Abbas

Thats interesting have you connected a dimmer switch to your dome light? That may be usefull at times I guess...

My speedo leds don't dim too - always thought that leds were not dimmable so never thought anymore about it. I will have to check the control to see if it is faulty? Maybe it depends on the bulb spec?

Thanks, good advice. I am going to go with the false floor plate...

Hi, I am planning on screwing down some audio equipment into the boot floor directly behind the rear seats area. I cant find anywhere online or in the manual where the fuel tank is? Just dont want to screw into it! Thanks Abbas

Add me too please, after receiving the ac rings I cant wait...

I bought some Mintex front pads about 2 weeks ago from ebay around £23 if I remember correctly. They seem fine better than the old ones but I did have one piston that needed freeing up. So car felt better afterwards regardless. They were at a good price and I read good things about them also heard you dont get as much brake dust as the oem ones.

Hi, How deep are the scratches? Got a similar problem scraped my rear bumper into a concrete post and also own a Lexus touch up kit. damage done: Gave the touch up kit a try the base coat was really thin and needs lots of coats. I will continue tomorrow, the more coats I do the better it looks. Will see the results then decide the next step. I will let you know if its successful but I have a feeling it will need a smart repair.

Thanks you have just given me an idea for when my basslink turns up in the post.

Okay so you need to stick it to the door through the gaps? That sounds like a challenge, does it make a lot of difference and off the top of your head how much dynamat would you need and or how much would the cost be for doing both the front doors? I think I may give it a go depending on cost?

Is it possible to take off the inner door panel to get to the outer part to cover that with dynamat. I notice the difference when I drove with the door card off for a short period. A lot of road noise came through so I was thinking how quiet it would be with dynamat on the front doors.

I set the crossover to 0db and it made a difference sounded better the polarity on the tweeter does not make any noticeable difference to me. The door card has some panel clips missing and does cause some vibration. I think when the amp comes and gets connected it will sound a lot better as the Alpines are really underpowered at the mo and the stock are 2 watts overpowered so they are working at full power. May get some Dynamat, but as its expensive will research on how much difference it makes.

Thanks guys that gives me a few things to check out and work on, I do regret changing the attenuation to -3db as I had 3 options I went for the one in the middle, I will try 0db and then test it then try reversing the polarity of the tweeter. I will also check the seal between the door and adapter and see if I can seal it, if needed.

Thanks, That's the same as the diagram I followed I will double check but I can clearly remember following the above. I guess I will have to double check everything and put up with the sound till then. Is it possible that this could be the ressult of my bad soldering skills

Soon as I get a chance to check all wiring and adjust the attenuation settings also I will try what swapping the tweeter polarity does... Hopefully it is something simple.

Guys sorry the post was incomplete just having a bad day. If you look up now I have completed and added the only pic I have for now...

Hi, As I had some spare time this afternoon thought I would install my set of alpine components that have been sitting around for the last few months. I bought these from a on line ice store for about £75 inc delivery. Had a power cut (whilst I as drilling holes for the spacers) then it started to snow so I only managed to do the drivers side. Wiring I connected the lime green wire into the crossover + and Turquoise into the -. The woofer + to crossover + and negative to negative using the wires I took off the tweeter to speaker OEM set-up (red and white). Then wired the Alpine tweeter I wired the black wire with stripe from the tweeter to negative on the cross over and the all black wire to positive was unsure on the polarity as it was not stated anywhere on the tweeter nor the wire so tried it. All connections made were soldered. The Alpine woofer and tweeter can hardly be heard over the passenger side stock speaker unless I change the balance to -5 passenger side then its about equal. In my opinion the stock speaker sounds a lot louder, sounds better and it distorts less. I know this cant be right the stock is a 15watt rms and the Alpine is 50 rms with a 2 way crossover over the very basic stock one. These speakers are suppose to work well with or without amplification, my amp wont arrive till next week but surely the speakers shouldn't sound that bad? Set up prior to installation - all stock apart from Sony CDX-GT710 head unit 17watts rms with amp bypass cable. I set the crossover to -3db (options 0,-3,-6db). What have I done wrong? due to weather cant be taking it apart yet, plus putting the door card and tweeter back on is a nightmare for me! A Pic before putting the woofer onto the autoleads adapter. Thanks, Abbas

They did after the accident but because the second time it had to go back in to body shop for rectification work so it was up to them to provide a vehicle.

Oh and the IS250 accident exchange gave me as a replacement vehicle was amazing! I really enjoyed driving that around for the 4-5 weeks the car was in the first time. But then on the other hand when it was in the second time and replaced for a smart car I sure noticed the difference lol.

Hi and Welcome, this is a really good club I dont think my IS200 experience would have been the same without loc...

I thought it was a silly as all the repairs were done to the rear end when I saw my car the rear end was covered in leafs and lots of dirt so I could not even inspect the work till it was hosed down. They told me the same not to collect the car if I was unhappy, I wish I kept the loan car too and left mine there but the lady from lexus said to take it and ring Hiltons on Monday as it was a Sat and the body shop was closed. They just send the cars to the body shop but cant really help with anything related to it....

was this done through the insurance ? if so, i am sure they will be very reluctant to use them in future as most bodywork shops rely on insurance work, I imagine they will be getting there comeuppance Yes this was done through the insurance well I started a non fault claim with a company called Accident Exchange they were great to deal with especially at the start of the claim. I will be very carefull were I send my car the next time.

I decided to give them a second chance or 3rd in this case!

They are not in Peterbororough the body shop is in Bishops Stortford called Hilton Coachworks. Apparently this has never happened before I might be the unlucky one.

Hilton Coachworks.

I think it takes longer to decide were to put the ballasts then it does to wire it up and pop the bulbs in. Well that was the case with mine anyway... But yes very easy, quick and effective mod. do the instructions come with the kit thanks Yea they do but I did not need them, as I read up on here about them I knew what I was expecting. I got mine also from ebay £37 delivered if I remember correctly, well worth it!