Matt Hillyard

Well ive looked and i am amazed, simply stunning work and it really is an art in itself to professionally detail a car! I have seen a company i am keen to speak to so will contact them and see what they can do, its not cheap in fact its madness but the result would mean that the car was in better condition that when i bought it so i know every penny would be well spent!! Will keep you guys updated and let you know how i get on!

Cheers mate will check it out and yeah was expecting a price tag so thats not a prob just thinking if im gona do it may as well do it properly!!! B)

Sell organs, allow scientists to perform tests on you and sell yourself on the street............. .........thats what im gona have to do to get tax, god knows how im gona afford to fill it up with petrol too!!!!

£650 Full Comp, standard car, think ive got 2 or 3 yrs NCB cant remember how many yrs off the top of my head as had a write off in 06 which took off a couple of yrs NCB.........i will look at my docs tonight and update this!! B)

I have thought about getting it wrapped but my only thought was would it look like a phone screen when you havent taken the film off...........think the problem is i want my cake and eat it and minimise stone chip potential with the minimum of fuss and im not going to get that! hmmmmmm........ Not unless i got the front of the car resprayed! lol........extreme i know but could be worth investigating???

Cheers guys, yeah i agree the look barf but on the colour IS ive got i thought i might be able to get away with it! lol....... As for the clay bar i have treated myself to the Meguairs clay bar and detailer and have done that follwed by a tech wax a few times but just never feel 110% satisfied with the result, i know im very OCD about a clean car and that might not help but just wondered if the bras were very good at protecting anything as the bumper is still on show at the end of the day! Hmmm might just go nuts with some cutting compound on the car and get it gleaming that way..........

Thanks Janey, thats a great help as thats the sort of thing that i was looking at, think i might have to ring round a few places near me to see what they can do as i was expecting to pay around £200 for it but thought at the end of the day it will be worth it in the end..........i hope!!! lol....... Just want to try it out and see if its really is worth the pennies in the end!!! B)

Yeah those are the things!!!! Well i know for softer fresher paint it would be a must but im thinking of getting the whole car professionally vallet, as in spend a shed load on getting the paint really restored and thought that if im going to the effort of that it might be worth looking into a "car bra" to try and protect it as i spend most of my time on the A12 and theres always crap being thrown up. Hmmmm think its time for some serious tin-tin-net hunting!!! B)

Hi all, With the amount of dual carriage way miles i do i have been thinking it may be worth looking into one of the covers that protects the front from chips........I know they look a sod and the little ones that go on the bonnet dont protect much but i just wondered A) if you can get these for the IS and if they're worth it.......??? Cheers! B)

Hi All, Well after a lot of dual carriage way miles my IS is starting to show some signs of battle scars and its getting me down. The front is starting to loose its shine and dull where stones and general road crud has been chucked up i thought that one way of trying to breathe a bit of life back into her was to get a professional vallet done and get them to get some proper stuff on it. I regularly wax and polish it myself with meguiars products but wondered if anyone else had taken their car for a professional vallet and what their thoughts on it was......... .....Ideally i want them to go nuts on it and get some compound on the front and get the swirls out which i know wont be cheap but i thought would be worth it in the long run........... What are your thoughts and advices?? Cheers!

I cant heal toe but then again bit hard in an auto!!! lol...............

So shall i start selling my organs now then to afford car tax!! lol.......

I have thought about using V-Power as i fill up at shell but cant see the point in the IS as the petrol only goes on travelling down the dual carriageways and im not gona feel much advantage from that!! Only time i use the higher octane fuel is in my bike as it is noticable in that!! And BP always seems to be silly prices in comparison to Shell........The shell i fill up at is 109.9 for normal unleaded and the BP is about 112.9 for the same! I found a receipt from last year and it was when petrol was 87.5.............................made me cry as i though bout how much its gone up!!!

I have been tagged as having an old mans car and also being a daddy mobile and not in the sense of pimp daddy but old daddy! lol......im only 23, have no kids and had it for about 18months now and i still love it! I had a choice of a Civic Type R or the IS200 and driving the 2 although the Civic was a nice racey car if i wana go quick i have my Yam R6 for that, if i wana go in comfort and style......theres only one choice! Theres something about the comfort and style of the IS200 that really puts a smile on your face and it is always a shock to people when you tell them you have a lexus as most other people my age are still in fiestas and saxos! The knowledge that you have something that bit different and bit special is worth a million and the guys are right jealousy is a cruel misstress!

My ash tray houses my 80gb Video Ipod makes a nice home for it!!! Anyone know if the light that shines into the ashtray is easily replaceable with a LED???

Mine was £480.....seems like the going rate for that service! :(

See im the same im not sure if it would look a bit.....WOW.....so there are the brakes then!!! lol.... I think it looks pretty smart thought just not sure on mine as its granite sky with the dark grey multi spoke alloys so will really stand out behind the wheels.....

I was thinking of beong really outragous and going for Yellow with black decals....... I like the looks of them on this but didnt know if it would look a bit silly...otherwise was thinking red or possible a bronzy colour.....has anyone painted their calipers white before?? here are a few pics of what i was thinking ?? Yellow Bronzy,

aghhh....well i better get it sorted asap before the move.....or is the move still in the same area???

I am very cautious on tyres as i am also a motorcyclist i know the importance of good rubber, wont have anything but the best on my bike and i always want good tyres on the car too. I think the only complaint ive got is the wet grip of the bridgestones makes me very nervous as it makes both the car and my back end very twitchy........ ....Think i might stick to the bridgestones and get the geo sorted and see how it feels from there.....as i have heard that the geo set up changes this somewhat. To ask a silly wuestion, if the tyres are wearing on the inside edge on the left front and the outside on the right front is this the geo in need of setting up or is this the tracking out??? I know its a daft question but i want to make sure its all sorted.... Cheers again.

I havent had the geo done yet so thinking that i need to invest in this asap!! I would ideally like to lower it but cant make my mind up about it yet as i know thats the begining of the end of me keeping this car standard......its been so hard going from my old cars!! lol....

Have you noticed any difference in the ride... ....Has it lost any of its Lexus comfort?? I am thinking about lowering mine but i dont want it to lose any of its comfort....

Hi all, I am in need of 4 tyres the fronts are needed badly and the rears are nearing the end of their life so was going to do all 4 in one go..... ....I have been getting quotes for the Bridgestones that come standard on the car and also Toyo T1-R's as i loved these tyres on my Toyota and thought i would see if they were any cheaper.... ...as it turns out they are but one of the garages was going on about Lexus working with tyre manafactures in this case Bridgestone to make the tyre work with the car to reduce road noise etc....now i know that BMW did this with the run flats but is this true with Lexus or is it a bit of a tale and just a line to get me to get the bridgesones over the Toyo's?? Cheers, Matt

No this one was clean as...it caught my eye as saw the led sidelights and how clean it was.....would love to know what exhaust was on it as it sounds meaty without being annoyingly loud....

Ahhhhh that is where my confusion ends!!! lol..... Well in that case might have to check the inovit wheels out as i really wanted a set of TE37's like on monster matts drifter but after hearing they wouldnt fit was very disappointed will have to check out what sizes they go upto!!! :)