Rory

I was 28 when I changed up, I've been playing off insurance companies against each other ever since to keep the cost down, my renewal will be under £500 this time, which is less for me than a new quote on a group 8 2004 golf :/

Definitely ring your insurer and ask how much the increase is to a 300, mine went up by £5 a month, so I didn't need my arm twisting really ;)

entry level in uk, had no amp, but then it also had no sunroof, no half leather heated seats and 16" wheels, does yours have any of those originally?

wobbly bolts mean you could get away with 5x115 or 5x112 also

Hi people, which other makes/models have same fitment as Lexus IS??

I guessing you're located in South Africa? I'm quite happy with a petrol guzzling 4.0 litre V8 at £225.00 a year. at the time he got his IS300 it will have been close to the same amount of tax, but his X reg 200 would be the same as the above ls400 per year now

Its actually after sept 01, tax is £280 anyway tho

Mines a bargain but that doesn't mean it's cheap, its a tte Grand Prix with tyre at £100, pics and details on the bay

If your mate is in UK with UK car he's mistaken as to when it was registered :)

Hi guys, as above, I need some brackets to fit my figs bonnet struts, they've been sat in a cupboard for years cos I never got round to getting brackets, so if anyone has any of be interested please

They do constantly adjust as you drive, that's normal, mine do it as a direct result of logical movement a mate of mine had one too and his went faulty, the motors self levelled on ignition but then just raised so they aimed high, never did find out if he got them sorted

I changed from a 200se to a 300, my insurance went up by £60, for the year!

and would possibly leave an error light on the dash

Oxygen/lambda sensor is my guess

I can give you some guidance since my IS is very similar to yours, and by the way I've said the same too! Defiantly wanna keep the car forever haha! Anyway, heres a short list of upgrades I've performed in relation to what you wanna do: - Headlights - New Satin Black Housing Head lights - 6000k HID Xenons Dipped - 8000k HID Xenons Fogs - Brakes - Brembo Discs, pads & calipers all round in yellow Now I will say the brakes do feel a lot better, though they are not entirely needed, they do look great! (May have change the color of them once I get new wheels) Now similar to your car mines got a black paint job, black wheels & black windows, this is how I bought the car and to be honest I'm not so keen on the all round black, it can give some people the wrong impression. It all depends on the look you wanna go for. Now personally I'd say go for the tinted windows BUT (and this is your choice) I would say balance the car out with a new set of wheels (not black) or return your current Lexus ones to standard and/or a different color, for example: I'm looking into some Gunmetal, White or Matt Bronze 18" Rota GTR's or Grid Drifts for my car as I feel this will balance the colors on my car out a little, they also look amazing! However this is all my preference and you could have a totally different outlook on what you wanna do! Here's a few pictures: Bit rainy today but took a quick snapshot of the new headlights I installed yesterday: P.S If anyone can guess the red car to the right of the first picture I'll be impressed ;) Do I see is300 badge on the back of a 200? ;)

LE only came in one colour, Kodiak Sky, anything else simply isn't the LE, Dan where about in lancs are u?

I'm just after the one now, is it a set u have?

Thought I'd bump this thread rather than start another.... I need an 11 spoke standard 17 for a spare, as I've changed back from 18's but I also had a spare 18, It can be either colour, with or without tyre, and I can arrange my own courier as long as it can be wrapped and labelled for me Let me know what u got please

my 300 is 2002, so, if i'm reading right, my bulb will definitely fit in the fog lamp unit of a 200 from the same year?

Final Update, the Original Seller offered me a refund excluding postage, without requiring the bonnet back, so it would have stood me at £60, plus I still owed my buyer £50 for the insured return postage, so I could sell the bonnet as defective to cover those costs, but I didn't wanna take chances, so I requested a full refund, and they agreed, I got that today, but then a slight twist... I was credited, I had the defective bonnet, and still owed my buyer his £50 so I stuck it on the bay at what I thought was a reasonable if not pricey £125+ p&p (of £50) and had some interest, the successful ebay sale at this price would have given me ~£40 for the overall inconvenience I was offered an acceptable £100 cash on collection and provisionally accepted, now, I don't take things off ebay until the deal is done, so I upped the price by quite a chunk, pending payment from the cash offer i'd had, and while still waiting for a response on that one, someone only pressed buy it now and gave me £225 including postage, thus leaving me £125 up!!! result in all honesty, I advertised it as accurately as I could, and had I been a buyer, I wouldn't have bought it at the price it went for, but i've covered all bases on it, all defects were mentioned, and it was listed as for parts or not working, no returns, and i'm a private seller, and the chap who bought it is sticking it on a drift car, which implies its gonna get knocked about from time to time anyway

Hi People Can anyone tell me if theres any difference in fog lamp units from is200 to is300? I know IS300 is yellow but is it only the bulb or is the actual unit different??

has the door catch not just closed while the door was open? might just need pushing open again by hand

I only paid £200 for my veilside titanium teardrop, but I sold it on when I lost my job, ,only asked £200 when I let it go and needless to say it went in a heartbeat

I got my full dash kit from crazyleds.co.uk, already lasted longer than the ebay set I had previous

i'm not rushing to move on either yet, its due a 70k service so thats getting booked in in the coming weeks, anything to help with the sale when I do advertise it, started stickin spares on the bay so claw back any extra cash to go towards the replacement the thing thats taking time is people keep throwing other car options at me I still sway back to Saab 9-3 as I think they are dead nice inside and out for the top spec facelifted model but i've looked at an Audi A6, a Volvo S40 New shape, and an Alfa GT (all diesels)