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On Sunday i tried my Autosocks for the first time and was amazed at the difference it made. Normally the car would have stayed safely on the drive when it snowed, but i was away and had to get home. There was about two to three inches of snow and the car wouldn't move from the position it was parked in (on a very slight slope). So a put the Autosocks on the rears and the car was moving as though there was no snow, next a short but steep hill to get onto the road, i didn't need to take a run at it, the car just made it to the top problem (to the amazement of my dad)

i then had 6 miles to the motorway on snow all the way, doing 20-25mph the car felt under control (no squirming about). Once at the motorway where i could see tarmac, i pulled the off and i was away again.

They were quick to put on and take off less than 5 minutes and as away keeping going when the conditions got difficult i think they are great. They are quite expensive especially if you buy front and rears, but the biggest problem i've had with my is200 in these conditions is poor rear traction so you could probably get away with them just on the rears.

Once home i dried them out, they were a little dirty, but there were no signs of wear

Only thing i'll change are the gauntlets they supply, as i found they weren't quite long enough and ended up rubbing my sleeves on the arches (minor issue)

Hope this helps may be a little late for this year, but i thought i wouldn't use them when they arrived after the snow in January, so who knows

When i inquired about the HIDs being legal or not at, the reason given that HIDs were not legal in the IS200 is because it hasn't got self levelling suspension, and that only one out of the three tester in their centre would probably fail the car

Here's my go

i got mine from Ultraleds.co.uk

Ultraleds.co.uk

I've been using one of those for a while, i've also swapped the boot interior bulb for one as well and it works really well there

Congratulations to the winners

Here my attempt, not quite dark

Is this what your after

Altezza

IS200

I bought a set of 4300K from this guy on eBay Link delivered next day and worked fine

These pictures aren't brilliant, but you can get an idea of the colour

4.3k HID low beam and sidelight

4.3k HID low beam, high beam and sidelight

Hope they are of some use

A couple of photo of the HIDs installed

The photo i took with lights on was useless, i will try and get better one later

I'll get pictures tomorrow

I just bought a set from this eBay seller HIDS i got the 4.3k bulbs and they are a big improvement on the standard bulbs. These kits wouldn't be much good for the high beams they take a couple of seconds to get up to full brightness

Try this website, it has loads of infoDRC Central

there are tree types, the two jets, three jets and the fan type. I've had all three and found the fan type the best.

Thanks for the card and pressies - Best Wishes to All

Thanks for the card and Merry Christmas to all

You need to pull the heated seat panel/TRC switch panel out and there two more screws under there and then the a/c and radio all lift out together

The meguires 3 stage is alot better at removing swirls than the Carlack/Klasse products but as only the final stage adds a wax protection doesn't seem to last as well as the synthetic Carlack/Klasse system.

If you're got alot of swirls, the first two stages of the meguires then Klasse AIO, then Klasse SG (several layers), then several layer of wax. The car will look great (especially if its black) but after that amount of effort you'll want to lie down for a week!!!!!!!!!

I bought my IS200 from Liverpool, but I've always taken it to Chester and have never had any problems getting issues sorted

Chris

Can you put me down for 1 x Astral Black, how would you like paying

Thanks

Try

http://www.freewareppc.com/

I'll check the garage tomorrow

Not on mine, I've changed them twice and I didn't take the soundproofing off. If I can find them I've got a set of black twin jets if you need to replace one

You can carefully slide something like a credit card under the front or back edge and it should easy out, try a search for triple jet washers there was an explaination on that thread