Buying A Is200

[Flowithme]

Hi anyone and everyone,

I have found a 1999 IS200 which has been financially repo'd from a company and have had the RAC do a check on the car, I just need some advice now.......The RAC found that there was 1) leak from behind the water pump 2) Exhaust has a very limited life. The garage is going to fix the leak but not the exhaust and I need to know what my options are if I buy the car, does anyone know the price of an original full Lexus exhaust and also if I'm better off spending the same cash on a non Lexus exhaust?

[twotone]

Welcome to the club :)

I bought my '99 IS200 Sport a month ago and had an RAC check done. It also reported 'Exhaust has a very limited life'. I asked the guys here in the goldmembers area and was told that no one had heard of a Lexus exhaust system needing replacing on an IS and that it would probably be good for another couple of years.

Regarding the costs of a new Lexus or non Lexus exhaust I never had those questions answered.

But I'm sure someone here will be able to help.

[Flowithme]

Ive just become a gold member! Do I need to get some sort of codes or something to enter as a gold member from my email account?

[twotone]

It might take a couple of days...you'll receive an email with the details for logging in....

Someone correct me if my info is out of date.

[AltezzaScott]

Welcome to the club mate..... if your going to change the exhaust, you might as well get an aftermarket one, there are planty about, do a search in the past forums and have a read up on some reports.... hope this helps

Scott