stuie

Ive just filled up and around town heavy right foot miles im getting about 17.5 mpg I think i need to start driving a bit more econmically

I was going to service it anyway however I wasnt sure if they would do a full or intermediate service as it hadnt really reached any of the requirements for a full one

conicidently mine will be 3 years old next year but has already done a 30,000 mile service however I probably wont put another 10K on it which means it will be neither 4 years old or done 40,000 miles what will they do on that one?

its a prolex jobbie one of the main dealers on here

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=40004

probably. Were your miles stop start or motorway miles though as most of mine are stop start traffic miles. Also mine was picked up from a lex dealer who did a full 30,000 mile service on it so all that needed changing and checked should have been

Im not trying to get the external mirrors dimmed just the internal one

Ive looked through the forum but there didnt appear to be a finate answer for this question.

Can you take a dimming mirror off an is300 and wire it into an is200. With no tints and no dimmer night time motorway journeys could be a nightmare.

I am looking into tints but if I can get an auto dimmer off a scrapped is300 is it just a case of attaching it and feeding it earth and a 12v source or it it much more complex than this

so 150 miles to half a tank ist great then?

Sounds similar to what im getting after picking mine up last week.

Im going to try some tesco 99 ron stuff to see if it helps

So what can I do window tinting wise. Ive read that your not allowed to do front windscreen tints but Ive seen some pics on here that have by far darker windscreens than mine which seems clear.

Aslo if I do it id like to have the same all round so what are my options and legal issues

Just given her a good clean over though id show you all some pics of the new motor

Why sell up?

Surely you plug in the amp bypass to the plug from the Sat nav and then the other wires attach to the aftermarket headunit?

Not completely sure it'll work as i've never dealt with a sat nav system but it could work?

Does the sat nav come out of both front and rear speakers? I think iv just made the most obvious and stupid mistake ever. If it does then all I need to do is by the bypass model and cabling off eBay and leave the rears in place to do the satnav as that will still go through the standard amp which can be left connected for the rears.

This is of course making the big assumption that the satnav is directly connected to the amp and doesnt require an output from my h/u as my h/u doesnt have a built in amp/speaker connector

Also does anyone know what the sound output fron the sat nav is? ie line level optical etc

Still means butchering the oem wiring to get it to come through the speakers. I think il probably end up selling up tbh

Hi Stuie,

are you on TA?

your kit looks very familiar

there is a way to bypass, so that the nav still continues to function.

I think pro-lex one of the traders on here do the part.

Raj.

yes I am mate same username.

Cool I might be able to stick with the install then

How does that work though

The is200 im looking at getting has satnav in it.

As I run a full active setup am I going to screw over the satnav system as Im gussing I will.

Full active basically means that each speaker has a seperate amp and is crossed over before the amp. Ie tweets have an amp mids have a seperate amp and so on.

Im guessing theres no way to really get it to work. Looks like I might end up selling up and sticking with stock

Hmmm I think ive decided on red they do look ace

This is how it came

No mate it was a standard SE to begin with and all that you see on there have been added by me and are accessories available from Lexus

What sort of cost was that?

depends really what you put on, think the wheels cost out £1100 with tyres and the skirts came to approx £1500 with paint and labour

did you lower that as well or is that on standard springs?

No mate it was a standard SE to begin with and all that you see on there have been added by me and are accessories available from Lexus

What sort of cost was that?

This was mine

Thats the standard aero body kit and spoiler isnt it can you buy that lot separately?

Ive found a nice looking 04 plate red is200 se with the standard 17s and no spoiler.

Can those with red ones post a few pics up to give me an idea of what these can look like with a few tasteful mods.

Thanks

Stuart

It this connector still needed if you not using standard speaker wiring?

Does the lex have a standard iso connector for just power and earth as that is all I need for the 7998

the 7998r is a great headunit I run it myself and you can change all the buttons from green to amber.

Its also got a 3way active mode ainet support and optical output to run to a h701/700 for all processing requirements.

I wouldnt pay 600 notes for it though have a look on eBay I picked mine up for a 170 quid.

You wont get better sound than this. Be carfull however it doesnt have a built in amp all amplification has to be run via rca leads to a separate amp or 4

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How much are you looking at spending?

for a little bit more you could get this

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/alpine-cda9853r-p-4109.html

full multicolour choice and imo a much better unit than the panasonic and the really cool glide touch feature

a few more details here

http://www.alpine-europe.com/content/engli...MA-RECEIVER.htm

Do you need the Bluetooth?

If not get an alipne with full speed ipod support it will be much easier.

Also the stearing controls might not work with the pioneer