LennyLexus

IMO, 18"s look too small on an SC, wheels look great, unsure of SC fitting. I doubt the quality is inferior, its just that it may be heavier.

A lot of wheels now come from India http://www.synergies-castings.com/Clients.htm

2.5 hours is the book time.

I had mine done by a mate Lexus/Toyota techie of many years, he is now a trainer.

sweeeeeeeeet, did you get acknowledged?

in australia if you want the NA route we put a 1UZ-FE VVT-i in there with full exhaust and ECU which pushes out around 276hp at the wheels compared to stock IS200 with something like 80kw/ 100hp.

We also have resources to do 1JZ/2JZ setups with a few of our guys running a 300hp 2JZ GTE, 400hp 1JZ GTE, 600hp 2JZ GTE and a 1000hp 2JZGTE all road registered and fully engineered. I'm not sure about in the UK but we can get these conversions done for around $12000 AUD

That is a brilliant price (£6k), the ray hall one seemed to be fully working and integrated with OEM ECU. if i was still going down this route I would ship my car over to Aus (2k) for a year, you guys seem to have a done more of these conversions on (RHD) and therefore seem more knowledgeable then most.

Last weekend after Japfest and the attention it got, i think Louise should be kept as a mildy tuned conservative lady with enough go ;) A 450bhp Supra (BPU++) will most likely be my next addition they have a serious road presence and will frighten a lot of the more exotic supercars.

I still like the IS-F (been waiting for it for years) and the concept of mats Monster, but dont think that it is for me anymore.

:tsktsk: it, put me down for one aswell please Rob, are we likely to get stung by Darling? I need urgent shipping, in time for winter will be fine.

Where will you guys put the cover when its not in use?!

To tell you the truth i haven't really a clue what kind of IS i've got. I think it's the S but i'm not that sure. Might be the SE though. If it's the S then i have to take the original stereo out? correct?

if you don't have a sun roof then you have an S

The trim levels differ by country.

^^

I doubt will see another on the road, there are only 150 being coming to the UK this year.

I've probably only seen a handful of IS300s in the last 5 years (except LOC meets)

very tidy, is it still in this good a nick?

No, he wants the JDM tray but he wants it real cheap

i dunno, people buy a cheap lexus and expect to run/mod it on ford money. £85 is reasonable me thinks.

brilliant day, great to see the old faces Dave, Tango, Mat and the new ones Spikes, Rolex and Yau.

Converted my Astra SRI mate to join the family, he is interested in the Sups, MR2s or Ganzas, he will most likely be getting a Glanza cheaper insurance, tax fuel and repairs.

Bring on JAE.

oldy but goodie ;)

i was after this type of thing but to connect to the OEM nav screen

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3456

Due for heavy rain at home, and heavy rain at venue!!

Program is now released.

http://www.japfest.co.uk/images/news/Show_...how%20Guide.pdf

aiming for 9 Yau,

dont wanna be queing for 2 hours!!

c u there Mat & Elliot

No use ringing the yanks and trying to get an email address from them?

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im a very lucky chap as i take delivery of one of the 1st isf's in the country on 23-05-08. i have heard a good few mixed reports, some good, some bad. i do get bored of cars pretty quick, so lets see how long i keep this bad boy!

its not fair....when you get bored let me know

LOC will be the 1st to hear!!

Not buying it for investment then?

Your delivery date is quite late, when did you place your order? I was told they werent available at January.

3. the other silver thing underneath is the Gain control for the legacy amp.....

Yuk

Car looks very nice in 'the low'

Wozza you elitist :tsktsk:

yep rear looks right, just a tiny bit more on the front.. looking good Jase.

Terry, got to say yours is one the best looking Mk2 IS's in the country. :D

will be good to see ya mat, we are at Gate C, Club stand CQ.

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...showtopic=20525

seems like plat ice for gen1.

Lookswise it has to be black and black, practicality and looks it has to be plat ice on both.

Just a word of causion here people,most cars with T.R.A.C and V.S.C use all four wheel speed sensors to calculate the cars speed.The analog signal is changed in-to digital for the e.c.u to read

So if the rolling radius was different on the two axles would it take an average? :shutit:

cheers Rob, had a feeling it was as its RWD, would my logic be correct for all/most cars?

Full article can be read here

Summary:

Widest tyre for rim width: Best ride comfort, worst grip

Narrowest tyre for rim width: Best Grip, worst ride comfort

It seems this is formula for working out the best tire WIDTH for the Yokohomas recommended setting for performance handling and good ride comfort, this 90% of tread width should cover the rim.

Tyre Width (e.g 7.5)

x 100/90

x 25.4

Then round up or down to the nearest five.

e.g for my TTE Chicanes it should be

7.50 x100/90=8.33 --> x 25.4 = 212 round to 215.

For the profile, a tyre calc can be used.

Input the originals (IS Mk1 215/45 R 17) and your new ones.

Stock Tire - 215/45R17

Tire 1 - 225/40R18 (My Current Setup, experiencing a bit of rubbing on the front inner arches at full lock, with 50ET and a drop of 35mm

Speedometer Difference: 1.905% too slow

Diameter Difference: 1.88%

Tire 2 - 215/40R18 (Ideal speed up for keeping the speedo correct, but i may still experience rubbing)

Speedometer Difference: 0.643% too slow

Diameter Difference: 0.65%

Tire 3 - 215/35R18 (would look brilliant, and should most likely stop my inner arch rubbing, but would put the speedo and odo out. It should recover itsself tho as I have been understating my mileage for 2/3 years. The difference is minute 360 miles a over over stated on 12k at 3% too fast.)

2.887% too fast

Diameter Difference: 2.81% (smaller)

Hope this is of some help to people when deciding on new tyres, and if any information is incorrect please do say and leave general comments. I bought my last set of tyres on Lexus recommendations (i.e OEM styling kit tyres) and under the idea the widest rubber available is the best for grip, it seems the opposite is true.

As the title asks, (for the IS200). Which set of axles does the speedo take its readings from?

IMO, i was going to say get black and polished, as its very original, but now they are on the car, its hard to notice the black they a bit like 2 pots, goes with sleeper look ;)