Hey guys,
Thought id chuck up a pic or two of my IS as things move along. Ive had the car afew months, unfortunately due to me having to put the car right, im lacking in mods! It needed mats and wipers, so ive gone for a set of tailored mats and aero wipers. But ive had just just pay out for a service, a new cam belt kit, water pump and rear brakes. That little lot could have paid for afew mods - but i guess atleast i know ive got a car chucking afew quid at now! Hopefully!

The previous owner wasnt very good at parking. Both the front and back bumpers were scruffed and cracked. One of the sills also had been whacked - So ive just got the car out of the body shop today;





You can just about see where im in the middle of painting the callipers red. Im also waiting on delivery of some -50mm Tenzo R lowering springs! Hopefully it wont be too long before the car starts looking abit better.

Always liked these just a shame they never gave us one with a decent powerful engine in, the BEAMS tuned 2 litre is ok but why not put the 1JZ twin turbo in it as standard or the 3S-GTE

Lowering springs will make it look awesome mate looking foward to seeing it.

Congrats on a very nice clean car

Thanks,

I must admit, (coming from a vRS and a GTi before that) it is lacking in power a touch! Wouldnt mind knowing if there was a sensible way of knocking the power up into the 200's. With it being N/A - Im guessing not?!?

However, i did buy the thing as a sensible "not spending money on it" car - So maybe i'll live with standard power and just make it look better. We'll see!

Airbox mod? De-cat? All costs peanuts and can give bhp. Usually low rev range torque too, but I'm no expert on the Lexus fella

Dan,
Gonna look at a stainless system once ive got this little lot outa the way! Would definitely look at a decat. Be interesting to see how one would sound. I did it to an old GTi 16v Golf and it was deafining!

What sort of airbox mod would be recomended?

Well.........if you get over to accordr.org and make yourself a member, there's a thread entitled the 'LL Airbox Mod' that will detail everything. However, this is specific to the ATR, so obviously you'll need to tailor it to your own needs

Have you checked out the two websites I included earlier in your thread? They MUST have an airbox mod

Nice,

If you want colur coded reversing semsors give me a shout i'd be happy to help try and keep your bodyshop corrected car the way it is!

sheered a bolt of the hub painting a brake calliper!

Never done that before!

Just a quick update;



7" Double din DVD headunit!

tidy mate, im off to look at one tomorrow.

Need a family car and these seems to be a good option

Theyre good motors!

But if im honest, ive thought of selling already - I want something i know abit better!

I think im gonna sell this. I need to get back into a hatch!

LEXUS IS200SE
2000 - W454***
84,000miles
2litre straight six VVTi @ 153BHP 144lbs/ft
6 speed manual
Platinium Ice Silver

10 months TAX
5 months MOT

JUST main dealer serviced
JUST Cam belt & Tensioners replaced
JUST water pump inspection with new unit supplied
JUST Rear brakes disc and pads replaced
JUST replaced near side rear calliper due to a crack
JUST wheel tracking inspection

With that said the car mechanically wants for nothing!

Front and Rear bumpers resprayed in Febuary
Off side sill resprayed

With that said the body work is in good condition for the year!

NEW 7" DVD headunit with iPod & bluetooth connectivity
RECENT tailored fitted mats all round
Aero wipers

Remote central locking
Full Electric Windows
Electric tilt & slide Sunroof
Automatic Headlights
Electric folding Mirrors
Electric drivers Seat
Heated seats
Headlamp washers
8 Speaker HiFi system
Fog front Lights
Traction control with snow mode

All features working without issues!

Being a Lexus which has recently been given the works it should provide effortless motoring for some time
Have put a fair bit of money into this car, which I have only owned since december
With the cost of the work just done i am probably doing the wrong thing selling
I sold a German hot hatch to buy this but I have quickly realised I want another, the only reason for selling

Got to be a bargain at £3000! Anyone interested?