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  1. The supagard treatment is put on via in impregnated sponge, a little search on a well know auction site and you can pick them up, it's not hard to do (instructions are included with the sponge) I did my fathers car and it shines like a new pin, oh and by the way you will not pay the earth for them as most of the cost you pay is for labour. Hope this helps.
  2. Try your friendly Lexus Dealer. They certainly supply touch-up paints and I think they do spray cans as well. Also, paint suppliers will usually make up spray-cans to match most cars, If not the dealer then Halfrauds will make you up a spraycan if you give them the colour code. Thanks for your help.
  3. Don't worry I have not turned into some grafitti artist looking for a quick fix!! I have a small respray job to perform, one that is a simple DIY job but for the life of me I can't find Lexus colours in spray form anywhere, anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
  4. Came across the DRL module that Lexus fit in the USA, have asked my local dealer to see if he can source it and fit it lets wait and see. As for my current question, anyone know how to get through to the engine bay from the cabin without pullling the car to bits? Have had a fumble around but can't seem to see or find any simple routes. Let me know if you can help? Thanks.
  5. Thanks for your reply. The Mars Module, does this give you DRL's then or does it switch all of the lights on, eg dash lights and rear lights? I have wired these to a socket that plugs into the 12v socket in the armrest, the socket has resistors fitted and I have an in line breaker fuse so if there are any problems any of this should blow before enything else. I was not too happy about hard wiring them in as my car is still under warranty. Tell me more about this module, do you have a website I could take a look at for it. Thanks.
  6. Thanks, have got them working via the socket in the arm rest, just need to find a hole that is accessable to push the cable through from the cabin to the engine bay, currently have the cable coming up the passenger side and externally between the door and the a-pillar, then into the enigine bay, you can only see it when the passenger door is open but it is not the finished result yet, just need to find where to push the cable through. Anyone got any idea and maybe somewhere were I do not have to take the car to pieces. Thanks.
  7. Thanks for that, as I said though Mr. Idiot here, so how do I identify that switched live wire, is it colour coded and is this colour shared throught the loom, in other words can I pick this up under the bonnet rather than pulling the sat nav unit out (in my case). The simpler the instructions the better for me, I am by no means a mechanic!! Thanks. Can anyone else help me, alternatively if I took it to a mechanic what would he charge me to connect them up to a switched live? Could I wire them into the wires that feed the cigarette lighter, they go off when the ignition is switched off? Come on, someone must be able to help me? What do you have to do to get some help on here?
  8. Thanks for that, as I said though Mr. Idiot here, so how do I identify that switched live wire, is it colour coded and is this colour shared throught the loom, in other words can I pick this up under the bonnet rather than pulling the sat nav unit out (in my case). The simpler the instructions the better for me, I am by no means a mechanic!! Thanks. Can anyone else help me, alternatively if I took it to a mechanc what would he charge me to connect them up to a switched live?
  9. Thanks for that, as I said though Mr. Idiot here, so how do I identify that switched live wire, is it colour coded and is this colour shared throught the loom, in other words can I pick this up under the bonnet rather than pulling the sat nav unit out (in my case). The simpler the instructions the better for me, I am by no means a mechanic!! Thanks.
  10. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...T&viewitem= Have been thinking about buying the above and fitting them as DRL's (daytime running lights). Please no comments about whether you feel these are good, bad or indifferent as I know everyone has their views about defacing the Lexus!! Anyhow, I would like them to come on when I switch the ignition on and go off when I switch the ignition off, not a huge ask I think you would agree but let me tell you I am no expert so I am hoping some kind sole will take pity on me and give me some very clear (idiot proof, that's me!!!) instructions to follow. Come on guys, it's red nose day tomorrow, I thought I would give you a laugh early!! Any help though would be gratefully received. Thanks in advance
  11. If you go to the sewell website I think you can buy the kit, just prepare yourself for the price, plus delivery, plus import duty!! http://www.sewellpartsonline.com/parts_detail.asp?id=203157 Good luck.
  12. Yeah I did, it's a Hilka one, like THIS When the weather warms up I'm going to put it to the test as my car's got quite swirly so it'll be interesting to see how much of it it can remove :) Just found this which is a much more recent review, which places the Halfords one at the top of the pile.......... LINK Hey, thanks very much! Looks like a trip to Halfords is in order.
  13. I honestly have absolutely no idea, I'll have a look in the garage tomorrow and see what it says on it - literally just went into halfords and bought one for around £30 I think.......... This link may help with your decision though.......... LINK Did you manage to find out which one you had? Thanks.
  14. I honestly have absolutely no idea, I'll have a look in the garage tomorrow and see what it says on it - literally just went into halfords and bought one for around £30 I think.......... This link may help with your decision though.......... LINK Thanks for this, yep stumbled across this when doing my reseach and went to find a Kinzo 8E925EP, only to find this product test from Auto Express was done a little while ago and the model is no longer available, so back to the drawing board and why I am trying the forum. Thanks for helping though.
  15. Thanks for the advice. The car already has a good finish (had Supagard applied, yes I know the jury is out re this application). However, having this applied does mean I am slightly concerned about claying the car as I guess it will remove this protection. Re polishing, I do use the suggested polish from Supagard and get a really good finish, however, by then end of it I am knackered, reason for asking the question about the buffer. The car is washed by hand every week, so the paint work is in excellent condition, in fact many comments about how I keep it looking so good, hard work is what I say!!! So, this is just me being lazy but I don't want to buy a machine that ends up on eBay, like many of them, there are so many adds there for units that have been 'used once', this normally translates into, bought it and it wasn't very good! Thanks.
  16. Thanks very much, which one have you got, hoping to get some recomendataions and then off I go and get one?
  17. Thanks, yep I agree. The paint work on the car is in very good condition, I just want something that is going to help polish the car, I am not looking to clay the car, apply numerous coats of polish and then a top coat, just something that is going to take the hard work out of getting the mirror like finish, I can and have been doing this by hand. there are loads of machines around for £20 - £30 but many of these just spin around, where as the more expensive machines seem to have an offset motion that I guess means minimal swirl marks. I would also want something that has a variable speed and slow start up, as again I have read these are kinder to the car. One final thing, would be a unit that has the pads readily available. Does this help, or do I need to tell you a little more. Cheers.
  18. Hi there, I am considering purchasing a powered polisher / buffer, don't really want to pay the earth for one, just something to take the hard work out of the job. Have been looking around for a while at things like the Meguiars G220 but as I said don't really want to pay out this money if the unit is going to be more than I need. Have looked at the, let's say cheap alternatives from Halfords, Kent etc but can't find anything anywhere that would encourage me to buy this type of polisher / buffer. Just wondered if you guys have any experience in these or whether I should stick to good old elbow grease. Thanks.
  19. try http://www.lexus-parts.com/ once the site is up and running again, they seem to have a problem at the moment but don't be put off by that I have used them loads of times and they are very reliable, just watch out for the postage costs and the fact you have to pay import duty as they do everything above board. However, with the dollar being so weak againt the pound you will get a decent price. Hope this helps.
  20. I have to say, 250 se-l, auto and MM, funny that's what I have. Seriously though my car only has 3,000 miles on the clock, currently averaging 27.3 mpg, will get better over time. The look, 2 nice shinny exhausts at the back compared to that single one tucked away. Automatic box, currently not available on the diesel. The Lexus 220D does not give a very good return on MPG, not compared to some of the others. And please LOC this is only my opinion so apologies to all those 220D owners in advance.
  21. I have had the car since October. I have had the rear tinted by 35%, however this is not as dark as the RX400H I had as a loan car whilst mine was in the garage. When I was driving this I noticed that the door mirrors went very dark when cars behind tried to blind me with their lights. Since then I have been trying to work out whether my door mirrors are in fact dipping? And yes before you ask I have an Se-l so they are standard fit. My first thought was that I guess they use the sensor on the rear view mirror, this is on Auto (the green light is on). Due to the additional tint being put on I thought maybe this was causing the sensor to throw a bit of a wobbly, but as I said the RX400H had much darker tints applied and they still dimmed. So, is this another thing to get Lexus to look at or am I expecting too much. If I switch it off I really do struggle to notice a difference. Let me have your thoughts and cheers in advance
  22. You CANNOT burn DVD's to use for MP3's, you can only use CD-R, CD RW. It is buried somewhere in the manual. The unit plays DVD, CD etc but when it come to playing MP3 you are restricted to CD-R and CD RW. Hope this helps?
  23. Go for the MM, if you don't you will regret it! I had a loan car for 2 weeks which only had the standard stereo system installed, I missed everything, sat nav, parking camera, The sound!!, the integrated telephone, had to wear an ear piece for a week to answer the telephone legally. All in all, I would say spend the money and enjoy the investment.
  24. That switch heats the edge of the screen, not the wipers. If you look closely at the bottom of the front screen, in the black area you can see the element. It is there to melt the ice so that you can then use the wipers. It does not heat the blades directly, only transfers the heat from the bottom of the creen to anything that is touching it. as for your radio reception, is it worse if you, for example depress the heated rear window switch, or is it generally poor? I don't think the radios are great in weak signal areas anyway but I had a fault with mine that when I depressed the aforementioned switch the radio turned to static, if you know what I mean. Mine was a fautly rear screen, had to have the whole thing replaced!! Hope this helps?
  25. I will not name and shame because I don't think these forums should be used for that. However, if anyone does know who I could contact at Lexus GB as I would like to let them know how I have been let down by one of their authorised dealers. So, has anyone got any contacts?
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