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Does the lead that came with the head unit not have connector at both ends? The small connector (ISO) plugs into the head unit and the larger connector on the other end plugs into your amp bypass lead. Hi Mark, thanks for the reply. The answer is unfortunately no ive uploaded pics of the lead that came with the head unit, the connector on the head unit and the connector on the end of the lead. does that connector look like the one on the ct51-lx01? cheers Ads

hi all, (especially ormi as he has a jvc head unit) Im an expat living in Australia and have a 2003 is200 platinum - I think its the same as an SE My CD player conked out a few weeks ago so Ive bought a jvc double din dvd unit - JVC KW-AVX746 from here in Australia. I had to buy the amp bypass lead, Connects2 CT51-LX01 that everyone talks about from the uk as I couldnt find it over here, this hasnt arrived yet. Im quite happy with the bypassing of the amp but what I am worried about is the connection to the back of the head unit. The head unit has come with a connector plug with 16 wires coming out the back (labelled, ground, electric ariel, steering wheel remote etc + all the speakers) What I want to know is does the bypass lead go straight into the back of the head unit or do I have to do some splicing of cables and the like? I cant find any pics of this connector on the net any info greatly recieved Ads

Cheers to all. Ill get quotes from all of em and see which one suits. Its such a drag. Wife crashes car, I have to take time off work to trapse round garages and get quotes, I then pay for work to be done. Doesnt seem right to me :D Ahhh married life, such a joy

Great, Thanks Gord, Ill look em up on Monday Ad

Hi chaps and chapesses Can anybody recommend a decent reasonably priced body shop in the Manchester area. Preferably South East as Im in Denton but I can travel if needs be. My good lady wife put a nice gatepost mark down the door and wheel arch :tsktsk: Many thanks for advice Ad

It's a revenue raiser.DVLA sell plates that can be personalised but have the gall to say it is illegal to alter spacings etc. Only trouble with warnings, from the Police point of view, is that unless they get recorded as official warnings there is no way of telling how many times someone has been stopped and warned and over what period of time until the same officer is involved again. Yeh, this was the discussion I had with my missus. It annoys me that the DVLA bang on about them saying you can 'personalise' your car etc but then have all these petty rules. Anyway its a lesson learnt - It was a £30 fine and 17 quid for new plates. PC Jobsworth took pics of the front and rear of the car and then delighted in telling me that if I 'offended' again the plates would be taken off me as the DVLA actually still own them - they are just kind enough to rent them to me. I do agree with Stevie and all the other peeps on here that say I should have expected it. I know its wrong, its just bloody petty. I didnt have any fancy type face, black screw cap or anti reflection stuff, standard black type with just one character slightly shifted. Just petty. Anyway like I say its a lesson learnt - I hope this post might save another member 50 quid in the future Ad

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Got pulled today for incorrect spacing on my plates. Captain Jobsworth in his BMW X5 told me that the computerised plate reading system that the five-0 use cannot make sense of L3X SA, however it can make sense of L3 XSA. what a load of horse$hit - so he made out he was actually doing me a favour because if my lex got stolen they wouldnt be able to track it if the plate was 'wrong' . I didnt argue with him as I couldnt be bothered. Just 50 quid down the drain

nah mate. looks exactly the same as mine. youre right its steel. Im looking out for one of those screw on chrome tips but apparently theyre like gold dust now. Ads

do a search - there are a fair number of posts advising against them. You are best to use IK20 plugs (NGK or DENSO) I just ordered 6 from ebay USA from a guy called pili-car. hes got pretty good stats and he was a bit cheaper than the other USA bloke that was mentioned in the other posts. Cheers Ad edit - mine were £42.80 delivered

Well, I think I know understand why StevieWevie originally posted his request - Part no 42603-53060 does not fit in the 11 spoke alloy. I bought some to put in mine and it sticks out about 1mm when pushed all the way in, this would allow some little scrote to nick them so there going back. Ive gone for the 70 quid ones now.

That doesn't sound right. Are you sure your K&N filter is installed correctly and the airbox is closed properly ? Maybe I'm imagining it, but I too think it does change the engine note slightly, a bit more of a growl as you say :) No Stevie and Monti - Im sure your right, it definitely growls a bit more now and Im sure the car seems to pull off a tiny bit quicker. Then again my stock filter was absolutely caked in crap, bits of leaves and all sorts. Dunno when it was last changed, so maybe thats why I felt I noticed a difference

Ive just been thru exactly the same steps as Mr Stig on my Platinum Ice. I used all the info in this post - thanks alot everyone who posted I used Autoglym shampoo, then Meguires clay bar and detailer, then another wash and dry, then Meguires stage 3 carnuba wax. Im well chuffed with the results. I couldnt beleive what a difference the clay bar made - it was like silk after I used that Its a week later now and I have driven through lots of muddy puddles and a bird has shat on the roof (Ill not take her out again). My question is what do I have to do now? Just a quick wash or a wash and wax again? Thanks chaps and chapesses Ill post some pics of my baby soon but I just need some alloy centre caps and a body shop to sort out the 'rear door meets gatepost' incident that my dear dear wife was involved in! Ad

Yeh, I even got a brand new set of nuts (I said stop sniggering!) and a new set of locking wheel nuts in one of my boxes from bluemackie. Not sure they should have been there but I cant complain Well done on winning those Rich and thanks ddadon, Ill look them up spose 47 quid + vat comes out to about what Rich paid - still damn expensive tho. I just spotted these from the US http://www.centercaps.net/caps/details.php?stockNumber=25. I think they look right, Ill drop em an email and see whether theyre the right ones and how much they will be shipped - might be worth getting a few sets judging on the interest on ebay :) edit - wow I just saw the shipping on the website its $10 per centrecap and each cap is $16 - so thats $26 / 2ish - about £13 - £15 quid each Also - to answer my own question, I went to a specialist wheel place yesterday (Dave Sheldon in Salford) he said that I wouldnt find any non-original caps that would fit in original Lexus alloys, or if I did then they wouldnt fit properly - theyd pop out when the wheel expanded in different temperatures etc. So looks like we have to bend over and take it off Lexus :(