DR Kildare

I believe a saleman is correct for once! When I imported my car into Norway the headlights were judged to be flat beamed by the tester ie. they don't have the traditional kickup to the right, so didn't require any modification. As for the adaptive lights, he never turned the steering wheel so it wasn't a problem:-)

You mean it runs a little whoof

I remember reading something in the is250 service manual that the cars emissions are lowest when the engine is at the correct operating temperature, therefore, to aid warm up the 250 cleverly retards the ignition timing when cold to get the car to temperature quicker (not slower!!!!!). Hope this helps!

Cost all in £206.00 which included a re-designed lower air box, intake pipe, free-flow filter and fittings. The Joe Z pipe costs less than half this but it doesn't come with a filter or lower air box. Ultimately you get what you pay for and I'm more than happy with the results. I'd be even happier if you could get the IS350 in the Uk, rather than the furture introduction of IS250C to the range.

A couple of pictures as promised.

I will try and upload some pictures tomorrow - it's not as easy as I first thought! Thanks Tango for the pictures I didn't realise you were the only one! The pipe I'm on about, is the one that runs over the butterfly throttle body (the top blue silicone hose in your picture), not the rocker cover breather elbow halfway down the intake pipe. From your picture it doesn't look like you have done anything special with it and it has obviously not caused you any problems. The yellow bands on the pipe are where it was originally secured. The Americans/LHD cars don't have this concern as the servo is on the other side, but strangely they still have the mouldings in the OEM rubber intake pipe but they are not used. You're right about the bling factor and price ($300) but it was the sound tracks on YouTube that ultimately convinced me. Thanks again.

Having fitted the IS250 F-Sport induction kit this is what I have noticed following my first test run:- 1. I’m quite surprised by the effect it has had, the engine sounds significantly sportier with a great engine note. There is character now that was clearly hidden before. 2. The main benefit for me has been the engine responds many times quicker to my throttle inputs. Before, when the car was out of gear and ticking-over, if I dabbed the throttle there was a delay of half a second or so before the engine responded and if a dabbed the accelerator really quickly the car virtually ignored it all together. I thought this was just a consequence of the fly-by-wire throttle, but apparently not. 3. The aluminium induction pipe looks great too. One problem I did encounter is there is a 10mm diameter hose (I think the servo vacuum hose) that runs over the throttle body and along a third of the intake pipe and is secured by integrated rubber moulded clips in the OEM intake. The clips are not present on the F-Sport aluminium pipe and I was wondering how those of you with Joe Z kits etc secured this hose?

I am interested in JTHB262005018023 The reason being that the teething faults I have heard have been sorted after May build thanks alan To my knowledge it is the last 5 numbers that idicate when the car was made. ie this was 18023 off the production line. My car is well over a thousand later than this and arrived in the UK July 06, but it will have been made some months prior. However, this should give you some indication of build date of the one you are intersted in.

Dear Mark, I have had the exact same difficulty getting hold of a Mesa Red Touch-Up!!! However, I think I have the answer to the problem. Lexus Parts Sale standard routine when searching for a Touch-Up paint is to add a '0'(Zero) to the end of the paint code. This long standing routine normally works. However, with Mesa Red and other new colours the routine has changed and they must now add a 1(one) instead of a Zero. Therefore, the touch-up does exist but its part number is causing difficulty for Lexus operators to locate on the database, so they tell you it doesn't exist - but it does!!! I hope this helps as Mesa Red is the best colour so we have to keep them looking cool