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like Ormi says i would investigate first. Mine stopped working, didn't rise up. I thought it can't be low washer fluid as the windscreen washers were still working. Wrong. Take off for headlights is higher than the windscreen, topped up with water they were fine... :winky: also they are driven by water pressure, no electrics, so shouldn't break down. Hope this helps

seat belts do fit(late in to early) you just need to modify the pillar slightly(thats what i did...)

..far easier to use old catches on seats though...undo one bolt, use original belts, jobs a good 'un. Gotta be easier than whacking a dent in the door pillar a taking off all the trim??!!

Got the seat belt warning light passenger side goin, it was the pink and black wire.

If anyone wants my old interior (front and back seats) its on eBay. Special deal for forum members. I was going to keep the headrests and fit monitors in them...maybe one of you lot fancy trying??!! I've also got a few more bits and pieces (nesarside door card, beige, late model speaker grill-mint and rear seat belts in beige. Make me an offer and you can have the lot for ....not a lot!!

Did this conversion as well. Mine is a 2000 S model so nothing under the seats as far as wiring goes. I don't know what my new seats came out of I found them on ebay for £100 if I remember rightly. Any way they electric and half leather. I simply took a live feed from the fuse box in either footwell. Seemed silly to run wire from battery and then across the car for drivers side. I wired mine up ignition live, they don't move unless the ignition is on or engine running. Then again there's only me that drives it so no need to move seats anyway. Was just an upgrade from the standard cloth that you get in the S model. They're in now and move about so job done

...Hmmm... well i'm a bit fussier!! ;) got them in and ran the feeds for the electric adjustment part from the drivers side under the carpet, between centre console. Perfect. Works fine. chopped wiring for heated seats, connected all the same colours together and again, works as it should. Seat side airbag same as manual seat, no worries. Just left with no seat belt warning light for passenger. Might have another go tomorrow, but girlfriend leaves the damn thing off anyway, so light flashes annoyingly so may not bother. This is not as easy as the write ups above would make you think. Just be aware if you want later seats in an earlier (manual adjust) model, you can't just rip out the old and bolt in the new.

So to summarise-

Seat belts will not fit from earlier cars on later models - change belts or catches (I swapped catches on seats)

No wiring under passenger side for power seats - run spliced feeds from drivers electric side under centre console carpet (pain to do invisibly, but at least fused and constant power)

Wiring COMPLETELY Different on later seats passenger side, and manual adjust seat wiring ONLY side airbag connector the same.

Cut pink and black (dunno what this is!)/ white and black (earth)/ green and red (heated seat + feed)wires and join them all together to get feed for heated seats.

Not sure how to get seat belt warning light going but suspect pink and black has to go to some other coloured wires (black/blue!?):duh:

Interior looks ace now, got a lovely new looking leather and alcantarra set same as mine but with piping and electric both sides... give yourself a few hours and careful with them airbags...!

when i done this conversion i had to swap over the seat belts as they dont fit in the stalks that comes with the seats then i found out the seat belt pre tensioners were diff too(well the plugs were)so i had to swap them too..not too hard a job just a pain...mine was a 99 electric drivers only...now has a 2005 spec sport seats in it both working electric and heated

Yeah I heard the belts were different..as for the wiring on the passenger side was it there or did you run some feeds from the drivers side?

ive done the convertion on mine chap, Mines a 99' and now has a late spec interior with both seats working heating and electric... if you get stuck give me a shout as its quite simple :)

....OK, OK...taken a while but i'm a busy man....!!!!

I've now got seats from a 2003 IS (both electric) and wanna put them in my '99 sport that has manual passenger side electric drivers side.

thing is looking at a few posts, should i take the seatbelt connectors off my old seats as the new seat ones i think are different?

Also did Lexus hopefully put all the wiring connectors ready for this upgrade on the passenger side...!!!

Gonna have a bash when the Turkey seasons over... :winky:

I have recently bought an is200 S on a 02 plate, it has the standard cloth interior

you can get the half leather interior in full for a good price from a crashed one, cheap enough to consider changing it

obviously the seats will bolt in and out, however the standard seats are manual and the half leather ones are electric and heated

my question is - is the wiring already there just to plug them in ??

or will i have to get my auto electrician to run a feed to power the seats

i expect i will need to get seat heater switches as well

any ideas ???

If you can get a Supra engine into an IS then I'm sure a seat swap can be done pretty easy!

If you want a good condition light beige half leather/half alcantara full interior, electric drivers seat manual passengers. both heated and non deployed airbags, i might know a man who has one...cheap!! :winky:

Do the revs climb matey when you put your foot down but the speed stays low?

ref upto 4rpm and doesnt wanna push any further

....I reckon some kids have shoved a tennis ball up its tail pipe....

sounds like a breathing problem....if it doesn't rev freely at a standstill give the throttle body a clean and blow the breathers through. Got to be worth a go

thanks for the replies...It's a fully speced model with full TRD aero pack and it's got the Navigator built in Sat nav, just seems weird only one leccy seat?

Interior is great condition, just wondered if I could swap a seat base to the existing manual seat.

I must get off my backside and post some pix

Question. I've got a 2000 IS200 sport with beige half leather, trouble is it has a manually adjustable passenger seat, how easy is it to put an electric base on it, and is it correct that it only has driver side electric?

Thanks

Yeah, probably will...one thing I did notice was a kind of mesh nderneath the butterfly...is that there to stop big lumps of something going in? If so then has anyone taken it out to improve air flow? I'm getting a second hand throttle body to polish and improve airflow, so will have a look to see if it can be snipped off. :winky:

I've just done a quick clean of manky throttle body, well grubby, gave it a wipe with some brake cleaner and a clean rag, put it all back together and the idle from cold now jumps up to 1800 rpm, which slowly descends as the engine warms. then when warm with the temp gauge midway it settles to a steady 800. thing is it never used to go above about 1200 even when very cold but now the cold start seems mega fast but it seems to settle down nicely....Is this normal?

I've pulled the ECTI and EFI fuses for a minute and reset the ECU and its the same...no lights on and runs fine

Thanks for the replies...and the offers of fre stickers! I'll PM the offerers..! Might well become a gold member as plan on keeping mine for a while and seems like a populaar site..cheers all..

Being new too the site, do you do any owners club stickers or anything? Also when is the next London / Kent meet apart from 31st Jan as I'm busy!

Pete

well i got some work done on the car last weekend, i fitted the Rad and the intercooler, i had the bits sitting there for some time but just did not have the time to work on the car, had to make up custom mounts for the Rad and intercooler, will try and post up some pic,s soon so all can see what work went into makeing the mounts, and where the Rad sits in its new place, :)

Look forward to the pics mate, I do like the look of Intercoolers on cars :D

This is going to be one very special IS...keep going, I'm finding this build fascinating

Good move. I did mine just before Christmas and it looks a lot better. Before when walking to the car I always noticed the horns through the grill and it bugged me.

..yep, me too...not sure about the 6 light version peeping out from behind the grille...sometimes less is more....

They are not there to look good, but to let me see the moose before I hit them :)

..Ahhh, I see...and I agree, they are not there to look good

I'm actually starting to find that with having HIDs on dipped beam and halogens on main beam, if you flash someone at night then it's not very noticeable, presumably because the main beam flash is feeble compared to the dipped HID. I used to think that main beam HIDs would be a bit of a waste of time and also not a good idea due to the "wear" issue, but then I learned about the fact that your dipped beams flash anyway with the main beams, and I now quite fancy some main beam HIDs.

...well bunged 'em in and....wow...lighthouse bright they actually flash quite well as both my HIDs main and dipped have a little surge (oohhh missus) before coming on steady. So flash is like super bright B) As the bulbs actually don't have elements, I think they will last longer than a normal bulb, time will tell.

Now just the damn fog lights....I'm joking, that's enough HID for the front

Good move. I did mine just before Christmas and it looks a lot better. Before when walking to the car I always noticed the horns through the grill and it bugged me.

..yep, me too...not sure about the 6 light version peeping out from behind the grille...sometimes les is more....

Yes mate you can fit them to your main beam (HB3 9005 KIT) Think Wozza and Stav have them fitted at the moment :D

Thanks, I'll give 'em a go, got some 9005's from China for 60 quid for my old car and thought I may as well light up the street on main!!

I've got HID's on dipped beam and they are excellent, but it's always a let down when you put on main beam and the difference in lighting is minimal and YELLOW!!!

My question is, can HID's be fitted on main beam, and how do they work when you flash headlights...I know my dipped beam takes a few secs to actually light up, would it damage the HID's if they were flashed on main....

..Hey all, just moved my horns from behind the grille on my IS Sport and it looks muuuch better! Thanks for the guide.

Cheers, yet again muchos gratias...what a nice lot you are :)

The sensor is behind the front bumper. Look here for a diagram, which includes a description of how to test it. It doesn't mention anything about adjustment, so I assume that replacement is required if it is not working properly.

Hey, thanks a lot! Knew you lot would know. I thought it must be kerrrnackered! By the way, Steviewevie, where did you get that workshop manual, I need one of those..

ive had the car for a couple of months and ive noticed recently its becoming trickier to go from 1st to 2nd, the rest of the gear changes are fine but when i go from 1st to 2nd the car judders slightly, does anybody have an idea of what might be wrong all advice welcome.

...hey, mine does this a bit too...! My symptoms are that you can't rush 1st to 2nd gear changes until the box is warm, but all other gears are fine. No rattles though. I tried a few IS 200's before buying this one and they were all a bit "boxy" to my mind after coming from a V6 Vectra, I put it down to the more positive direct linkage rather than half a dozen rose bushes between you and the gears... Does yours get better when warm??

Being new to IS ownership, I absolutely love the car (Y2K IS 200 Sport, Navigator, Aeropack) the only niggle my car has is a very annoying outside temp reading!! It is about -2c in the city tonight and the reading in the car is +8c!!! Since i've had it it's been about +10c on the normal temp. My reason for asking you knowledgeable lot is a) can it be adjusted or B) is it a new sender unit required and c) where is the sender unit?

Thanks in advance for your replies!!

Pete

r u going 2mora mate?

If so, give me ring when you get there. Got one, no parts missing

mob; 07766657234

baza.

Hey there baza, that's great!! I'll give you a call Sat middayish. My names Pete and I don't live far from you, so jobs a good 'un!

I need a bar with a bolt on tow ball though, anyway...will call and sort out.

This forum looks like it's full of helpful people already!!!

Cheers all...Oh and I wasn't selling anything Mrs Moderator...quite the reverse actually!! :winky:

Pete