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exactly how much of a bitch is this to do??...im tired of the poping noise every time i go from a stop lol....i have access to a press and torches and all the tools and lift and everything (i work in a shop, lexus-damn japs.)

thanks!

With all that stuff at your disposal it should be a breeze. Are you doing an upgrade or just replacing with OEM type? If upgrading to ES or Prothane you just need to leave the metal sleeve in the LCA and torch it till all the rubber can be cleaned off the inner and outer pieces. Or if your lucky the inner sleeve and rubber will fall right out like one of mine did.

lmao im going with prothane from modern....so i should just torch em out? ok then cool.

It's a 9/10 in pain in the ass factor. I did mine alone. HUGE bitch with just hand tools.


The fact that you have access to all that shit should make it a breeze...for real.

Worst part is the rear LCA bolt. Other than that it's straight forward.

yea i got everything...we have a VERY nice shop, i didnt realize how nice it is until i went to some other shops...we got a/c, auto doors that roll up when you ride up to them and roll shut after you go thru lol...but lexus also has the best business on the entire road (all the big dealers are also on the same road) we always have a ton of business...i started workin there like 6 or 7 months ago...right after i got out of tech school so yea, lexus has got it really good right now and i love every single bit of it lol.

anyways, figure ill do it on a sat. when i dont have to work and im sure if i get in a bind my co-wokers will help me out...should be pretty easy...ive replaced the entire right suspsion on an IS 350...UCA, LCA, ball joints, knuckle, wheel bearing, and finally the k-member....dumbass had to hit a curb atleast doing 35 mph, bent the rim, pushed up the right fender up a good half inch, sent it to the body shop to get the frame pulled and had to replace all that crap to get the alignment back to spec. lol wasnt that much of a bitch, was actually pretty easy for it being my frist time replacing all that crap.

Front Isolator Bushing


Remove the front lower control arm from the vehicle.
Mount a suitable C-clamp, C-4212-F in a vise. Install bushing remover tool 6804 and bushing receiver tool 6758 on the C-clamp.
You must assemble a suitable C-clamp and adapter tools in a vise
Place the lower control arm on the special tools assembled for removal of the front isolator bushing, as shown in the accompanying figure. Be sure the tool are positioned and assembled properly on the C-clamp.
Tighten the screw on the C-clamp to press the front bushing out of the lower control arm.
Tighten the C-clamp screw to press the front bushing from the lower control arm
To install:

Mount installer cup tool C-4214-F on the C-clamp. Then, mount the bushing installer tool 6810 on the screw part of the C-clamp.
Start the front bushing into the lower control arm by hand, making sure it is square with its mounting hole in the lower control arm. The bushing is to be installed in the lower control arm from the machined surface side of the lower control arm bushing hole.
Installation direction of the lower control arm front bushing
Install the lower control on the special tools. Make sure the tools are properly installed.
Tighten the screw of the C-clamp, pressing the front bushing into the lower control arm until the special tool 6810 is flush on the machined surface of the lower control arm. This will correctly position the front bushing in the lower control arm.
Proper installed position of the front lower control arm bushing
Install the lower control arm in the vehicle, as outlined earlier in this section.
Rear Isolator Bushing

NOTE
Removal and installation of the rear isolator bushing requires the use of an arbor press and a variety of special tools. Do NOT try to use a different procedure, other than the one given to replace the bushing.
Remove the lower control arm from the vehicle.
Position the lower control arm in an arbor press supported at the rear bushing using receiver cup tool 6756. Position the remover/installer tool 6758 on top of the rear control arm bushing, as shown in the accompanying illustration.
Proper assembly of the special tools needed for rear bushing replacement
Press the isolator bushing out of the lower control arm.
To install:

Install the rear bushing into the lower control arm in the direction indicated in the accompanying figure. The rear bushing must be positioned in the lower control arm with the void in the bushing pointing toward the compression strut of the lower control arm, as shown in the accompanying figure.
Proper installation of the bushing in the lower control arm
Place the lower control arm in an arbor press supported at the rear bushing hole using receiver cup 6756. Correctly position the remover/installer tool 6760 on top of the rear control arm bushing.
You must use an arbor press to install the bushing
Press the rear bushing into the lower control arm, until the flange on the bushing is flush with the machined surface of the lower control arm.
When the bushing is proper installed, the flange will be flush with the lower control arm machined surface
Install the lower control arm into the vehicle.