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invisigoth

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  1. When you disconnect the airflow sensor on the air filter and start the car, the check vsc message appears. It's simple to fix it. Disconnect your battery and wait about 10 minutes. Reconnect the battery and start the car, the message should go away. I've got this problem when I was installing a light bulb and this easily fixed it.
  2. Thanks mate. Just one thing to add if you disconnect the negaive battery terminal. You'll need to initialise the power windows by winding each of them halfway down and then fully up and hold the switch for a couple of seconds until the light on the switch stops flashing. This is written on the owner's manual.
  3. Thanks mate. LEDs typically operate on 2-3 volts but normal automotive light bulbs work on 12 volts. I guess the LED bulbs need to have some sort of voltage regulation circuit to bring 12V down to 3V. I guess it might be the circuit that keeps on blowing rather than the LED. Do they look like they are burnt if they blew? I couldn't find any Philips crystalvision parkers here in Canberra and funny enough, only a few shops carry Philips bulbs here. Did you get these off the Internet or from your local shops? I still dare not to change the fogs to 6000K as Canberra can be quite foggy some time. One other thing that concerns me is how durable these ballasts are. HIDs run on AC at a few hundred hertz and the ballasts are important to supply the electricity the HID bulbs need. It would be interesting to hear those to say about their stock HIDs. I know Honda has put HIDs on their Accord Euros for a long time, are they durable?
  4. I remember I asked Lexus of Canberra and they quoted me around $700 or $900 (can't remember precisely) for the genuine Lexus ones painted and installed. Quite pricy compared to these ones. I also saw the sensor kit from Jcar, for around $100 to $200.
  5. I've recently got an HID kit from Mtec on eBay, these guys have good feedback scores and looks like their prodcts are better than the average generic craps that may break evey now and then. Anyway, the installation of the wires and bulbs was fairly smooth and problem-free. The tricky part is actually to find a right place for the ballasts. The Mtec kit comes with 4 mounting brackets and I used them to mount the ballasts on top of that shock-absorber mount thingy. The only problem I had with the kit was the length of the power cords. They are just about say 5cm too short so I had to turn the ballasts slightly and only put one set of nut and bolt for each ballast. I recommend their 6000K bulbs as they give you perfect white light with just very very slight tinge of blue at the edge of the light pattern. I've also changed the small position lights in near the high beam, I've put in Philips 4000K w5w bulbs, they look less yellow than the stock ones but are still far too yellow compared to the HID lights. Maybe the LED bulbs on eBay can be a good compliment to the HID. Also, the HID bulbs are considerably brighter than the stock halegon, I turned the levelling knob to 3 to not to piss off any incoming traffic. Also, quite frankly I don't belive these Mtec kits are made in Japan as the seller claims. It looks to me they are either made in China or Taiwan. I'm an electronics engineer and I think the quality of the Mtec kit is very good. Hope they can last a few years. Things you need to prepare before the instalation: 1. The HID kit, of course 2. 10mm socket that's long enough to reach the base of the air filter 3. screw driver 4. silicone sealant 5. drill and 25mm spade drill bit and sand paper 6. some cable fasteners Installation steps: 1. remove the engine cover, refer to the menu for this, and it's simple, just secure the fastener as they may cost you $$ if you loose them [passenger side] 2. I did the passenger side first, unscrew the top of the windscreen washer reservoir filler, turn and pull the filler and the pipe gently, and remove the filler and the filler pipe. 3. remove the cover to the light housing that is on the side of the car, that's for the low beam. 4. drill a hole in the cover with a 25mm drill bit. Sand the drill edge smooth 5. remove the factory bulb by turning it xxxxxx-wise and pull it out. Disconnect the wire on the factory bulb from the gray socket. 6. disconnect the bulb from the short wire, place all wires through the drill hole on the light cover. 7. Attach the wire to the power cord from the HID kit. You'll need to push the pin of the power cord in the provided white socket, and make sure your blue wire from the factory power cord is connect to the red wire of the HID kit's power cord. 8. apply a good amount silicone sealant around the rubber seal and the hole you drill on the light cover. 9. place the HID bulb in the light housing socket, do this gently and don't break the bulb, you need to look carefully at the socket as the three arms of the bulb base are uneven. 10. when the bulb is securely installed, apply sillicone sealant inside the rubber sealto seal the wires and the rubber seal 11. close the light housing cover tight and connect the wires (there are three sockets you need to connect and trust me you won't get this wrong) 12. put the filler pipe back to the windscreen washer reservoir [driver side] 13. remove the screw and the fastener on the air-intake and gently remove the air-intake 14. remove the two screws on the air-filter and remove the fastener on the air-filter hose 15. disconnect the wire going to the air-filter 16. remove the air-filter 17. you now have access to the light housing on the driver side, repeat from steps 3 to 11 18. put the air-filter back and DO NOT FORGET to reconnect that damn wire to the air-filter or you'll have the bloody "Check VSC" thrown on your dash and only disconnect your battery can fix it. 19. test the new HID lights 20. replace all engine covers Some pictures: the hole drilled on the light housing cover: ballast installed on the passenger side: how the mtec 6000K looks like on IS250 stock halogen (driver side) vs 6000K HID (passenger side)
  6. I've recently installed a Mtec kit purchased on eBay, and the installation was fairly easy. These are how the Mtec 6000K and 8000K HID bulbs look like on my car. I might attach some photos and write a short tutorial about the installation if anyone's interested. Sorry guys I made a mistake in my previous post. These are how Mtec 6000K and 8000K bulbs look like, not 4300K and 6000K.
  7. I've installed a set of genuine Lexus parking sensors on my IS prestige, and they are great. Only thing you need to know is they don't work with the onboard computer meaning you won't see any message on your dash, just beeps. The dealer told me they were $700 installed and colour coded to match the paint colour, but they didn't charge me anything as part of the deal. Thanks to the GFC :P They look exactly the same as the fatory fitted sensors and you can't see the difference in colour from the car's body paint. If you want to fit parking sensors, definitely go for the genuine Lexus ones.
  8. I have a friend who put a set of Superturismo's on his charcoal IS250. Looked fantastic - Seriously HOT! He got a pretty good deal from www.tirerack.com, and even combined with the shipping cost from the US and a set of rubber, I think he still got it cheaper than what you have been quoted. But definitely a thumbs up on that wheel choice! :D Thanks mate, but I couldn't find Superturismo on Rire Rack, sold out maybe? I'll keep my eyes on that site for a better deal :D
  9. Came back with a quote from JAX for a set of OZ Racing SuperTurismo 18' rims, $620 each, look very nice on my silver IS
  10. You can probably try the Lexus dealers if they have any old stock available. I was about to put in my deposit for a WRX and walked into the local dealership and found they had the MY08 IS250 on sale. $51,500 for a brand new prestige with moonroof and reverse sensor, bargin isn't it?
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