Intake Installation

[k2sty1]

hey guys

i was just wondering if any of you guys have installed a intake

and if so, did you guys do it yourselves? or got a shop to do it?

thanks again

[Terrrrry]

I think most of the guys here did their intakes themselves.

My friend helped me with mine and it took 15-20 minutes, just be careful when taking the engine covers off, we lost one of the pins when popping them off XD

[cevu]

easily done yourself. should take no more than 20 minutes like terrry said. yeah, watch those clips! pita!

[k2sty1]

wow really?

nice

well im gonna be getting a Fujita off one of the guys here for $150

can u guys show me kinda how to do it at the meet this weekend?

also, who wants to help me do it? and earn themselves an extra 50$?

LOL

unless it's actually really easy, and you guys can show me how

thanks

oh and also how to replace my "parking lights" with LED's

ive heard on CL, that there are two bulbs in the inside lights

one 9005 for the highbeams and another, i wanna change the other one to LED's so it matches my stock HID's for that bluish kinda colour

is that easy aswell?

i'll do it when i put the intake on

[FrankyX]

oh and also how to replace my "parking lights" with LED's

ive heard on CL, that there are two bulbs in the inside lights

one 9005 for the highbeams and another, i wanna change the other one to LED's so it matches my stock HID's for that bluish kinda colour

Don't bother with LED's, sure it may look... OK, but the LED cannot support the power and will constantly blow. 1st hand experience.

Good choice on the intake, I still gotta get to that one.

[k2sty1]

ahhh

ok

i REALLY REALLY wanna make my parking lights blueish tho, to match my HID's

any other ways??

[LEX51S]

ahhh

ok

i REALLY REALLY wanna make my parking lights blueish tho, to match my HID's

any other ways??

i have "white" wedge globes thats arent LED. auto joy parramatta.

intake easy. you will get your new one and see what to do strait away

[FrankyX]

I also run white wedge halogen bulbs. You can get a range of them that can look very blue, but don't give off much light. Try eBay

[k2sty1]

ah ok

thanks

is there a certain size i should be looking for?

is it 9005?

sorry, im really noob at all this, lol

[LEX51S]

ah ok

thanks

is there a certain size i should be looking for?

is it 9005?

sorry, im really noob at all this, lol

all your globe sizes are in your car manual. parker is 5w wedge (t10), headlight h11. high beam hb3 9005. fog hb4 9006.

i think thats it though from memory

[k2sty1]

ohh

ok

i'll have a look in the manual

thanks

[IronFist]

When you take out the OEM or putting in the intake, make sure you plug in the sensor that's attached in the pipe otherwise you'll be seeing red when you first start the car.

[cevu]

oh and also how to replace my "parking lights" with LED's

ive heard on CL, that there are two bulbs in the inside lights

one 9005 for the highbeams and another, i wanna change the other one to LED's so it matches my stock HID's for that bluish kinda colour

Don't bother with LED's, sure it may look... OK, but the LED cannot support the power and will constantly blow. 1st hand experience.

Good choice on the intake, I still gotta get to that one.

thats weird, i ran leds for 3 years with no problems before changing to angel eyes

[cevu]

wow really?

nice

well im gonna be getting a Fujita off one of the guys here for $150

can u guys show me kinda how to do it at the meet this weekend?

also, who wants to help me do it? and earn themselves an extra 50$?

LOL

unless it's actually really easy, and you guys can show me how

thanks

oh and also how to replace my "parking lights" with LED's

ive heard on CL, that there are two bulbs in the inside lights

one 9005 for the highbeams and another, i wanna change the other one to LED's so it matches my stock HID's for that bluish kinda colour

is that easy aswell?

i'll do it when i put the intake on

lol...... i'll laugh my a$$ off it's mine, i sold my fujita a while ago and theres not many IS's going around with fujita intakes! :-)

[ilv1004s]

lol yeah i noticed that

when he said

previous owner installed with a strut brace lol

[k2sty1]

ahahaha

so that fujita was ur's cevu?

well i guess i'll have to buy it then, hahaha

cya at the meet

[k2sty1]

ok, so i took out the OEM pipe

disconnected the O2 sensor

undid the top part of the intake box

i unhooked the lower half, and took out the bolt on the top left

and now the problem, cant get the bottom one out

i'm gonna go buy a set of tools tomorrow (technicaly today)

i got the factory wrench (the one in the toolkit in the car) and the top one came out fine

with the bottom one, i can get in on the bolt, but there this peice of plastic in the way, so i cant get the wrench flat

i should buy the one that looks like a screwdriver but has a wrench thing right?

thanks

also, the hose kinda thing before the O2 sensor doesnt fit

i mean it goes on, just it doesnt stay on, even if i put the clamp on it, the little pipe sticking out is too small

everything else fits fine

[LEX51S]

I had to use big cable ties for that hose. . I havent had a chance to go get a proper hose clamp from repco yet.

[k2sty1]

update:

went to my friends house (dads a mechanic) and he had all the tools to get the intake off and installed the new one

took a while to find something that would hold the pipe/hose on, but after searching his garage for 20mins, found something that would work

now only problem is, i never keep it under 3000rpm

and that my school thinks i've being speeding down the school roads

gonna get called im tomorrow for it, teacher saw me and my friends go to my car at break so they could see the intake

and apparntly he thinks i floored it past him after school, lol

im not dumb enough to be flooring it in school zones when i see little kids walking across the road

[ilv1004s]

rofl glad your happy

[cevu]

update:

went to my friends house (dads a mechanic) and he had all the tools to get the intake off and installed the new one

took a while to find something that would hold the pipe/hose on, but after searching his garage for 20mins, found something that would work

now only problem is, i never keep it under 3000rpm

and that my school thinks i've being speeding down the school roads

gonna get called im tomorrow for it, teacher saw me and my friends go to my car at break so they could see the intake

and apparntly he thinks i floored it past him after school, lol

im not dumb enough to be flooring it in school zones when i see little kids walking across the road

glad you're enjoying my intake lol....

yeah, intakes makes it sound like you're going faster than u are!

should ask the teachers if they even know what an intake is before running their mouth and just assuming u're speeding.

teachers think they know it all mate! had a few like that when i went to school! a very very long time ago! hahahaha

[k2sty1]

ahahaha

yeh, his like

"i saw u doing well over 80km/h"

rofl

80k's?

LOL

u wish mate

i was doing 40, 45 max

1st gear, sounds pretty loud, lol

my friends can hear me coming from down the main road

hahaha

now all i need are to buy those IS-F lights off you justin, LOL

[cevu]

ahahaha

yeh, his like

"i saw u doing well over 80km/h"

rofl

80k's?

LOL

u wish mate

i was doing 40, 45 max

1st gear, sounds pretty loud, lol

my friends can hear me coming from down the main road

hahaha

now all i need are to buy those IS-F lights off you justin, LOL

u might be out of luck. i'm gonna smoke those clears and mine are most likely going onto my dads is250. depends on how he feels about it.

[k2sty1]

ahhh

kk

no worrys

gonna have to buy some off ebay then

only if they had some for the 200$ mark....

lol

which ones did u get??

heres some off ebay. mars performance or something

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Clear-Red-LED-Tail-Lights-Lexus-IS250-05-10-GSE20R-/130417258574?cmd=ViewItem&pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1e5d79704e

seems good

lemme know wat u think