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Just Bought A Is200

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hia all.,,i have just bought myself a 2001 (y plate)lexus is200 sport

astral black....42000 miles....full lexus service history...just had a 40000 service...mint inside and out....it is gleaming, not a scratch anywhere!!!! drives superb.....just had a new lexus stereo fitted from lexus as the original had laser problems, ,,,,,it's also got 5 new alloys from lexus as the originals had corroded.

i bought it for £10350. is that a good price to pay for it?

will post photo's of it soon.

maddy

p.s....ive got to say that it has dissapointed my when driving around corners....back end starts to twitch a little.lol but overall i'm very happy with my new buy!!!

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hia all.,,i have just bought myself a 2001 (y plate)lexus is200 sport

astral black....42000 miles....full lexus service history...just had a 40000 service...mint inside and out....it is gleaming, not a scratch anywhere!!!! drives superb.....just had a new lexus stereo fitted from lexus as the original had laser problems, ,,,,,it's also got 5 new alloys from lexus as the originals had corroded.

i bought it for £10350.  is that a good price to pay for it?

will post photo's of it soon.

maddy

p.s....ive got to say that it has dissapointed my when driving around corners....back end starts to twitch a little.lol but overall i'm very happy with my new buy!!!

Mi Mad,

Congrats on the purchase. Sounds like a very good price if you got it from a Lexus dealer. :)

Welcome to the club anyway.

Rear wheel drive cars can all give way depending how hard you go around a corner... :duh:

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Thats easy....................................

Ease off the throttle until you are used to a RWD car!!!!

The IS can be very twitchy in the wet, especially if you have a heavy right foot!

Welcome to the club both of you!!

One more thing....................

GO GOLD!!!! :D

Stu

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Nice one Maddy!  :D

Wonder how long until you catch the modding bug?  :blink:

coincidently......i was just thinking....maybe getting the front drivers and passengers window tinted....alloys are ok not too bad....being abit tail happy might start thinking about lowering/strut braces (i thinnk i';m right in saying that if i do the stut/lowering mod it will help the cornering but you will loose the ride quality)...

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Nice one Maddy!  :D

Wonder how long until you catch the modding bug?  :blink:

coincidently......i was just thinking....maybe getting the front drivers and passengers window tinted....alloys are ok not too bad....being abit tail happy might start thinking about lowering/strut braces (i thinnk i';m right in saying that if i do the stut/lowering mod it will help the cornering but you will loose the ride quality)...

the ride will become more communitive....as in you will be able to "Feel" what the car is doing better.

i would suggest getting anti roll bars aswell!! possibly the best suspension upgrade you can do!!

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@monster-mat

so what do i need to in terms of gettng that communitive ride?,,,,,,

u see i have no idea what i should be looking for when lowering a car///....do i need springs? dampers? shocks? i have no idea....are strut braces the same as anti-roll bars?

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@monster-mat

so what do i need to in terms of gettng that communitive ride?,,,,,,

u see i have no idea what i should be looking for when lowering a car///....do i need springs? dampers? shocks?  i have no idea....are strut braces the same as anti-roll bars?

a nice simple set up

TTE springs or Eibach

TTE anti roll bars

Cusco front strut bar

a more complex set up

Coilovers.....the choice is yours

TRD anti roll bars

Cusco front strut bars

and a serious set up

Coilovers

TRD yellow anti roll bars

Cusco front and rear strut bars

Japsai chassis braces

Cusco negative upper wishbones(front)

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i'm not looking to go start really messing about with it too much....

the basic setup looks kinda awright for me....

a nice simple set up

TTE springs or Eibach

TTE anti roll bars

Cusco front strut bar...

how do i find out the prices of these 3 items?...it might sound abit stupid but what do the anti roll bars do?.....are they different to the strut bars?

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i'm not looking to go start really messing about with it too much....

the basic setup looks kinda awright for me....

a nice simple set up

TTE springs or Eibach

TTE anti roll bars

Cusco front strut bar...

how do i find out the prices of these 3 items?...it might sound abit stupid but what do the anti roll bars do?.....are they different to the strut bars?

strut bars tie the suspension turret tops together and firm up the front of the car ahead of the windscreen (reducing twist)

Strut Bar

anti roll bars reduce the amount of body roll , bigger anti roll bars, reduce roll more

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@monster-matt

what i was honestly going to do first was some kinda induction kit under the bonnet...something simple and easy to start of with.....am i right in thinking that the induction kit is that long metal cylindrical tube ( with several bends in it) with a cone shaped filter at the end of it?

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The TTE anti roll bars are adjustable with 3 settings

Stiff

Stiffer

Stiffest

I have mine on the middle setting at the moment but want to change it to the stiffest - which one is this, the setting towards the front, or to the rear of the car? :huh:

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I AM ALSO NEW HERE, JUST BOUGHT MY IS 200 1 WEEK AGO, (SMILING). IT'S ALL BEAUTIFUL. IT'S AN IMPORT FROM SINGAPORE, 2000/3, 27,000 Miles. PAID ABOUT 12,000 (NOT SEEING THE POUND SIGN). I AM BEGINING A LEX PROJECT THIS WEEKEND. GOING AND STRIP THE PAINT OFF THE GRILL.

TAKE CARE ALL............

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