coconut2001

You should probably take it to a lexus service centre, give you peace of mind its done right. Plus they would be able to tell if it drives normal or not.
I've had experience with dealers and other independent mechanics who have no idea about what they are doing on a lexus.

Yeah that doesn't seem cheap, 7 quartz of mobil 1 5w30 should be $70

A lot has been said about the increased rear legroom. Yes, it's increased from that of the 2IS; it's nothing like that of the GS, but one can expect to receive fewer complaints from rear passengers about legroom. There is also enough cabin height to allow a 6" tall front passenger to sit upgright, and lift the front seat high enough so as to allow ample foot space beneath the frons seat.

I haven't test driven the IS 300h, but it's worth noting that you can't tell the difference in boot space between the IS250/350 and IS300h, at first glance, so Lexus have done a great job hiding those batteries. You may have also read about the new 60:40 split fold rear seat. While the portal height looks appreciably good, the axis of rotation for the rear seats is well above the boot floor. In other words, you can't lay anything flat across the boot floor and folded-down seats.

All in all, the new IS is very impressive, and there's plenty of new features to offer to existing IS owners to convince them to upgrade. I haven't driven the competitors yet, but given that their prices are over $70,000 each when options are added to provide equivalent equipment to the base-model Lexus IS for under $60,000, the new IS will definitely compete on price, before even considering the features on which the Lexus might be superior.

I found that although rear legroom has increased, the height in the rear seemed smaller, my head was nearly touching the headlining making the rear 'feel' cramped. Also the design of the dashboard of the front passenger makes the space feel abit cramped but footspace is alot better.

It's also odd the exclusion of the lumbar adjustment on the passenger seat where the 2is had it in every trim. But those are the only negatives i found in the interior which is otherwise great.

The Motor Report review

Very comprehensive points there Lance, just wondering though with your two last points.

With the 2is prestige, doesn't it have the same 17 inch 8 width on all four corners, making it the same as the base 3Is?

And although the f sport doesn't have available foglamps, I wonder if lexus would be willing to bring the parts in from japan and retrofit them at the customers request.

I've seen elsewhere, joez doing it with parts sourced from lexus for the US model.

Since 2009, the 2IS Prestige has 225/45R17 (front) and 245/45R17 (rear) as standard.

You're probably right, there will be ways and means around the lack of available fogs (just as I'm sure that is the case with the 2013 GS F Sport). My list is probably a list of things that journos will complain about, not me. If I bought a new IS 350 for example, I wouldn't care about the fuel consumption: I'm getting the best performing 6-cylinder compact luxury sedan on the market, uncompromised by diesel fuel, CVT or turbocharging.

Oh right, tyres from factory, the my10 prestige wheels i had were 235 or 245 all round so I could do the 4 corner swap.

So you're not at least a bit dissapointed at the fuel consumption figures? I read in the comments on the above and other articles being mentioned and people seem to bring it up quite often.

Though its not like we didn't see it coming with internals being the same as the outgoing model. But i guess thats what the 300h is for, which leads to your interesting point about a fully optioned one being cheaper than a fully optioned is250 and then what the advantages of buying a is250 is other than the base mode/entry for the 3is.

Here's some further observations I've made:

- EMV pack in now standard in base grade, as are HIDs

- Yes, there are steps in the CVT transmission, just like in the GS hybrid models. Contrary to what has been reported in overseas reviews, the steps are not just sound effects.

- IS 300h has paddle shifters. (Some overseas variants do not have the paddle shifters - I suspect it's the European IS 300h Eco model, although even more frugal with fuel, that dispenses with paddle shifters as well as transmission steps.).

- Fuel consumption slightly increased on IS 250 according to ADR, but 0-100 km/h improved from 8.4 s to 8.1 s

The press release makes a big thing about the IS 300h costing only $3000 more than the IS 250. But what's even more interesting is that the on-road cost of a fully optioned IS 300h F Sport ($81,449 in NSW) is cheaper than a fully optioned IS 250 F Sport ($82,735), thanks to the luxury car tax concession on fuel-efficient vehicles.

As you would expect, there's a lot of new features in the 3IS - some already mentioned, but too many to mention all of them. But what about the downgrades, absent features or unexplained features? I've started a list so you don't have to look elsewhere ...

- Blind Spot Monitor not standard on entry-level packages. It's strange to have it unavailable on the Luxury grade, but obtainable on the less presigious Toyota Aurion.

- Difficult to understand what Enform "Destination Assist" can provide if sat nav already covers most locations in Australia.

- No heads-up display or self-parking. And yet, they're standard on a new Holden Commodore.

- Both fuel consumption and performance for IS 350 slightly inferior compared to the outgoing model (9.7 L/100 km, 0-100 in 5.9 s). This is disappointing, since the addition of an 8-speed transmission usually lowers fuel consumption slightly and provide the opportunity for faster acceleration at low gears. This can probably be attributed to additional equipment increasing the tare weight (the body itself is actually lighter).

- Entry models have identical front and rear 17" tyres, meaning narrower tyres and a less aggressive stance at the rear compared to the 2IS Prestige.

- No available foglamps for the F Sport. (Didn't they learn from the grumbling in Australia following the GS F Sport debut?)

Still, the standard equipment is impressive and, like ISF-350, I'm relieved that Lexus Australia didn't skimp on the standard equipment like we've seen for the US market.

Very comprehensive points there Lance, just wondering though with your two last points.

With the 2is prestige, doesn't it have the same 17 inch 8 width on all four corners, making it the same as the base 3Is?

And although the f sport doesn't have available foglamps, I wonder if lexus would be willing to bring the parts in from japan and retrofit them at the customers request.

I've seen elsewhere, joez doing it with parts sourced from lexus for the US model.

I buy my parts from ebay (item usually from uk), japan (where stuff can be up to 70% cheaper) or I just get them here. The shipping costs from the uk for example makes the item more expensive than buying say a filter here (depreciating dollar doesn't help). Theres also a vendor on here from nz that sells parts pretty cheap.

I'd like to point out that with the is200, the oil filter is a headache to get at.

Im sure for 780 you can just replace it rather than letting them repair it. have you asked lexus?

Got my bad quality lip painted and installed...

Why bad quality? looks fine

Nice intro and cars! Welcome to the forum.

You could try the normal t10 filament bulbs but with the blue coating so its abit more whiter than stock.
philips make them as well as many others.

Sounds self explanatory, If there is ice on the wiper, press it so it can function properly/move. The rubber wont get stuck to the windscreen.

You're probably referring to the windscreen wiper de-icer.

nice in black. hides all the stand out bits. in different colours it will look too busy and ugly

Nail in the head

somewhat better

Welcome to the forum

any pictures of your new isf?

you mean doing the axleback yourself?

nope it doesnt take h7

Rust remover from supercheap, its pretty cheap and does a good job.

Then once its clean dab it with touch up paint. Should all come to less than $10

top of my head

1) do you have a prestige? If so the bulbs are h11. sports and sports lux have hid from factory

2) fogs are hb4

3) parker t10

4) hb3 i believe

Hi,

For sale is a boot spoiler for the IS250/IS350.

Colour code is 1G1

Sydney location

pm me

Thanks

I have had the kit for 1 and a half years or so and up until recently it stopped working.

I met up with Ashpoint to diagnose the problem and found it was not the kit that was faulty (Ashpoints thoughts from the beginning) but my wiring had become loose.

After that amount of time and his willingness to help you can't beat that.

He still has it on his car.

Sounds good, how close is the fitment?

Happy new year guys, heres to a bigger 2013! :D

So today i was driving my car out of the car park, as i turn i made a really small turn and scratched my back wheel and door area to the metal pole...its quite bad..i was wondering does anyone know any place for smash repairs and how are they gonna repair it?

From the looks of it, the scratch may be superficial (on the clear coat). Try buffing it out with some compound like scratch x.

My brother swiped my car against a brick wall and it looked bad like that but i buffed it out and only a few marks remain, not noticeable until you get up close.

If not ilv1004s smash repair is the guy to go to. I vouch for their work.