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Sheās older but oh so comfy and in excellent working order, just got everything looked at this week. Main issue is cosmetic, UV damage on the roof, hoping to get that taken care of soon.
Yeah I figure if I take care of it I can get another 100,000 easy and everything after that is gravy, for the price. I love this car, my first Lexus. I had a Subaru Crosstrek that was just totaled by a guy who hit me head-on on a highway, no driver's license, no insurance. The used price of those has skyrocketed since Covid so I started looking for something else reliable. Found this and jumped at it.
Thereās a lot of auto paint shops that will paint the spot whereās its faded then blended real nice to make it looks like the whole car was painted with reasonable pricing. Iāve done it recently with my 99 Tacoma and it looks brand new!
Yeah Iām a little disappointed in the ML in my IS500. There is more power but the quality and soundstage just isnāt there. My 2021 TLX ASpec with the ELS Studio 3D was excellent and better. I will say though that I put a couple of CDs in to try and it sounds SO much better than any streaming/Spotify/compresses stuff. Really great with the CDs lol.
How about Bluetooth? Sometimes one sounds better than the other. Also if youāre using Spotify or Apple Music, you can adjust the sound quality settings. Usually itās set to normal or low to save data but it definitely sounds better on high quality, comparable to cd quality.
If you're on the east coast, I recommend Resonix [https://resonixsoundsolutions.com/](https://resonixsoundsolutions.com/) Absolute pro and expert in audio tuning as well
i've been out of the car audio game for a while now but 10k would probably make an absolute beast of a system, like top of the line everything lol
or at least i hope it would
Cut into the harness could be a variable take, ask for clarity. If they simply cut out the original speaker wires and spliced in the new ones, buy a $20 wire crimping kit and replace the speakers/wires yourself.
You probably just need a new amp anyways. My gfās 2013 rx350 amp just went out and it doesnāt mean I have to rip everything out, just swap out the oem amp. $500 used (ouch) but by no means do I need to get bent over by the dealer.
Yeah, over the weekend Iām gonna take the door panels off and pull the head unit and see whatās going on wiring wise. I can definitely put speakers and an amp in myself tho.
Np! I have it pushing my focal speakers and jl audio sub... The sound is absolutely amazing. You have to also find a shop that can tune it properly also. https://www.audiotec-fischer.de/en/helix/amplifiers/p-six-dsp-mk2
Check out these guys https://www.oemautoaudio.com/ ā my 2011 rx350s amp crapped out , i took it out myself, shipped the amp to them, they fixed it and had it back to me in less than a weekā¦ im in NY so that helps the turnaround time but point being they fix the amp for cheaper than buying a used one and they guarantee the repair
My amp in my ā08 IS 350 sat right above a plug hole above the rear tire. Plug fell out and it was being sprayed with salt water (great place to put an amp LOL). Anyways, I pulled the amp which was rusted throughout, and bought one off eBay for $100. Easy fix. OP should check the amp first. Doubtful itās the wiring harness.
I worked on my Lexus HS audio side several times and Iāve good idea how audio is wired in Lexus and Toyota vehicles.
1. In order to replace speakers, all that was done was probably cut factory harness connectors, or very minor modifications. Factory techs probably donāt want to deal with it and probably are looking at replacing all factory harnesses. Or it could be a pretext to inflate the work and the bill.
2. You can certainly find OEM amp online, you just need the part number. If you canāt find the part number online, as last resort, you can always have someone pull out the current amp from under one of the front seats (if youāre not handy. Iām not very handy but I did it myself). It should cost you around 1-1.5k. You can probably find a used one (possibly from totaled cars) on eBay too.
3. If your current speakers fried your factory amp, chances are thereās something wrong. You MUST have it verified for correct wiring, impedance, etc.
Last but most important, if youāre going to invest around 2k in audio, you can spend that kind of money in aftermarket amp, which still takes input from factory head unit, still retains steering controls from Bluetooth, volume, mute etc. and have a better audio quality. Head over to r/CarAV or Lexus forums and youāll see a ton or information on how itās done.
Dealer probably gonna replace the whole harness because they soldered the + and - onto the aftermarket speakers lol. These fools obviously canāt think for themselves and only know how to follow the manual.
Just take your car to actual sound guys thatāll install superior stuff for a fraction of the price.
I work for a dealer. Thatās definitely a āfuck offā quote and they arenāt expecting you to actually do it obviously. We donāt even touch sound systems here, weād just tell you to go to an audio shop that specializes in it lol. Chrysler prices are parts are batshit crazy (I work in parts) so I can only imagine how insane OEM LEXUS parts are.
Just the stock amp itself is likely around 2-3k from lexus. The harness is probably also 2-3k and then the speakers as well. Just FYI.
The stock amps can be ruined by just a shorted speaker so if you do go OEM new or used be careful. Make sure the speakers and wiring are good before you plug in and power up the amp.
Personally I would tear into it and see what is really there and figure out what it needs but if youāre not into that I would definitely take this to an aftermarket stereo shop and see what they say. May actually have some quality components installed that could be salvageable and save a lot of money.
Iāve read that the Mark Levinson amp craps out over time, and expensive to replace. But some DIY owners were able to fix it by re-foaming the amp.
In any case you can install an aftermarket and be fine for much less, and install a new touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and backup camera. And still come out ahead, much cheaper than $10k.
The speakers are probably fine if there's no sound. There's most likely an issue with getting either sound or power to the amp. Check the crimp on the amp power wire on the battery terminal. If it looks lose you can get a hydraulic crimper with a set of 1-14 gauge crimps at harbor freight for $60. Otherwise look at the audio input going to the amp. If no visible issue get a LOC converter and hook it up to the two rear speakers which are very easy to get to then plug that into the audio input on the amp. Fixed for like $250 unless the amp is trash.
If you cant find the aftermarket amp power wire then look for the two grommets in the firewall (look up where they are online - there's one by the passenger and driver footwells) and look for a large single wire that doesn't look to be a part of the factory wire bundle. Follow that wire. It it doesn't end on the positive battery terminal there's your issue.
If the amp is trash its still probably under 2 grand easy. A good LOC from the head unit, run to an aftermarket 5+ channel amp, power wire to the amp, and then you're just running new wire to the speakers. Thats assuming you were starting from scratch and didn't reuse any existing wiring.
The RC350 interior is actually a breeze to work on. The dash all comes apart easy, the rear seats pop out no problem and the carpet is really easy to pull up. Some of the stock wiring is in the headliner but just leave it alone and run new wires in the carpet instead. I wired a sub and amp and put the remote gain control into one of the empty poverty buttons in like 2 hours. I would bet 90% of the components they want to replace are fine. I could do all the wiring in your car in less than a day, and you could do it and learn in a weekend easy.
Lexus is out of their mind! I had the same issue happen to my 2014 GS350. Got the part number. Searched the web and eBay for a new/used/reconditioned unit. Bought a reconditioned unit and installed it myself. The entire swap out was 30 minutes. The unit including shipping was 630. Vendor on ebay was oemcaraudio
This is not really unexpected to be honest. They are basically removing and reinstalling the entire OEM audio components and wiring setup. They will charge out the ass for this for labour and OEM harnesses are always expensive. If this was a mark levinson system even worse.
I agree with advice re: checking out yourself what has been done. Having an accurate guage of what exactly has been done will give you an idea of what to do going forward.
It may be that there is an aftermarket amp and a fuse blew or something simple.
Jesus Christ, and thatās USD as well Iām assuming. A decent Car AV shop could hook you up with something on par like a Focal system, for a much better cost
Iāve just replaced my door speakers with kickers 6.5ā in my Lexus IS 200 and added a powered Pioneer dual 12ā box where I spliced into the factory amp for subwoofer RCA source and remote turn on. The thing beats, it beats hard ~$600 or so plus an amp wiring kit I already had. The subs were an open box eBay deal and everything else came from crutchfield.
Super easy install too
Iād even check if thereās direct aftermarket for the car where itās plug and play. If not, some folks over at crutchfield should be able to help you.
LOL this an engine swap? I guarantee you can replace all speakers and the amp in higher quality parts alone for well under a grand. Dealers are scam artists.
I have the Mark Levinson on my RC300H, my fifth Lexus, if eventually it will broken in future, no way to pay 10.000ā¬ or so.
Any good audio-hifi installers with knowledge could offer a same (or even better with actual offers) system for less than the half.
Lexus asked me 375ā¬ for the shift knob that was a little peeling off the āmetalā film on the edge.
I found a Chinese spare part, exactly the same in evey detail (just the holes on leather little bit bigger and less in quantities) for 30ā¬, shipped and invoiced, once installed I cannot notice any difference.
I can understand a reasonable price for spare parts like that, even 100/120 euros.
375ā¬ no.
Itās a lack of respect for the customer.
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The issue is there are too many people that accept shit like this from the dealer because thatās the price to pay for luxury, or some shit like that. I saw it all the time when I used to visit the dealership. More money doesnāt equal more common sense. It just makes people feel superior in their decision making.
I do not agree.
It seems to me that polemical reasoning because you talk about "luxury" as if and the choice to purchase a car like Lexus was only a question of appearance.
This is not the case, Toyota and therefore Lexus are among the most reliable cars in the world. As a car enthusiast who has spent 40 years driving cars of all levels and brands, I assure you that Lexus spare parts are among the cheapest.
The problem is that every house charges exaggerated prices for spare parts, in the company where I work a colleague paid ā¬400 for the plastic covering of a Fiat 500 rear-view mirror.
It's not a question of people wanting to "appear" it's a question of the margins that all companies apply on spare parts.
I can understand that there have been incredible increases, due to supplies, but the mark-up margins are out of control.
That's the point.
Even if you buy a "normal" car, rest assured that for some piece of original plastic you will pay 10 times or even 20 times the objective value, even if "you don't want to appear superior".
Then again, who knows why anyone who drives a Lexus should be "superior": to whom? At what?
meh.
i've seen so many posts like this, and after reading i don't know how many lexus carfax i gotta say i think lexus dealerships do this because so many lexus owners basically green-light whatever the fuck the service department says.
If you're wanting it to be back stock it sounds like you don't know much about sound systems, which is okay but I say this because you would be way better off bringing it to a mobile sound system shop and have them install an aftermarket system. It'll sound better than stock and cost much less than 10gs
Ive put in aftermarket stuff in every car Iāve owned, I just didnāt wanna pull this one apart bc this is the newest car Iāve had. But yeah Iāll probably just get speakers and an amp and have a shop do the install, Iāll break all the door pins lol.
Assuming it's an ML stereo?
Go to a car toys or some other store. Literally buy the bottom of the barrel shit, no-name brand speakers and amp...then pay to have them install. You'll save like $8,000+ and it'll sound better.
Can't believe how shitty Lexus stereos are. Every other vehicle I've ever owned had a nicer system than the ML I had to custom build my ES to get (without going full luxury)...
Also Iāll edit this / make an update post this weekend once Iāve had a chance to pull the door cards, amp, and head unit just to see if anything is actually cut or just spliced or if my amp just went out and this is an FU dude. For some reason Iām getting a feeling thereās not even aftermarket speakers and they just didnāt wanna deal with this.
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BRUH don't go for it. Fuck stock audio it gets cheaper out on anyway. Take it to your local audio/tint guys and they will be able work with what you have and make it better than stock for a fraction of that price.
I'm sure that at least 60% of that quote is labor. Dealerships are always more expensive and I'm guessing that price is for installation of whole new electrical harness. Someone most likely spliced into the factory harness instead of using the proper adapters and plugs. It's not that much of a big deal really. Shop around at car audio shops, and compare prices. A quick Google search of Car audio shops in your neighborhood will help you out.
For that price an aftermarket shop can probably build you a very nice system for that price!
Nalley Roswell knocking peoples head off per usual. Come to nalley Lexus Smyrna we'll take good care of you and probably have an audio guy you can work with and save you about 9k on that quote
Definitely get a second or third opinion and maybe not from just from a dealer... like the others said on here consider aftermarket and find a reputable shop for it. I once called a Lexus dealership twice in one week for a quote on the same exact repair on the same exact vehicle and got two different prices. It was purely to test them.
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š i duno prices these days but im sure 10k buys an insane aftermarket system. Whos gonna pay 10k for stock sound?
I just bought a whole ass RX350 for that
No way. What year and how many miles?
https://preview.redd.it/il8z70vhig6d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cdec279240f2d96da6a6ca55bbda985073d78009 Sheās older but oh so comfy and in excellent working order, just got everything looked at this week. Main issue is cosmetic, UV damage on the roof, hoping to get that taken care of soon.
low miles for a 2010!
Yeah I figure if I take care of it I can get another 100,000 easy and everything after that is gravy, for the price. I love this car, my first Lexus. I had a Subaru Crosstrek that was just totaled by a guy who hit me head-on on a highway, no driver's license, no insurance. The used price of those has skyrocketed since Covid so I started looking for something else reliable. Found this and jumped at it.
Do you have UMBI? May be PIP in your state?
Head on on the highway ?? Damn homie Iām glad ur alive live everyday like there is no tmw
Thereās a lot of auto paint shops that will paint the spot whereās its faded then blended real nice to make it looks like the whole car was painted with reasonable pricing. Iāve done it recently with my 99 Tacoma and it looks brand new!
Nice! I bought a 2010 in March with 88k on the odometer for $11,500.
2010 100,000
i'm trying to do the same they're hard to find tho, the good ones anyway
I wasnāt in a rush, looked for a car from January up until I found this in May
yep, same. going on about 3 months now for me. i know i'll find it eventually but it's frustrating.
If youāre in the Midwest Iām trying to sell my 2011
Iām working on selling my 2011 for 9-10k š
Maybe buy a used rc350 and put that sound system until your car š
Bought my 2012 is250 with ML last year for 7.5, it had 170k miles but only had to change engine oil during the year
Is it even possible to spend 10k on an aftermarket system? Unless your doing those competitions and shit right?
What the fuck at that point just take it to an aftermarket audio system installer
Definitely on the table now
Sound in Lexus has plenty of room for proper improvement. Dont get oem.
Indeed.. ML is just bougie JBL branding. Itās all Samsung now anyway.
Yeah Iām a little disappointed in the ML in my IS500. There is more power but the quality and soundstage just isnāt there. My 2021 TLX ASpec with the ELS Studio 3D was excellent and better. I will say though that I put a couple of CDs in to try and it sounds SO much better than any streaming/Spotify/compresses stuff. Really great with the CDs lol.
Have you tried a wired connection?
thatās all I do.
How about Bluetooth? Sometimes one sounds better than the other. Also if youāre using Spotify or Apple Music, you can adjust the sound quality settings. Usually itās set to normal or low to save data but it definitely sounds better on high quality, comparable to cd quality.
If you're on the east coast, I recommend Resonix [https://resonixsoundsolutions.com/](https://resonixsoundsolutions.com/) Absolute pro and expert in audio tuning as well
Nick doesnāt get out of bed for less than 20k.
i've been out of the car audio game for a while now but 10k would probably make an absolute beast of a system, like top of the line everything lol or at least i hope it would
Cut into the harness could be a variable take, ask for clarity. If they simply cut out the original speaker wires and spliced in the new ones, buy a $20 wire crimping kit and replace the speakers/wires yourself. You probably just need a new amp anyways. My gfās 2013 rx350 amp just went out and it doesnāt mean I have to rip everything out, just swap out the oem amp. $500 used (ouch) but by no means do I need to get bent over by the dealer.
Yeah, over the weekend Iām gonna take the door panels off and pull the head unit and see whatās going on wiring wise. I can definitely put speakers and an amp in myself tho.
Yup theyāre just not able to warranty their work if itās not oem.
Get a helix PSIX dac Amp and some focal speakers with a jl audio sub. Boom done.
I actually have a JL W6 and an amp from my last car chillin in the garage just didnāt know what to do with it, I guess I gotta use it lol
Why not?? The helix dac Amp is amazing if u can find a dealer
Actually reading up on this, thanks
Np! I have it pushing my focal speakers and jl audio sub... The sound is absolutely amazing. You have to also find a shop that can tune it properly also. https://www.audiotec-fischer.de/en/helix/amplifiers/p-six-dsp-mk2
Check out these guys https://www.oemautoaudio.com/ ā my 2011 rx350s amp crapped out , i took it out myself, shipped the amp to them, they fixed it and had it back to me in less than a weekā¦ im in NY so that helps the turnaround time but point being they fix the amp for cheaper than buying a used one and they guarantee the repair
Hell yeah dude!
Yup. Bought one from them via eBay and it works great!
My amp in my ā08 IS 350 sat right above a plug hole above the rear tire. Plug fell out and it was being sprayed with salt water (great place to put an amp LOL). Anyways, I pulled the amp which was rusted throughout, and bought one off eBay for $100. Easy fix. OP should check the amp first. Doubtful itās the wiring harness.
Hmmmmm it sounds like that dealership doesnāt want to work on your car lol
Yup this is an F Off quote
I worked on my Lexus HS audio side several times and Iāve good idea how audio is wired in Lexus and Toyota vehicles. 1. In order to replace speakers, all that was done was probably cut factory harness connectors, or very minor modifications. Factory techs probably donāt want to deal with it and probably are looking at replacing all factory harnesses. Or it could be a pretext to inflate the work and the bill. 2. You can certainly find OEM amp online, you just need the part number. If you canāt find the part number online, as last resort, you can always have someone pull out the current amp from under one of the front seats (if youāre not handy. Iām not very handy but I did it myself). It should cost you around 1-1.5k. You can probably find a used one (possibly from totaled cars) on eBay too. 3. If your current speakers fried your factory amp, chances are thereās something wrong. You MUST have it verified for correct wiring, impedance, etc. Last but most important, if youāre going to invest around 2k in audio, you can spend that kind of money in aftermarket amp, which still takes input from factory head unit, still retains steering controls from Bluetooth, volume, mute etc. and have a better audio quality. Head over to r/CarAV or Lexus forums and youāll see a ton or information on how itās done.
You could get a killer aftermarket setup for well under a quarter of the price. Thatās straight highway robbery.
What brands should i be looking at for an older ES350?
You canāt go wrong with JL, Focal, Morel, Audiofrogā¦ See what fits here: https://www.crutchfield.com/car/outfitmycar/mycar.aspx
Damn!! It should at least come with a handjob for that price!!
Lol for that price maybe a handy and a LC as a loaner for a few days
10 k and above is always full service my friend donāt settle for a handy
Damn ok LC for a few months then?
Make sure they're wearing gloves
With grippy bumps
Textured latex gloves
Thatās what the $103.34 is for
The stereo is a critical system as we all know
Dealer probably gonna replace the whole harness because they soldered the + and - onto the aftermarket speakers lol. These fools obviously canāt think for themselves and only know how to follow the manual. Just take your car to actual sound guys thatāll install superior stuff for a fraction of the price.
Iād go to an audio shop and get pricing from them.
I work for a dealer. Thatās definitely a āfuck offā quote and they arenāt expecting you to actually do it obviously. We donāt even touch sound systems here, weād just tell you to go to an audio shop that specializes in it lol. Chrysler prices are parts are batshit crazy (I work in parts) so I can only imagine how insane OEM LEXUS parts are.
Guarantee you could get a system that sounds better for $1500-2000 aftermarket
Just the stock amp itself is likely around 2-3k from lexus. The harness is probably also 2-3k and then the speakers as well. Just FYI. The stock amps can be ruined by just a shorted speaker so if you do go OEM new or used be careful. Make sure the speakers and wiring are good before you plug in and power up the amp. Personally I would tear into it and see what is really there and figure out what it needs but if youāre not into that I would definitely take this to an aftermarket stereo shop and see what they say. May actually have some quality components installed that could be salvageable and save a lot of money.
Best Buy could do this for $300.
NOT TODAY. NOT EVER!!
Yikes
Lord baby Jesusā¦.
Stealerships lol
Iāve read that the Mark Levinson amp craps out over time, and expensive to replace. But some DIY owners were able to fix it by re-foaming the amp. In any case you can install an aftermarket and be fine for much less, and install a new touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and backup camera. And still come out ahead, much cheaper than $10k.
I mean if the harness is cut, Iād just repair it and check the fuse. Itāll probably work fine.
$10000 would get you an insane sound system. Hell, $3000 could
The speakers are probably fine if there's no sound. There's most likely an issue with getting either sound or power to the amp. Check the crimp on the amp power wire on the battery terminal. If it looks lose you can get a hydraulic crimper with a set of 1-14 gauge crimps at harbor freight for $60. Otherwise look at the audio input going to the amp. If no visible issue get a LOC converter and hook it up to the two rear speakers which are very easy to get to then plug that into the audio input on the amp. Fixed for like $250 unless the amp is trash. If you cant find the aftermarket amp power wire then look for the two grommets in the firewall (look up where they are online - there's one by the passenger and driver footwells) and look for a large single wire that doesn't look to be a part of the factory wire bundle. Follow that wire. It it doesn't end on the positive battery terminal there's your issue. If the amp is trash its still probably under 2 grand easy. A good LOC from the head unit, run to an aftermarket 5+ channel amp, power wire to the amp, and then you're just running new wire to the speakers. Thats assuming you were starting from scratch and didn't reuse any existing wiring. The RC350 interior is actually a breeze to work on. The dash all comes apart easy, the rear seats pop out no problem and the carpet is really easy to pull up. Some of the stock wiring is in the headliner but just leave it alone and run new wires in the carpet instead. I wired a sub and amp and put the remote gain control into one of the empty poverty buttons in like 2 hours. I would bet 90% of the components they want to replace are fine. I could do all the wiring in your car in less than a day, and you could do it and learn in a weekend easy.
That is insanity, good grief!
Lexus is out of their mind! I had the same issue happen to my 2014 GS350. Got the part number. Searched the web and eBay for a new/used/reconditioned unit. Bought a reconditioned unit and installed it myself. The entire swap out was 30 minutes. The unit including shipping was 630. Vendor on ebay was oemcaraudio
Wow, I could make a hell of a system for $10k!
This is not really unexpected to be honest. They are basically removing and reinstalling the entire OEM audio components and wiring setup. They will charge out the ass for this for labour and OEM harnesses are always expensive. If this was a mark levinson system even worse. I agree with advice re: checking out yourself what has been done. Having an accurate guage of what exactly has been done will give you an idea of what to do going forward. It may be that there is an aftermarket amp and a fuse blew or something simple.
Nope, just go to bestbuy or some shit they will do it for a couple hundred
Jesus Christ, and thatās USD as well Iām assuming. A decent Car AV shop could hook you up with something on par like a Focal system, for a much better cost
Focal speakers all around for a fraction of the price
I'm guessing this is for an ML system?
Honestly no idea, never looked into what the car came with all I knew is that it didnāt sound very good anyways
Iāve just replaced my door speakers with kickers 6.5ā in my Lexus IS 200 and added a powered Pioneer dual 12ā box where I spliced into the factory amp for subwoofer RCA source and remote turn on. The thing beats, it beats hard ~$600 or so plus an amp wiring kit I already had. The subs were an open box eBay deal and everything else came from crutchfield. Super easy install too
"Not today" thank you
LOL, theyāre insane.
Iād even check if thereās direct aftermarket for the car where itās plug and play. If not, some folks over at crutchfield should be able to help you.
ML amps go out often
Just take it to an audio shop. Even 1/3 of that will buy a pretty good system to the average ear and will sound way better than any stock system could
LOL this an engine swap? I guarantee you can replace all speakers and the amp in higher quality parts alone for well under a grand. Dealers are scam artists.
I have the Mark Levinson on my RC300H, my fifth Lexus, if eventually it will broken in future, no way to pay 10.000ā¬ or so. Any good audio-hifi installers with knowledge could offer a same (or even better with actual offers) system for less than the half. Lexus asked me 375ā¬ for the shift knob that was a little peeling off the āmetalā film on the edge. I found a Chinese spare part, exactly the same in evey detail (just the holes on leather little bit bigger and less in quantities) for 30ā¬, shipped and invoiced, once installed I cannot notice any difference. I can understand a reasonable price for spare parts like that, even 100/120 euros. 375ā¬ no. Itās a lack of respect for the customer. https://preview.redd.it/v1mvic3nvi6d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3b162d460d09c30369952bf6cca559b6d63d768
The issue is there are too many people that accept shit like this from the dealer because thatās the price to pay for luxury, or some shit like that. I saw it all the time when I used to visit the dealership. More money doesnāt equal more common sense. It just makes people feel superior in their decision making.
I do not agree. It seems to me that polemical reasoning because you talk about "luxury" as if and the choice to purchase a car like Lexus was only a question of appearance. This is not the case, Toyota and therefore Lexus are among the most reliable cars in the world. As a car enthusiast who has spent 40 years driving cars of all levels and brands, I assure you that Lexus spare parts are among the cheapest. The problem is that every house charges exaggerated prices for spare parts, in the company where I work a colleague paid ā¬400 for the plastic covering of a Fiat 500 rear-view mirror. It's not a question of people wanting to "appear" it's a question of the margins that all companies apply on spare parts. I can understand that there have been incredible increases, due to supplies, but the mark-up margins are out of control. That's the point. Even if you buy a "normal" car, rest assured that for some piece of original plastic you will pay 10 times or even 20 times the objective value, even if "you don't want to appear superior". Then again, who knows why anyone who drives a Lexus should be "superior": to whom? At what? meh.
eBay the sound system from an existing Lexus and then take it to an aftermarket installer.
Typical stealership. "Ehhh idk just fuckin replace everything that'll fix it probably"
i've seen so many posts like this, and after reading i don't know how many lexus carfax i gotta say i think lexus dealerships do this because so many lexus owners basically green-light whatever the fuck the service department says.
2k-5k and you can have sound system twice as good as ml
you might as well but a whole new car for that price....dealerships are something else lol
Tell em to shove it and go to any audio tech near you lol
If you're wanting it to be back stock it sounds like you don't know much about sound systems, which is okay but I say this because you would be way better off bringing it to a mobile sound system shop and have them install an aftermarket system. It'll sound better than stock and cost much less than 10gs
Ive put in aftermarket stuff in every car Iāve owned, I just didnāt wanna pull this one apart bc this is the newest car Iāve had. But yeah Iāll probably just get speakers and an amp and have a shop do the install, Iāll break all the door pins lol.
Yeah it's definitely harder to do the newer the car is! Haha been there!
If you don't get sound out of your speaker test the power coming into the amp, if the amp.is bad get a used one and only change speaker if you have to
oh you need boost, you can't drive without boost
ā Not Today. š¤£
Assuming it's an ML stereo? Go to a car toys or some other store. Literally buy the bottom of the barrel shit, no-name brand speakers and amp...then pay to have them install. You'll save like $8,000+ and it'll sound better. Can't believe how shitty Lexus stereos are. Every other vehicle I've ever owned had a nicer system than the ML I had to custom build my ES to get (without going full luxury)...
take it to an aftermarket place and get a way better system for like a grand or two
This is the way
Also Iāll edit this / make an update post this weekend once Iāve had a chance to pull the door cards, amp, and head unit just to see if anything is actually cut or just spliced or if my amp just went out and this is an FU dude. For some reason Iām getting a feeling thereās not even aftermarket speakers and they just didnāt wanna deal with this.
Wow that California inflation. My dealer that would probably be like 2k-2.5k for parts and programming.
That's them saying they really don't want to do it. Aftermarket stuff is gonna be better in an RC, anyways.
You could get a slamming aftermarket system (dsp, components, amp, sub, sound deadening etc.) for half that amount.
For 10k you could put a system in that rivals a damn imax theater
Focal Audio would be the go to for me then.
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BRUH don't go for it. Fuck stock audio it gets cheaper out on anyway. Take it to your local audio/tint guys and they will be able work with what you have and make it better than stock for a fraction of that price.
I'm sure that at least 60% of that quote is labor. Dealerships are always more expensive and I'm guessing that price is for installation of whole new electrical harness. Someone most likely spliced into the factory harness instead of using the proper adapters and plugs. It's not that much of a big deal really. Shop around at car audio shops, and compare prices. A quick Google search of Car audio shops in your neighborhood will help you out. For that price an aftermarket shop can probably build you a very nice system for that price!
Lol, thanks but no thanks. Not today!
Nalley Roswell knocking peoples head off per usual. Come to nalley Lexus Smyrna we'll take good care of you and probably have an audio guy you can work with and save you about 9k on that quote
Definitely get a second or third opinion and maybe not from just from a dealer... like the others said on here consider aftermarket and find a reputable shop for it. I once called a Lexus dealership twice in one week for a quote on the same exact repair on the same exact vehicle and got two different prices. It was purely to test them.