Caporegime
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Caporegime
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It's a Lexus LS400 in the UK.
Soldato
Just got this one for now, I'll take some of my own soon
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Someone has looked after those seats. No sign of cracking for something over 20 years old ! They look very comfy too.
Ah - thanks fox.
Caporegime
Yeah I did mention previously.
Its a UCF20 facelift LS400 pretty much. Except with a few extra bits and bobs from new.
Soldato
Yay V8!
***** shifter needs to go though
***** shifter needs to go though
Caporegime
So I assume swapping out for a usable infotainment system is easy enough, but what about the display in the dashpod? Will that change to an English character set with new infotainment, or is it codable? Or would it involve swapping out for a UK Lexus cluster?
What about the climate control?
Soldato
My crown is all Japanese too, obviously. Swapping is out is not doable because AC etc controls are in the touchscreen interface.
Lucky for me the crown came with double din under the main screen. Which was swapped over and wired in.. I still have all climate controls on the old JDM screen and a modern/upto date pioneer behind a flap hidden away. With acmes celsior it won't be that easy...maybe if he's lucky the UK ls400 system is compatable.
Caporegime
Honestly it's fine, I've figured it out. There's a button for climate controls (top right), one for the radio (bottom right) (I'll never use it and I've tuned it into my Bluetooth adapter), one for changing the display settings (middle right), the touch button in the top right is always "back", pressing the display button and the touch button in the bottom left turns the screen off, and all the buttons on the left are for the satnav and hence can be ignored.
Soldato
I bet there's an actual 'Language' button on there but because it's Japanese you can't read it 
Use google translate or Lens to translate the buttons
Use google translate or Lens to translate the buttons
Soldato
There is but English is not one of the languagesI bet there's an actual 'Language' button on there but because it's Japanese you can't read it
Use google translate or Lens to translate the buttons
Caporegime
I went one better and had a Japanese friend have a look. She wound me up at first by saying "This button says language!" - "REALLY?!" - "... No."I bet there's an actual 'Language' button on there but because it's Japanese you can't read it
Use google translate or Lens to translate the buttons
One last longboi pic for now.
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Soldato
The interior all looks to have aged well, enjoy the wafty luxury Acme.
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Soldato
Enjoy it for a month before you change it for something else.
Don
I always liked the way the dash lights up on the Mk1 LS etc. The needles light up first, followed by the numbers.
Caporegime
Why buy this instead of a UK LS400?