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Not sure how much was fitting. I am going to phone around a few dealers today as I can't make the numbers for a new f-sport. It'd be about 30k for the multimedia with metallic paint.... I happen to have a lexus approved paint shop on my industrial estate and also a car solutons place so I think I will phone around for parts only prices and have a ponder.... All I want to do is get a new friggin car that still has the sporty look of my existing IS200 sport BTW - I am mortified that they do not do the strath...&* blue that mine is in currently!!

£1500 fitted by dealer...... Felt like throwing up! :tsktsk: I'm thinking the best bet is to post a swap advert somewhere... I'm sure there are SE owners out there that want the SEL look??? It looks pretty easy to swap out having been sent a few pics by the guys on here. If you look at posts relating to swapping out the satnav and satnav hacks you should see pics of people having popped them out.

Cheers for the responses guys. I was thinking if OEM wheels anyway, took a look at the ISF ones and they want 4500 so s*d that!!! I spoke to my local dealer about spec ing up the SEL i'm looking at and and they scared me off a bit 56' SEL with 12k £18950 Alloy pedals fitted £250 Lexus Styling Kit £2000 colour coded and fitted Bodyguards £175 fitted SE trim kit £1500 fitted All in £22875 before I even look at wheels!!!!!!!! Needless to say I am looking at the finance options on an F-Sport! Not sure I can push to it though?!! Is it going to be worth trying to find the cash for the F-Sport do we think?? Cheers V7

Great shout matey!! I was thinking of doing that with the wheels to re-coup a bit of cash from the new ones but hadn't considered doing it with the trim bits. I've got my local dealer pricing the trim kit up for me so I'm waiting nervously!! Am I allowed to advertise in a post on here or is it frowned upon? Do people think that I should sell the wheels or will it devalue the car when I come to replace it in 3 years with a 6 year old ISF for hopefully less that 20k then!!!!???

Cheers Pal..... They were 2 nice links. It shows just how easy I can pull the old stuff off. I can now ring my local dealer with confidence so when they take a sharp intake of breath I can say "Oi, I know it can be done!!" I had a look at Sewell in USA as well and they sell the trim kit for about $500. Sounds expensive but it's more than worth it considering the amount of kit I will lose out on if I drop to an SE....... If I do the work myself I will take pics and post with instructions so other people do not have to put up with the "Wood" trim! Thanks again.

Hi Bi Turbo, that look sweet. Are they stick ons or complete replacements? I want to rid my wood also but for another lexus "metal effect" trim??? Any ideas?

Thanks for the quick response Parthiban. I searched the mod forums for satnav hacks and checked the results but couldn't find anything..... Any idea how long ago that was?/ cheers again

Hi, I'm chopping my beloved 51 reg IS200 in for a 07 reg IS250 but i have a couple of issues. 1- I really want the SE-L but simply cannot stomach the wood trim. Can I get hold of the "metal effect" trim from the SE? If so, is it a simple fit or one for the dealership to try? 2- I want to make it look a bit better externally, can I easily get SR spoiler and shirts or even the new F Sport Spoiler? 3- I want some nice wheels, should I go 18 or 19's? Any tips for where to start looking? (Not chromes please!! :winky: ) I was debating between astral black and Cadoxton Slate but after seeing Tango's car I'm defo getting the slate!!! Looking forward to hearing from you Cheers