TonyGoose

The repair manuals can also be found here (currently no charge) - manuals

TG

Program is "The Shadow Line".

Series starts on BBC2 next Thursday 5th May at 9 PM

And yes that clip of a White LS being bashed in the side caught my eye too

Expect we'll all miss it now

TG

There's a 20A fuse called "Radio1" in the fuse box in the engine bay just in front of the Battery.

A fuse called "Radio2" in the drivers kick well fuse box.

The electrical wiring diagram workshop manual is among the ones found here - manuals

From that it looks as though the following are some items associated in some way with the Radio2 fuse :-

Satnav, clock, wireless door locks, windows, interior light, mirrors, shift lock, a/c control, body ecu.

Seems quite a lot but that's just from looking at the car wiring diagrams and probably not taking all their power from there.

Hope that's of some help

TG

Thirded

TG

Most OEM HID lamps are 4300K because that colour temperature gives the most usable light. B)

Lower than that goes more Yellow, higher goes a bit more White around 6000K then more Blue and more Purple. :yack:

Some people go more for colour than light output, hence the 8000K, 10000K and so on.

TG

Birmingham do indeed currently have several on eBay. For example ... grille

Hope that's useful.

TG

You can find the workshop manual here ... manual

Click away down the left hand side and you'll find the whole set of repair manuals and wiring diagrams.

Good luck.

TG

76 ft.lbf , 103 N.m , 1050 kgf.cm

That should help

TG

You could check with the place that designed them for the IS300/200 amongst others ... Figs bonnet struts

I see Prolex still list them on their site ... Bonnet struts at Prolex

May be of some use.

TG

Clearly you haven't looked at the helpful guide on this subject elsewhere on the site.

It was stuck near the top of the wheels + tyres section because it is such useful info.

Read it and you will see your wheel offset is not going to help you at all. :duh:

wheel size / offsets etc

Hope that helps.

TG

If you want to look at the manuals the dealers use you can do so here - workshop manual

Just click away at the collapsible links on the left hand side to find what you need.

Start at 'Repair Manual' and away you go.

Hope that helps.

TG

Not sure which one you're looking at but you can get a new one from Lexus Birmingham.

Listed on eBay in the 8M6 colour you want. Item no. is 170551419626

Hope that helps.

TG

I agree very sad news indeed. Loss of one of the good guys. :(

Puts things in to perspective.

However bad things are treating you someone is always being treated worse.

TG

Or perhaps just a case of "Trash promoting Trash" :P

TG

76 ft.lb (103 N.m)

TG

You should find your local Lexus / Toyota dealer will be able to help within that budget B)

Lots of other members here (including me) have found that to be the case.

TG

The L badge in the middle comes off easy enough.

The text 'sport' is a bit tricky though. That's stuck to a similarly sized plate.

You can get the text off but the little plate bit is bonded to the mesh.

It's as if it's been stuck there before all being painted / enamelled or whatever it is.

So pretty difficult to remove cleanly without wrecking it all.

I think determined people just change the mesh altogether which is a bit tidier

Hope that helps.

TG

Not wishing to insult but should we start with some basics.

Are there any discs in it to play ? It's a 6 disc changer and you have to 'load' them in it first.

Not just shove a disc in the slot - that won't work.

Press the 'Load' button briefly and lights at end of slot go green and should then tell you to load a disc.

Only then stick the disc in the slot.

Sorry if that's obvious but thought best check as common error to just shove the disc in the slot

Hope it helps.

TG

How about "Lexus Insurance".

I'd been with CIS for many years with modded cars including my IS200.

Then in 2005 switched to these who halved my premium. All mods declared in full.

Now stuck with them. It's a Lexus so may as well have them insure it too

In to my 40's now age wise though so that may help too

Here's the free no. for them 0800 138 3200

Just checked it still works as looking on recent paperwork there's an 0845 no. instead

Open 8am to 8pm Mon to Fri and 8am to 4pm Sat.

Hope that's useful.

TG

Thanks for that. Now added that colour and code to our list :)

Also known elsewhere (US) as "Thundercloud Metallic"

TG

I got my rears from them - as said, they KYB ones are the original OEM Lexus fit ones, just stamped as Lexus.

Not necessarily. The name on ALL my standard ones which I'd never heard of before was "Tokico".

TG

Not entirely sure which info you want but to get to language selection screen :-

1) Press the "MENU" button to display the "Main menu" screen and select "Navi option".

2) Select "Set up".

3) Here you can select desired language etc.

4) Select "Finish".

Changing language only changes the voice, not display etc.

As mentioned above part no. and version no. are printed on the disk - the genuine ones anyway

Otherwise you can get some disk info in the diagnostic mode as follows :-

1) With ignition in accessory position and audio system off switch on satnav and go through welcome screen.

2) Press CD/Disc button 3 times while holding radio preset buttons 1 and 6 pressed at the same time.

3) Select "Disk information" from the "Diagnosis" menu you now have displayed.

Obviously this is only relevant to the standard audio system.

Switch it off again when you're done.

I think that should pretty much cover it B)

TG

PS - this all works on my 2001 car but not sure about the later ones

Welcome to the club. There's 2 trip meters.

The button in the dash as you push it goes through Overall mileage , Trip A , Trip B then back to Overall mileage.

To reset a trip meter, select trip A or B as above then hold the button in for a few seconds and will go to zero.

Hope that helps.

TG

Well here's some luck. I happen to have both standard items from my 2001 IS200 handy at the moment. :duh:

The oil cap looks fine - the quite popular "TRD style".

They're all the same but just with choice of sticker in the middle (inc TRD).

Standard rad cap off my car looks like the "type A" in the link you give.

They have slightly higher pressure - 1.3 Bar rather than the standard 1.1 Bar. So do the real TRD ones

So all looks good.

Hope that helps

TG

eBay also worth a look. Search for "IS200 service" will get quite a bit.

Also the eBay shop run by japartsltd often has quite a few genuine parts too.

TG