Bobba77

Okay thanks for that will give it a try, still layering up the paint at the mo.

Ta, isnt G3 used for getting scratches off plastics?? Used some on a mobile phone once I'm sure??

Ive been layering up the paint over the scratch over the past few days with a fine brush, you cant see the scratch that much now and only at certain angles can you see the difference in colour. Eventually I'm going to try and use polishing clay to get rid of any excess and try and blend it in so i can laquer it....... hopefully.......

Yeah, just lucky in a way that you can really see it unless you get within a few feet and start looking for it

Well he came today but said he wouldnt bother as it was that unnoticable, so im just going to touch it up a few times and t cut it in a bit. It would have been £100 if he did do it but it would have been too difficult to blend in.

Thanks mate so you just used spray straight out the tin? Also what grade wet n dry was it? And one last thing did you leave wheels to dry in anywhere warm or just outside? Yeah just from a spray can, used a fairly fine wet and dry once i got most of the heavy stuff off, but depends on how bad your wheels are. As for drying them, I had the benifit of doing it at my workplace over the weekend where we have gas fan heaters.

Cheers, just arranged an estimate. Any rough idea how much they charge though??

Evening all, discovered a scratch in the paintwork on the rear off side arch its about an inch long and about 4 mill thick. Slightly annoying no idea how it happened anyway went to see a well known body shop up here in newcastle which has done previous cars I have had and also did the front wing when I bumped it last year. Anyway after he looked at it he said he wouldnt bother and that I should just live with it, dunno if i can very picky about these things. He said it wouldnt be worth it, as if he did do it he would have to take the bumper off the door etc etc. and it would cost near £400....... just for a little scratch.............

Got the cill plates today along with the boot liner , really pleased with both items.

Wasnt too difficult to do, Stage One Took each wheel off one at a time. Gave them a good clean with detergent and some machine cleaner then used emery paper to get all the really bad crap off the wheel. I didnt have too many dints or gauges in the alloy but I just used a well known epoxy resin ( bodge) to fill any holes in, after the resin dried I just used wet and dry ( kit from Halfords that was on offer at the time) sanding to get the alloy as smooth as possible. Stage Two After the alloy was totally dry I masked the whole wheel up which was probably the most time consuming thing to do. Then used an undercoat primer just one coat. Then I used simoniz alloy wheel paint (cheapest I could find as I was just going to test it on the spare wheel at first), applied three coats allowing drying time inbetween of about 10 mins. After an hour I applied 2 coats of Laquer. That was it job done I did two wheels in a day so drove around for one night with one side of the car looking a bit rough compared to the spanking new alloys on the other side . I will say however that I'm not 100% happy with the colour, thinking about trying it again with a better quality spray

Funnily enough I had to look to the USA because I have an auto so finding alloy pedals is pretty much impossible over here! I bought my stuff from justis300parts on ebay, really great seller, got the parts quicker than stuff I've bought from the UK and there were no customs charges either (I assume because the parts are used) Interesting, i thought there be no custom charge if its under £18 than being second hand? and i was told if business sellers/traders mark it a gift they get into trouble if caught? somehow the kick plates inc p&p be bit more than £18 sadly..... Got mine from ebay uk 45 quid buy it now price. Think they had been on a while before I stumbled across them

Oh and I got a genuine Lexus boot liner while I was at it as well, expensive 10 minutes.

Ebay, cost me more than i thought but they dont come around too often!

I've just got hold of some OEM Sport stainless steel plates for the door sills. Never tried taking the plastic ones off before, do they just pop out with a screwdriver or something????

Cheers thanks for the reply

Can anyone tell me the correct torque wrench settings for the wheel nuts on the is200?? Any help much appreciated.

These ones by any chance??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/lexus-200-300-18-inch-aero-wheels-/320655567433?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item4aa88faa49

Way way overpriced expecially with that mileage, I'd knock at least a grand of it otherwise he's going to struggle to sell it.

Pretty sure you can get a set from ebay if you have a look around, not that expensive.

I've got a Honda S2000 Aerial on mine, so much better than the stock one. I used to get a fair amount of interference and audio drop out...... not anymore.

Keep doing it, I used virtually the whole can there was lots of brown sludge coming out of mine, and in the end it was quicker than the passenger side. After the bad snow and frost we had however my passenger side one started to stick need to give it the onceover as well.

Spray behind the mirror that's where the motor is there is only wireing in the hinge part. Hope it sorts it

Lot of money and hassle for what is really just a sunglasses holder??? :lol:

Cheers, didnt think it would have it.

Or for that matter was it only on the IS300????