Rob's Lexx

now is that a UK billion/trillion or a US billion/trillion?? :duh:

Pyrex is pretty heatproof too.

Strange fact - what we now call Pyrex was originally developed for the railways. Signals used to run gas/oil lamps, which of course burn extremely hot. They are also on one colour for long periods of time, so the coloured glass lenses would get very warm indeed. If it then started to rain, the contraction caused by the cooling would shatter the glass. A new class of glasses called borosilicates was developed to solve this - and quickly found use in the kitchen under the trademark Pyrex.

Every day is a schoolday... :)

even more so in a lab!!!!

what is doubletwist matey??

was looking at the magic a while back, but decided to get the N97 this weekend

well looks like it could well be the ballast.

i switched the HID bulb/ballast for a standard halogen on the drivers side and it stayed illuminated with no problem.

Put the HID back and it cut out again after 20 seconds or so - i think it must be overheating or something.

So anyone reccomend a decent cheap set of HID's as i don't see the point in paying over the odds for some when i know you can pick some good quality one's up for a reasonable price....

cheers

rob

ahh ok mate, u should be ok then

sorry to hear about this mate! scumbags! they really are!!

hopefully u can get most of the dents pushed out!! where abouts is the one on the roof? as if u have a sunroof and its over the double skin where the sunrood retracts into you wont be able to get that pushed back out matey

checked all the connections and they are fine - well as good as i can get them.....

and the connector that wasn't connected to the back of the levelling motor thing wouldn't make a difference as to whether the bulb illuminates or not, so that's not an issue either.

i can't easily swap the ballasts over as they are stuck down very well indeed and will be a bit of a PITA to be honest, but i'll do it if it needs to be done etc.

was thinking about connecting a standard filament bulb up to the drivers side and seeing if that stays lit alright - if so, then it must be the HID/Ballast combination.

don't really wanna buy a new set of HID's unless i know for a fact the ballast is knackered etc. just wondered if anyone else had ever experienced this as whats confusing me is that after the bulb goes out, you can get it to come straight back on again by turning the lights off and then on. so for some reason it seems like it doesn't like being on for more than 20 seconds or so.......

fuses look ok matey.

it does this also when the engine is off and just the headlights are on.

Noticed that the bulb has a slight flicker before it goes out. so its obviously not the bulb itself as it wouldn't ignite if it was caput, and the connection must be there so i'm thinking maybe the ballast is overheating?? maybe somehow the drain on the Battery and then jump starting the car has for some reason pushed the ballast over the edge??

no mate i haven't.... where abouts is that mate if you pardon my ignorance. I haven't been anywhere near any fuses recently so unsure about why its all of a sudden started doing this......

my initial thought was the ballast? but its lighting up normal when u switch lights on or off then on.

there couldn't/wouldn't be anything on the replacement headlight housing/unit that could cause something like this could there?? like the connector for the leveling motor thingy??

Evening all,

Well, me being the numpty that i am decided to leave the map light switched on on Sunday evening and went to the car this morning to go out and it was as flat as a pancake (haven't used it since the weekend)!! The central locking wouldn't even work! lol! Anyhow, i sorted that this evening and the cars running fine, but i noticed that the dipped beam on the drivers side headlight (the one that redz helped me replace a few weeks back) was not illuminated - i have HID's by the way......

I had a nosey and it turned out that one of the connectors (the one that connects to the back of the headlight levelling motor/unit??) was unplugged so i re-attached it and switched the lights on - wicked! it was all fine and dandy..... but then after about 15 seconds the lights switched itself off!!

all the other lights were on including the sidelights on the drivers side, but the dipped beam went out. When i switched the lights off and on again, it worked again, and then switched off after 15 or so seconds.

Anyone got any ideas what could be the cause??

Any help much appreciated,

Rob

happy birthday adrian.

all the best matey!!

thought these sold for about 70 quid on eBay a week or so back?

i was watching them, but didnt get them as they had no fitting kit and IIRC the fitting kit is pretty expensive?? any idea how much??

now now rob she was mine to look at :P lol. but yes was a very nice view when she was walking across the road :).

welcome to the arm rest club mate. they didnt come in all the is200 auto's.. was after certain date. they was in very little manual's think they came in the is200 special edition and some of the very last cars of the production line to use up some of the stock.

thanks for the k&n airfilter loving that little bit of extra noise :)

no problem matey!!! least i could do!!

yea, she was a beauty!!! ahhh, the memories!! lol!!!

i always thought that any cars fitted with LSD's had to be tested on the roads using a decelerometer?? I know mine always is.....

i've seen these in the flesh and didn't buy them.......

very true!! that'd be one heck of a bargain if you get it for that price!! mind you, i got mine at a VERY good price too

hmmmm, i'm liking the idea of this - never really been too fussed about it as its a force of habit now to do it just before switching the engine off, but it does look pretty cool so might be something i'll look into.

will have to read over this thread and see whats needed.lol!!

yea i have the TTE rear skirt though mate so dont think the sideskirts are a must with that matey - mind you, not got it fitted yet as was trying to make up my mind on whether to get sideskirts and have it all sprayed at once....

yea pretty easy really!! 30 mins absoloute max i reckon.

but ohhhhh so worth it!

Don't think it's true either that you can't get the real TRD ones from a dealer, is it ? I know you can certainly get the front and rear lips, but I've never asked about the side skirts.

yes u can still get the side skirts from the dealers - well u could as of a few days ago at 2 different delaers that i know of!!

looks good ormi. glad u got the skirts ok mate. thought i might end up with them at one point but wasn't to be mind you, there's another set i know of going at a good price - might have a punt but still not that sure i like them, lol!!

whats next on ur to do list then fella??

Well, someone once told me that patience was a virtue, and after a long time searching and some useful haggling, i managed to find what i've been looking for (for ages!!!) and in a local area to me as well!!! Kudos to Paul for his keen eye - doesn't miss a trick that lad! lol!!

So, Wednesday night came and I met up with Paul and drove to pick up my new piece of kit (@ paul, the scenary was pretty nice viewing too ( B) )

unfortunately i didn't manage to take many pics, but the ones i did take tell the story!!

and yes, oh yes, oh yes again!!

me likes!! why the heck did this car not come with the darn thing?!?!?!

anyhow, well pleased with it and now i can watch movies in ultimate comfort (while parked up of course, lol!!)

hey up paul. your cars bloody nippy - goes very well mate - evemn more so with that new filter!! looking forward to our convoy mate!! can't wait!!

u bringing one of the laydeeeeessssss from lexus leicester with you? please!! lol!!

These arb's are superb!!

i've had them fitted for about a year now and the quality of the arb's themselves, the stifness and the final result is just a great combination!!

helps when u can be over in the states at the same time though and check them in as luggage on the plane

Yes mate i spoke with adrian abd i believe he wants the pulse sequencer units not the accelerometer type?

I could have misunderstood though mate, but yea i still have the bulbs and resistors ur talking of.