@CluelessMediaofficial um has the maintaince been very expensive like engine or transmission or just regular also have you taken it on any road trips recently?
You having 115 subs and putting out videos of this quality is amazing it definitely shows you care about making videos especially working 6 days a week like you said. Keep up the good work brother it always pays off💪🏻
My 93 LS400 is a gem too, it didn't have the best maintenance outside of oil changes, and basic. But I am slowly giving it the love it deserves, but it's in almost immaculate cosmetic condition, and despite being on factory spark plugs, and wires it shifts buttery smooth, and ran like a champ! I just replaced all the plugs, and wires with NGK's, brand new air filter. My car is an Arizona car so the hoses, and everything are all rotted badly, and I have to get a new breather tube, and the PS pump, is over due. But old car problems aside my LS400 is beautiful, it's a 93 gold package as well and I will drive this car until I can't anymore!
yoooo nice car man!!! I used to drive the blue two-toned one with the same year about 10 years ago with around 200,000 miles when I bought it. Totaled the car by HUGE hit and run accident in DTLA. Even though the right side of the car is completely smashed, I was totally fine with no injuries after the accident. After that I bought LS 400 1999 and now I have driven gs 2009 for about 10 years now. Honestly the セルシオ era from 10前期−30後期 is the best cars of entire toyota history in my opinion, especially ３０後期. Old school yakuza cars. I love them so much.
I’ve had my millennium silver 2000 LS400 as a daily for two years now and absolutely adore it. No rust, 165k miles, on coil overs, resonator delete, and everything works. 20” chrome Dubs in summer, 18” gold BBSs for winter. Gets a lot of love from random people too. I thoroughly enjoy every minute behind the wheel of this Japanese automotive masterpiece.🤌🏼 My Mother has driven a very clean 100k mile 1993 LS400 for six years now as well and she loves it too. Peace to anyone who has a passion and appreciation for the LS400.🙏🏼 1UZ for life.☝🏼
do you get any of electrical issues with your ls400 ? i am asking since the cars that is +25 years old tend to have those electric nightmares when capacitors start to leak, ribbon cables and diffent control boards go bad… any negative OR positive comments ? Thank you for your time
@@dmitryk2058 No electrical issues with my 2000 LS so far. The 93 LS has a few electric gremlins like the inoperable side mirrors, fuel gauge barely works and needles on the dashboard gauges don’t fully light up anymore. My mechanic who owns a Celsior and hence knows these cars very well told me the 93 will need an ECU rebuild to bring it back. Pretty common repair for the older LS400s.
@@eddiethetruhead Thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated. My main concern is getting stuck with a vehicle that i can't find parts for and having troubles repairing it
With the reliability of these LSs I don’t think parts cost is bad at all, especially compared to modern cars. Lots of bang for your buck. The fuel efficiency is decent for a V8 too as long as you drive it chill. I would suggest you don’t go older than 95 cause then you need an ODB1 reader for the engine codes instead of OBD2 which is more commonly available.
Metal 3d printing exists. When it is more mainstream/shops can do custom prints, we can make anything. Custom exhausts, suspension components, internals, anything. CAD is limitless. It will blow open the market for older cars.
Had a beautiful 97 ls400 previous owner repainted it a single color which was like a olive green 🪖 I’m not a fan of green but man was that thing pretty,was sitting on 20’s had the wheel gap erased I miss that car so much….I had to let it go for the reason being parts we’re definitely hard to come by,all around condition was 9/10 well taken care of dash had 315k miles on it.I still remember the day I picked it up it was a rainy cold day,two days before Christmas literally went home smiling all my windows rolled down sunroof open 😂😂
i love they gave you the whole history because i was also given the complete history all the way back to the original transcript of the order off the lot of the dealership. I was in awe of the care for the car. sadly the owner i bought it off of swapped with crappy maxpeeding coils, and still gave me the stock which i put back on, better ride imo. I 100% love this cars ride and i am hoping to just replace the bushings to return some comfort. I keep up my maintenence as well And ive got the tie rods to replace before they actually go bad
Holy hell man. Your story down to the coilovers is my 98 LS400 to a tee lol. Mine was a highway car so I bought it at 400k, and I've put 20k on it since March of this year. I have every service record like you, grandma passed it down after her husband passed. Too wild man haha. Enjoy your 91!
When I got mines they converted the ac r12 system to 134a ac system if your compressor keeps blowing it may be they didn’t change the expansion device along with drier. The 2 refrigerants use different refrigerant oils which use different viscosities and will burn out compressors if not replaced
@@HenrySoBeefy man if you have a UL and the door actuator goes out it’s a $500 part. These can be expensive for parts but the labor is pretty easy if you can turn a wrench
@@HenrySoBeefy What I've been running into is a luxury car at this age; parts and labor will get you. From what I've seen on the internet, many guys with this car work on it themselves, but I'm not one of those handy guys. Tried once and made it worse, lol.
@@HenrySoBeefydont listen to them about it being “expensive” they sold millions and millions of these cars. Junkyards have all the parts you’ll need for cheap. They share a lot of parts between the SC300 SC400. I don’t recommend you buy new parts if you can just repair the parts you have. Make friends with machine shops, you local trustworthy mechanic and pick up some books and you’ll have a great car you can work on and repairs will be cheap and you’ll know you did it yourself. My LS400 has no dash lights. The odometer is out, the trans is rebuilt poorly, and they tried to upgrade the alarm system and I Have a parasite draw. I don’t give a F about any of that anymore. The body and paint is mint and the suspension just needs new bushings. One day I’ll fix all of the small things but why spend the money? Why invest money when the point was the car was cheap lol If I spend over 3500 on repairs for the car I basically totaled it lol
question for LS 400 owners: do you get any of electrical issues with your ls400 ? i am asking since the cars that is +25 years old tend to have those electric nightmares when capacitors start to leak, ribbon cables and diffent control boards go bad… any negative OR positive comments ? Thank you for your time
Good question, Yes these have there electrical issues. Unfortunatly i am currently struggling with a common one which is the gauge cluster issue, the temp gauge and speedometer have gone limp lol. So i have to send it out to get rebuilt.
@@CluelessMediaofficial Thanks for your feedback, its greatly appreciated. My main concern is not being able to find parts ( like ECU, capacitors or other electrical components ) and being stuck with the vehicle that' i cant repair...
@@dmitryk2058 Well the beuty about owning these machines is that there is a variety of groups that can help you out with that! It's all about connections!
My 92 with factory air ride road great at 227k. Two Minnesota winters and 20k miles later and I'm in the process of a full suspension rebuild with coilovers. If the bushings and air ride are in good condition it holds up well with modern semi luxury cars albeit much floatier and boat like.
My 1993 LS400 is on stuck suspension with closing in on 150k miles, 30 years later and it rides like an absolute cloud! It's a couch on wheels and the leather seats are so cushiony it's amazing! If you had the wool seats, it's an even more magical experience! My car also does not have the air ride suspension option and it rides this good!
I own an SC400 with the same motor. God help you when it comes time to do the starter or the timing belt, man. I did my starter in 2020; OMG, it was like visiting the 7th circle of hell. haha "Why, Toyota, WHYYYYYY??" was rolling off my tongue more times that you could count. The timing belt is even worse. Thankfully, my bros helped me out on that one, but both these jobs are, "experts only," territory. By contrast, I also have a 1991 Honda Civic Si, and working on IT is a CAKE WALK.
i got a rsx and ls430 and all u really need is confidence and knowledge to work on anything, the timingbelt and starter job on my ls wasnt bad at all i enjoyed the process and finished both over one weekend
@@jtkmarc Either the LS430 is easier to work on (because the engine bay is much bigger than on the SC400), or you are more magical than Dr. Strange, Homie. haha
That's why when I do the timing belt on my LS it's also a good time to do the water pump, distributors, and rotors all at the same time. Front main seal as well if it's needed.
😅❤ I have a 91 Lexus I love my car I have a problem guess I'm just too old now to figure it out put a new battery in it and the steering wheel I don't know. How to reset things to it all over again especially the steering wheel up and down I just can't get it but I'm going to sell it and it runs good everything works in it electric sunroof is great
I see one on Craigslist that’s in great condition with 150k miles for $4800 and I’m trying not to be stupid because I already have an 08 IS 250 thats my daily but it’s so tempting
Um have you had a lot of expensive repairs like engine or transmission or just regular also have you taken it on any road trips recently and what's the mileage?
Every car i get i always intentionally or unintentionally do at least a 2 hour drive to "test" the car so far it's been pretty reliable. This also helps when the previous party takes care of the vehicle too ofc. Gas milage is terrible haha
@@DevonDavies-p7f I've only had the car for about a year and half now and i havent had any problems besides the classic gauge failure on the cluster. Engine and transmission is great! Just regular maintance!
Mine is a 91 LS400 Lexus V8 motors great runs fast but like I said in my I described it on your message they're great cars but I got to get out from underneath them now cuz I'm just pushing almost 80 so I'm selling mine it's up for sale hate to Let It Go but that's the way it goes😢😊
More content please this was very engaging.
Stay tuned! Appreciate the support!
@CluelessMediaofficial um has the maintaince been very expensive like engine or transmission or just regular also have you taken it on any road trips recently?
i got a single owner 98 with 42k miles recently its still the perfect car 25 years later
Sell it to meee
Damn 42k
Those aren't all that great, I'll take it off your hands
I picked one up this weekend with 80k miles 🤟🏼
Good sound level on the exhaust. Not just straightpiped
You having 115 subs and putting out videos of this quality is amazing it definitely shows you care about making videos especially working 6 days a week like you said. Keep up the good work brother it always pays off💪🏻
Always a great comment to wake up too. Appreciate you brother🤝
Agreed. This is a lot of solid editing
My 93 LS400 is a gem too, it didn't have the best maintenance outside of oil changes, and basic. But I am slowly giving it the love it deserves, but it's in almost immaculate cosmetic condition, and despite being on factory spark plugs, and wires it shifts buttery smooth, and ran like a champ!
I just replaced all the plugs, and wires with NGK's, brand new air filter. My car is an Arizona car so the hoses, and everything are all rotted badly, and I have to get a new breather tube, and the PS pump, is over due. But old car problems aside my LS400 is beautiful, it's a 93 gold package as well and I will drive this car until I can't anymore!
yoooo nice car man!!! I used to drive the blue two-toned one with the same year about 10 years ago with around 200,000 miles when I bought it. Totaled the car by HUGE hit and run accident in DTLA. Even though the right side of the car is completely smashed, I was totally fine with no injuries after the accident. After that I bought LS 400 1999 and now I have driven gs 2009 for about 10 years now. Honestly the セルシオ era from 10前期−30後期 is the best cars of entire toyota history in my opinion, especially ３０後期. Old school yakuza cars. I love them so much.
I’ve had my millennium silver 2000 LS400 as a daily for two years now and absolutely adore it. No rust, 165k miles, on coil overs, resonator delete, and everything works. 20” chrome Dubs in summer, 18” gold BBSs for winter. Gets a lot of love from random people too. I thoroughly enjoy every minute behind the wheel of this Japanese automotive masterpiece.🤌🏼
My Mother has driven a very clean 100k mile 1993 LS400 for six years now as well and she loves it too.
Peace to anyone who has a passion and appreciation for the LS400.🙏🏼
1UZ for life.☝🏼
do you get any of electrical issues with your ls400 ?
i am asking since the cars that is +25 years old tend to have those electric nightmares when capacitors start to leak, ribbon cables and diffent control boards go bad…
any negative OR positive comments ?
Thank you for your time
@@dmitryk2058 No electrical issues with my 2000 LS so far. The 93 LS has a few electric gremlins like the inoperable side mirrors, fuel gauge barely works and needles on the dashboard gauges don’t fully light up anymore. My mechanic who owns a Celsior and hence knows these cars very well told me the 93 will need an ECU rebuild to bring it back. Pretty common repair for the older LS400s.
@@eddiethetruhead Thanks for your feedback, greatly appreciated.
My main concern is getting stuck with a vehicle that i can't find parts for and having troubles repairing it
With the reliability of these LSs I don’t think parts cost is bad at all, especially compared to modern cars. Lots of bang for your buck. The fuel efficiency is decent for a V8 too as long as you drive it chill. I would suggest you don’t go older than 95 cause then you need an ODB1 reader for the engine codes instead of OBD2 which is more commonly available.
I love these vids man, I can’t wait tell you blow up
Much appreciate the support brother!
@@CluelessMediaofficial id love to be in a cars and mics episode one day
Metal 3d printing exists. When it is more mainstream/shops can do custom prints, we can make anything. Custom exhausts, suspension components, internals, anything. CAD is limitless. It will blow open the market for older cars.
Had a beautiful 97 ls400 previous owner repainted it a single color which was like a olive green 🪖
I’m not a fan of green but man was that thing pretty,was sitting on 20’s had the wheel gap erased I miss that car so much….I had to let it go for the reason being parts we’re definitely hard to come by,all around condition was 9/10 well taken care of dash had 315k miles on it.I still remember the day I picked it up it was a rainy cold day,two days before Christmas literally went home smiling all my windows rolled down sunroof open 😂😂
Great video editing. Like your charisma.
Keep up the great work bro!
Appreciate it!
Love the LS and you got your self a Gem 💎 there!
Nice video!!
aye that into song hard good shit
i love they gave you the whole history because i was also given the complete history all the way back to the original transcript of the order off the lot of the dealership. I was in awe of the care for the car. sadly the owner i bought it off of swapped with crappy maxpeeding coils, and still gave me the stock which i put back on, better ride imo. I 100% love this cars ride and i am hoping to just replace the bushings to return some comfort. I keep up my maintenence as well And ive got the tie rods to replace before they actually go bad
Just bought a 95 for 500$ single owner with all Lexus paper work maintenance. Sat for 3 years tho. So just doing maintenance for now 🤝🏽
Damn. Nice.
Holy hell man. Your story down to the coilovers is my 98 LS400 to a tee lol. Mine was a highway car so I bought it at 400k, and I've put 20k on it since March of this year. I have every service record like you, grandma passed it down after her husband passed. Too wild man haha. Enjoy your 91!
That's wild!
Just subbed great review
When I got mines they converted the ac r12 system to 134a ac system if your compressor keeps blowing it may be they didn’t change the expansion device along with drier. The 2 refrigerants use different refrigerant oils which use different viscosities and will burn out compressors if not replaced
subbed. Super underrated
I purchased a 97, single owner,
Yessir
Got a 430, amazing car
Why would you say the repairs are costly if you don't mind me asking? Been thinking about getting one
@@HenrySoBeefy man if you have a UL and the door actuator goes out it’s a $500 part. These can be expensive for parts but the labor is pretty easy if you can turn a wrench
@@HenrySoBeefy What I've been running into is a luxury car at this age; parts and labor will get you. From what I've seen on the internet, many guys with this car work on it themselves, but I'm not one of those handy guys. Tried once and made it worse, lol.
@@HenrySoBeefydont listen to them about it being “expensive” they sold millions and millions of these cars. Junkyards have all the parts you’ll need for cheap. They share a lot of parts between the SC300 SC400. I don’t recommend you buy new parts if you can just repair the parts you have. Make friends with machine shops, you local trustworthy mechanic and pick up some books and you’ll have a great car you can work on and repairs will be cheap and you’ll know you did it yourself.
My LS400 has no dash lights. The odometer is out, the trans is rebuilt poorly, and they tried to upgrade the alarm system and I Have a parasite draw.
I don’t give a F about any of that anymore. The body and paint is mint and the suspension just needs new bushings.
One day I’ll fix all of the small things but why spend the money?
Why invest money when the point was the car was cheap lol
If I spend over 3500 on repairs for the car I basically totaled it lol
question for LS 400 owners:
do you get any of electrical issues with your ls400 ?
i am asking since the cars that is +25 years old tend to have those electric nightmares when capacitors start to leak, ribbon cables and diffent control boards go bad…
any negative OR positive comments ?
Thank you for your time
Good question, Yes these have there electrical issues. Unfortunatly i am currently struggling with a common one which is the gauge cluster issue, the temp gauge and speedometer have gone limp lol. So i have to send it out to get rebuilt.
@@CluelessMediaofficial Thanks for your feedback, its greatly appreciated.
My main concern is not being able to find parts ( like ECU, capacitors or other electrical components ) and being stuck with the vehicle that' i cant repair...
@@dmitryk2058 Well the beuty about owning these machines is that there is a variety of groups that can help you out with that! It's all about connections!
I have a 98 Celsior and it's the best car I ever owned. Ls400 and Celsior are the most reliable cars ever built.
How is this car in the rain/winter? Have you tried it? I’m looking at 1995 jdm Toyota crown (close to it like a cousin) but live the same area as you
Great question! I haven't personally driven this in the winter, but i did have an is300 rwd that drove amazing in the winter! With ofc winter wheels!
@@CluelessMediaofficial does it have an open differential?
It was a factory LSD, all about driver with anything rwd!
Are you in Mpls? I'm bringing my 96 ls400 to mn in two weeks
Which rims are those?
but everyone says it rides like a cloud and absorbs bumps great on stock suspension or is that just a 1991 thing?
My 92 with factory air ride road great at 227k. Two Minnesota winters and 20k miles later and I'm in the process of a full suspension rebuild with coilovers. If the bushings and air ride are in good condition it holds up well with modern semi luxury cars albeit much floatier and boat like.
Basically what @hughter said and spring seats also work together with the suspention to make it seem like its on a cloud! Drivable couch!
My 1993 LS400 is on stuck suspension with closing in on 150k miles, 30 years later and it rides like an absolute cloud! It's a couch on wheels and the leather seats are so cushiony it's amazing! If you had the wool seats, it's an even more magical experience!
My car also does not have the air ride suspension option and it rides this good!
Found one for 6 k with 70k miles with melted cats is it’s a cop?
84k!? Thats around $188k in todays money.
Lexus is luxury just like Benz. Tbh it's a cheap rolls Royce but reliable 😅
I own an SC400 with the same motor. God help you when it comes time to do the starter or the timing belt, man. I did my starter in 2020; OMG, it was like visiting the 7th circle of hell. haha
"Why, Toyota, WHYYYYYY??" was rolling off my tongue more times that you could count.
The timing belt is even worse. Thankfully, my bros helped me out on that one, but both these jobs are, "experts only," territory.
By contrast, I also have a 1991 Honda Civic Si, and working on IT is a CAKE WALK.
i got a rsx and ls430 and all u really need is confidence and knowledge to work on anything, the timingbelt and starter job on my ls wasnt bad at all i enjoyed the process and finished both over one weekend
@@jtkmarc Either the LS430 is easier to work on (because the engine bay is much bigger than on the SC400), or you are more magical than Dr. Strange, Homie. haha
That's why when I do the timing belt on my LS it's also a good time to do the water pump, distributors, and rotors all at the same time. Front main seal as well if it's needed.
Great Video! In the process of buying a 96 model myself. Btw, Is that a custom grill you have on your car or is that original on the 91?
All factory front end look! Besides the markers!
That is factory!
😅❤ I have a 91 Lexus I love my car I have a problem guess I'm just too old now to figure it out put a new battery in it and the steering wheel I don't know. How to reset things to it all over again especially the steering wheel up and down I just can't get it but I'm going to sell it and it runs good everything works in it electric sunroof is great
Still driving my 1992 on coil overs and imitation bbs’s 😂 7 years later
Great fucking video man!!! Love the ls400 still
I see one on Craigslist that’s in great condition with 150k miles for $4800 and I’m trying not to be stupid because I already have an 08 IS 250 thats my daily but it’s so tempting
Um have you had a lot of expensive repairs like engine or transmission or just regular also have you taken it on any road trips recently and what's the mileage?
Every car i get i always intentionally or unintentionally do at least a 2 hour drive to "test" the car so far it's been pretty reliable. This also helps when the previous party takes care of the vehicle too ofc. Gas milage is terrible haha
@@CluelessMediaofficial have you had a lot of expensive mechanical repairs like engine or transmission or just regular maintenance?
@@DevonDavies-p7f I've only had the car for about a year and half now and i havent had any problems besides the classic gauge failure on the cluster. Engine and transmission is great! Just regular maintance!
@CluelessMediaofficial um when you went on any road trips did the car ever leave you stranded? Or any issues with smog?
Street Fighter 2 Lexus 🔥🇯🇵
How much did you buy it for?
Mine is a 91 LS400 Lexus V8 motors great runs fast but like I said in my I described it on your message they're great cars but I got to get out from underneath them now cuz I'm just pushing almost 80 so I'm selling mine it's up for sale hate to Let It Go but that's the way it goes😢😊
How much?
You in minnesota?
Yes!
I got my 1990 ls400 the same way
I have a newer gs350 I'll trade my car for a nice ls400
Twin fr
Wordd
Took too ling i was expecting a review
Dang you guys ruined this car by never stopping with all the videos about it ?
The game is to be sold
Not to be told ?
Uhhhhh. Cringe.