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I'm willing to give em a try on a silver is200 (mine) who imports them and how much? Love the look you achieved.

The tax disc holder sounds like a mobile phone aerial to me. As for sat-nav, this site might help. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/in...t_uid=71&stid=3 I build in-car pcs, however they cost £1500 and do far more than gps, so are probably not what you are looking for.

Hi there, thanks for the advice so far. As for the S2000, I said I thought it would be a lot faster, and they were similar. That does not mean I beat him, as i didn't. He was trying though and maybe his S2000 had too many miles on the clock, or had been trashed a bit. My sport does seem much faster than I thought it is supposed to be, so maybe its had some extra tuning. I read its supposed to have a top speed of 134mph and 0-60mph in 9 seconds? I don't like admitting it, but we were both well over 140mph when we had to slow down for traffic and the is was still accelerating. We hadn't started from standstill but from 80mph, which I suppose lessoned his advantage. I realised it was a stupid thing to do that sort of speed, but its a new car and you have to test it out once, don't you? How much did I pay? Well, after I have spent the money on the parts, and respraying the bumper (couple of minor scratches), service, tax etc etc, it should stand me at less than £10,000. For a sport with full service history, low mileage etc I don't think thats bad, especially now I have driven it. 5-spoke alloy for £50, that should do as a spare, where do you live?

After a long search I have found and bought the lexus I wanted. IS200 Sport, Silver, 28k, 2001Y. Although the car is almost perfect there are a few things that need doing. 1) Annual Service is due, already booked in for the 25th. 2) There is no spare wheel, the wheels are the 11 spoke 17" alloys in graphite (although I am refurbishing them and am considering silver). Lexus have quoted £370 for a new one, anyone have any second hand? 3) The chrome gear knob is very scuffed and needs replacing. 4) The piece of plastic which covers the screws that hold the rear view mirror in place is missing lexus quoted me £30 for a replacement. 5) The interior trim on the drivers pillar has a burn mark, lexus have quoted me £70 for a replacement. 6) I am considering spraying the brake calipers and putting on chrome lexus decals, any advice on the best colour and the best source for decals? 7) The orange lights on the interior look like an old fashioned calculator, and i heard you can replace these with modern blue leds? Is this difficult, can you still dim/brighten the bulbs? Can it be done on both the dash and center console? 8) I am fitting an in car PC and would like to get a replacement top part of the center console so I can drill the holes needed and still keep the original panel intact (sorry for the poor description the panel is from the air vents upwards). I love the car, and its actually much more sporty than I was lead to believe (speed constantly creeps up while i'm not watching). I was challenged four times last night to a race, although only the S2000 was worth my attention. I thought the S2000 would be far faster, but it turns out they are very similar. After that I put a classical CD on and decided to be a bit more mature in my driving. For such an understated car it attracts so much more attention than I ever imagined. I feel like royalty. If I didn't have a girlfriend, lol. Sorry the post is so long, get in touch if you can help with any of the parts or just advice. I'm a very happy bunny.

Great vids, look great. However I can see why Lexus don't offer the IS200 in yellow, it looks so cheap.

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Any where I can see pics/ read reviews of the short shift. Loved the shift on the MR2, is it similar?

I recon that would look great in any car, but maybe get some blue leds for the instruments etc?

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Dead right Paul...maybe also add newbie Scorcher to the list of S/C possibles as well? ← Ooooo, with a superscharger I could reverse into ditches even quicker!! Pete ← I wish I had the money, :D.

Awwwwww ... sounds good !! me like me like ! - anyone actually done this then ? ← To a lexus IS200, I don't think so. To any car, i'm fairly certain yes. I will be posting pictures as the in car pc project progresses if I can work out how to add my car to the sites garage, do you need a gold acount?

CD unit on my V-reg IS200 failed after not much use over two years (it crunched the discs), and was replaced under warranty. New unit also failed within a further two years, refusing to play at all, but Lexus would not replace it as car was now out of warranty period; Lexus Swindon quoted an astronomical sum for replacement, while a local car audio specialist quoted £40 just to remove unit for inspection, with presumably another £40 for replacing it plus the repair costs. As tape deck still worked fine, I recorded at home those CDs required for use in-car onto tape cassettes, the resultant listening quality being virtually the same; this procedure can be recommended as a low-cost solution to the mean-spirited attitude of Lexus. Cheers - Harry L ← Possibility I will be replacing my is200 stereo unit in the near future if you wish to have the unit pm me in about a week.

Its a socket that allows you to connect into the sensors on the car, reading errors etc. I have a deffiinate yes from TDI, but only assuming the protocol as ISO. I wishh to let my in car pc monitor the engine.

Which costs more? - Supercharger to a point but its about even now (TURBO and all ways will cost more as there is more things to do to the car to fit Turbo How much more and can it be done in stages, are we looking at close to £5k Which gives you more power boost? - Turbo but charger "should" be more reliable (Don we all know the Charger is more reliable but thats not what he asked :P :winky: (TURBO with the right setup you could get 300+bhp :winky: ) 300+bhp <whistles> I want a turbo. Which affects insurance most? - Turbo kit as the charger is a official TTE product ( well for my Turbo and all my mods i only pay £680 :winky: £680 is not as bad as I thought <checks his overdraft> Can you fit twin turbos to an IS? Or maybe twin superchargers? - Aston martin did on a V8 ( Spook has just done TT his IS200 :winky: Anywhere I can see more info on these cars? Does the extra power wear the car out more? - No as the car shares most of the components as a IS300 which has 211bhp as standard ( all things wear in time ;) but how much time is the ) Well, as modded cars ain't worth the cost of the mods, would like to keep it a few years at least. Don't think its an issue though. Any issues with an automatic gearbox? - Not with the Supercharger (Dont know as i dont have Auto) I'm close to having auto, but been offered a very similar manual with less miles for a bit more money. Will anyone give me one for free? yes, if you drop £2200 in front of me at same time.( i dont think any one would give you it for Free ;) Awww, not even if I smile sweetly?

I had an Opel Manta at uni. Still miss that car. Red with genuine manta alloys in black, twin headlights, leather steering wheel and everything. Strangly the roof rusted through which meant I had to scrap it. Lets hope my lexus lets me forget. Love those alloys, no way I can lower my car where I live though.