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Any cat back system for the Toyota Aristo Twin Turbo (JZS147) will fit the GS, although they are pricey, unless you can find one second hand. They share the same factory exhaust sytem apart from downpipes etc. The HKS Silent High Power cat back, with twin exit is £500 + vat, and is only mild steel up to rear boxes. A custom setup will be allot cheaper and you can choose how you want it to sound etc.

Finding rare JDM Aristo exhausts isnt an easy task here in the UK, there are some lovely ones though!

The only problem with the oil filter location in my eyes is if the filter your about to change is stuck on! Ive changed oil in cars with a much more anoying filter location. The 2JZ filters are easily seen and theres just enough room to get your hand down & twist it off. Try cleaning the filter & wearing a thick rubber glove for extra hand grip ;) Tigerfish, try loosening the filter so its ready to come off, then grab an old rag or towel and put it around it when you do actually take it off. Should help with the spils! My MR2 has a filter high up behind the exhaust manifold that you cant see, and its fitted at an almost upside down angle, impossible not to spill some :( But an old rag always helps minimise the swear words lol

mk1 & mk2 mirrors are different. There are a few mk2 GS's being broken on eBay however, maybe you can source one from there and get a local bodyshop to colour code it for you?

Oh i like the gold, dont think it looks dated at all. If anything it aids in the look of it being a grown up and an upmarket car. Has a bit of an American look to it too. One reason i have my GS is that i love Japanese cars but love driving big auto's in the states. So the best of both worlds.

Do you have the "sport" decals in the rear qaurter glass windows and on the font bumper? If not, a member on here, "Sorted VTi will be able to make some for you. I replaced mine with gold ones.

Falken are good, ive had some good experience with them and they have never dissapointed. On both my GS Sport, and my MR2. Federal's are also quite good now too, and haven porven themselves as of late. But seeing as they wont be sport tyres that are needed i'd prob look for a set of Goodyears. Try www.camskill.co.uk for prices.

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Car looks nice, good to have another Sport owner on here. I have only ever seen that colour in pictures, never spotted one, which i think's a good thing. Im a fellow owner of a 97 mk1 Sport :)

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P.S shame on the previous owner that ditched the TTE wheels :(

I got mine from Tigerfish, a member on here.... I'll upload it to rapidshare and PM you the link when its done. The only issue is the pages although in the correct order are not seperated into catagories. You just need to word search or search through yourself. Its around 2000 pages. Its a big help :)

When locking & unlocking, which arms and disarms the alarm, there should be no sound. Just the flashing hazzard lights and the sound of your locks. As for the actual siren, this should work when the alarm goes off. Mine does and its damn loud. Perhaps a good auto electrician could replace your faulty "siren" for you. Welcome to the Lexus owners club, get some pics of your Sport up

Fellow Sport owner here too, Welcome :)

If you dont want to make a mess of it yourself, a decent bodyshop would be able to rub it down and re-lacquer it for you. Shouldn't be too expensive, especially compared to new prices. I gave mine a light compound, polish then wax and it brought them up a treat :)

Thanks lads, they really do suit the colours of the car better than the stock silver ones, and are every bit as subtle. Excellent qaulity too i may add :)

Strange, it was fine. Must be an imageshack prob. Will rehost

Hi guys, thought i'd post a quick pic of my new gold Sport decals made for me by Sorted VTi, aka Neil. Car has gold badging, calipers etc. Thought some of you might appreciate them. Especially Tigerfish? :winky: All comments are welcome, good or bad. Thanks Neil, Ross

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Post some pics up, be nice to see the qaulity of them. I jetwashed, hand shampoo'd and lathered my 122k original mats and they have come up amazingly well. Should really get pics (car care geek) Perhaps some originals from breakers could be saved?

Sport mode also improves throttle response and quickens gear changes. Car will be more eager to change to down when braking, entering corners ect. As said, 3 speed with OD off 4 with it on. Usefull for some light engine braking. If you have an Aristo with the optional TEMS suspension the sport button will also stiffen the rebound on the dampers. GS300 never had this unfortunately ;)

Toyo's are very soft in my opinion! they will wear out rather quickly on a car as heavy as the GS. But you should enjoy the grip. Ive become somewhat of a fan of Falken and have been very happy with the performance AND life of their FK and ZE series. Especially at the price. +1 for Falken. They have excellent customer service too, one of the head PR dudes even sent me out a box with a load of stickers etc to use at a friends buisness and to plaster everywhere ;)

Ahhh gotcha, Yeah part numbers would be handy, we could add them to the part numbers sticky? Would like to change my factory head unit for a double din aswell i think, so anything that helps us all :)

Nice, thanks. Sorry for all the questions but are different brackets required or are the originals fine? My other Toyota's brackets are suitable for both single & double dins so imagined the GS would be the same with it being a large head unit.

How much are the double din stereo facia's lads? Never seen any kicking about. Or Monster Mat, how much would your 2nd one be? ;)

wait fore the second one to turn up and its yours, for what i pay for it

Im in no rush at all bud, my car has been out of action due to HG failure anyway. Just waiting untill im well enough to fix so PM whenever :)

Not expensive for the plate, £15 or there abouts. Part No 55412-30430.

I used the cubby hole bit as well on mine as the stereo is single din. Costs £23'ish + vat. Part No 55521-32011. They are Toyota part numbers, Lexus don't do the equivelent.

Thanks for that TF, is that £15ish for the actual double din facia? Have actually got a couple of the single din Toyota pockets already from running single din units in my MR2 briefly. JDM double dins much better though ;)

How much are the double din stereo facia's lads? Never seen any kicking about. Or Monster Mat, how much would your 2nd one be? ;)

wait fore the second one to turn up and its yours, for what i pay for it

Im in no rush at all bud, my car has been out of action due to HG failure anyway. Just waiting untill im well enough to fix so PM whenever :)

How much are the double din stereo facia's lads? Never seen any kicking about. Or Monster Mat, how much would your 2nd one be? ;)

replied to your post on DW aswell. Car looks sweet bud. A quick question though, i see the IS sports have a grill badge.... any chance of a closer up pic or two of said badge? How does it mount?

Heres an old post of mine, same goes for mk2....

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...=mr2+indicators

Just make sure you torque the wheels correctly, and in the correct pattern. From what ive read they seem to be really bad for warping when done up wrong so you dont want to warp your new parts. I fitted new ones to mine after i got the car due to warpage, done up properly and all is well.