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hi Martin, thanks for that info

I suggest you will need camber adjusters if the front has dropped over 30mm as the negative camber will be outside of the geometry tolerances, and the second generation IS only has toe adjustment. Although the contact patch with the road has only moved slightly and the road holding is still OK, you'll get inner tyre wear. Thanks for the info tango, where would i purchase those from as i intend to get the geometry set up again properly using your measurments to avoid tyre wear.

yes found the ride quality exactly the same as the standard springs which is good and it has lowered the car nicely.

Sprins from H & R now fitted and look amazing, dropped about 35-40mm...piccies to follow when weather picks up

same question to be honest? what springs was your car lowered on. juts put 18's on mine and it needs a 1" drop for definate. cheers car now lowered on H & r springs and looks amazing piccies to follow

never had a problem with mine except the squeeky seat and lexus hull sorted it for free within 20 mins...

took my is220D out whilst icy/snowy this week and drove it home after five mins and swopped for the jeep.........jeessuss was it a pig to drive, even with traction control on

apparently not. Not for me anyway. I shouldn't be forced to crank up my stereo and pretend its all good! By the way, whe the rattles started in the beganing while I have music on. I almost though I blowed my speakers at Vol 18! exactly, with the money you paid for the car I agree it should be right, turning up the stereo shouldn't be necessary... i am a lucky ish 220D owners as the only annoying bit it the squeeky seat which there is a simple fix for but i havent got round to doing it yet. cant be bothered to be without the car for a week whilst its at lexus for them to prob send it back the same...lol well changed my mind and rang lexus..........booked in friday, told will take half and hour to fix....proper helpful dealers... Lexus Hull Read the dealer reviews for Lexus Hull good reviews i think.....but...so do 'lexus sheffield' and 10 weeks ago i gave them my personal details and asked them to find me a lexus. they still havent called me back despite me calling them every week for the first four weeks...........at the end of the first month of waiting the manager who was supposed to be sorting it out went on holiday and didn't ask anyone to continue look for a car for me!!!!! it was only when i rang up they 'found' my details and assured me they would find a car asap and call me. i gave them price range, colour and left the rest to them................ still no call....... i have since bought a lexus from an independant dealer and have had it three weeks now, and, you guessed it lexus sheffield still havent called me to say they havent or have found me a car... personally wouldn't recommend Lexus Sheffield to anyone due to my experience with them Lexus HULL all the way for me....excelelnt service etc

Thats great! Do you know what cause this and how they fixed it? A 10 min fix sound like easy stuff. Maybe I can do it myself... its something to do with seat pins left in during the manufaturing process which are not actually needed in the seat...if its under warranty they should do it for free if not there is a post on this site somewhere which tells you how to do it.

my dad does the guys accounts and has found out for me that he bought it from an auction for £6k has sent £3k in parts and £1.3k in labour. so my original price for £8k was incorrect. its now gonna cost just over £10k :tsktsk: , he says he wont make any profit off me as he's a friend of ours but would put it on for around £12k to anyone else. damn! i've gone from being ecstatic at the idea of owning a lush set of wheels to being deflated by people saying its a crap model to being distraught over having to pay £2k more than what thought i would!!! i will still go and see exactly what kind of job they've done and if i buy it will get a £250 RAC vehicle inspection done on it - btw who/whats WIM? seems expensive for a cat D. My 07 220d only cost 13K froma dealer and is wasnt damaged.. yes yours is a year newer but damaged cars drop value massivly, i should know i've had three in the past and only just sold one.

link for H & R springs the link should be the one above springs ordered, will post piccies when they are fitted, before and after etc.

apparently not. Not for me anyway. I shouldn't be forced to crank up my stereo and pretend its all good! By the way, whe the rattles started in the beganing while I have music on. I almost though I blowed my speakers at Vol 18! exactly, with the money you paid for the car I agree it should be right, turning up the stereo shouldn't be necessary... i am a lucky ish 220D owners as the only annoying bit it the squeeky seat which there is a simple fix for but i havent got round to doing it yet. cant be bothered to be without the car for a week whilst its at lexus for them to prob send it back the same...lol well been to lexus yesterday, seat fixed in ten minutes, very helpful they were and no questions asked at all, all under warranty.

saw that the other day myself, stinks of a stationary car hit by a truck of somesort.

apparently not. Not for me anyway. I shouldn't be forced to crank up my stereo and pretend its all good! By the way, whe the rattles started in the beganing while I have music on. I almost though I blowed my speakers at Vol 18! exactly, with the money you paid for the car I agree it should be right, turning up the stereo shouldn't be necessary... i am a lucky ish 220D owners as the only annoying bit it the squeeky seat which there is a simple fix for but i havent got round to doing it yet. cant be bothered to be without the car for a week whilst its at lexus for them to prob send it back the same...lol well changed my mind and rang lexus..........booked in friday, told will take half and hour to fix....proper helpful dealers... Lexus Hull

apparently not. Not for me anyway. I shouldn't be forced to crank up my stereo and pretend its all good! By the way, whe the rattles started in the beganing while I have music on. I almost though I blowed my speakers at Vol 18! exactly, with the money you paid for the car I agree it should be right, turning up the stereo shouldn't be necessary... i am a lucky ish 220D owners as the only annoying bit it the squeeky seat which there is a simple fix for but i havent got round to doing it yet. cant be bothered to be without the car for a week whilst its at lexus for them to prob send it back the same...lol

sound like you bought a car built on a friday when everyone wanted to go home early so it was rushed............ my is220d has a few minor issues like yours, squeaky seat, dash click every so often etc. thought the is250 was supposed to be far superior according to this forum but it appears possibly not?

link for H & R springs the link should be the one above

Is there any reason why you have gone for 7.5" wide all round when the OEM 18" standard is as I posted above? 18" RWD : Front: Tyres 225/40/18, Wheels 18"x8" wide Rear: Tyres 255/40/18, Wheels 18"x8.5" The rear wheel drive model requires a staggered set-up. The only model (USA & Japan) that has the same width wheels and tyres all round is the All Wheel Drive (AWD). As posted the standard 17" has the same width wheel but has different width tyres, but even these have 8" wide rims, not 7.5". Tango, I couldn't get the rims in 8" wide and tried to get them but to no avail. the wheels/tyres at present on mine are only the standard 16" 195/45 x 16. That was the only reason if i could have got em they would deffo be on order well after a coupe of days with the new wheels on it definately needs lowering springs...........its like a 4 x 4 at the mo. going to drop for the H & R springs direct from germany which give a 35mm drop which will be fine i think. will post pics when its done to see what people think

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...mp;#entry404529 http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...p;mode=threaded Tango, your a star, apologies for my forum stupidness. Thanks again. Just so you know the 7.5J wheels dont look too skinny on the back (if you recall you posted the sizes for me and I went and ignored you!!!) I tried to get 8J but they didnt do them and i couldnt afford any wheels in split sizes!!! Also one last question? obviously the threads you posted for me seem to detail a is250? I assume the geometry settings/springs are the same for the is220d when lowering? Thanks again Exactly the same set-up. the European EiBach Pro-Set drops the car 30 mm all round with Eibach Pro set No. 10-82-009-05-22. If you read the WIM http://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/forum/ind...owtopic=660link you know my car has the American Spec springs so has 5 mm less drop at the rear, but 5.65 mm additional drop on the front, and they're also stiffer and progressive. I have the EiBach camber adjusters fitted to the front as the drop took the camber settings out of specification and the OEM set up only has adjustable toe settings. I don't know if the 30 mm drop will result in too much negative camber, as don't know your offsets but suggest you have it checked after fitting the springs. will have it checked once fitted, the H & R springs I have seen from germany drop the car 35mm all the way round which may just be too much so will prob go for the european eibach. thanks again tango

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...mp;#entry404529 http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/forum/ind...p;mode=threaded Tango, your a star, apologies for my forum stupidness. Thanks again. Just so you know the 7.5J wheels dont look too skinny on the back (if you recall you posted the sizes for me and I went and ignored you!!!) I tried to get 8J but they didnt do them and i couldnt afford any wheels in split sizes!!! Also one last question? obviously the threads you posted for me seem to detail a is250? I assume the geometry settings/springs are the same for the is220d when lowering? Thanks again

Guy and Gals, After many failed attempts searching for my answers wth the search function I ask simply "if you have lowered your is220d could somebody please tell me with which springs and where to purchase them from?" The answer is probably there and i just cant find it...lol My car now sits on 18's but defo need s a 1" drop to sort out the arch gap. Any help would be very much appreciated. I have found one set of springs on the net called H&R Lowering springs but there from germany and I would like if poss to purchase them from the UK. Thanks

same question to be honest? what springs was your car lowered on. juts put 18's on mine and it needs a 1" drop for definate. cheers

Is there any reason why you have gone for 7.5" wide all round when the OEM 18" standard is as I posted above? 18" RWD : Front: Tyres 225/40/18, Wheels 18"x8" wide Rear: Tyres 255/40/18, Wheels 18"x8.5" The rear wheel drive model requires a staggered set-up. The only model (USA & Japan) that has the same width wheels and tyres all round is the All Wheel Drive (AWD). As posted the standard 17" has the same width wheel but has different width tyres, but even these have 8" wide rims, not 7.5". Tango, I couldn't get the rims in 8" wide and tried to get them but to no avail. the wheels/tyres at present on mine are only the standard 16" 195/45 x 16. That was the only reason if i could have got em they would deffo be on order

okay, i went and did it, bought the dotz roadsters in 18 x 7.5J. tyres at present will be 225/40 x 18 but wondering in future if i can put slightly wider tyres on those rims? any idea's people. thinking 235/40/18 for the back thats all?? K-Fal, any piccies of yours??

rochford tyres is good for a look or wheelbase just to give you some idea's