StuP

Have you got a pic of this type as I've only seen the TTE one which is £235 from a dealer so if this one is pleasing on the eye I'll go for it instead

Washers fogs

Anyone got one of these going spare or want to part with? Can only find fibreglass ones for sale and don't want to pay dealer prices for new. PM me with a pic and price if you have anything. Cheers Stu

That looks amazing mate, just booking some leave to do mine as it could take a while waiting for paint to dry etc

Having fitted a TTE bumper without the headlight washers recently i decided it was time to get the washer switch to do something once again. Rather than fit the original washers which can be seen through the grille i decided to get a pair of the colour coded fan screen washer jets for the 2003 IS200 from a Lexus dealer and fit them discretely in the top of the bumper (pics to follow as its raining at the moment!)which seemed to be more reliable and neat IMO. Whilst doing this I noticed that the fog lights have a similar assembly to the headlights (2 parts joined with thermal glue) and so ten minutes at 80 in the oven and i had the lenses removed, and an hour later blackened inside like my headlights and reassembled. I'll get some pics posted when the sun comes out but in my opinion both mods are worth doing (washers only if you havent fitted the original ones that pop out of the bumper) and only take a morning/afternoon to do. 1. Remove bumper 2. Remove foglights from bumper by removing the two screws on the inner side of the foglight that go through the mounting hole in the bumper and unclip the wires going into the back 3. Preheat oven to 80 degrees 4. Remove bulbs from back of foglights (standard halogen twist mount) 5. Put foglights in oven for ten minutes 6. Whilst foglights in oven drill holes in top of bumper for the washers to clip into (requires 10mm drill bit and a small square file) 7. Remove foglights from oven and gently separate lenses from the rest of the unit using a flat bladed screwdriver (the lens and reflector may come out togeteher) 8. Remove Reflector from inside the lens and roughen using scouring pad 9. Use a plastic primer on the reflector to provide a good key for the paint 10. Paint the reflector using your chosen colour 11. Whilst these are drying fit the washer jets into the holes in the bumper and attach new lengths of hose to each as they are much smaller than the existing washers and connect using a t-piece to the headlight washer pump on the bottom of the screenwash reservoir (i made my own but essentially you need a 10mm to 2x4mm t-piece adaptor) 12. Once dry reassemble the foglights as well as you can and put back in the oven for ten minutes (this will soften the glue again and you can then assemble properly) 13. Refit bulbs and then foglights back into the bumper and then bumper back on the car. It took me just over two hours with the constant threat of rain, hence i didn't have time to get stage by stage pics for doing this. There are threads on here for removing the bumper and fitting halos in headlights so my advice is to use their guides for more in depth guidance on the difficult bits with this as an overview if you like the idea of the mod.

Hi, I tried this a couple of months back and gave up. The problems you will face are as follows: Universal sub frames are generally flat with horizontal screw holes and the seat mounting holes on an IS are angled so most who have done this have had an engineering firm build custom subframes The seats have airbags and it can be difficult to get hold of the plug in modules that make the rest of the airbag circuit happy without the OEM seats Although they may look nicer than the half leather ones what you have to consider is the loss of the electronically controlled adjustment and the heated seats which will leave two switches on the dash useless. My opinion now is that its better to just get the seats reupholstered to your own style as its not as expensive as you may think and you get exactly what you want whilst retaining the comfort. Other members have had this done to good effect.

So possibly using a batter with better delivery such as a leisure type of the same voltage may improve performance when thirsty accessories are being used? Slightly off topic but I'm just trying to get me head around the reasons why an electronic supercharger could not match the performance of a mechanical one and it only seems to be the ability to transfer energy (be it kinetic from the engine or electrical from the battery) into pressure and minimising the negative effects on engine performance. So if the battery was man enough there is no reason why a well constructed electronic supercharger couldn't replicate the pressure generated by its mechanical alternatives without turbo lag and engine load performance reductions so in essence the only issue is excessively draining the battery.

After looking into Superchargers and turbochargers and the way they work the main difference seems to be where they draw their power: Conventional supercharger- Coupled to engine via pulley and belt to drive compressor turbine Turbocharger- Coupled to exhaust manifold and powered byexhaust gas flow Electronic supercharger- powered from car battery Now essentially they all generate mass airflow and increase air pressure therefore forcing more air into the engine which the ECU compensates for by adding more fuel to maintain the mix and therefore increasing power. Turbochargers suffer from heat issues due to the hot exhaust gasses passing through and need circulation of cold oil and an intercooler for the pressurised air to keep cold air flowing into the engine. Conventional superchargers draw power from the engine so there is a slight performance trade off but seem to be more robust and have reduced heat issues compared to turbochargers. Electronic superchargers suffer neither from heat or draw power from the engine (work alternator harder to maintain the battery) and as operate in the same way as the others I'm just wondering why they get such bad press as surely one of these done properly will cost less and has the potential to be as efficient as the other options without the heat issues?

The clearance between the wheel and caliper is not massive so may cause problems that way also. Paint yours and get the lexus caliper decals for extra effect and it will look better and cause you less grief in the long run.

Does the 35psi apply to all wheels on the Is200 or just the OEM 17" ones?

Oh and XE03 on the dials. Can you PM me if you're still doing these and I'll sort the payment out

Thanks alot once again guys :D

Can you put me down for a Sport set for a manual 2001 Is200

Anyone know where i can get these as Dave from Prolex says they no longer stock them

18" x 8" Offset 43 225/40/18 40mm drop fits without spacers or arch rolling in my recent experience