Modifications And Tuning

[mad hatter]

hi all im new to your club,and also a proud owner of my frist lexus is200/se what i am after is links,contacts,ideas,mod tweeks,do's and dont's for my new motor any help would be great

cheers all

mat

[JOHNNY-BOY]

Welcome to the club Mad Hatter, join Gold then you will be able to see a list of companies you can buy mods etc. from at discounted prices.

[tdiplc]

Welcome to the club Mat

Hope you enjoy your car :)

[simonskippy]

Mat,

Welcome to the club, first thing to do is join Gold if you want to tweak your car, there are loads of companies listed in there that will do discount of parts and labour, this includes some dealerships that will give you discount off servicing etc

Also check out Torque Developments for some ideas of what you can do to your car. They have done most of the modifications to my car and they provide an excellent service. I know that a number of other members would also back me up when I say they provide an excellent service

Cheers

Si

[Monster-Mat]

yep join GOLD,the number of companies offering blinking good discounts is well worth the cost.........

and anything you want to do is available from these companies.......

id start with suspension(hmm i did)

then wheels,exhaust

and then some decent aero parts

and finally some good ol performance goodies

[mad hatter]

hi all thanks for the warm welcome,one of the first things on my list is to lower it how much of a drop ? 30mm or more?and then an exhaust,i had a group n rally exhust on my last motor and it did sound nice but after about an hour on the motorway you would have a nasty headache! any ideas on what might suit me

at the end of this is my e-mail address and if any of u would like to send some pics of your motors so i can get an idea of what can be done that would be great

cheers once again

mat xxxxtaxanxxxx@aol.com

[simonskippy]

Mat,

You don't want to put your email address on the forum as you will soon be recieving a vast quantity of junk mail. Apparently their are programmes out their designed to pick up peoples email addresses for spam purposes!!

If you want to see some ideas of other peoples Lexus then have a nosey here: Lexus Members IS200 Gallery

Also with regards to the exhaust the Lexus has such good build quality and soundproofing that I hardly hear my exhaust apart from when I start the car!

Cheers

Si

[mad hatter]

cheers for the link,and for email address warning

theirs a white 200 in the galley does anyone one no wot spoiler thats is and where u can get one and also does it have to be cut?

oh and does the standard head set have any "rca" outputs on the back or if i take it out am i goning to have a big hole!

cheers all

mat

[simonskippy]

The white is200 will be Mat's (Supercharged_IS200) check with him what spoiler is on his motor, there are no RCA outputs on the back of the head unit i'm afraid

Si

[Monster-Mat]

the rear spoiler cost......£480 direct from TRD japan

[Rayner]

I too am new to the lexus forum (about 5 mins!). Nice to see the Forum is soooo Friendly!

I own an IS200 sport with Body Kit, sports grill etc, but am thinking of tweeking by engine somehow as I am a little unimpressed with the accelleration (esp in 3rd gear) with the std engine.

Are there any reasonably priced tweeks which could be done to improve this?

PS I know nothing about engines at the moment but learning.........

Rayner

[simonskippy]

Rayner,

depends a lot on what you think is reasonable to spend on the engine the list of mods that you can do seems to be growing day by day, it just depends on how much of an improvement to want to get and the size of your wallet!!!

Cheers

Si

[Rayner]

I was wanting to know if there are 'must do's' which give performance increases with low to mid investments.

Which are the most value for money alterations? ie the ones which give the most performance for your money.

Difficult question I know...........

SL55 AMG - nice car, but Clarkson drives one!

[mad hatter]

rayner

hows it going having fun with your lexus? i no i am,if you want a cheap mod with good power go for laughing gas (noz) its dead cheap at the mo,not sure how the lexus lump would take it but as long as you dont go for a mad jet size all should be cool,check with the other lads on here they seem to no shed loads about these cars

have fun

mad hatter

[mad hatter]

p.s

cheers for the spoiler and head unit info

[simonskippy]

No-one has NOZ'd an IS200 on this site yet but a couple are looking at it, the Supercharger gives you a nice 33% power increase you need to talk to Mark @ TDi about getting yourself one of those, or get the CAT sorted and a decent exhaust on there and that will give you extra BHP, I wouldn't suggest NOZ without doing the rods and pistons, the people in the know on the site have said that the standard ones are weak.

[Monster-Mat]

WEAK...................there like pencils :duh:

[TonyGoose]

WEAK...................there like pencils :duh:

Unleaded pencils i hope ... in these environmentally conscious times

[mad hatter]

hiii all

does anyone no if i do a 30mm drop that the car will be level coz standard they seem to be up at the back

cheers

mad hatter

[simonskippy]

Yes mate they will still be level as long as you put the same springs on the front and the back!

[Rayner]

Si

What ballpark price are we talking for either a supercharger or getting the CAT sorted and new exhaust?

R

[Monster-Mat]

you could have made a killing on all the stuff you have just asked about.....alas ive just sold it all.MUHAHAHAHAHAHA :duh:

[mad hatter]

your looking at 3k for a charger from what ive seen plus fitting but if thats going to put you out of pocket could try one of those elec turbos there ment to be good for 15-30% more power but ive never seen one working or no anyone with one? their about £340...mabe some one on here could shed some light on it?

p.s 4 days untill me car gets dropped cant wait

[tdiplc]

try one of those elec turbos there ment to be good for 15-30% more power but ive never seen one working or no anyone with one? their about £340...mabe some one on here could shed some light on it?

Don't waste your time or money.

[mad hatter]

tdiplc

is they pants then?