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two-tone steering wheel, alu pedals, rear window tints, looks 15mm lower, seems like a sport if it is German/Austrian spec. The only sure way of knowing if it has the LSDiff.

Hi, The most common Britax/Römer King TS fits with no problems. I'm actually driving with two seats in the back now - A Maxicosi cabrio for the baby and the Britax for the toddler. Cheers, RX-Men-8

Posted my pics on there as well ;) I like the ISP wheels for the IS250/350 on the IS300 as well. Cheers, RX-Men-8

As far as I know these are hard to get through a dealer, they only do the accessory Lexus wheels mentioned on the website: Spider (these are different ones!) and/or ISP (multispoke, also in dark chrome): link I got these secondhand from someone who actually has put some AEZ Excite wheels on his IS220d Sport. I like the new IS wheels as they look big. I think with a deep dish rim you'd need 19's to get them to look as big as these. Cheers, RX-Men-8

Here they are, some mobile phone pics: RX-Men-8

Confirmed! Got 'em. :) Will be putting up pics soon, just wating for the tyres to arrive. Cheers, RX-Men-8

I like the rims! But from the look of it you've fitted 35 profile tyres just like on the 19's. You could go 225/40R18 on those, filling your arches just a bit more and giving a bit more clearance underneath. unless you don't like a higer sidewall. Cheers, RX-Men-8

:) and it's about the only safe way to get rid of specks of spray paint. My neighbour once decided to spray his lawn furniture next to my car port and this was the way to get it down. Cost me half a day though, but i'd never seen the car so clean. RX-Men-8

I have the detachable Brink towbar, and like said it is not very visible when the towball is taken out. I have pulled pretty heavy twin axle trailers with it, so I cannot confirm my fellow dutchman's findings about the rear springs (maybe there was a big load in the boot/backseat at the same time as well?). The weight on the towball shouldn't exceed 75 kilograms like is indicated on the plate, an that's pretty common. I have pulled heavy loads with a lot less powerful cars, so I don't see a real problem using the IS200 with manual gearbox. If it has an automatic gearbox you will need to install a transmission oil cooler. Cheers, RX-Men-8

Looks like another stone was caught between the caliper and a wheel spoke Do you work in a quarry? ;) Cheers, RX-Men-8

Try to make a burnout - if only one wheel is spinning it does not have the Limited Slip Differential :P No LSD = No Sport ;)

Michelin Pilot Sport - Not so good in the wet and noisy V-tread, otherwise excellent. Yokohama AVS db550 - Great in all respects except the HORRIBLE tramlining Continental Sport Contact 2 - The one I choose every time now for all round performance and comfort. Very surefooted, lovely at top speed, it's not really a sports tyre but a tyre for high powered limousines. Cheers RX-Men-8

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With 225/35R19 tyres you'll be fine with that offset (near stock), including a 30mm drop. No rolling or shaving the back arches. The max tyre width on a 7" rim is about 225 anyway, you could also consider 215/35R19. Nice rims! RX-Men-8

Not exactly Power is the rate of conversion of energy, in the case of an engine it is how fast can you turn petrol into exhaust gas and bung it down the pipe. The "injector thing" is the maximum amount of fuel that the injectors can deliver at high revs when air is being pushed into the engine. That limits the power that the engine can produce. This assumes that you have opened up the exhaust flow by changing the manifold and exhaust to let it out the other side. "Running lean", connected to lag, is not getting enough fuel at lower revs when you floor it. Thats what i meant, the car running lean when floored at low revs or the 'lag' as ppl say. As i said before temporary fix is to ever so slightly depress accelerator, rather than flooring it immediately. It works, crude as it is. Kazi: No it wont. Still not enough fuel from my understanding. I always thought the "hesitation" when suddenly flooring it under 3000rpm was due to pressure waves between supercharger and throttle body. Slowly flooring it is indeed the workaround, and mine actually pulls from 1500rpm to the redline without any hiccups (nice metallic sound from the s/c at 2000rpm). This would indicate there's no problem with the fuel mixture, but that it is merely the crude way the s/c switches from idling through the bypass to making pressure. Unless your mods to inlet and exhaust are so extreme that it would need more fuel than my setup (mine has a decatted manifold, but standard TTE airbox). But then again at low rpm there shouldn't be a fueling problem, only at high rpm where it actually needs a lot of fuel. Cheers, RX-Men-8

In Germany thet just love that gearing - cruising along at 200+ km/h around 3000 rpm :D RX-Men-8

Colinbarber may come along soon to add to that... It's a common misunderstanding that VVTi makes this "kick" like in early versions of Honda's VTEC (which switches to a different cam lobe) but it is not. VVTi is continuously variable so you wouldn't notice it continuously adjusting. The "Kick" in power comes from the induction tract shortening (ACIS valve - Acoustic Control Induction System - , which opens and shortens the air intake path), and ignition timing advancing. A long induction path is beneficial for low end torque, and a short path for better breathing at high revs ;) Cheers, RX-Men-8

good oppertunity to change all the other belts then too me thinks! I think Lexus actually do that at the same time - was done on mine at 150000km. RX-Men-8

Thanks to this magnificent forum I've got the Altezza A01B type in my IS200 SE now ;) Apart from the fun it is really helpful in normal conditions, especially when pulling out of a junction, even more so when pulling out of a junction with a speed bump / ramp :) Very pleased with it. RX-Men-8

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Sounds a bit like a (cured) problem on mine. One of the 3 bolts that connects the cat section to the manifold also bolts these parts to a chassis bracket, right next to the gearbox. Probably due to that bolt being too loose for some time the hole in the chassis bracket had widened a bit. This allowed for a soft rattle at low (near idle) rpm, especially when pulling away. I put a self made busing into the hole and tightened everything up - sound gone. Pic of the bolt: Cheers, RX-Men-8

Hi, Sorry to dig this up again, because it didn't fit with my experiences, so I just made a check (and sorry to question the authority of one of our most senior members ;) ) Pics for corroboration: Labels inside the rim (please note it also says "NL", and I don't know if this means "Netherlands" in this case): Measurement of the distance from mounting surface to outer rim: Measurement of total rim width: So... Total rim width divided by 2 minus distance mounting surface to outer rim equals: 206/2 - 53 = 50 --------------- Why did I feel it wasn't 45? Offset 40 rims with 225 tyres on the back would rub on my IS whereas 235 tyres on the original rims would not (but only just, no archer rolled and 30mm lowered). 235 tyres only stick out 5mm more so the difference in offset would have to be more than 5 between these rims. It checks out :) Cheers, RX-Men-8

Not much different on the IS. 70 litre tank, and when the light comes on I can fill up about 58-60 Litre. So there's 60 odd miles left to go.

My dad had one of those in 1975 :D Front engined RWD 4-Speed gearbox, all very service friendly. ;) Handling not very impressive though :D For me, IS250 but only maybe in a few years as older ones get affordable. I like it. Maybe a newer IS SportCross if I need the space for kiddies, but probably will get by with a saloon. Cheers, RX-Men-8

Nice :D BTW, fixed the filenames in the manifold pics above.... Cheers, RX-Men-8