Matthew_McNally

OK guys 1 - a proper home page is now in place at http://nz.lexusownersclub.com. This is the clubs formal address, and should be used on any and all advertising materials you use. 2 - the NZ club is linked from the US forums - US Lexus Owners Club forums 3 - the NZ club is linked from the US club homepage - http://us.lexusownersclub.com/ 4 - the NZ club is linked from the main www.loc.com page - http://www.lexusownersclub.com I shall drop a pm to Steve, our UK and Toyota Owners Club site admin, and ask him to link LOCNZ from those sites as well. these forums are already completely search engine friendly, and google has already paid us one visit - the links I have put in place today will pretty much guarantee that search engines will be indexing us shortly - which will bring more visitors! ps - yes I know I have fouled up the header, and remved the logo :( Unfortunately, only Steve has a local copy - so we will have to wait for him to get back from the states to send it to me :( yes - I also know I am a fool :(

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/Matt waves to Zee was wondering when you would show up matey! /makes mental note to copy Zee smilie over

:( who's going to take pictures of the housewarming party - so that those of us with a goodexcuse for not going get to see all of you drunk?

snap! just got a call - ad my Eibachs have just been delivered back home :D :D fit them in a week or two B)

Can I add that gold members of the UK club can get TOMS / TRD / L-Tuned parts at cost price? ;)

You guys may want to read this post I put up on the US forums Everything you ever wanted to know about engine oil - but were afraid to ask This is a long post - but there is an awful lot of valuable information in there - its defintely worth a read

the club url is http://nz.lexusownersclub.com no www there will be a proper homepage etc behind this by the end of this week. ;) been a bit busy with other work guys - sorry :(

hehehehe club is 2 seconds old - and already we have three Mats! B)

one hell of a road test mate - would need my own petrol tanker for that trip! APP188 - I am in the UK mate - bit of a drive for me (and it would be a bugger to get back in time for work the day after ). You guys want me to setup another forum for these sort of meets? We already have a Calender which you can use to schedule and publish this sort of information.

this weekend? :( I can't make it

Mike (MrSypher) posted some absolutely superb pictures of his GS US Lexus Owners Club - Lexus GS300 pictures beautiful

ah - fair enough then. just seemed an awful lot as I was typing it in - I converted the £50 - typed 143 NZD - and mentally went HOW MUCH!! they are quality gear mate - if there is enough interest, we could look into a group buy or something - maybe shipping them all to one address could bring down costs

hey Shadow!! welcome to the club fella! gonna tell us about your ride?

thats what I was expecting B) seems like the cost of beer is about the same then - so 143NZD for pads is not as outrageous as it seems to be when I was typing it in!

looking at the converted costs for EBC goodies - the amounts seem really high! but - just the numbers is no comparison - need to know the cost of living "down there" what does a pint of beer run you guys? I would expect to pay £2 - £3 for a pint of Stella Artois (depending on where in the country / class of pub)

you want to get some EBC pads and disks My IS used to spew brake dust - wheels were only ever clean for a few hours. I changed them for EBC - significantly less dust - plus the grooved / spotted rotors look much cooler. If you guys can't find a supplier - I can put you in contact with a few companies in the UK / US who sell them. I paid £50 for 2 pads (143.697 NZD) and £150 for 2 disks (431.090 NZD) kicker may be shipping, as they are very heavy.

nutter mobile! :D welcome to the club matey ;) a friend had the wheels on his Alpha refurbed - and they did an excellent job - as good as new. this was in the UK though. but if you find a decent one in your part of the world - there is no reason why they shouldn't make your wheels look like new

Hi SSML - welcome to the club buddy! to get photos of your car in the forums - post them in The Gallery first. You can then use the tags to post them in the forums, or use them as your avatar. So - no excuses now - lets see some pictures of your ride! :D

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what is it you guys are looking for?

Aristo_kat check out http://www.coolcarmats.com/ tell them you are a member of the Lexus Owners Club ;)

oh yeah Gav! looking damn good :D

then once you have it in the gallery -you can link to it here! looking good Aristo - nice wheels!

Hey Paul! welcome to the club fella! sorry about that - the merchandise is in US$ sorry (although the exchange rate is really cool at the moment- for us in the UK anyway). You do indeed need a Fast and Luxurious T-Shirt - I have one, and it rocks! And it is gonna look really cool on someone with a Yellow 'tezza B)