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Thanks again guys, worked like a charm, seems nothing needed resetting either!

Thanks Dave, and Herbie and Britprius for the help! I feel much better about it now. Will post an update when complete.

I thought so, thanks John. I guess I'll go ahead and change the Battery. I was looking at jump starters too recently. The NOCCO Genius Boost looks really good the GB70 would be more than enough. But yes a low output trickle charger would be a good thing to have. Would you be able to recommend one?

I don't have a second car, I do have jump leads, and I do have a charger that a friend gave me a few years ago. Have only used it once to try charging a Battery that ended up being dead. I'm not sure it's a good one though. It's a Maypole MP7418 8 Amp. Says suitable for petrol cars and vans over 1800cc or diesel. Thing is it need to be plugged in and I could never get it to reach the car from the flat.

Thanks for the seconding John it does have an electric SR  🙂

Hello Herbie thanks a lot for the reply.

Not worried about radio presets, and that I also read that as it has an intelligent box, sorta learning your driving style, and that driving experience may seem different as it resets that too However I've not heard about resetting windows. Would you mind elaborating ? Will I find info on that in the owner's manual?

So you're sure about the security system? A lot of videos on the subject say it'll mess with the electronics but most involve newer cars. I worry because I'd imagine that getting that sorted would be very expensive and I don't wanna have to give the insurance co. any reason to write it off. It was my late Father's and there's a lot of memories and sentimental attachment there.

She's in bloody good nick at only 71500 miles, just the book value is so low now.

Hello All,

My Battery is dead and needs replacing so I bought an identical replacement delivered next morning by Tayna. I understand that it is good practice to connect another donor Battery to keep the electronics alive while you switch out the dead one. I don't have a second good Battery to do this. Can it be done with just the one new Battery connected to the dead one? I am concerned that the immobiliser will not let me start the car after I change them out. However some cars are OK with this it seems as they are older with less electronics to mess up. My question is for those experienced with the IS200. Has anyone swapped their Battery without a 'tender' Battery and had any issues ? Will a 2001 IS200 SE Auto be OK to start after swapping out the Battery with a loss of power to the electronics, and if so how do I go about getting it going again? Obviously trying to save some money by not having the garage do it. Your feedback would be greatly appreciated as I'm immobile at the moment.

Thanks in advance 🙂

Stu.

Hi there.

A few questions.. I need to get my service done as I think it's due at 60k and I'm at 55K but not had it serviced since I got it, as I've only done about 3K miles. I had the air con serviced seperately, and just had a mechanic mate do the il/filter change. Car runs great. Can anyone tell me the best dealer to get the service done in the west london area ? I think I'm gonna replace the air filter with a K&N as they seem to get good reviews, (will it give me noticably better response etc in you're experience guys ?) so I've saved a lot. How much can I expect to pay for the rest ? I'll probably wanna get the belts changed even though they look fine.

Thanks.

Hey there !

Havn't been on here for a while. - Just seen those dials, they look superb ! I'd be very interested in an auto set too please ! with the lexus logos only. What sort of price would we be looking at for a kit ?

Hi all :)

I found this thread as I was looking for info on this subject, and instead of starting a new topic I would just like to explain my issue and if u can guys tell me whether I have a serious problem or if I can simply solve it the way this thread describes.

I am getting the handbrake warning light on permanently except in my situation, yes I do have load resistors fitted to the brake lights as I have leds in there. This of course causes the orange bulb out warning to light, which has always been the case. I can solve this with 2 resistors on each side but never could be bothered hehe. Now, the handbrake light never used to come on until recently, which I've read on here LR's can cause this to illuminate too which is what leads me to believe the LR's arn't at fault. When I raise the HB the light slightly brightens. I checked the owner's manual which says to take the car to lexus asap if this light stays on, however I have no problems with the car. I just recently got it MOT'd with no probs. I had the brake fluid topped up, which resulted in the light going off for a couple days. I thought that perhaps this was caused by some moisture or something in the brake fluid that was setting off a sensor. The light is back on now, and it's bewildering me.

I think I will reove the LR's I have on at the moment, but do u think this is just a sensor problem or should I be more concerned ? - Any help is appreciated.

Happy new year ! :)

Hi all ;)

I found this thread as I was looking for info on this subject, and instead of starting a new topic I would just like to explain my issue and if u can guys tell me whether I have a serious problem or if I can simply solve it the way this thread describes.

I am getting the handbrake warning light on permanently too except in my situation, yes I do hyave load resistors fitted to the brake lights as I have leds in there. This of course causes the orange bulb out warning to light, which has always been the case. I can solve this with 2 resistors on each side but never could be bothered hehe. Now, the handbrake light never used to come on until recently, which is what leads me to believe the LR's arn't at fault. When I raise the HB the light slightly brightens. I checked the owner's manual which says to take the car to lexus asap if this light comes on, however I have no problems with the car. I just recently got it MOT'd no probs. I had the brake fluid topped up, which resulted in the light going off for a couple days. I thought that perhaps this was caused by some moisture or something in the brake fluid. The light is back on, and it's bewildering me.

I think I will reove the LR's I have on at the moment, but do u think this is just a sensor problem or should I be more concerned ? - Any help is appreciated.

Happy new year ! :)

LMAO it was like a delayed reaction on the second guy. When he started to jog away was the point where I think he realised he just had a real lucky escape hehe.

Hmmm ... hello, is it just me ............ but the first thing that came to my mind .... when I saw that car was ......

Mr Singh !?

Welcome to the club ! :D

Yep me too lol - Welcome to the club mate :) Very nice, looks mint.

Just had an E-Mail supposedly from eBay saying my account is in arrears and demanding immediate payment or my account will be suspended.

It's a scam, the link goes to some dodgy Rumanian site.

Be warned folks.

apparently if you click a link by these 'phishers' they can see your internet history and see what sites you have been to, if you have been to any bank sites they can then make up realistic looking fake emails.

NEVER CLICK ON LINKS IN AN EMAIL FROM SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE NOT 100% SURE ABOUT

Yep Big time. I've had severral recently, sent them to e-bay who said they were fake spoofs. They can get quite convincing, so if in the slightest doubt, send it to the security centre and they'll tell u within a short space of time..

Welcome to the club Sven :)

Boxing

Hi and welcome,

Sorry to threadjack but just wondering if you have any links/details/pics/costs of LS430 side repeaters thing - are they straight swap? How do you remove the standard ones etc? A small thing but thats one thing I don't like about the IS - the side repeaters don't look great, would prefer a clearer "crystal" look - is that what the LS430 ones are like?

Also whats the reason behind the fog light to brake light conversion I keep hearing about? Do they still act as fogs when the fog light switched on then?

Thanks!

Hello mate welcome ! - I just did the side repeaters mate. Speak to Chris S. He's the man u need. £20 for the pair :) Looks much better !

Welcome to the club mate :) - Just did my pads too hehe.

Hey Mike, So Sorry to hear this. Glad ur all ok though, which is the main thing. My best mate's had the same thing in like the same time frame and in a good area too. hmph no theft in middle eastern countries hehe

Glad about the consensus on chavs on here btw - totally agree; and as for the f/prints thing:

"Sorry - did i read this right?? the furniture is wooden and they say you cant get fingerprints from it?? This is totally incorrect - technology is so advanced there is almost nothin that cannot retain a print. Insist Scenes of Crime attend and carry out a proper examination."

Utter madness. I know all police arn't like this, but this is typical of the attitude I seem to have gotten from them whenever I've or a friend has needed them. - Incompetant, lazy, and unhelpful..and we're talking about situations where the crime (blatant theft), culprit (and location), and evidence was provided on a platter so to speak. - Open and shut, only needed go round his house, and find him in possession. - Couldn't be bothered. This is one of three similar experiences I have had. Don't get me onto the stop search methods they used b4 having to fill out forms. They actually accused me of a series of crimes (fires) and said they had evidence against me so they could search me, then once they were done all of a sudden I wasn't the suspect. - It scared the wits outta me, I was only 12 ! Then the whole issue of Mr de Menezies made me feel sick. It all just goes on. I don't feel safe with police around now - I feel nervous, and I'm not even black or a Muslim. - In fact I have a complexion just like Mr de Menezies...

Anyway guys so sorry about the rant, and all u good coppers out there, I respect and appreciate what u do. The others....Sort your b :tsktsk: y act out !

Peace.

Physics

2001 (Y) 52,000 - Not bad, and as my mileage is very low like less than 5k per year. So when I'm ready to sell it should be classed as low milage like my Peugeot 406 :winky: I use Public Transport for work, although I really don't want to for all the obvious reasons, nor let this car-hating government that I voted in with my first legal vote, to stealthilly fleece me for anymore than they already do ! :tsktsk: - Showed em a lesson in the locals though :) hmmm maybe I shoulda started this in the lounge

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