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Picked up Bosch AeroTwins for my lex... love them!~! Quiet and streakfree wipe

1st - HID & LED park lights & interor - $50

2nd - BC Racing Coilovers - $1100 (installed them myself)

3rd - Takeda Intake - $220 (Installed myself)

Whats the intraweb? =D

Thanks again

Mate you are a legend.... Thank you so much...

Hi guys....i finally installed the intake. What i can say is....money well spent. I love the noise. My 350 sounds so aggressive now when its 3000rpm +. Luckily i don't have the bad smell as some ppl claimed....

Performance wise ? lol.....honestly, not even 0.111111111 HP is gained i would say.

For those whose after the intake (for noise), i would recommend this.

btw.....how often do i need to clean the filter? When Lexus services my

car, do they clean it? i dun think they would touch any after market

parts. rite ?

I doubt they will but also when your car is due for the major service and to replace the air filter, make sure they dont charge you for a replacement air filter since they there is a after market intake there.. =D

Hi Guys,

Hoping someone will know the right way to do this. I'm in the process of replacing all of my lights to LED however I am suck with the rear dome light.

I've googled and searched but cant find the 'how to' remve the rear dome light housing to replace the globe in my IS250.

Does anyone know how. Ive managed to take a sneek peak between the dome light housing and roof and can see there are some small blue plastic clips holding it to the roof but dont want to yank it down too hard incase i break something

Cheers

Quoc

Yep H11 for the front and HB4/9006 for the front fog lights

I have a scangauge on my dashboard and when the water temp hits above 92 degrees, the fan turns on until it drops below 90ish.....

Why not a CT200 as a daily howie.. lol or could always boost the lex... not sure how your going to hide that from the missus....

Nice work.... perfect for every day driving...

Awesome. Congratz!!!

If you can stretch the budget, it will be worth it in the end.

Good Luck!!

Agreed with Subby. Do your research on some of the known issues with each particular model so you can keep an eye out for them when you take them for a test drive.

I got ripped off when I was about to purchase a 2008 IS250 Sports Luxury - the car looked too perfect for the price... did my checks and came back it was written off, flood damaged etc (lost $200 deposit) but better than losing $30K

I was lucky to find my IS250X.. while the exterior needed some care (all fixed after a proper 3 stage polish & opticoat paint protection), the car was well looked after by the previous owner (servicing on time - every 12 months not km's, no accidents etc)

Another thing to take into consideration is Lexus servicing (thats if your going to keep on getting it serviced by Lexus). I heard the 90K service is approx $1500K+

Snap... Thats gotta hurt!! I avoid parking my Lex in places like that... even with car parks... i dont care how far i have to walk....

Did they come off another ISX50? If so, straight swap

Straight Swap

The site i posted was the first one that came up in google so if the coils are shipped from over seas, might be a bit expensive. Best to try to find a local supplier...

But at least you know the BR series coils are avl for IS350

Just did a quick search but didn't have time to read through the details (hada flight to catch)..

www.brz-parts.com/bcbris350.html

I pop around to my uncles once every few weeks and he's a VIC Po Po..... Told me as long as I dont act like a hoon/douche on the roads, ill be okay but that would also depend on the po po... if s/he is a rookie, then thats another story....

My car is just lowered and in the process of putting some new wheels on it... no loud exhuast, sound system, bodykits etc

Its a quiet day here at work so here are the VIC Roads's 'Guide to Modifications for Motor Vehicles'

13. Tyres, Rims, Suspension and Steering

13.1 Introduction

- Lowering or raising the ride height of a vehicle by altering its suspebnsion will alter the amount of suspension travel. For example, lowering a vehicle by, say, fitting shorter springs will reduce the amount of available suspension travel in the "bump' or upward direction.

13.2 VBS 14 Modification Code LS

The following modifications may be performed without certification provided they are carried out in accordance with Subsection 2 General Requirements and Subsection 4 Basic Modification without Certification of Section LS:

- tyre and rim substitution carried out within the limits specified

- lowering and raising suspensions (by not more than one third of the original suspension travel in either direction provided the overall ride height is not increased or decreased by more than 50mm from the manufactures specification)

- shock absorber substitution

- spring and sway bar substitution

When I was living in Adelaide and getting defected every 2-4 months, I would always get defected for ride hight. They always measured from the centre of the wheel to the fender and then look up what in some book on what it should be.

I know I fail the coke can test but I dont drive like a hoon.... (maybe once in a while when there are no cars around) =)

I average about 8L/100km around Melboune inner suburbs and CBD.... But when I drove from melboune to Adelaide over xmas-new years, got it down to 5.7L/100km per tank =)

Nice!!

cars getting lowered today on coilovers cannot wait

What did you end up going with...

Well today i swapped low and slow to not so low comfort and cornering performance.

I removed my not so street coilovers for a set of tein S techs PLUS cosco rear sway bar PLUS F Sport front sway bar.....

Well what an awesome setup!!! comfort driving for normal driving. Then when you want a bit of spirited driving the sway bars kick in awesome stability. The only problem now is my rear tire quality haha!! but also a bit of "fun" with worn hard rear tires!! if you know what i mean!!

Updated pics on how she looks?