gar is200 sport

hi guys i have been busy cleaning now getting itchy feet for mods such as springs wheels kit ect looked out wheels but sold out in size i like so maybe have to save some more for 18" set not sure but thinking of saving for coilovers rather than lowering springs also came across this wide body kit from mad motors its about £800 pounds thought you might like a look does any one know how much it would cost to fit such a kit and where if near me here in aberdeenshire i think this kit and cruzie dtm deep dish alloys on coilovers would make good feature car i think pic of wheels and bodykit here give you some idea what i am aming for hope you like wheels are from dp motorsports in scotland about £650 set these are aprox prices

hi mate hope this maybe help my motor is granite grey and pig to keep sweet but yesterday found something that may help heres a b c and good luck with you motor (a)wash car i use soft brush try keep water clean ie use diffrent bucket for rinse i use turtle wax shampoo in green bottle (b)then i dryed with merguiers water magnet (cloth that works like shammy)but softer ©then i used merguiers scrath x put little bit on cloth rub in then clean cloth rub off this should make look like mirror finnish then finaly i use ice polish as wipe on wipe off does not make plstics white this worked for me and all items i got from Halfords but most places would have same also if you do under bonnet wd40 makes rubber hoses look clean i will be putting before and after pics in genral pages when have time to transfer pics to pc good luck this is my advice based on my car i am not a valeter and offer my findings as a lexus fan. gary

hi guys hope you can help with this i want paint some plastic covers and couple metal parts some near exuast in chrome or silver any idea to what product to use also how to prep ready the engine bay looks tired and dirty i was thinking of useing gunk engine cleaner first maybe renew couple bolts some parts are very rusty looking thinking wire brushing them any advice will be good as only use to clean paint on last car (some parts may need to be painted on car as i no mechanic )

thanks gary

For painting plastic's you will need to clean them well with a good degreaser and the rub them down with 3M scratchpad, 3M also do a plastic primer/ adhesion promoter in aerosol, a light coat with this and let it dry then aresol paint whatever colour you want. If you are only painting plastics Black again put the paint staight over the plastic primer or if you are changing to a lighter colour a base primer will probably be needed also, as for bolt's/nuts and other removable brackets, best bet is to remove, rub down with wire brush then some emery then a couple of good coats of etch primer then a few coats of colour.

Both Etch Primer and Plastic Primer come in aerosol, the plastic primer is clear.

Hope that this helps, i work in a bodyshop and this is what we do, all above products can be got at any decent motorfactors, an possibly Halfords.

thanks jollyrodger for this info do you think standard paint will stand the heat near exhaust

hi guys it looks good nik but if u think three stage was good try gold class its megs also i used on my last car after the three stage and it looked like mirror thought it was show clean and its easy its wipe on wipe off no hard rubbing it seems to last long thats my way to go but everyone has there own system i think ballpark price about £15 some of others talked about are better but also big money i was cleaning under bonnet today and a tip for cleaning i used wd40 on cloth wiped every thing come up good even hoses looked new . gary

looks good if it works on headlights i guess it will work on tail lights but what about fog lights is that same process as headlights i plan to use ice clay liquid then ice polish do you think this will be ok thanks . gary

thanks for that peteis200 thats good to know i really want to change colour of plastics be no advice on that yet so your tip for cleaning plastics will work for now (i hope) thanks mate

welcome to what i found to be helpful and friendly place for people who love there lexus and want good advice i am based here in aberdeenshire also and i think theres alot people in this corner anway good luck and if we can help dont forget my advice -if in doubt check it out- theres nearly always someone who knows the answer here and its good advice mostly enjoy .gary

hi guys hope you can help with this i want paint some plastic covers and couple metal parts some near exuast in chrome or silver any idea to what product to use also how to prep ready the engine bay looks tired and dirty i was thinking of useing gunk engine cleaner first maybe renew couple bolts some parts are very rusty looking thinking wire brushing them any advice will be good as only use to clean paint on last car (some parts may need to be painted on car as i no mechanic )

thanks gary

Nice looking motor & nice wheels you've picked out. but............

I agreee with lexynik, go for 18's if you can get them that size & fittment.

I have (claimed) 40mm lowering springs off ebay, they fit well, no problems with them and i have 18's with 225/45 tyres (this will help fill the arch space up more) no rubbing prob's & no arch rolling done

hi deckie77 nice to hear from you thanks for comments the car in pic has not been cleaned so from distance will look good but up close lets just say last owner serviced car as full history did not look after it stonechip bad bonnet front bumper also football kicked against back passanger door that left a mark fag burn passanger front seat and i dont even smoke but with help from loc i will give bit tlc i hope nice motor yourself mate i will post pics when have wheels thanks guys

if you do get 18's with a et35 offset you will need to run 215's 225's will catch the outer rear arch when lowered 40mm

hi ormi nice to here from you lexynik and others think 18" way to go but i looked at 17" because with 18" i would feel i had to watch every bump dont want kerb that style alloy 17" dont feel i have to also correct me if incorrect smoother ride on standard size rim and tyre plus my insurance say standard size with lock nuts no extra cost

thanks guys nik picked 17" for insurance they say same size with lock nuts no extra charge thanks for advice i was always going to change wheels as standard look tired garyskisplym nice to hear from you sorry mate not sure how to put up but wheels are 17" only with or without tyres if u go on eBay search deep dish lexus is200 wheels you should get it its called dp motorsports they are in ayershire i think p+p was free depending on what you buy he as thousands (well a lot) of diffrent alloys for most models these deep dish are rare so his ad says happy hunting let me know how you get on as i not sure about black as siver may get discount for couple sets ?? ok guys time for cleaning the sun as apeared its got be done nik thanks again for advice slow down take my time now i got car i stuck with it for three years so plenty time to learn about her wheels is a thing i think should come first if not changeing size reliablity is a must not a option thats what i think mate any way hope theys ameet sometime in summer maybe put faces to names plus see some nice cars have some good luck maybe see you soon u can catch me on xbox360 under gunnie garr give me a shout on for little bit most days :-)

hi guys sorry to go over same again but can any one tell me if 40mm apex springs will cause problem with 7.5j 5/114 et35 wheels with 215/40/17 tyres these wheels are deep dish 3" lip rear and 2" lip front pics of wheels are on my last post in genral title (thanks and pics) my car as can be seen on same is gray metalic graphite gray /or granite gray not sure if u think black centers or silver on wheels please leave comments as may help choose these rims are rare so i am told so suprise to see they are less than £400 apex springs are coming in fitted on car £200 are these good prices for new oh tyres off standard wheels that price is wheel only+bolts/nuts/center sprigits crome valve sleeves as for springs they are 35mm or 40mm drop say when ordering thanks guys

hi mate dont know if this helps but i had simalar fault had trc light as well to mbe honest i think i would take and have looked at put on to obd2 machine not big money this just tells u what ecu is doing mine when on machine said voltage on Battery changed Battery reset ecu now like new they did not charge me a penny so at least u will know if u can use without damage to engine took about ten mins ok good look this is advice i am not a mechanic i just want help and offer this advice IF IN DOUBT CHECK IT OUT hope helps ;-)

Thanks to lexynik and everyone who offered advice on engine problem sorted now the Battery was changed someone at garage tryed to start car with bad Battery and made ecu think there was problem with low voltage ecu reset problem gone i think two days and running sweet so i hope thats it here are couple pics phone camera sorry about quality all so pics of wheels i like to get they are 17" 5/114/et35 for lexus is200 so ad says and without tyres are £380 ish on eBay rear have 3"lip / front have 2" lip in silver or black centers as shown (if i do correct fliping pcs) .

the white is good maybe worth a look at tvr colour chart they have colours that seem a little bit diffrent also may sound cheap but your local Halfords store will mix any colour as will many places so you can basicly pick your own colour you can in some cases name the colour there is a astra coupe near me with a white with gold flakes in it when clean polished its amazing i was going take pic but have not seen car for couple weeks ok hope this helped you think as respray done correct not cheap goodluck remember post pics when done always nice to see others hard work

i have to say the wheels look great and the car is lowered just right to make the car look sweet i even think it suits that colour there is similar wheel on eBay baseed in ayeshire i think it comes in sevral colours 17 inch wheel only in anthricite is 299 plus postage i looked at them for my graphite grey 200 sport but shes broken down so wheels on hold

i think an obd2 scanner is genaeric - ie works accross the board on any car after 1999 - your mates one should work if its obd2

Thanks nik we have tryed it but only good for toyota u have to add software for lexus and he says thats big money for amount lexus work he does its a snap on machine but he did not say if obd2 looks like long wait to save then main dealer my welcome to lexus makes me think if made correct choice hope when sorted have better luck

what year is your car mate ?

hi mate sorry time get back to you but just heard from garage they have closed down so not sure where i stand on warrenty the car is 02 model is200 sport 2.0 vvti with full history on 71k standard car apart from heads up display this just cheap eBay item but works well in mph or kmh works of gps my mate has computer but only has toyota not lexus settings not sure if same as engines are diffrent i think this is correct

hi hope this helps i was looking for wide kit and found this web site no wide kit but has many makes and pics of kits for is200/300 some intresting as made from duraflex u can twist it bend it and it does not break like other kits any way theres vids on that there also checkout bodykits.com then on home screen type model u looking for some good prices but this is only my view hope this helps if any more info needed send me a message if u pick a kit up remember post a pic allways nice to see someones hard work goodluck

hi guys sorry if in wrong place just getting use to setup i bought is200sport 1 week ago now engine light on and trac light flashing car drives if nothing wrong apart from trac off all time not used much since engine light on i looked up on forum very good info but my car under warrenty from garage so has to go to them but they dont have machine for lexus only toyota do u know if this will work i am a bit sad as thought lexus if looked after are bulletproof guess i was wrong i am near aberdeen but dont want fork out cash to sort as have payed for warrenty can this problem be fixed with out machine if iread correct its 1 of 2 things timebelt and tensioner plus ecu reset or oil change with new filter and flushed with ecu reset as ecu needs reset? is this a good time to map the engine or better to fix first then pay extra to remap please help as i am running blind on this and cant afford to pay out big money now having just got car thank you hope u can help

hi guys i have just picked up a 02 is 200 sport manualbox with 70.000 miles on it in metalic grey and was looking for any hints tips i stay in mintlaw scotland and any info would be kindly acepted thank you and i hope to hear from u soon i would like in future to slightly mod maybe springs shocks wheels brakes so info on this or if u have parts for sale send me a email gary.elvey@yahoo.co.uk