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> Swedish Is200 Sport, My pursuit of perfection
P.Lindblom
post Nov 13 2008, 11:38 AM
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Some of you may have noticed my project threads around here. I have received quite a few PMs, reminding me to answer questions in the different threads. I’m finding it hard to keep track of them, so I decided to create this thread, in which I will summarize what I’ve done with the car so far. Most of it is copied from my Swedish project thread and I’ve simply chosen to remove all the text until I have managed to translate it all. If you want info on any of my upgrades, please feel free to ask me.

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Ditec paint protection and basic tidy up
iPod integration
Integrated Sony sat nav
New interior
TRD front lip
New exhaust – HKS Silent HiPower
Black headlight clusters and CCFL Angel eyes
Sports grille and black horns
New rims and black calipers
HID Pace Car Strobes
TTE-spoiler and LED fever
A/C chrome rings
New rims and tires... again
OEM armrest retrofitted
New stereo - JVC KW-AVX710E 7" touch screen DVD
6 x 55W extra lights behind the grille
Stainless steel dials
Front speakers replaced - Infinity Reference
Rear speakers replaced - Infinity Kappa
Sub and amp added - Rockford Fosgate




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2007-07-08
I have finally bough myself a Lexus IS200. It’s a 2000 model with one owner and 65.000 miles before me. There are currently 1225 Lexus IS200s registered in Sweden, so they are not very common. The amount of registered Volvo V70s is 262.882 smile.gif

Anyway, this is how it looks right now:





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2008-11-13
A lot has happened to the car. I’ve spent many hours and too much money on upgrades. In the following posts I will now try to summarize what’s been done so far. This is its current state:















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post Nov 13 2008, 11:39 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:40 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:41 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:42 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:42 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:43 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 11:45 AM
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post Nov 13 2008, 12:17 PM
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Nice pictures and useful threads, nice work !! biggrin.gif
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