This has no right being my favorite SA project.....

That filter was so dirty it almost seemed like a prop.😂

Amazed you've put 80k km on this setup already!

This series was literally a life saver! I was looking for a cheap reliable car when this series came out… Inspired by this build I bought a clean white LS430 and de-grandpa it. After 6 months of reliable, worry free ownership I was rear ended sitting at a red light, guy was going 50mph on his phone and totaled the car. I’m convinced that big booty trunk let me walk away from that accident. Got a second black LS430 only to get flooded by the hurricane in that same year. Figured I’d get something else after the bad luck so I got a ISF, however there is something nice about driving a cheap old boat I miss

My old man has an LS430 and it’s a smooth operator. Def a well made and iconic vehicle that’s a reliable and comfortable ride.

Needs some Doilies on the head rests and maybe some window curtains.... VIP

One of my favorite builds on your channel. Timeless classic design and the mods you guys did were very OEM+. Awesome to see it still running well.

This car is why I subbed to the channel.

I have an ISF 2009 and also a 2003 LS430 the isf is a lot more stiff and the interior is pretty small. I mostly daily the 430 and use the ISF as a weekend car! I have PPE headers, full borla exhaust, rr racing intake + tune Making 426whp rn , love it

I currently daily an ISF with the elate development supercharger. You would love it! Only thing is you lose interior space and rear seats don’t fold.

This is one of my favorite daily driver projects on all of KZfaq! In fact, I've been looking for the right LS430 for a few months now.

The Flexus!

LOVE this car! Glad to see she's still around. I personally dig the big body gangster Flexus.

I love this build. As a long term LS430 owner myself, when this build first was introduced I was beyond excited. Love seeing the update!

YES YES YES to the ISF build. I really miss my ‘08. What a great car.

Thank you Dave! You instantly relieved years of guilt from K&N filter cleaning negligence on my part in a 2 minute segment. I will sleep better tonight! 😄

Still one of the nicest rides on the roads, inside and out super clean till this day! I loved my ls430

ISF for sure. I saw one recently with a nice exhaust and it sounded AMAZING

One my favorite builds. The LS has a Regal look to it. Love the Rims.

Ah yeah the Flexus! This was one of my favorite builds! Nice you showing it some love DP and PT

The Lexus is looking great Dave. Nice talking to you at Fortinos.

The flexus is such a legendary build for you guys. I love every video that’s filmed of this car! Quite literally my favorite car in the fleet!!

I think the part about the Flexus that's so appealing is the idea of an affordable car that can be made something truly special and stand out from the cars that seem to get all the attention on KZfaq (GTR,RX7,etc.) granted they get attention for a reason but it's refreshing to see something mundane be made cool.

SC a GS400! Cuz that’ll inspire me to do mine!

Probably one of my favorite builds y'all have done

One of my favorite builds! It’s so nice!!!!

This is undoubtedly, one of your best build. 🎉

I see people freak out about power washing engines all the time. As a former detailer I laugh because a clean engine is a healthy engine - the connectors are ALL waterproof. That doesn't mean you get up close and smash everything with pressure: use good cleaning products (acid based degreasers are key for engine bays) and keep pressure nozzle at a reasonable distance and you'll never have a problem. I would note the older the car the more careful you should be - it takes some common sense.

My favorite big JDM cruiser, is an 03-04 Infinity M45. I love the subdued styling

This is such a painfully cool car. Thank you for keeping us updated on it!

This and the M5 wagon are my favorite builds you guys ever did.

what an awesome car. we have a 2003 with 200k miles and its just such an amazing and wonderful car. great job on all of the upgrades yall did to the flexus... love it!

This was a great series!

You made it absolutely perfect

Flexus for life!

Favorite build! Wheels are 🔥!

Took me back to 2021. Great update

Love this build and cannot believe the time and miles have gone so quickly

love the Flexus, but the ISF is one of my dream cars. y’all really know how to make some clean cars, so it’d be so awesome to see ur take on that beast of a car 👌

So happy to see this Bad boy again!!

Between this build and the slammed ls400 that was in my neighborhood a few years back I have been fawning after an affordable, well kept example that I can have my way with!

IS-F is the perfect next step mate. Great idea

One of my favorite SA builds! Love those wheels!

You guys have built a lot of cool cars, but this has to be one of the best if not the best.

The wheels look great and I don't blame you for not stripping them. Car still looks baller all this time later!

Love this build 👌👌 need to see a 0-100 short video though. Also, a big yes to the ISF build

I love these cars, wanted one for years. They're quite rare to see here in the UK. This one looks like a lot of fun and sounds epic. Next year I may well pull the trigger and grab one before they get much older. Cheers :)

The wheels are beautiful 😍

I have ALWAYS wanted an ISF. They such a great package all around.

100% on board for the ISF project!

Very impressive to see the condition after sure a distance, great video, though can not imagine going that long between services lol.

We never saw any drivetrain shots, how the motormounts are holding up flex plate, transmission mounts etc with the extra HP always a great video

FLEXus episode!! ….wait, where’s the captains hat DP? Always fun to watch, thanks guys.

Enjoyed!

Fluid film was a great move... as a northerner I know as well as you folks do that rust never sleeps! Hate the wheels, but I love the build.

Best auto channel on KZfaq

what a fantastic car. easy to wrench on, reliable, STURDY, comfy.

Love the IS F idea

I really like what you did with that build, and I'd also love to have an IS-F. That's a tough call, but I vote for keeping the Flexus.

Man, that K&N filter has to be awarded engine saver of the day, holly smokes was it dirty DP doing some RallyX with the Flexus!

Re uploaded but idk why, still a great vid

Its a keeper for suree

favorite car of the channel

ISF owner myself. Love this channel and all the builds. Interested in an ISF build with the Elate Supercharger and tuning. Or a 2UR swap on the Flexus perhaps.

Thanks for the vids boys! I see the Bronco back there 👀. Bronco update? Mods??

Dave, if you guys do decide to sell the Flexus, I'm genuinely interested. Love the build and care that you've put into it. Agreed that the wheels really tie it all together!

God, you make me want to try and do this build myself

Best build you guys have done. But I’m biased because I own one!

Love this car❤

O yeah I"'m looking forward for Lexus ISF content...It's my dream car so I'd love to watch the ISF build series

I love the Flexus!

Bought a 2011 CT200H with a blown head gasket from your recommendation!

those custom homage wheels give me so much envy & it honestly deserves a montage of executive suited up, Dave & Pete cruise before the send off if you do

What're you guys using for the suspension? I don't recall from the series, but maybe i'll have to rewatch. Fitment looks great - want to do something similar with mine. Thanks and cheers to an awesome vehicle!

Isf would love to see that build

I’d love to the an ISF build! Elate just released a blower for the 2ur and it would be great to see a series on that

I love my LS430, best car i've ever owned.

As much as an ISF would be cool, I feel like it's also nice to have some kind of stability in your life, and if that's a car you can daily drive and not think about "How do I turn this thing into more content?" and also not worry about things going wrong, I feel like it's a win

Got myself a GS460, incredible sleeper Q car.

Can't shake the desire to get one of these as my next daily.

Love this SA build! It’s a great car and it’s looks really comfy for everyday use. I think an ISF would be a great replacement. Flexus 2.0!!

I love the Flexus! An ISF build would be super cool to see too although letting go of the flexus would be a sad day

Flexus for life bro!!!

Most underrated car

THE classic Flexus!

I love that car.

80 thousand? where the heck are you driving! i love this thing so much i have no idea why

I like the IS F idea.

This car is right along what I ended up buying, a 1st gen Acura TSX, luxury Honda. He’s I’m a Honda boy, just can’t start from a great company that knows how to build longevity. But like the Lexus, it’s a big boy :)

Love this build. Makes me want to sell my LS460, get a 430 and straight copy this build.

My gs400 had to get a bunch of stuff done. Balljoints failed withing 20k of previous owners replacement at 80k. Door lock actuators failed within a month of buying the car, steering wheel motors failed aswell. Those motors I fixed for free by just sanding the contacts, actuators I had to buy new ones. Key snapped in half, twice, both front and Rear calipers were sticking and the rear started leaking through the bleed screw so I went ls460 bbk in front and am waiting to do rear as I found cheap calipers to replace temporarily. Powersteering pump, valve covers, engine mounts and the master cylinder combo unit all failed at or before 120k, starter at 130k, the starter was already replaced at 80k with the timing belt by previous owner in 2018, however the starter was replaced with carquest, timing belt was an OEM belt asin kit. Tie rods need to be done now because of a slight accident, body work getting done as we speak, and also my valve seals are leaking. I did my acis solenoid with the starter, its the VSV underneath the manifold that actuates the variable runner length flaps, noticed increase in throttle response with no cel. I kinda just got unlucky with it, but I've replaced them all with OEM for likely 1500 including some of those being pulled from a junkyard, like the sc430 bms. The valve seals aren't terrible either and fairly common across ALL cars this age so I'm waiting for timing job, and the starter only selling reman from lexus now. I need to replace the radiator soon as preventative maintenance and might do timing job as preventative maintenance based on age aswell but dread reshimming valves and pulling those seals. Did all the work myself so I'm very lucky to have spent maybe 1500, maybe 2k if you add in the bbk and calipers that I rebuilt to save, all on very long term jobs that should last me at least 5 years, maybe even 10 years and even got excuses to modify the car, probably 3k with all mods included, coilovers, swaybars, exhaust, regear, etc mostly sourced from facebook marketplace.

i like it when people add superchargers to Toyotas and Hondas. any other budget supercharger builds in store? 😂

Great build. I have a 460. Do you know if there is a supercharger adapter plate to mate with the Ford supercharger?

Yes, please do an ISF build. Those cars look hot as well.

Those wheels have grown on me...they look great on the car.

I think it's time to convert this to an intercooled supercharger kit by swapping the manifold adapter plate and showing the power gains that result from doing so. The ISF is much smaller interior and trunk space wise, so for hauling the kids around, it would be more difficult. If you want to jump to a different platform, I echo the calls to build a GSF.

8:33 not sure if it was done prior to installing the new rotors but the mating surface at the hub would need to be cleaned to keep the new rotor true.

Hey fellas, you can't actually warp a rotor, when you did pull it off there is an alarming amount of buildup behind it, even a fraction of a millimeter can cause disc thickness variation. Try grinding hub face and adding anti seize.

I would love to see an ISF build. Although if you're thinking of replacing the LS for and IS for family duties, I would strongly suggest spending some time with one, even if it's a base IS. They are small, especially considering you're coming from an LS. I have a 2nd Gen IsS350, and if anyone sits in the back, the passengers knees are in on the dashboard.

ISF all day long, they are very small but what an absolute monster of a vehicle.