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Ahoy! Reading Japanese blogs I've decided to speak to my friend in JPN to try out these little cosmetic OEM addons. First up RCF rear bumper winglets.. Already painted in 1H9 Mercury Grey so it was a case of dremeling out on the inside and as it comes with 3M adhesive it will stick right on. Next up.. GS300H Gearknob - difference is that the IS300H doesnt have the matching contrast stitching. Fairly easy to install, just pull down the leather boot and unscrew the old shift knob. Feels and looks nice imo.. Weatherstrip Mod. - This I find very useful as no joke wind noise is slightly reduced and closing of the front door gives an even more upmarket 'thunk'. B Pillar is also is cleaner as rainwater cannot get in. Weatherstrips are again from an older GS. Easy to install. Just mask off the trim area and use a trim tool to lever up, the first 2 clips will pop off giving enough room to fit the rubber tab into the door. Use alcohol to clean the door edge as the weatherstrip is self adhesive. Test fit without peeling off the backing so you are confident where it will go and then commit. Next Upgrade are CT200H Door Check Strap covers.. And Lastly as the room rolls their eyes.. Genuine JDM Alarm Stickers.. Did not source parts from Lexus UK as they are well overpriced. It was a combination of Japan and the USA. Lesson endeth.. lol

I thought my premier had all the bells and whistles but this one seems to come with a bonus. Useful for nights out at the pub!

A quick update on this. I test drove another one on Saturday and the brakes felt much more reassuring so I think that there was a problem with the first one I drove. Also the sunroof stopped in the closed position. The car was in excellent condition for its age (early 2007) and I agreed to buy it on condition that the strange vibration at motorway speeds was addressed. Buying from a private seller and he diagnosed sticking front brake caliper so he offered to replace it for free and also asked if I would like the other front caliper replacing for the cost of the caliper alone after discounts. He has now replaced them both and taken it out for a good long run and says the difference is amazing. Going to pick the car up next weekend

All web servers will have a max limit to prevent the server going under extreme heavy load. Basically the setting only allowed 150 concurrent connections, so everyone was put in a queue. I have increased this level and the server load level has gone up, but not enough to make it slow performance wise. Working very well.

Congrats!!! Despite what many think, silver really suits the ISF and shows the lines beautifully.

Cars were a little chalk and cheese, Jag very modern, rode beautifully even on 20" wheels with the adaptive suspension and the engine is the best sounding and responsive forced induction v6 on the market imo. Then there's the ISF, well that's the car that will be sitting in my drive in a weeks time 😁 felt about 10 times more special. Bought the silver 09 plate 32k miles with 3 years of Lexus warranty.

A few pics now it's out of hibernation just had a fresh mot at Lexus Leeds was surprised to have it fail on a rear shock and window wipers which I've never used as i never drive it in rain so I'm guessing they were perished.

Took advantage of a bit of fine weather on Sunday afternoon to check my brake pads. I'd purchased some Pagid sets from ECP last August as they were so ludicrously cheap. Last checked them in Oct and figured then it would be round about now when they'd need doing. Sure enough, all down to their last 4-6mm. Took about 2½hrs from start to finish. Jacked up one wheel at a time, chocked front and back on the other side and just worked my way around the car. Found it useful to have:- An old plastic syringe ... to draw some brake fluid from the master cylinder as the new pads would raise the oil level. Copper grease for the shims. There were 2 shims on each pad and I chose to clean and re-use those along with a slip of Copper Grease. Strangely the pagid boxes only had shims(4) for the rear pads. Caliper grease ... best to give the slide pins the once over while there! They were all fine! A 8" G Clamp and a piece of 2x1 about 4" long. To press the brake piston back so you can get the caliper back together over the now much fatter pad pack! The only part I needed to use from the old pads was one spring clip on each front pad. These lock into the caliper housing when fitting the pad. A decent pair of vinyl work-shop gloves. Solvent/rag/wirewool for cleaning various parts. My copies of Noobies descriptives for doing pads and slide pins. Always good to refer to. Couple of sharp tests on the drive and then a run around town. All working beautifully. For what its worth the Pagid pads are just fine and despite what some others said they are silent thus far. Brake dust? Well that'll be observed over time. The last Toyota set were quite dusty...particularly on the front wheels. Someone commented recently about not being able to withdraw the rear pad guide pins. I'm wondering if they had removed the locking spring that fits between the pins and locates through a hole in each pin. I cant see how the pins would be immovable....unless maybe this spring was in place. You only need to wiggle the pins and they readily withdraw with a pair of pliers. Then you can withdraw the second spring which has loops to accommodate the guide pins at each side.

Have you tried following the instructions on the Lexus website? How far do you get? https://www.lexus.co.uk/multimedia/onboarding/cy17/set-up-miracast-screen-mirroring

You probably know that Honda, like most other car manufacturers, don't make parts like batteries, exhausts, tyres etc., etc. All they do is to buy them in from the people who do make them and probably put on a markup for acting as middleman before selling on to you. You don't need to go to the main dealers for any parts like these, so I suggest you just look for a decent brand of battery like Yuasa, Varta, Bosch or Exide to name just a few, and buy from any motor accessory shop or specialist battery shop if you have one near you (we have Longton Battery Services near us). You can go in and talk one-to-one to the guys who deal in/with batteries all day, every day and benefit from their knowledge and expertise.

rdb85 You might find the recent and ongoing thread "Going to see a 450h tomorrow, any tips?" helpful. John

Yes I worked straight off the jack. Car was on level ground, front and rear wheels chocked.

hey, I have a 2006 ........ latest Honda Legend 3.5 SH-AWD and there's an on-line Honda spares/parts provider that sells Honda parts, batteries included, that are way way cheaper than the main dealer. Go google search and you will come across it very quickly, name escapes me right now Malc

Hi - Cannot help with your question but have you considered one of them solar trickle chargers?

You need to try one. I've had all sorts of fancy cars and bikes over the years, and a nice GS450h is one on it's own in my opinion. If you were a little closer to where I live, you'd be welcome to try mine; and if you happen to be in this part of the world anyway, you most certainly can. I've never been in a GS300, but surely a GS450h is the same but with effortless performance? Lower emissions therefore lower tax? I do mixed motoring and get mid-30s + mpg on a regular real world basis without having to drive like a granny to do it. Try one before you give up!

Hahaha quite!! The LS400 would have been a more sensible choice in hindsight. Stick with it!! Sent from my G8141 using Tapatalk

I think this is the place, has been mentioned before http://lex-tekautos.com/

Hi, Thanks for the tips. Once I started the engine and remained in Park mode the screen was available. Many thanks to all for the help. Regards, Anthony.....

I have tweeked the website's ECU and now sticking her on the dyno LOL Looking better already.. i will keep tweeking. I am no longer getting reports of downtime, must of had 2000 reports, my phones ringtone was on fire. Funny how it gets fixed at the end of the bank holiday weekend. Just typical

There are several threads on the various forums about greasing caliper pins, what grease to use or not to use. There is a newly formed company called ProSlip which is marketing a pack of three little tubes of grease for the various brake components. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ProSlip I have no connection with this company other than buying a little pot of the caliper pen grease before this triple pack was available. I asked ProSlip if they would give any discount to LOC members and they said yes! Enter the code LEX6YOU6 at checkout to get 20% off. Should this offer go into the members discounts area? John

I’m pretty certain that Steve is doing all he can to sort this problem bearing in mind it is a Bank holiday so this could result in delays. Having been an LOC member for over 12 years this is the first time I can recall any problems with the site, upgrades are routinely carried out so please bear with it.

@C.B Well done Craig a man with taste and a great colour for an isF as well...... cough cough..... Big Rat

The RCF without adaptive suspension is pretty good. It is firm and every time I get to drive the car, the suspension reminds me that I’m in a purposeful car. Unlike the journalists, I never found the ISF suspension all that bad. The RCF is however a smoother ride than the ISF.

@Stuno1 Stewart I think when the time comes you ought to perhaps drive both one with the standard suspension and the adjustable. With both of us coming from isF’s the RCF in standard suspension is a massive move on and I find it perfectly acceptable, but it’s a matter of choice 👍 🐀

As a non talented driver, 460+ BHP, RWD and British roads, I’ll take all the help Lexus can give me 👍😀 I love the idea of being able to balance the car on the throttle, powering it sideways out of a corner or even executing the perfect u-turn using throttle ownly. Great if you have the ability and a safe environment, but for me just pipe dreams, as reality says an oversteer moment is more likely to soil my trousers! Far too many RWD ‘hero’ types on YouTube. Love this one. Now, where’s my ECCO mode button.......

Anthony: I had what may well have been the same problem some time ago when I had an IS, and it was quickly solved. If I remember right the mechanic locked the car keeping the flap open, then kept the lock piston inside the rubber concertina pressed down as he unlocked the car again. Give this a try and hopefully save yourself a trip to the dealer. Anyway, I presume the car is still under warranty in case the lock needs replacing.

Number 3 Messa>Pearl>USB Just love an ISF :) Had this one two years and changed a few things along the way to address a few small issues I've always had; Noise (lack of) with a H&S, Seating Position with Recaros, Steering Wheel (Now Alcantara) and ride height with Bilsteins. The only problem is, I've now spotting a beautiful Pearl White car with ultra low miles with even lower mileage than my own and I'm in a real quandary as to whether I should buy or not due to having my current car exactly as I want. Blast that bloody Auto Trader! I only went on to show my wife FC300hs! Stevie

I seem to have started something here. My comments on overtaking grunt were based on subjective feel so I looked for test data. The Autocar XJ8 3.2 test shows 0-60 in 7.6 seconds but by 2015 Autocar were quoting 0-62 times ....8.4 seconds for the IS 300h. A bit of maths converts the XJ8 figure to 7.9 seconds for 0-62 so only 0.5 seconds difference in 8 seconds. More relevant for overtaking would be 50-70 times....3.8seconds reported for the XJ8 and (by my calculation, no data found) 4.0 seconds for the IS. Surprisingly little difference in times. With reference to noise, I must say that the factory fitted Jag exhaust ( which needed no attention in 20 years) emitted a lovely V8 burble which became just audible at around 2500 rpm and pretty muscle car style under kick down conditions. I frequently played games keeping the rev counter on a certain setting and letting the torque converter provide the acceleration ..2000 rpm for mild, 3000 rpm for faster progress. I have yet to try that with the Lexus ecvt.

I’m slipping deeper into this detailing thing... Last time I cleaned my car I spent ages doing the wheels. I pressure washed them, squirted them with diluted Valet Pro Bilberry wheel cleaner, agitated with everything from wheel woollies to an old paint brush, pressure washed again, shampooed, washed again, then dried. Sure they were clean but they weren’t as clean as I felt they should be given the time investment. The led me to recently buying some Valet Pro Dragon’s breath iron remover I wanted to try. So, accompanied by my two trusted assistants (5 and 4) I set about washing the car. Before... First job was the wheels. I pressure washed, cleaned, and gave them the full Bilberry treatment. I then washed it all off too see what I was left with. This picture is having just applied the wheel cleaner. It looked pretty clean after but still not as bright as I wanted, so I broke out the Dragon’s Breath, suitably decanted into a squirty bottle. Once squirted onto the wheels I left to dwell (on essentially very clean wheels) and came back to this... I must admit this was quite impressive! I then agitated this with a brush and cheapy noodle cleaner. Then it was back to conventional washing. Snowfoam has been on the car for some time before I got round to the picture, hence why it’s not very snowy. Two bucket wash method followed then I dried the car. Results below. Close up of far cleaner wheels... I’m chuffed with the result, plus it got my boys and me out in the fresh air for a few hours. The detailing bug shows no sign of loosening its grip! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk