How To Do Up My Is300 Including Sound

[alex92]

Hi guys

I live in sydney and just got an is300 2002 model i want to fix up the sound system i mean it is good enough but i want to make it better what do you guys recomend i should get. Also i am thinking about getting rims and lowering it and tinting the windows, thats all i have in mind now any help or places that would do stuff like this for the car would be helpfulll it would be great. I cant turbo it yet because im on my P's so get rid of that idea

[yoodles]

Hi guys

I live in sydney and just got an is300 2002 model i want to fix up the sound system i mean it is good enough but i want to make it better what do you guys recomend i should get. Also i am thinking about getting rims and lowering it and tinting the windows, thats all i have in mind now any help or places that would do stuff like this for the car would be helpfulll it would be great. I cant turbo it yet because im on my P's so get rid of that idea

12" front firing sub in between the gap in the back seats, (remote the zip up trim), can mount the amp under the box in the boot.

depending on what version you have you will either have an external amp for the radio so either find an amp bypass cable on ebay (amp is on the right hand side behind the glove box)

speakers in teh front doors will need risers (frame is plastic molded) - get 6" or 6.5

dont bother changing the front tweeters they kick ass any way

be careful getting a flip out head unit as when you push it back it will hit the AC button and constantly turn it off (annoying as hell)

back speakers fit a new set of 6*9's need to take the back seat out to get to them,

dash radio adapter kits are available on ebay (most from ebay.co.uk) that will allow you to fit a single or double din head unit in.

i personally spend heaps of time and money to get it right and ended up with a Car-puter in the glove box and a 7" touch screen interface in the dash running centrafuse.

then piped all the signal cables to the boot and power for running a response (jaycar) 1500 watt mono block for sub and a rockford fosgate p4004 for other speakers.

i cabled back to the door trim (i.e. OEM amp still in place)

enjoy the install - are you doing it yourself?

[jd_10]

Hi guys

I live in sydney and just got an is300 2002 model i want to fix up the sound system i mean it is good enough but i want to make it better what do you guys recomend i should get. Also i am thinking about getting rims and lowering it and tinting the windows, thats all i have in mind now any help or places that would do stuff like this for the car would be helpfulll it would be great. I cant turbo it yet because im on my P's so get rid of that idea

for lowering i recommend HSD coilovers, a lot more comfy than having lowered springs, convenient to low and raise it.

theres a distributor of these coilovers in sydney called otomoto

this is the link:

http://www.otomoto.com.au/HDSystems/

i picked up a set of 4 for $1200.

[LEX51S]

Hi guys

I live in sydney and just got an is300 2002 model i want to fix up the sound system i mean it is good enough but i want to make it better what do you guys recomend i should get. Also i am thinking about getting rims and lowering it and tinting the windows, thats all i have in mind now any help or places that would do stuff like this for the car would be helpfulll it would be great. I cant turbo it yet because im on my P's so get rid of that idea

haha buy an IS250 lol. na. i had an IS200 i done up. i think if you do a search you will find this exact type of thread already discussed i remember typing it up once. great thread.

[LEX51S]

have a look here alex.

http://au.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...ic=8633&hl=

[Lex2JZ]

Well there is a few issues with the sound system, wiring up an after market HU is a hassle, the wiring kits are usually crap and there have been issues with a similar to a turbo spooling noise coming through the speakers when you are driving along which is super cool if you like to think your IS is boosted.... a few audio specialist workshops will actually open up the factory amp and can wire it up to accept an aftermarket unit, like mine had done to it, it sounds absolutely mint and alot more powerful now.

The speakers that are in the car standard have different sized mounts, so 6x9's wont exactly just drop straight in there, they are also wired to an amp that is to the left of the glovebox which makes changing the head unit a hassle, if you are going for a screen which i would recomend, you will find that any dash fascia kit you look at wont match up with the rest of your dash with regards to texture and colour, so if you are looking for perfection you should be prepared to fork out an extra $450 to get the dash kit molded, sanded and painted, it will probably only run you around $300 if you just want them to sand and paint it. then you could always go DIY and save.. but paint matching is a problem..

the issue i had when i took mine to the shop to get it all put in, the careless *BLEEP*s practically shoehorned everything in and out.. so they really made a mess of my dash, so tell them to mask up around the head unit before they work on it.. the whole dash, air vents and centre console in my car was replaced at the workshops expense, it ran them over $4500....

if you get a decent HU (say.... Alpine IWA-505) with inbuilt cross overs for the small speakers, you can fade all of the low end to the sub and the mids and highs to the speakers and tweeters, the standard speakers go pretty hard and wont distort this way and will last longer.

what i did for mounting my JL amp required my ski pass to be removed and a new wall was put in, the only issue is they ran the cables through the hole in the ski pass... so when you put the arm rest down you can see the wiring... i am yet to fix this...

but what ever you decide to do in the end, good luck and i hope it all works out for ya! :P