@@fancy5kitchencateringllcda431 Yes it does. I saw that when I bought the car, it’s strange because the tires look brand new but they’re cheap tires so it makes sense.
That rust on the exhaust doesnt look toooo bad. It looks mostly surface rust. Typical of a place that has snow, but it doesn't look bad enough to say that lots of salt was used on the road. But just make sure you soak penetrating fluid on the bolts for at least a day before you remove it, or else it might strip and you'd need to resort to heat with a blow torch or otherwise. (Just my suspicion, but it probably looks worst than the rest cause heat accelerates rust, and it being the exhaust, probably caused it to do so at a faster are than rest of the sheetmetal). The front aluminum plate they used also indicates that, as these lexus front bumpers used a metal bolt with a retaining clip to connect the plastic bumper to the underside tray. In snowy places, the bolt would rust itself to the retaining clip, and would break of the bumper when you try to remove it. (As me how I know lol). They must've used that aluminum plate to allow bolts to go through since the retaining clips were gone. These cars do have center lift points (different than jacks points that you usually use). On the 2IS AWD anyway, I know it is the crossmemeber right next to the oil pan (not the pan itself) in the middle of the car. (Guy probably missed and jacked oil pan instead), and in the rear it is the rear differential. You can jack these points up instead of having to use the pinch welds, and generally makes it easier since you jack both sides up at once. But yeah, gotta be careful not to accidentally jack the oil pan as they did. (As long as the pickup tube is okay, it "should" be fine, just make sure the oil is still in the acceptable range and not overfilled due to the dent).
@@georgekallely7103 Thanks for the info. They didn’t want to spend money on a whole new front bumper assembly so I guess that aluminum plate got the job done 😆.
@@boomlightsout Yeah you’re right, I forgot about the center hole. I thought maybe that’s what the circle was there for. I wouldn’t even jack my car from the oil pan to begin with.
You sound exactly like eddie murphy in coming to america.. where he played the african dude..
@@Z-Ack 😆 one of my favorite movies
That tire has a knot as well
@@fancy5kitchencateringllcda431 Yes it does. I saw that when I bought the car, it’s strange because the tires look brand new but they’re cheap tires so it makes sense.
That rust on the exhaust doesnt look toooo bad. It looks mostly surface rust. Typical of a place that has snow, but it doesn't look bad enough to say that lots of salt was used on the road. But just make sure you soak penetrating fluid on the bolts for at least a day before you remove it, or else it might strip and you'd need to resort to heat with a blow torch or otherwise. (Just my suspicion, but it probably looks worst than the rest cause heat accelerates rust, and it being the exhaust, probably caused it to do so at a faster are than rest of the sheetmetal).
The front aluminum plate they used also indicates that, as these lexus front bumpers used a metal bolt with a retaining clip to connect the plastic bumper to the underside tray. In snowy places, the bolt would rust itself to the retaining clip, and would break of the bumper when you try to remove it. (As me how I know lol). They must've used that aluminum plate to allow bolts to go through since the retaining clips were gone.
These cars do have center lift points (different than jacks points that you usually use). On the 2IS AWD anyway, I know it is the crossmemeber right next to the oil pan (not the pan itself) in the middle of the car. (Guy probably missed and jacked oil pan instead), and in the rear it is the rear differential. You can jack these points up instead of having to use the pinch welds, and generally makes it easier since you jack both sides up at once. But yeah, gotta be careful not to accidentally jack the oil pan as they did. (As long as the pickup tube is okay, it "should" be fine, just make sure the oil is still in the acceptable range and not overfilled due to the dent).
@@georgekallely7103 Thanks for the info. They didn’t want to spend money on a whole new front bumper assembly so I guess that aluminum plate got the job done 😆.
Youre not supposed to jack the car up from the circle of the oil pan. Youre supposed to use the center hole of the crossmember.
@@boomlightsout Yeah you’re right, I forgot about the center hole. I thought maybe that’s what the circle was there for. I wouldn’t even jack my car from the oil pan to begin with.