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Hi all, I've got bonnet struts on my 300 Sportcross, (its as I bought it), but I'm not happy with the fitting which uses a bracket off the wing bolt. Even though it's tightened it moves when opening the bonnet. The initial lift isn't smooth at all so maybe the struts are past it but have any of you guys bought any decent replacelmet kits lately.

I notice some of the kits on eBay fit to a bolt hole on the suspension strut top 🤔 Anyone got this set up and does it open up the bonnet smoothly.

So what have you got / can recomend.

Thanks in advance.

If car companies are prepared to defraud emissions regulations across the world I have no doubt they will ride rough shod over mine or yours GDPR, on the basis you might or might not ticked a box, possibly, maybe.

In fact I'd be surprised if they weren't recording all sorts of data.

Given all used prices spiked up about 2 years ago they are just starting to drop back since Christmas, some dropping by 10% 15%. So leveling out a bit but ISF still more than they were say 5 years ago. 🤔

I was curious so just checked with Lexus and these tips are now £686 each side. Last time il looked they were around £440 and that doesn't seem that long ago.

So what's the going second hand rate as I've got a pair I ought to move on as I sold my ISF a while ago.

Bought it just yesterday although I've had my eye on for a couple of years. I missed it when up for sale in 2021 then spotted it for sale again in November 2022. Last couple of owners have been enthusiasts but the latest guy couldnt justify the occasional use. He quickly got fed up with tyre kickers wanting something to ferry the kids about and offering silly money so decided he was keeping it by the time I contacted him but we kept in touch 🙂  It's solid with 60k miles a mine now. 👌

Did a Sportcross meet up ever happen?  Or any series 1 200 300 meet ups happening?

I've just this beautiful thing as a weekend toy so need weekend trips to justify it 🙂

Go on then.....how much?

Try Nippon Auto Spares in Derby. Jap car breakers. They broke a written off ISF some time ago and I had the exhaust tips off the back bumper and it went back on the pile. Most of the other panels sold quickly and the engine and gearbox went to Saudi Arabia if I remember rightly. Worth a ring.

On 5/4/2022 at 9:36 AM, Gaurav Bhandari said:

Admiral has quoted the following:

Tint >30%: 42 GBP

Tint <30%: 10 GBP

That's interesting, and a small price to pay to keep on the right side of any future claim.

However what if I bought your car. I wouldn't know if it was factory tinted or not so would reasonably have nothing to declare  🤔  That would be an interesting argument with the insurance assessor 

Another vote for Lexus Derby from me. Although I live in Derby I've always had good service and wouldn't go anywhere else. Funnily enough they always offered to come and pick up my ISF from home for its service. 😅

On 1/10/2022 at 9:11 PM, bigegg said:

Got it from someone on the sx Facebook group: 400+ mile round trip to collect it, though.

 

Is the tow bar a genuine lexus item?? Any photos of it or how it fits would be useful. 

It's such a shame that rust in this area can be the financial end to a good series 1 IS. Ironically it must me down to water ingress from the inspection panel in the wheel arch causing the rot from the inside out. Once visible on the outside its getting too late. 😓

23 hours ago, steve2006 said:

Or if you fancy paying around half that 

 

That's a useful link.👍Seems to be a safe and cost effective place to get genuine parts. Although to be fair I like the fact LPD exists and hope they continue to do so therfore torn where my hard earned should go.

Given that electric vehicles are a green washing PR exercise until other liquid fuels can efficiently propel the internal combustion engine the question is will there be a scrapage scheme for redundant EV's in 5 to 10 years? 🤔 

So "will electric cars be the new dieslegate" Yes, I fully expect so if there are still lawyers wanting to earn a living.

🤷‍♂️😉

What was the 86130-53M70 in ??  I've just bought a 2013 IS250 F Sport, (the 2.5V6 petrol) and wonder it everything else apart from power train is the same as the 300h. 

@agent_dessI was wondering if you got the door repainted by you dealer or anyone else or sorted the mystery of the missing cruise control. Hope things worrying out to your satisfaction.

My old motor 👍 I loved it then, regret selling it 😥 but love it even more now. Awesome job. 

On 1/23/2022 at 4:37 PM, true blue said:

Hi yes same colour as my convertible ;great colour and quite rare on is 250 ,don't see many  it will brighten your day. Enjoy

Dave

I was looking for a blue Gen 2 IS 250 FSport and appreciate how few and far between they are. Rarely does one appear on auto trader, and then this Gen 3 one popped up which given the 250 wasn't available for that long as you say must be a rare beast.  Hoping to collect it sometime next week. 🕺

Hi there, Did you ever find and fit a front splitter you were happy with ??

Well I might soon be the owner of Blue 2013 F Sport if we can finalise the deal but it needs some paint correction which the dealer is doing. (Front bumper repaint)  So while I'm waiting for the salesman to come back to me my question is.....Are all F Sports Ultra Sonic Blue or could it be Azure Blue and aside from looking at the point code is there much of a visual difference.  The car is 285 miles from home so currently I'm only looking at it in photos and video. 

Thanks for your knowledgeable feedback.

On 1/17/2022 at 1:46 AM, ThomasLexus94 said:

Same here, I am looking for a sportcross but there is hardly any out there. I keep seeing that 2002 IS 300 sportcross in green for £4500 popping up

I'm coming to the conclusion they are either rotten in the sills, have a cream interior or a crazy price and I'm not keen on any of those. 

Like hens teeth I thought. Mind you I didn't think the sportcross was type approved for a tow bar. ( if that's the right technical phrase)

2 hours ago, Gearoid Donnelly said:

Hi all, I'm a new member and a new owner of a 2004 IS300 Sportcross which I bought last week with only 34k miles on the clock, just wondering if there are any more of these out there with similarly low mileage, can anyone beat 34k!

Cheers

Gearoid

 

Bet there's not that many with so few miles. Are you keeping that way or driving it away it was intended to be?

Same thing happened to me on my ISF although I was told the brakes failed completely on the brake test during the MOT. (This during my free MOT as part of my Lexus service plan).  I too got the £1200 bill and lexus warrenty weren't interested.

I consider the the problem is down to a design fault where the pipe rusts on the exposed few cm just off the union to the flexible hose to the caliper where it a) isn't poly covered or b) isn't behind a protective flap on the rear wing liner. It's just there exposed to rust.

Had my car not been on the ramp at lexus I would have had a perfectly good repair of just a few inches of brake pipe for a fraction of the Lexus price but given the high value of the ISF and to demonstrate a no expense spared maintenence regime I justified the big bucks to myself and went all in. 

Could lexus offer a repair rather than replace. Yes I'm sure they could but that won't keep the technician busy for a day and half or pay for the tiled show room and fancy coffee will it. 

Not sure it's a rip off or a premium service.

Well I regret selling mine 14 months ago and thinking of buying another one now. Life just isn't the same without an F