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Just want to give Lexus Chatswood a BIG thumbs up for their excellent service as always! Definitely makes me a loyal customer to Lexus, especially the Chatswood dealership.

I called them two weeks ago for the fuel pressure sensor recall, and asked for a courtesy car. Since the recall is performed for free standalone, I thought the dealers would try to up sell something to you like "why don't you do a service while you at it" so they can charge you back. But the girl on the phone was very friendly, no muck around and being very patience with me to book in for the earliest time slot. Also ensuring me the recall is free of charge.

A week ago she called me again and offered to pickup my car from my home or work then drop it off back to me afterwards, so it saves me spending time drive to the service centre. So I said why not!

So this morning an old gentlemen from Lexus picked up my car from Sydney CBD where I work and left me a 3IS 350 F sport as courtesy car for the day. And he returned the car back to me in the afternoon with a complimentary car wash! Everything free of charge.

The whole experience is very professional and polite. Colleagues at work own Porsche, BMW and Audi are now very envy the Lexus customer service. 

Great job Lexus Chatswood.

2 hours ago, BLK ISF said:

Nope, got aftermarket rims, Vertini magic but still 19inch.

Im sure its standard height but still reasonably low as most IS F's are from factory.  The ride is a bit bumpy so i dont want to contribute anymore to that.

I was sure 265/35 would fit on the rear but Ozzy was trying to convince me otherwise telling me id still need to roll the guards and go down in profile to 265/30 which i didnt think sounded right.

I got my tyres from Tempe Tyres, I rang them for the same question you are asking when I upgraded to 19" with wider tyres.

Over the phone they asked me for the rim size & offset and told me exactly the max tyre size I can go.

When fitting the tyres, they checked my ride height to make sure no scrubbing and offered me free swap if it scrubs after fitting in the same day.

Are you running on the stock 19" rim? And is your car at stock height or lowered?

I have a IS250 with 19x9.5 R19 +45 rear rim and 265/35 R19 rear tyre, slightly lowered on coilovers, no scrubbing at all, so no need guard rolling. Not sure about 275 wide.

13 hours ago, jerry said:

I dont rekon u put PPE on ur setup, trust me, u wont like it. if you wanna do it must put High flow cat wekd in your mid pipe after ur ppe if you wanna put in.

try it with HFC. if u dont like it weld stock or after market catalytic converter on.

right, thanks jerry

and with your setup, does the header makes the exhaust more droney?

On ‎5‎/‎1‎/‎2016 at 8:00 PM, jerry said:

Im done with PPE with my is250, after 6 moths custom with  FHC +stock catalytic converter+  invidia resonator+ greedy catback( cost 6 month to work out this package sound I love). Worth and you would like it.

 

1. PPE+HFC+Stock catalytic converter_ invidia resonator+ greedy muffler. best sound. littler louder than 3rd.

If someone like most loud with cheap package. go for stock header with Invidia mid+invidia catback. (no flat sound but too loud I dont prefer)

 

Jerry, I've got invidia mid and greedy sp3 on my already, thinking about getting the PPE. So what do you mean by HFC? And is your setup bolt-on or require fabrication/welding?

Guys, great catchup today, good to see some old faces and welcome some new ones. Big thanks to the organiser!

My photos of the day:

that's true... their car park is tiny. alternative is the kebab shop at five dock officeworks/shell servo

well, we can alway decide on the day depends on how many of us actually turn up, hope to see more ppl this meet

Yyah!

Wouldn't mind cruise down to Harry's Café at Burwood afterwards then ppl can catch M4 go home after.

How's going gang!

Time flies guys, almost 6 month since the last meet.

Any new meeting event being organized? Got a new DSLR, looking to try it out.

I'm sure there will be a sub forum for the turbo variant. I can imaging some of the discussion topics will be quite different to the NA. BOOST!

Should be able to make it pending Hall pass lol.

I'm confident I'll be there though.

Sounds good! I'll be there to show case my F-Sport front end conversion. B) Hope to lower my car too before that.

lol... my bad, I thought it's still there, thread closed!

SOLD

Hi Guys,

Recently upgraded my front bumper to F-Sport (Thanks to Danny@Lexmania), now I have my older bumper, CF front lip and grille for sale.

Fabulous Style Carbon Fiber Front Lip (Suits 06'-08'): $300
F-Sport Style Front Grille with OEM Badge: $150
Bumper Bar without the Lip & Grille: $100

The whole lot: $400

Photo can be view in the Members Gallery
http://au.lexusownersclub.com/forums/gallery/category/2-is250-model/

Pickup at Lexmania (Sevenhills)

Will

Hi guys,

Just wondering did you guys get the rotten egg smell when at high revs with your stock mid pipe and now with your new invidia mid pipe got rid of that smell.

no more smell after the mid-pipe and it gives you a slight deeper exhaust tone

I see, unfortunately I'm in Sydney... how hard is it to DIY?

Hi mate,

With the Overhead console sunglass holder, I thought our AUDM 2IS can't install it because the sun roof circuit is in this compartment.

So you can actually convert it to a sunglass holder on our car? If so, I'm very interested, please let me know the price. I'm in NSW.

Cheers

Nice if there is no drone. Come join our next club meet and let's hear it. I think there is a meet coming up in July/August.

Congrats on your new mod. But does it drone at low rev?

I have a IS250, tried a few aftermarket system before, all too droning with my invidia mid-pipe.

I moved to breakfast point now but still quite close by. I'll drop by say hi.

Hi Everyone,

I have a set of front and rear shocks and springs from Run out 2011 IS250 (prestige), pulled them out and replaced with KW coilovers January 2012. Have been in my shed since then laying on their sides. Usage about 100 Kilometres before I dropped the Kw's in.

Are they still of any use and any idea of value to sell?

thanks

Alex

man, this appears to be more complicated than I thought...

Ok, I'll do some research and we can share notes.

good luck mate

mine done last week but they washed it and scratched the roof, few scratches :( next time i will tell them not to wash the car.

regards

The guys at Chatswood Lexus are quite all right, but they did washed my already perfectly cleaned car last time and return a half wet car to me. Not letting them wash again this time.

Hi Guys, I've booked my car in for a regular service next week at Chatswood Lexus.

Since I haven't received any calls from Lexus about the recall, I'll ask the service center to rectify this recall while my car is there. Let's see what happens.

So did you guys end up getting this to work? Need to change my HID bulb soon, wanting to get this mod done while the headlight and bumper are off.