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As a supporter of the build thread, I thought I should contribute so here is a condensed look at some of the modifications inflicted on what was a standard 2006, smoky grey, face lift SC430. Even though it will be a shortened version, I will need to post it in installments. As a long time Soarer fanatic, I had been keen for some time to purchase an SC430 for a project. After a very long search, one eventually appeared. The bodywork was straight, service history great but the paintwork had clearly been neglected. There were many light surface scratches, the wheels had been curbed, the exhaust was rusty, etc, I was just what I had been looking for, though blue would have been nice. It's common to find the exhaust trims rusty, loose or missing. First tasks were to fit some spare exhaust trims (I had stored away for a GS430) and then get it thoroughly serviced. Plugs, oil, filters, cam-belt, water pump, pulleys, tensioner, etc. With a body kit on order I set about changing the head unit to an Alpine with a Beat-Sonic MVA13L interface/adapter from the US. I was aware that the harness needed to be modified to work in a European car and that no one else had done it or at least documented how to do it but why start with anything easy? It took a few hours to figure it all out but it wasn't too difficult to establish which wires needed to be altered. Removing the head unit is quite easy. Installing the double din unit into the door opening mechanism takes a little time to get right as some of the metal surround has to be cut back and made good to allow the door to move freely. Whilst I was playing with the head unit I also considered using an Ipad with an OBD interface to see what could be achieved. Here's a sample of some of the screens and gauges. I like them but finding a permanent way to display them would require more dash fab work than I was prepared to do. So order was returned to the centre console with the Alpine head unit hidden away. This is what it looks like at night. This is a later pic as the custom steering wheel has suddenly appeared. More on that later. Up next, the body kit and the exhaust. Delivery of the kit and removing the panels.

Hi, and welcome to the story so far of my IS250. I figured since I have started to change a few things, and with some more mods & upgrades planned, I should probably keep tabs on my progress and try and document as much as possible. I enjoy reading this kind of thing about other people's cars, so hopefully you will too. If nothing else, it'll be something useful for the next owner to have a gander at when I eventually part company with it. So, the car then. It's an Argento Ice (1G1) 2011 F-Sport with optional Navigation unit, and it's an automatic of course. I traveled just under 200mls by train, to Darlington, to buy it from a thoroughly nice chap and fellow LOC member in late August 2016. This is my third Lexus IS and my second IS250 F-Sport in a relative short space of time. The previous one being a 2010 model in the rare Sable Metallic (4T5) but this was sadly written-off inside a year with only 27K on the clock. Finding another low-miles F-Sport to replace it proved to be quite difficult and after a couple of months of fruitless searching I was starting to give serious consideration to buying something else. Then one day, someone on the forum announced that they were selling-up... Being honest, silver was not my 1st-choice when looking for a replacement. In fact it was probably near the bottom of the pile in terms of desirability, but the price was just too good to ignore and it sounded like a great car - one owner (a LOC member, no less), 36K miles, FSH & it had been kept in a garage since new. At this point I was thoroughly fed-up of having to borrow other people's cars to get around so I was prepared to compromise and a deal was quickly struck. On the day I arrived to see the car in the flesh for the first time, any misgivings I had about the colour disappeared the minute I pulled-up to the seller's house in a taxi. It was a gloriously sunny day and the IS looked absolutely amazing, sitting there, spotlessly-clean on the driveway. I knew right then and there that I would be going home in it. I quickly told the driver to keep the change because I couldn't wait to exit the taxi and have a closer look. After chatting with the seller over a cuppa and pouring over the car's history and piles of receipts, it was evident that the car had been well looked-after since the day it was purchased from Lexus Nottingham in April 2011. The test drive was pretty short. Just a mere formality really as I was already very familiar with how an IS250 behaves on the road and there was nothing to be concerned about, so the deal was finalised over another cuppa and then the car was mine. There was a generous amount of fuel still left in the tank at the point of sale, but I brimmed the car at Scotch Corner services and planned the journey home on the sat-nav. The obvious choice would've been to head up the A1, but I wasn't in a hurry so instead I headed west on a relaxed cruise along the A66 towards Penrith where I would join the M6, and then subsequently the M74 as I crossed the border before eventually turning off at Abington services in the Clyde Valley to join one of my favourite driving roads, the A702. This is a road that I'm very familiar with and it has it all; great scenery, sweeping fast corners, dips, rises, a few sleepy towns & villages to cruise through, twisty technical sections and plenty of long straights and clear sightlines for overtaking opportunities. Best of all, there's no speed cameras so you can really explore the limits of whatever you're driving. Taking in this road whilst getting to know my new car truly was the icing on the cake. (forgive my lengthy into and waffling but I really did enjoy the whole buying experience of acquiring this car, so I thought I would share it...) Anyway, here's a couple of pics from the sales ad showing how the car looked before I bought it. My first six months or so with the car were fairly uneventful. It had just been serviced, MOT'd and kitted-out with a new set of tyres shortly before it went up for sale, so all I had to do was get it taxed and enjoy it. My first modification (if you can call it that), was in November when I prepped the car for the miserable Scottish winter weather - by swapping out the OEM floor mats for the set of genuine Lexus rubber mats that were included with the car, and by switching to winter tyres. The winter setup was a carry-over from my previous IS250 consisting of 18" 3rd-gen F-Sport wheels shod with 225/40F / 245/40R Pirelli Sottozero 3 tyres, so this was something that didn't cost anything, and arguably looked better than stock so I was happy for my car to wear these for the next 4 or 5 months. The 2016/17 winter weather was particularly awful. Not to the extent that winter tyres were required, but it just seemed to be constantly raining and/or very windy, especially on the occasions when I actually had some free time! So during the dark winter months I just planned what I was going to do next and armed myself with some knowledge, and also picked up a few parts. Fast-forward to the spring and it was time to switch back to summer tyres. A successful PPI claim had given me some funds to play with so I wanted to upgrade to a set of staggered 19" wheels. Sure, the stock 18's look good on a 2nd-gen IS, but 19's look even better!. My initial plan was to save up for a set of graphite OZ Superturismo LMs, but these are pretty expensive and rarely show up on the used market, so I mulled this over for a number of weeks before deciding on my alternative choice of wheel - the OEM "blade" wheels off an IS-F. Produced for Lexus by BBS Japan, these forged and relatively lightweight wheels were hardly a booby prize and were actually a good choice for what I want to achieve. My overall goal for the car could be described as "OEM Plus". To try and make some tasteful improvements to how it looks and performs without ruining it, and to add a bit more of a sporting flavour without it looking out of place. At the end of the day this is my daily driver and I still want it to feel like a Lexus so I'll be using high quality aftermarket or genuine parts from within the Lexus family where possible. In this regard the IS-F wheels are ideal, so when a newly-refurbished set showed up on eBay, I snapped them up. Once the wheels arrived (from Latvia!), my next point of deliberation was tyre choice. I had narrowed the short-list of candidates down to three - Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 3, Dunlop Sport Maxx RT2 or Michelin Pilot Super Sports. In the end I stumped-up for the more expensive Michelins as they've been proven quality for years and are still featuring as an OEM application on various performance cars. Whilst, on the other hand, the other two are quite new on the market with less known about them. Regarding sizes, I took the safe option and went with stock widths as I didn't want to run into problems when I lower the car a touch. I didn't weigh them but just by handling them during fitting and removal and moving the various wheels in and out of storage a few times, the new wheel & tyre combo certainly felt lighter than the OEM F-Sport alloys, despite them being larger. What isn't in question though, is just how much sharper and more precise the steering feels with them, plus grip is superb. Refinement suffered a little of course, but I would say only a little as the car still rides extremely well. On my initial impressions, I was more concerned about the increased road noise and thought I had made a huge mistake, because, boy were these things loud! Thankfully they got a lot quieter after putting a few miles on them but they're still probably louder than a lot of other tyres on the market. I would happily buy them again though. Around this time I also gave the car it's first proper detail during my ownership, and it was badly-needed. After months of being caked with dirt and rock salt, the sides of the car felt like sandpaper, There were literally hundreds of tar spots, so an extensive decontamination and clay bar session paved the way for a course of Super Resin Polish and a coat of Soft99 Fusso Coat. This restored some much-needed shine and lustre to the paintwork, and for the first time in ages, it was actually protected from the elements. (Obligatory snow foam pics) April saw the car pay a visit to Lexus Edinburgh to be serviced and MOT'd and it sailed through with no advisories. In fact, the service manager commented on how clean it was, and how he had to double-check whether they had washed it or not. Next up, was to install a dash-cam. In my previous car I had the relatively cheap, but excellent A118c. And I was in the market for a new one because I carelessly forgot to remove it from the wreck before it was taken away. Anyhow, suitably impressed with how it had performed, I was all set to buy another one when I noticed that there was now an A119 on the market. This promised to be even better and could be installed just as discreetly as the older camera, so I ponied-up an extra few quid to grab one, along with the optional GPS module and a CPL filter. This time, I wanted to make use of the parking mode so that meant hard-wiring it into an "always-on" circuit, so I tapped into the keyless entry system. I was a little worried that this would drain the battery and leave the car unable to start, but so far so good. I've left the car parked-up for 3 or 4 days at a time without any trouble. This is especially impressive, since, after reviewing some footage that was captured whilst parked, it would appear that the motion sensor is pretty sensitive and will trigger the camera into recording an "event" quite easily, So, at times (like when it's raining) the camera can effectively be recording 24/7, yet it doesn't seem to be too much of a burden on the battery. This is something I'm mindful of though, so I'm keeping an eye on it. For the past couple of months, I've just been concentrating on keeping the car clean, but a couple of days ago I done my first "performance" mod when I swapped-out the standard air intake for the official F-Sport one (PTR03-53100). I'd had one of these in my eBay watch list for about 2 years, just waiting for a deal nice enough for me to pull the trigger on. Well, such a deal showed up a couple of weeks ago so I jumped on it. Some pics I took during fitting. Installation was a breeze, very straightforward and quick. I took my time however and cleaned my MAF sensor at the same time, and also cleaned-up some parts of the engine bay that were dusty & dirty before putting everything back together. As for the intake, it's a nice piece of kit. Being an OEM upgrade, you would expect the quality to be very good and the fitment to be perfect, and it is. The general consensus seems to be that this will free up around 3-5 bhp, but that's not something that can be felt. What is noticeable though is the induction sound. There's very little difference, if any, during normal driving but when you push the revs above 3K you're greeted with a fantastic throaty roar. My next move will probably be to lower the car another 10mm or so via a set of H&R springs that I bought ages ago, but until then here's a few pics of how the car looked with the 19" IS-F wheels. Quick Links: F-Sport Gear knob Winter Wheels prep & installation Interior LED upgrade New & current wheel setup IS350 Brake upgrade

Had a small graze on the way home tonight, other car merging into my lane was under the impression that he had the right to move over irrespective of me being alongside him. Scuff on the front wing and door, but luckily the camera caught his number. I'll get the damage checked tomorrow and see if it's worth claiming or find his address and take a dump in his letter box.... as you say, no one gives a **** these days, that's why I'm in favour of involuntarily euthanasia..

Our headlights are different from US-spec cars. The inside lamp has 2 separate bulbs - a w5w for sidelights, plus a separate bulb (HB3) for the main beam. Both of them operate at full brightness at all times. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

Think im going to go with blue calipers and a gloss dark grey wheel colour Will post pics once done

I had the message "System fault" with flashing tyre, and red exclamation mark appear today. Checking with Techstream produced D3 tyre sensor faulty with it's code number. The other three tyre pressures, and temperatures were shown, but this does not tell you which wheel the problem is on. With Techstream still connected I lowered the tyre pressures in each tyre noting which pressure altered (D1, D2, --, D4) marking the wheels accordingly. The tyre with the suspect transmitter was the rear NS. I had the transmitter removed by my local friendly tyre dealer, and a rubber valve put in it's place. I then went home with the offending item. Picture (1) I gently prised off the cover of the unit. This took about 30 seconds. Picture (2) Gently scraping off the soft sealant over the battery. This took about 2 minutes. Picture (3) I peeled off the tag connector. About 1 minute. Picture (4) Gently prised out the battery removing the underside tag. Again about 1 minute. Picture (5) The battery was a Panasonic BR2450 "Same as CR2450" reading 2.8 volts. Not having one of these to hand I replaced it temporarily with a CR2032 held in place with my fingers. I took it out to the car, and turned the car on. The system fault had disappeared, and was now showing a flat tyre obviously because I was holding the sensor without any air pressure. I have ordered 5 tagged BR2450 batteries at a cost of £3-22 pence. As soon as they arrive one will be soldered back to the OEM tags, and the valve refitted. The other batteries will be kept ready for failures of the other valves. The total cost per wheel with the charges from my tyre dealer for refitting, and balancing (£10) will be £10-65 pence. Plus 5 minutes work at my desk. These pressure units could easily be made with a compartment so that the batteries could be change readily, but I suppose the manufacturers are making to much profit for this to happen. John.

Booked to get the h&s exhaust fitted on 31st july, price has gone up from a few years ago now £1140 but still think its worth it. Just in time for a 3 week road trip to France 😉

Are these just the coolest things or what. I think I might just get one. https://www.style-your-garage.com/en/Garage-poster/Motifs-for-single-garages/Landscapes/Highway.html?force_sid=49792f559c7e4ffa8a5ee5ea7c76cb67 Bod

So, I have to tell a story. I live in a mountain and i have a european modell IS 250(RWD). 2006, with 165.000km with full extra and full service book so everything must be fine. But... It is in Italy, Meran. Hot summer days and yeah the road up to the mountain to my home is 13-14km from the city. I have this car since 2016 summer and no problem with it. I got this job in the mountain and since from the first time my car will every time overheating if i climb the mountain. It is always different. Sometime it is only 110C but sometimes if outside is too hot than 130C or almost in the Red line. I have to always turn on the heater core on full open(classic trick). So read many many topics and videos. I checked the leaks or maybe a bad head gasket or something. But nothing... - Changed the thermostat(the old was also fine, i have tested) - Nothing happend - Changed the oil(i read somewhere it could be also a problem) - Nothing - Changed the coolant - Nothing Than i realized, the radiator cap was broken so i changed it but always yet - Nothing happend Than i wrote a big comment in a topic somewhere and somebody said "get out the radiator and from outside or if its need than also inside wash it." Okay, let's try...why not... - I taked out the radiator and i got this what you see in the pictures!! My good...i haven't seen like this before... So, yeah 11 yeras old car, everything works fine in a normal road but on the mountain you become every little **** immediatelly. Might be never was washed this radiator... So i washed it. Put everything back and now works fine :) 36C is outside. I have found a way long road up to the mountain and nothing happens :) Max 96C and than the ventilators come on for 20 second and that's all :) So i prefer for everybody to check this out If your car is overheated!! And another featuer...Before i put it out i checked from the front bumper how it looks(really i must have it out or not...?) And from the front bumper it looks like clean! But not.... And another thing...the climate radiator is front of the normal radiator(picture) and the climate radiator has bigger holes than the normal one...thats why it looks clean and the thing is...it is clean! So dont be tired. Get it out and **** off overheating :) P.S.: The ventilator at working was so loud. Now are quiet :)

Attended a pistonheads meet today. Met in cardiff and drove up to Builth wells using some of the roads from the famous 'welsh blat'. Some lovely cars, especially enjoyed chasing the GT3 😍 Also bumped in to alex and his lovely pearly white F, what are the chances? PS the engine bay shot is of a 600bhp VXR8, the owner was complementing me on the noise of my car after following me for 20 miles 😎

Roof rack bag arrived safely today, very impressed with the quality and design.

Attaching the rear bumper was quite a task as the fixings are awkward. Add to that the various wires I was adding for a back up camera, LEDs for reversing lights and experimenting with a central mounted fog light. The private plate was moved from the LS to the SC and I began to look at a 'stick on' rear spoiler too. I looked around and settled on a an old Celica spoiler but I could see it was going to be very difficult to adapt and attach. With the slight flaring of the front and rear arches the wheels were beginning to look a little lost so wider rims replaced them.

Trial fitting the front end. I don't like the amber corner markers on the SC so they won't be transferred to the new panels. it looks far too friendly with the circular fog light holders so that's another mod to do.

REEEEZULT !!! Road closed for 3 weeks from 24th This month If anything its being repaired - need to chase insurance company now.

My favorite ..

Yes I just showed them my key. The staff were all very friendly and It was a really nice way to have a break from all the crowds & the view from the balcony was good as well. I normally used to retreat there on the Saturday when it was busy. Really missed it this year.

That's a very pertinent point, well observed. Yes, having had a peek under mine there are certainly items lower than the sill.

That is very impressive! I wish I had half your skills. I am not sure about the body kit - will be interesting to see it fitted to the car. Really thought the photos were good. Very inspirational - well done ..... so far!

That way the punters can hear you coming as well as see the orange light on top of the car 🤔 On a serious note, it was interesting to hear so many different exhaust notes on the Welsh blat. I was surprised how little difference there was between stock and all the others whilst out on the open road. Predominant sound was induction and not exhaust. @Mark G's exhaust gave the best sound and certainly best value for money (IMHO)

Once again, you've all missed @Rusty Crobar's real reason for running the tank low. Just like a formula one car, Rusty's car is fuelled for the optimum.... lap.... I mean, traffic light getaway. @Big Rat uses a different fuelling strategy. His car will always have sufficient fuel to get to the next cake & coffee shop!

More updates! I've now changed the reverse lights with a pair of LED Osrams (W16W). Should provide better light for reversing the the dark! Sorry, but couldn't get a photo of these, for obvious reasons. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192182316591 I've changed front and rear indicator bulbs with amber LED Osrams (W21W). http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/352022351313 Because LED bulbs draw so little current, the car will think you have a blown bulb when these are fitted and "hyperflash". To fix this a lot of people fit big resistors in line to the bulb. Instead I got a proper LED compatible flasher relay. Best I found was from Amazon (I even got a spare, just in case). https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01KLIYUPQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Rear bulbs took all of 5 minutes to fit. However, I didn't realise the fronts were a bumper off job! Took me around an hour to remove and refit with new bulbs. VIDEO0034.mp4 <== VIDEO OF INDICATORS HERE At the same time the bumper was off I took the chance to change my fog lights. Fitted a pair of Osram Fog Breakers, imported from Germany. I'm super pleased with the yellow JDM look, like the old IS300. Photo's dont really show how yellow they are. They look much better in person. For some reason the inside of my fog light housings were all grubby, so they got a clean before I reassembled everything too. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302105403029

These have to be my favourites.

Cracking thread sir! Never got chance to catch up on your other thread so thanks for posting it here! Not a car I ever seen up this neck of the woods but looks a fantastic bit of kit to have a play with. Looking forward to seeing the bodykit fitted! Looks very eye catching but not too over the top, think the body colour also helps keep it simple!

It is not worth "claiming", but it is worth reporting it to police and getting him to court for road offense and to repay damages. If you have him on dash cam.. that is 100% success. People nowadays are so used to claim on insurance, but in reality if you have evidence you can go via police, get 100% of the claim without excess, without hike in premiums and you can use Lexus authorised workshop... price there are eye watering, but in the end of the day it is not you who have "hit and run" and you don't need to bother.

Some people just do not know how to drive. Their license should be revoked. Hitting a stationary car... That is just wrong on so many levels. They give points on silly things like over speeding... No, man get these folks out of the road who managed to make a scooby of you and the system and you handed them license, cheaper insurance.

Looking great. A friend of mine is in the market for an SC430, and he lives near me so I'm looking forward to getting in the drivers seat.

I'd never come out or see the light of day again...

Lovely car Lee!

hi Farqui, it's def a nicer place to be. My misses has a rx400h and it's such a reliable car for us, a Lexus was the perfect choice. I looked at 200, but really wanted something big and comfy, as i travel 30miles to work, and the gs300 seemed the right choice. this one just had the low mileage i was hoping for, and at a sensible price

Sensible, that's me, no need for unnecessary displays of speed, I will get there when I get there, no rush...........................................

Yep, to confirm, no loss of main beam when swapping the separate side lights out. And also no errors or warning lights.

The lowest part of the vehicle includes any components which aren't supposed to touch the ground. Id check underneath the car as from memory there are components lower than the sill. I think it may be one of the pipes for the exhaust or the space saver carriage. In my 450h the lowest part is an exhaust pipe in the mid section which is lower than the sill.

You'll be there all day with 800 mate we would start with 240 minimum to remove all the lacquer on a DA at work, don't worry you wont damage the plastic its amazing how well it re-lacquers up. It will have reacted where you sanded the most as you have broken the surface of the original lacquer more so it can eat in more, what you need to remember is aerosol products are most lust cellulose thinners which is what we use to break down paint in the gun wash so will react and try and loosen and peel the original lacquer from the headlight! You wont get a great finish without removing all or the original lacquer from the front surface of the headlight, we must have done over 100 headlights and in the early days a few of the lads tried to do it without removing all the lacquer or just feathering out the bit they needed to remove and it always looked a dogs dinner and had to start again. You can hit them with as low as 180, 240, 320,400 600, 800, 1000, 2000 and finally 4000 abralon on a DA is what we would do before lacquering with a UV protected lacquer to ensure there is no chance of the lacquer turning yellow in years to come. Providing you sand to a nice 2000 - 4000 finish you wont see any sanding you have done originally with the 240's

Great pics 😀 Wish I had known about this meet as I would have come along. I've been in the area today visiting family just up the road in Llandrindod Wells.

I don't know really this just so childish you wouldn't see me or @Mark G or @Warrington guy or ................ cough cough any of us responsible.........isF owners behaving in such a way............. 😂 As evidenced here with me travelling at precisely 29.9 mph 🤣 🐀

I like them.

How far can an isf travel when the trip computer reads zero? I did about 10 miles today in heavy traffic with the gauge on empty and watched the fuel gauge drop well past the minimum level! 😮 Due to my cars, um, drinking problem I don't take any chances when it comes to refuelling but interested to know for sure how far it will go in an emergency 😀

@NemesisUK He was of the opinion that they were just not up to the Lexus original quality by a fair way, for me I know the Lexus prices are high for supply and fit of these items but I've not heard anybody say a bad thing performance wise about them apart from cost and dust. Now obviously they are an important feature of any car goes without say, but mine is original brakes all round including pads after eight years and 42K which I think speaks volumes it's just a shame Mr Lexus wants sooooo much for them. Big Rat

Been to look at them with my mate Paddy he's an automotive engineer specialised in braking and suspension systems over many years. He's probably forgotten more than I'll ever know about these matters, and even his cursory look at them the pad compounds are very different from the standard ones this of course may be a good or a bad thing ! He felt the compound was less metallic and possibly softer, the originals are legendary for the dust but they work very well and last. The bells don't look the best quality in surface finishing nor did the rears of the discs. Suffice to say I've passed on these I'm not desperate for them at the moment so I shall keep looking and may take the route of others on here with alternatives. Big Rat

Congrats. Next milestone is closer than you think - 123456mls.

Agreed much better to keep it out of the reserve, see cars all the time at work running on fumes, I don't understand it personally its like not use save money using the bottom half of the tank over using the top half? Apart from the very slight weight cost I guess. I tend to top up weekly but would be thinking of stopping at next station if I was getting to around 1/4 tank personally

I agree that derv has had its day but peoples obsession with MPG will mean plenty of diesels will still sell for a while. The obsession with MPG on brand new cars baffles me surely people are most interested in MPG because they think this will lead to lower running costs and cost them less, but surely depreciation is the biggest cost factor so they should be far more interested in how much a car will depreciate over the next 3 years say, its no good buying a 30k car that does 60mpg and its worth 10k 3 years later over buying a 30k car that does 30mpg but is worth say 15k 3 years later. The fuel saving is total outweighed by depreciation before you even start on the increased repair costs on diesels and higher purchase costs!

As I said just yesterday in a different topic, the main reason for not running the petrol tank dry is that in petrol injection systems the fuel pump is actually inside the fuel tank and is cooled and lubricated by the fuel itself - no fuel means no cooling or lubrication for the pump, possibly leading to other (no doubt expensive) problems. So when you say "but interested to know for sure how far it will go in an emergency" the best answer is to never find out - never let it get to that emergency situation. I would never let my cars get below 1/4 full.

This person decided to test the reserve range but cleverly kept near to the pump... 😂

have a word with Lexusman on Lexus World, i don't think he is far from you.

I used to contribute to this forum a lot more when there was sensible discussion and debate, I think others did too (I'm sure some are missing of late?). I also enjoyed it a lot more too before this style of posting became prevalent on numerous threads. I have respect for the regular contributors with sound knowledge and good advice. I've kept this post polite and impersonal.....I'm sure you guys can read between the lines (was tempting to insert a deliberate typo there).

Nice that looks like a very handy bag could do with 1 of those for mine!

One of these was there too... 😍

Ignore me, Im sure this is well known knowledge on here but this is very handy for this sort of thing http://www.lexus-tech.eu