mr2lad

1 hour ago, H3XME said:

This looks brilliant, I'm not a fan of black wheels at all, but I said before that I can get on board with it on muscle cars, they just carry that angry stance where it doesn't make the wheels look tacky when they're black and I see it works on the RC-F too, but to be fair, it is technically a muscle car isn't it!

RC-F would be my dream car, the soundtrack of them is amazing. Did you get round to sorting the back boxes yet? I'd love to hear the results! 

Hayward & Scott have a solution for these > https://www.haywardandscott.com/lexus/lexus-rcf/lexus-rcf-rear-silencers-with-polished-tail-trims.html

Wrong person…..ive a cat back valvetronic ARMYTRIX system fitted…over 3 yrs since i got it done

@Blackbeard, ive bought and installed aftermarket Carbon fibre siebon bonnets (extra vented ones), and rear wing and artisan C/fibre wing inserts, all n all a bit costly bonnet was £1500 and i bought 2 of them 😂 and the rear spoiler was £650 and wing inserts where £750, ive since had one of my C/F bonnets resprayed to same colour as car due to a bit of heat damage to clear coat that happened awhile back, basically id had a good run in car and washed it prior to parking it up at work for a week whilst i went away and put a 4 layered soft waterproof vented cover on and the heat and water from washing steam cooked the bonnet.. see photos, too much hassle to try and sort it so bought a new replacement and just the other week got it painted OEM starlight black… I’ll put up some photos (ps red grill vent inserts match interior but unsure. As wether to leave them red or go back to black…will wait n see when i fit it all onto car

other pics just to show c/f wing inserts and c/f spoiler and 2nd c/f bonnet, 

i did contemplate c/f wrapping roof but non matched the real c/f products i had

Yep mines got a recall, that’ll be a nice 4hr drive to nearest lexus dealership then 😆 the joys of living so far up north is that i get a nice long run to lexus Edinburgh or Glasgow… 

32 minutes ago, Jgtcracer said:

There are a few of us now, Glasgow is only a 90mins drive too!

 Could do with a PPF front end!

3 and a half hours drive south for me 😂 

@Blackbeard yep re the SC, i dont like them OEM standard so highly modified mine, but after getting the RC F i didnt use the SC even on a bright hot sunny day…so got rid 

Who’s Yuan 🤷‍♂️ is this Juans twin 😉

Congrats 👍🏻 ive seen your YouTube vids on the sc430… nice to know thes another F owner in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👍🏻

ive had my F for 3yrs 9mths and loved every minute of it….enjoy 

The F in Glencoe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍 stunning scenery and motor 😉

9 minutes ago, Jgtcracer said:

 

I know, I’m weird!

VERY 😉😂😂😂😂

3 hours ago, LordByronUK said:

The car did respond much better once I switched to manual mode, like night/day! I was just surprised an RCF wasn't more responsive in Sport+ auto mode, but maybe I wasn't driving hard enough... Yeah I do need to driver another one perhaps.

Yes I said to them they've got to investigate the creaky armrest, because that certainly was not normal in any Lexus I've ever driven or had. I suspect the armrest just needs replacing, but it concerns me in general there are more issues like this with the first model year. Such as shame though as the car was in fantastic condition overall...

thanks

I fitted a APEXI throttle controller (7 different modes,although i only use the red top mode) 3yrs ago , to eliminate the lack of instant response, and to this day im well happy with response in any mode…except eco ive never driven my car in the girlie eco mode 😂 

Bring back blue Peter and the cornflake boxes and toilet roll tubes and sticky back plastic, we could make better kits for our cars than some of the ones on sale at moment 😂😂😂😂😂😂

1 minute ago, hockeyedwards said:

@mr2lad yeahhhh the price sorta reflected that for me, sounds like faff I don't have time for. Thanks for the heads up though 😄

I foolishly went the full kit, 😂 but after spending loads of time modifying them finally got them to a standard to fit them, managed to cancel the rear diffuser before it was sent out…. But will be ditching and binning them once I find a kit I’m happy with, contacted a company in USA about there’s full kit and asked for underneath pic and was basically the same as what I’ve got but over double the price so didn’t pursue it any further as spent a good while sorting the maxton crap out 🙈

Warning re the Maxton kit….

these are cheap flimsy bits of cheap hollow plastic and in no way are they aerodynamic in any way at all, i have these fitted but spend ages filling in the voids with a light weight material and smoothing it down, i used extra self tappers to secure,

ive had mine fitted now over 2 yrs, and only fitted them after modding them otherwise they where destined for the bin,..

had tried for a refund when they first arrived but was ignored for weeks then they got back to me saying because i had them for so long no refund would be forthcoming, 

without modding them they just look the part but you’ll get laughed at at any car show if anyone looked underneath and saw how cheaply made these are on a nice car

just my honest opinion on  Maxton kits 

this is why you wont see a underneath pic on their site on the parts, 

1 hour ago, hockeyedwards said:

Of course it would be, can't just be like the rest of us 😛

Any excuse to be awkward and different 😉 is my clan motto 😆

14 hours ago, ColinBarber said:

These are the colour codes and names available on the UK RC F between 2014-17:

Mines 217 starlight black which is OEM colour and not listed in the above list, so still a possibility other colours have a different shade colour to above list…

Ok if i use one of the pics for a header for the FB group …

19 minutes ago, speedfreek said:

They'll still moan Graham 😂

I know but at least I’ll try to settle the peasants 😂 

putting up a post just now explaining it wasn’t a FB organised meet and in future i will pin a meet post so all can see and get involved if they want….. either that or we get a directory of everyone’s address and sent them a flipping personal invite, with a rsvp and self addressed return envelope 🤦🏼‍♂️😂

had i of been on my toes i should of put something up awhile ago but didnt think about it at the time

I’ll pin a announcement next time thes a meet so the fb members get a heads up….👍🏻

10 minutes ago, hockeyedwards said:

It seems the post itself overall was well received and sparked some interest in future meets, which is superb.

As always some negative nancy's - where was my invite... can you do a non F car meet next time...

I did explain as clearly as I could that the club itself did not organise, it was a members idea and of course there is nothing stopping other groups organising their own meets... can't please everyone these days!

 

13 hours ago, BillNick said:

Thanks mate

Interesting Lexus paint them especially on the hub face. Perhaps they lathe off a couple of thou to allow for the paint. Perhaps not…. 🤷🏼‍♂️
 

Where are your spacers from?

Spacers are H&R, they where needed for my black and bronze alloys, not needed for my black ones presently on car  tho 

Billy, these are OEM discs with the black face, sorry haven’t a pic with OEM wheels n discs

21 hours ago, Glyn Jennings said:

I updated my build thread with my latest work on my exhaust. How owners live with how loud the exhaust is when it is straight through pipes from the 3rd cat to the tips I don’t know. It is OK in the the car with the roof and windows up but is really loud outside the car. To much for me and I am not sure it is even at a legal level so I will be taking the straight through muffler section off again. It certainly gets peoples attention though if that is what you want.

Ohhhh you old fuddy duddy 😉 … be youthful and roar around the streets, im nearing 56 but feel 21 again in my car but realistically look and ache like a 80yr old 😂

53 minutes ago, TG1 said:

Thanks Rob, absolutely they are lovely cars. I definitely have a problem, I was already thinking about what I would do to it before I even picked it up... It's an illness really 🤣

The goal is really getting it to look like how I personally would have wanted it to look coming out of the factory. The end result for me is likely to be a bit more understated than the Track Edition that Lexus themselves put out with the permanent spoiler and carbon bonnet. Part of me loves anything carbon but I think for the daily the carbon bonnet may be a bit too much.

I daily mine with a carbon bonnet, ive bought 2 seibon CF bonnets plus CF rear active wing and the CF wing inserts  upgraded my exhaust  to a valvetronic Armytrix system plus a few other mods… kinda happy with it now…. But thes always more to upgrade/change on it 😂 

Just put helium in your tyres for a laugh 😂 also will lift car up and less wear on your tyres 🤦🏼‍♂️…… just mind the string and weight when you park up so it doesnt float away….. sorry not helpful but made me smile just coz im childish 😆

6 hours ago, BillNick said:

Do love a mammoth drive when ya own an F 👍🏼

I concur…. Had a full year during lockdown doing 4x 600 mile journeys every month to and fro from home to work, loved every second of the drive, 👍🏻 

17 hours ago, Malc said:

and here we are, sensibilities beginning to return ......  Asda Sittingbourne Kent just now for the Honda Legend and E10 ... 176.7p a ltr  ....  cost to fill-up  £115.05  

no E5 tho' for my Ls400 which in all fairness is only 2/3rds empty 

Malc

Cheaper up here in N.E Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 

18 minutes ago, Herbie said:

About half a mile from where I live, a Mini Clubman has the plate U2, and also knocking around Preston is a Range Rover with the plate 1E.

Each of those plates cost more than my house (which is currently on the market for £210k) and I'm sorry but I find it obscene that someone can spend so much money on something as trivial as a car number plate.

Their money..they can do with it as they please 🤷‍♂️, and they obviously have that kind of spare cash …. Would i spend that type of money on a personal plate…. Probably if i had just won the euro lottery… ps I haven’t so i wont be splashing out anytime soon lol

its personal choice at the end of day, i personally like personal private plates i also like sexy female dwarfs but thats a subject  for another day 😉😆😂