imi

me.. me.. me

Have been off a while.. just come back..

1x Ivory/cream Beige Oakham for me too please.

SO your saying the knocking is cured? any ideas if the above would work on an IS aswell as the tezza? if so looking to put the Apexi coils back on then..

agree that car handling is better with the coilovers compared with the Eibachs i got..

Let us know what happens, cos i hav still got my set, and if all is well, be looking forward to putting them back on....... (prefer the coils)

Marcus.. they are NICE... B)

What size are these beauties? details please :P

The ones imi is selling (Apexi) are fantastic coilovers - I have read the reviews and they are amongst the best. Trouble is you cannot adjust dampening so you are stuck with a pretty hard ride over poor surfaces. 

The Apexis can be adjusted, both by height and also the ride quality aswell..

it has 16 presets i think for ride feel..

I had the SS ones, now Scorpion has them, nothing wrong with them apart from the Knocking noise.. they were good

If anyone is still intrested i still have a set of Apexi Type N1 for sale?

(Fargo had these and another member also) they were on my car, but not too long, still good nick, but if they don't go (which i am in 2 minds), i will install back on the car..

Congrats to you both.. wishing all the best for the future..

RX-Men-8 thanks for that info..

It doesn't get any power whether you are in low gear or high, low speed or high, the car just goes in on movement (sluggish)

so it could not be the VVTi controler, what could be the cause tho, anything to do with the throttle body then? sensor? or the coil packs that would issue this problem..

he owns an IS200, so does know how they perform, so uses this in comparison to mine

he commented "his deisal car runs better then mine.. )

As some of you know i am having a few probs with my car lately..

A freind of Gord (whom a few of you have met..lol) is currently looking into the problem of my car which has lost it's VVTi kick

1stly thought of the symptoms were that a pre-cat could have gone, that was all checked out, nope not that, throttle body was cleaned etc, not that.. during which the car was taken out for a run after every adjustment made.. still no luck..

Basicaly the car is running too FLAT!..

anyone know what can cause the VVTi not to kick in or could there be another problem and not the VVTi?

He will be swapping and changing parts off his own IS to mine, to figure this fault out of why the car is running FLAT..

Just wondering if anyone can help out with the issue?

(PS. another LOC member Aspaagua has the same issue with his car, identical too my car so hopefully both cars could be sorted soon)

ok put me down aswell for one, but thats if we can get 10 buyers at £175 all in..

(think if we can get names down of definate yes and count up how many we got, also it may trigger other members to join the GB if we got names up..)

them Zigans look nice... do they have centre cap??

Thats good news Marcus..

Won't be long then before the TURBO spooling away again...

My car does exactly the same as yours Apsaauga !!

Have had the car looked at and also hooked up to the Daignostics, everything seems fine, but the loss of power is there, very noticable!

You can't even feel the VVTi Kick, or just the normal power kick.

I still have my pre-cats though, hopefully will get it looked at pretty soon, if you find the problem let us know, will do vice-versa..

sorry to hear about the accident :o but good to know your ok tho, apart from the neck pains, lower back pain, sleepless nights, ect..etc..

Hope the insurance will sort it out for ya..

Update:

Did the testing of the clutch yesterday,

1. Put it in 3rd Gear, started to pull, it juddered a little but it set-off!

2. Tried again, same result..

3. Tried it in 2nd, pulled off a breeze, no probs.

4. While normal driving up a hill which i can take

in 3rd or 4th gear, i often have to drop it into 2nd gear!

So does this indicate clutch is gone?

If so, is it better to buy the OEM or shall i go with Upgraded one?

I won't be doing any other engine mods, other than what i got, induction kit and HKS Ti Hyper, (maybe getting pre-cats removed and the sports CAT replacement for MR-PRO-LEX later)

Thanks for the info guys.. (Gord no probs)

won't be doing any other engine mods, just what i got on now, will take a peak at the price of the oem one...

Gord any news of you know who... back yet?

the cars has done 102K, (i amsure it should last longer than that?)

will do the testing on the way home from work, i think there is a little tiny bit of life left, must have a word with Mr Pro-lex...

is it worth getting the Uprated one of the OEM one?

what are the symptoms of a clutch on its way out in an IS200?

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imi, try going up a hill in 2nd or 3rd gear, and put your foot to the floor :D if your car rev's and you dont seem to be getting anywhere, your clutch is slipping and on its way out :D why whats your car doing mate

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its not far off how you describe, also even though i am doing 40 or 50 is 3rd gear the revs stay around 3000, if i put it 4th the revs drop to 2000K, i also notice that when i press the clutch in sometimes its hard getting it into gear..got a feeling that the clutch is on its way out!

if the cars in neutral there is a noise from the front of the car, but press the clutch pedal in and it goes, clutch re;ealse bearing?

what are the symptoms of a clutch on its way out in an IS200?

oh so u have not taken it to a lex garage already??? thought that would  be high on the list!

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lol.. Nearest dealership is Lexus Leeds, they can't look at the car because of a new workshop construction. Lexus Bradford say about 2 weeks..

Just wondering on going down and getting it checked out by TDi North, (have sent PM to Mark with alink to this thread..)

(dealers will probly put it down to the mods or something as always!)

Hopefully got someone else to look at it courtasy of a LOC Member

just got on then net and read this.. shocking..

Glad to see your alright Marcus and the young one too..

Bad luck with the car, just hope the insurance will sort it out for ya mate..

They look wicked..

pics pics.. come on wana see what they look like on ya IS..

mmm.. Well the mechanic had a look at the crank n camshaft settings, all good, but he did mention one thing.. that the when the car had been on for a bout 5-10 mins he could smell something like the CAT is on its way out! :o but no fault light is displaying??

could it be the cat or even a pre-cat that's gone?

will it be a good idea to getting booked in at dealers just the find out where the fault is?

lol who mods a car who dosent show off  :D

That Roller looks all wrong with those wheels though.

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tooo right

That's a nice Range Rover you got :winky: got any pics of the Jag?