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Where did you get that wheel from?

DCTMS in the US. Although can't remember if I bought it from their ebay store.

Steering wheel sold and on its way to the new owner!

As an UPDATE

I also have a white carbon steering wheel flat bottom steering wheel with ISF blue stitching in leather in excellent condition for sale... $375.

Check out this link. Some pics of the wheels here.

http://au.lexusownersclub.com/forums/topic/12379-2009-isf-for-sale/

There are 2 small places on the lip of the wheel where passing stones have caused a small amount of paint to flake off. Can be touched up quite easily.

I have recently traded in my ISF. Bit of a sad day - hope it will go to a good home.

Some parts that I'd like to move...

1. Joe Z intake (blue) in perfect condition with aFe dry filter (6,000 kms) - $140 for both STILL AVAILABLE

2. 20 inch black Vertini concaves - $1,700 - in great condition, no kerb rash whatsoever. SOLD

Front - 20x8.5 +38 with Falken FK 453 - 95%

Rear - 20x10 +38 with Falken FK 452 - 60%

PM me if you're interested.

PRICE DROP

About a year ago, I posted an EOI on the forums for the sale of my beast. I decided to keep it at the time but now it is up for sale.

Absolute faultless and the only reason for sale is to ease up cash for other investments. So it's up for sale but with a degree of reluctance and a heavy heart.

Carsales link below. I would like to see it go to an enthusiast who will look after her in the way I did. I am negotiable on price and can bring the car back to stock.

http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Lexus-IS-F-2009/SSE-AD-2691001/?Cr=0&sdmvc=1

Some pictures to spice up this post.

I did the muffler delete before the magnaflow and yup waaay too loud. Not sure how much ear wax is in our American siblings' ears for those of them who did this and say it is not loud at all. It's defect territory from 500m away.

Anyone with a modified exhaust system find that their interior panels resonate and cause irritating noise at certain a certain rev range?

I run a secondary decat and installed 2 magnaflows at the rear. I didn't want any drone and basically just wanted a little bit more anger in terms of noise. After installing the magnaflows, I experienced some drone but it wasn't unbearable. In fact it sounded pretty good especially on downshifts.

However, what irritated me was the interior panels resonating. The rear interior light assembly and rear door trims vibrated so badly at about 2-3000 rpms that it sounded like the muffler was rubbing or causing the heatshields to vibrate. Initially I thought it was coming from the outside of the car but when I had a mate in the rear, he pushed and prodded some of the interior trim and found that the noises stopped.

It was so annoying that I had the magnaflows removed and went back to the stock mufflers. It just wasn't a Lexus when the interior panels vibrated and buzzed.

Just wondering whether those of you with full systems and headers have the same issues inside the car?

My first pics were in page 4 I think when I collected the car from Lexus.

Here are some updated pics...

I'm loving the shine on your dark coloured cars... Adds an extra level of "meanness".

For those of you who wanted to see what chrome looks after plastidipping, here are some pics of my Prado. I haven't hit the ISF grille yet as I haven't had time to look at how to remove the grille.

Prado grille removal was easy...

Smoked and glossified the rear lights too. I smoked first and the glossified a week later which probably wasn't the best. The rear badges are all blackened as well.

I high pressure wash my car regularly and no matter how hard I hit the Plastidip it just clings on. If I scratched the edge and hit it with high pressure I'm sure it would peel.

All the best with the sale Marco

I also plastidipped my white ISF badges in the rear.

The stuff is so addictive so I masked off the front bumper and plastidipped the centre to give it the new face spindle look. Unfortunately it has taken on an evo x sort of look instead. I've left it on for now but not sure if I'll keep it on...

Hi everyone

I'm undecided at this stage whether to sell or keep my ISF. There isn't really a need to sell and I'm happy to keep her. If I am offered a decent price I will let go.

My wife wants to buy another house and I can't do that and keep the ISF as well.

I bought my ISF from Lexus of Perth in March this year and have used it sparingly as I have another car.

The Car

2009 ISF in pearl white (no dents and in perfect condition)

35,000 kms

All ISF options, sunroof, Mark Levinson, auto everything

Warranty till March 14

Extras

Joe Z Intake with afe filter

Flat bottom carbon steering wheel with custom F decal

Chrome ball shift knob

Carbon fibre film on interior door handles and centre stack

Carbon fibre film on exterior A and B pillars

Carbon fibre Lexus badge insert

Carbon fibre roof spoiler

(Beginning to sound like I have a carbon fetish)

Genuine F badge on front grille

Metal handbrake pedal (matches the pedals in car)

30% tinting all round (installed last week)

20 inch concave rims (or original 19s)

25mm front lowering block

Secondary cats removed

Asking Price

$83,000 ono

PM me if interested and sorry no part outs

Pics do no show tinting or F decal on steering wheel.

Hi flo cats should reduce the noise if you're running no cats. But I suspect that if you are running cats and you change to hi flo units there would not be much difference in noise.

If you like induction noise overall I think you'll love the noise the rampod makes. In all seriousness, I doubt that the loss in performance is really noticeable while driving. If you're cruising and not in traffic, it wouldn't be a problem. It's the sitting around that allows the heatsoak to creep in.

The main problem with the pod system is that it sucks up heat and you lose performance. It's great if you can seal the pod intake. In some other applications, some put the pod in the wheel well which is well shielded from heat and has great airflow. I did this with my Mazda 6 MPS and Subaru. However, one needs to be careful with the induction of water from the pod sitting so low.

In the ISF you do lose the twin stage intake if you go with a pod.

I have a Joe Z to an AFE dry filter. I disengaged the solenoid so that my twin stage is now open all the time. I love the induction noise and can't wait till 3600rpm for it to kick in. Some say that the car loses power by having the second flap open but I haven't noticed it at all and have been running this way for 6 months now. Having just changed to the AFE I've noticed a roartier induction note. It might be a placebo but to me it definitely seems to growl a lot more than with the OEM panel filter. Perhaps the Joe Z being metal reverberates more noise than a silicon or OEM intake tube.

Good times, my AFE dry filter just arrived... Thank you amazon.

Remember the post by Mikebn on page 2 of this forum entitled "KWs and Dubs"?

Well here are the same dubs on my white ISF waaaay over the other side of the country...Thanks Mikebn for arranging freight and a pleasant transaction.

Thanks for sharing, great information.

Just in case you're waiting for Richie's response, wanted to let you know that I bought it a while back.

Joe Z system from Chatswood is an option too... You guys in NSW are so lucky to have support.

The car looks amazing! WOW! Looking forward to seeing it in person when I come over to the east coast.

I think bape-sta on this forum has them on his SFP ISF. We discussed this a while ago over an email conversation. He bought it from either Sewell Lexus or Carson Toyota from the US and it was pricey. Looks impressive tho