Curated JDM New To Me 2005 Lexus GS430 Review

*Vehicle now sold*
A new to me Lexus GS430 has arrived. It's a bit tatty despite having low k's. Come for a walkthrough and I'll show you the grot.

[ravipeiris]

Writing from California: Even in 2022, your car is a head turner especially with the dark blue color that you have. I drive the 2007 Lexus GS 350 in red.

[rcc]

I don't care when the car was built this is officially a 06. 05 was the last year of the old body style.

[Bond]

Awesome GS Jeff. Keep the content coming.

[MrMightyZ]

Supercats are Bridgstones. I have a JDM Soarer but the most beautiful sedan I’ve ever sat in was a 2005 GS430 with the black over silver (“two tone grey” as you call it) interior and black dash.

Taste is subjective but before I saw it I liked the beige and the all-black interior was my favorite but once I saw this interior I nearly cried. It was so beautiful and back then I couldn’t afford one but I knew it was all I wanted. 300hp is fine by me when it’s the most beautifully smooth and durable passenger vehicle engine ever built.
And 6.1 second to 100kays is more than enough for me. I’ve had a 400hp LS and even that was more powerful than real roads allowed for. I could never get that beautiful hard-driving synergistic feeling that an hour of pushing a nice car will bring because I always had to back off.
I much prefer my 250hp 1UZ to my 400hp LS but the 3UZ is the sweet spot. No intakes or exhausts. You can’t improve on perfection🤓

[sillbeer]

Need to get the Ozone machine into that to attempt removing the Winnie Red smell.

[justinpow]

Supercat tyres are actually Bridgestones, just a cheaper range. Still have my GS450h as a daily and its been really reliable apart from 1 or 2 minor dash noises which Lexus fixed. Otherwise, these are great cars especially with that 3uz engine. Used to daily a LS430 with the same motor but that just sits at home now to keep the mileage lower. The only regret so far is that I couldn't get a GS460 that was in good condition at the time, but that will soon be resolved with either a LS460 or GS F. Are you able to provide an update on the ride quality on the 20s if you do decide to put them on as these cars already have a pretty choppy ride on anything other than perfectly smooth tarmac.

[herewegoagain]

Can you tell us how much you paid for this 2 years ago?
Thanks

[guillermoverde]

Front rotors are very rares, why drills here?

[toyotadude]

No updates on this car after 8 months???

[boyasia]

Interior detail will render this car which you probably bought cheap, smell and look great!

[tumunoh]

I have such a car, but I have a problem with the ABS. Every four months it breaks completely. I can't find a solution except by changing it completely. Some say it is a factory defect. Please, whoever has a solution to this problem, tell me.

[LegendaryMovieClips-eq]

I came here for a review about the features and I hear str8 bitching the whole video

[istudyyou]

That’s not an 05 that’s like a 06 buddy. 05 still has the old body style.

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You have PCS onboard, very nice. Super rare for this car