centercap though.

What about the newer is250 or ls430 wheels?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > sony1492 04/30/2019 at 00:42

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Another friend has some newer IS wheels on his SC400. They’re pretty hot. Not sure how they’d look on a big boat like the LS400 though.

sony1492 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/30/2019 at 01:03

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Wo w, those facelift sc400s are pretty rare that specific color may even be in the hundreds

Is wheels will match as long as you get the right size tires.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > sony1492 04/30/2019 at 01:23

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That specific color combo is one of like 220 or so. 1997 so it doesn’t get the good engine but w/e. His plan is to manual swap it.

Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 04/30/2019 at 20:09

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Nice, I may take a stab at replacing mine one day, though I have no lift or a press. 

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's 04/30/2019 at 20:41

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Some towns have shops where you can rent a bay+tools for a modest price. Just make sure you know what you’re getting into and can get it done in a reasonable amount of time.

V12 Jake II- New and Improved! > sony1492 05/03/2019 at 09:06

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Those 430 wheels are pretty hard to find for under a 1000 a pop unless you want reproduction wheels. At least they were when I was looking last year. 

sony1492 > V12 Jake II- New and Improved! 05/04/2019 at 11:37

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Reproductions wouldnt be the end of the world