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Nice snow foam @Rusty CrobarI've been frequenting the hand car washes a bit too frequently. Although they're better than the garage roller washes, they still don't do it properly to avoid fine swirl marks. Now nights are drawing out might invest in a snow foam adapter for the pressure washer.

Looks great. Since discovering g-technique c2 v3 I have never looked back! It is spray on and buff off and takes me 20 minutes to do the whole car. It can also be applied to glass and plastic. It's used by pro detaikera and lasts for 6 months with one coat. Epic stuff.

Maybe it was a silver ISF

Yes enjoy your run in safely. Leave the hairy bits for the track. Take care lads and take plenty of photos.

All this talk of cleaning has made me want to get out there on mine!

Would love to learn how to do that, is there a masterclass in Mid Wales? @Rusty Crobar @Flytvr @Big Rat @Mark G @Warrington guy etc, etc.?

@Rusty Crobar She's gleaming matey, so it's about time I did some pics of mine, here she she is 15 months ago on the day I picked her up :) Big Rat

After months of truly miserable weather that ALWAYS seemed to coincide with my days off, I finally got the weekend I'd been craving. So I gave my car the first proper clean its had since its been in my ownership. Not a full detail, but I'll hopefully get a chance to do the stuff next week that I didn't have time for today. Products used were mostly old favourites that have been in my kit for a while, but new to me was Autoglym's new flagship Ultra High Definition shampoo. Like their other HD products, its quite pricey but with the current Halfords offer plus LOC discount, it cost me £12-odd for a bottle which isn't too bad because it's really good and well worth the money IMO. Anyway, as my aching limbs will attest, I spent about 6hrs in total washing, claying, polishing & waxing. The fact I was doing everything in direct sunlight made the job more time-consuming and harder work than it should've been, but I don't care. The end result was very satisfying. Products used; Powermaxed Traffic Film Remover Bilt-Hamber Auto Foam Autoglym HD Shampoo Farecia G3 Clay Mitt Autoglym Glass Polish (outside) Autoglym Fast Glass (inside) Autoglym Rapid Detailer (door shuts, wheels) Meguiars Endurance tyre gel Autoglym Super Resin Polish Soft99 Fusso Coat (Dark)

At what speed does it become airborne with those doors open

The colour is correct!

Got to be one of my favs! I know it's from an advert, but could so easily be our very own Big Rat!!!

Ooooooo errrrrrrr Mrs. I hope it wasn't painful.

I cannot support that sort of behaviour, hooligans, no need for it, there will be none of that nonsense in Wales........................................will there?

@Spacewagon52 Especially concentrating on that back seat for me 😂 Big Rat

Hand car washes are evil! We can chat about our snow foam nozzles on the Wales trip 😄

One of the problems with forums like this is that it's possible to convince yourself that you've got every forum niggle going. As I said, drive a few to see if yours is any worse or on a par with others. So subjective and so many different variables I would think

@Tom24 looking good! Gave mine a wash too, this is how it was supposed to look last Saturday 😶

Good morning all, Well I've been a member since 07 I think and I originally had a IS Sportcross which I loved. I always wanted an LS though and have been close to buying one on a few occasions and have made various posts on here. Anyway my mind was set and I just wanted a 430. So yesterday a put a deposit down on a 06 plate silver with black leather. The car has had two owners and the dealer sold it to the second owner in 08 and has bought it back from them, which i think is good sign. 81,000 miles with full Lexus history from Edgware Road. I rang the dealer went over the history and nothing unusual came to light, just it seems a well maintained car. Also I checked the MOT history and noted it's never failed one and had few advisory's. I did pay top end at £6995, but it's the car i want in the colour I want. Also a low mileage car. Lastly I was pleased it was registered January 06 so have avoided the car tax hike to £515. To say I'm excited is an understatement and I collect the car next Thursday. Will post some pics next weekend. I have always liked and enjoyed this forum and hope to be a more active member of it. Oh and can I connect my phone to blue tooth (does it have blue tooth even?) or will i need a Parrot? All the best for the day, Nick in Sheffield

Your setup certainly works well, fantastic sound. 👍

Used just this on my Obsidian Black CLS55. The mitt is so easy to use much better than the usual clay bar. The Black Hole glaze fills swirls and minor scratches really well. Overall a fantastic finish, shame it doesn't last. Just a couple of washes and back to as before.

WALD front lip copy process final step

Is it supposed to be representative of anything................ Its a track day with a GT3, a 430 and an Is-f, I don't know anyone that goes to a track day with high end equipment to follow someone around, so the GT3 gets dropped after a lap and the Lexus chases the 430 for a couple of laps, was the guy in the 430 really trying??????? we don't know, was the guy in the isf trying?????? it would certainly appear so, in the end the Lexus passes the Ferrari, does it represent anything? Maybe it represents a light 510bhp car cant hold off a 420bhp car giving away 400kg with a better driver.................................... Who knows, it was posted as an entertaining piece of video.

Referring to your customer base as the C word doesn't sit easy with me in the slightest. It demonstrates a lack of professionalism in front of colleagues plus a general sense of negativity and lack of respect. He needs some suitable advice.

I know it can be an obsession to some but at the recent Cannock meet I saw this on the M6 😂 Big Rat

@Mattmech Very nice matey Mrs Rat has put an order in for me only last night, so it'll be my turn for a play, I posted this elsewhere today but thought I'd share it on here as well, the depths of desperation when it comes to detailing 😂

Just messing about with a few filters.

You're right Linas I was teasing a bit... Agreed on manual I would choose auto next time. I had to re-learn shifting for the is250 as too many years spent in low reving 4 pot diesels with turbo lag. The car is no hot rod granted.....but if you can keep the revs on or around the powerband.... it's not as poor as maybe some think for a heavy car producing 200-ish bhp. I can generally hang on to my mates Bmw 330i (2001) and that's supposed to be 225 bhp. Sent from my iPhone using Lexus OC

I can't upload my settings to my Lexus either from the version I have in my car (63 plate with latest update) so looks like this is designed for much newer cars anyway.

or IS-F for £21k.... so win-win. As said before, I am not that interested in RC-F price on it's own, but the impact to IS-F prices which were holding on their own, but now with downwards pressure from both RC-F and GS-F they won't hold as well.

I have enjoyed this series so far. I think Chris Evans should have been given more time. The interactions between the presenters is getting better and seems more natural. Chris Harris needs to tone it down a little. I hope they will develop the show and not try to copy Clarkson et al but develop their own style. I agree the camera work is stunning.

I have fitted an xcarlink to my LS430, as a result of an article way back on here. It is brilliant and play my iPhone through it. Do not now use the CD player because all my cd's are on my iPhone. Have to say that the sound really is fantastic. It also enables me to Bluetooth my phone so it is now hands free . I am not technically confident, and it does mean removing the fascia to take the radio out. However there are numerous videos on you tube , and very straightforward. If I can do it, anyone can! I am taking the car to Spain in May so will really benefit , enjoying my music in luxury. Rgds, Roger

I'd be happy to help I'm just popping off an email to Lexus for the appropriate car, I've included a picture of my requirements. Bug Rat

Excellent, I look forward to the tuition 🐀

I think, 28 and 29 bank 2 sensor 1 and 2, 25 fuel system too lean, 19 accelerator pedal position sensor. Sent from my iPhone using Lexus OC

There's one available at £35,750 with 25k on the clock. Definitely starting to make some of the higher priced ISF's on Auto Trader look like very poor deals. Especially with the GS-F values following the RC-F values down. I'm starting to reconsider my 08/09 ISF plan for this year. I don't actually need the four doors and, by the time I save another £8,000 on top of what I'd planned for the ISF, the RCF should be available for £28k or so. Really want that V8 sooner though :)

I'd go into the dealership and ask to speak to the technicians. I'd sit them down in a quiet corner of the dealership and show them my video. Afterwards I'd ask them what they thought. Then I'd make it clear that I knew what a Lexus hybrid was and I loved the car and they were lucky I wasn't planning to put the video on YouTube and naming and shaming the dealership. I wouldn't take it any further than that

Ahhh that's a much better clip 👍

How come you bought a second set of wheels for the isf? Just for spares?

I have successfully fitted a new double din head unit while keeping the air con and other top screen control systems operational. I did this by bypassing the amp for sound (done before I know) and stripping down the original head unit to just the PCB needed for the controls for the original environmental and nav controls. This PCB was then plugged in and tucked out of the way behind the new double din... all works well so far...

Its better since clarkson killed it. Old format was about the old 3 bigging thenselves up. New format is more about the cars and it seems to be getting better. Personally i think evans should have been given more of a run yes he shouted a bit but needed to settle in.

Looks good Tom! Let's hope for a few days of sun so it stays that way!

Edwardo, are you serious? I would have demanded that the car interior be immediately sanitised, preferably with ozone, after asking the farter or his employers to produce medical testimony that he was not suffering from any intestinal disease more serious than simple flatulence....

54 in body and not a day over 24 in mind

Not a 460 but my 600hL..... doesnt fit in any car park space ,both cars backed against wall

Finally believe I've cracked this. Noticed it coming in to the passenger side too when sat in car at lunch during heavy rain today. Long story short it was coming down from behind the dash. Stuck some folded paper towels into the internal crease between where the windscreen meets the dashboard. Came came out with a wet edge on the paper towel. Tried it again and again, same, pulled the LH B pillar trim off, carefully examined the internal bond between screen and pillar, used paper towel method again here, came back wet edged. Finally found a small leak in the seal between windscreen and bpillar, the bond was leaking. It was trackign down to the front windscreen edge and tracking down to the footwells from there, dependend on where i parked (work = flat, home = RH decline) dictated which footwell the water tracked to. Getting new screen put in on Monday. I'm 99% sure this is the cause of this mysterious leak. What;s made it unbelievable difficult to trace is there's a lipped plastic trim peice that sits under and surrounding the glove compartment, due to it being lipped (imagine a tea tray) it's had to fill up slightly from the leak before it overspills into the footwell. hence when I hose tested it I could see no obvious signs there and then. OMG huh.

5 days in and loving it.

It's not really snapping that's the issue at big mileages (although it can happen) - it's stretching of the chain, along with corresponding wear of the tensioner and the sprockets. That leads to excessive noise. This problem will rear its head more and more with stupid extended service/oil change intervals - the wear is largely caused by ineffective lubrication when the oil gets contaminated. I'll say it again - frequent oil changes! (BTW - IS250s have three chains - the main one which drives the intake camshafts and two small ones, one for each bank, which drive the exhaust camshafts from the intake ones.)

The toyota smart key maker is all over eBay £10-£25. I only used the T300+ OBD2 programmer to view info in the ECU IMMO to clarify 2 new master keys, also got this on eBay £139, the T300+ isn't essential but will be a great help as it gives you ECU fault codes to fix any faults (without trial & error) keeping costs to a minimum