Peter P18

Good question! I know it does on other cars (GTR), but not sure with the ISF? Would it throw up any warning lights on the dash? Guess there may be only one way to find out! ;)

Sad news! :( I'd be gutted if it was mine. May try and grab a few bits if the price is reasonable. :)

Good forum spirit David :) Nice one! :)

Too slow as usual! ;) Let us know what it's like Roheel, may be something to buy at some point. Cheers. Pete :)

Top man. :)

Nice. :) Makes sense to have it designed that way. Removing the second cat will free up some ponies for sure. ;) As a few of us now know, it sounds lovely in the flesh!! :)

Maybe hold off until you can see mine fella? I'm in the States a few times per year, so could in theory bring you back a set? Worth considering. I'm pretty sure it will be a nice addition that makes things look bang up to date (most of the new BMW's, Merc's, Audi's have full LED lighting installed).

I'm sure we can sort something out chap. ;) Top man!!! Did you got for the Philips LED's? As above chap. Went for the complete kit from Precision. :) Phillips are good though. Used them in the past to good effect. :)

Hey Gareth, I actually bought the kit from Precision (guys who did that video!). It's about £115 for the whole lot, but these are the best quality on the market. I appreciate what you're saying about the manufacturing costs being peanuts, but you do get what you pay for in my opinion. Lots of eBay specials are inferior in terms of construction and build quality. Precision also offer a good warranty should you be unlucky enough to get a defective unit. The cost includes the fitting tools shown in the video, so the less careful DIY'ers don't damage their trim.

I'm sure we can sort something out chap. ;)

The mirror puddle lights don't look too difficult to do fella. The link above should help. Side lights shouldn't be too bad either. I'll let you know how I get on chap. Think it's just a case of being patient and taking it slow. Cheers. Peter :)

May time could work Stu. Hoping I might have my exhaust fitted by then. :)

Still up for this as and when you are ready Stu. :) Be good to have a stock car with us to see how it compared with mine (just intake), and yours (intake and exhaust). If you can try to give me plenty of advance notice, will 100% be there. Should be interesting. Cheers. Pete :)

Just an update to say I've bought a complete set from the US. :) Will be bringing them back in late March/early April when I'm in LA next. Went for the full works including boot lights and LED reverse lights as well as the interior ones. Think they should look pretty awesome once fitted. :) May still need to pick your brains though Gareth if I come unstuck installing them! ;) Cheers. Peter :)

Agreed. Nothing else in that price range that competes with these in my opinion. Certainly more exclusive than your M3's, 911's etc. Although we moan about the servicing costs from Lexus, still a darn sight cheaper to run than a lot of others. Let us know if you have any other questions chap. Cheers. Peter :)

Not long now Rob. ;) It's 100% worth the wait though chap! :) Not met a dissatisfied ISF owner yet!! ;) You'll probably be in a tent outside the garage tomorrow night! Lol. Make sure you put some pictures up once you've settled in! :)

What were you doing posting a reply at 1am Stu? Lol. Guessing the baby had you up?! ;) Thankfully those days are behind me now!! Do think it's good they are being thorough for you Stu. Hopefully it will be the same for me when I get mine serviced later this year. :)

The ISF wasn't designed to chase bigger HP. The simple fact is Yamaha have already squeezed out pretty much all of the extra performance available from the engine. If I was still looking to chase big HP figures, I would have spent the £20K on a single turbo Supra pushing out anything up to 800HP! The ISF isn't a car you can tune on the cheap unfortunately. My intention is to only do the exhaust (got the same Takeda intake fitted as Stu), and maybe the headers. The company that sells the headers (PPE), and the US forum suggest a gain of up to 46whp without cats (33whp with high flow cats). Not sure how they only got 20HP with intake, exhaust, headers and a map?! Seems low to me. The other areas I intend to focus on are: suspension - going for the KW version 3's that the US rave about, brakes - will stick with the Brembo discs for now, but want to try the soon to be released full set of Hawk ceramic pads, interior - Going to have the silver fake carbon trim re-finished in real carbon, and a couple of bits painted in body colour. Will also have the engine cover painted in body colour to match. That awful rear centre armrest is also being re-finished in carbon. I'm half way through fitting the Apexi throttle controller (got good reviews from the US folks), but will be getting a proper auto electrician to wire in the reverse cut-off (don't think anyone in the States bothered, even though it states in the installation guide it does affect the functionality of the unit!). The alloys are going to change to the 20' Ace Mesh-7's with a full set of Vredestein tires (show me one other ISF in the UK with non-OEM alloys!). These are not only bigger, better looking (my opinion!), but weigh less than the OEM alloys. At under £1K (provided I can bring them back on the plane! Lol), they are really nice. I've got some paintwork I'd like tidied up (showed Stu the chipped doors from the last owner!), but other than that, no plans at the moment! ;) The HP game is best played with something that is FI to begin with. The Supra is a perfect candidate for chasing big numbers, as it was de-tuned to meet the gentlemen's agreement in Japan (cars were under 300HP), but had the 2JZ-GTE block, that can handle double the power and more, with stock internals! The fact is it will never be as refined, comfortable, practical, or exclusive as an ISF though.

Yep, mine does it as well David. :( Pain in the butt! Lol. I've also got the permanent boot edge line at the bottom of the rear windscreen! Can't seem to shift that either! :( Not much we can do about it unfortunately! Bit like the water that beads from the mirrors, fuel filler flap area and edges of the rear lights/boot when you wash it! ;) Just the usual quirks associated with pretty much any car.

'Beard the exhaust' ?! Lol. ;) Good to know they're on the ball though. :)

Nice one! :) Glad it's all sorted Stu. Didn't think it would be anything too serious from what you described.

Nice! ;) I'll be getting one at some point for sure.

That's an idea! ;) I can distract him with the shiney new key fob holder whilst I heist the boot mat! :)

Nice! :) Not even run in yet! ;) should have had 3 services even with only 800 miles on it. :) Remember it's every 10K, or per annum. Oil will still deteriorate even if it's not actually circulating around the engine.

Probably be there mate. :) Is that also at Bluewater??