Bazza

Hello

Im looking at buying a is200 soon.

i have been looking round for wheels to go on it, and im woundering can you get away with running-

18*8.5 with an offset of 30 or 36 on the front

then

18*9.5 with either an offset of 10 or 35 on the rears

Gary

suggest you check this thread out

wheel sizes and offsets

hi Chris

car is looking good ....as usual :)

is the rear bumper meant to be a different colour ?

Hi Kam

No engine lights or any other warning lights other than the fuel light lol so im completly confused iv done the service as it was coming up to being due oils plugs etc but still no change .

I never managed to get my IS200LE down to 16mpg although it was a manual, so unless you drive very fast or aggressively (I live nearby and there isn't a lot of chance of that) or spend most of your time in crawling traffic; that isn't reasonable. I get about 23-24 from my 5 litre ISF!

Recheck by filling to the brim, making a note of the Odometer reading. When fuel is getting low, fill it to the brim again preferably at the same pump so the car is tilting the same amount, making a note of exactly how many litres it took and the new odometer reading to get the miles driven. Then recalculate mpg, remembering to divide the litres by 4.544 to get gallons. If you have the wrong size tyres/wheels on it can ruin the calculation. This isn't 100% accurate but it is the best you can do without going to a lot of trouble. The official figures are 21 mpg Urban & 28 mpg Combined and you should get a bit nearer that.

To be honest lately iv been driving like an old biddy lol and as you know yourself camberley/sandhurst isnt exactly the greatest roads to get any kind of speed up the wheels and tyres are the ones from standard 17 inch wheels and tyres and iv checked the tyre pressures which are what were in the book so they are all fine so i really dont know what else it could be ,the only other thing is its idling a bit high at around the 1500-2000 mark.The other week i had to go to london and put in 30 quid of petrol and mostly motorway driving i got about 110 miles if i remember right.Im really stumped but it really is seeming like i have to sell it.

Im bloody jelous that you have an isf and you even get more mpg than me lol now doubly jelous lol.

cheers

try re-setting the ecu

My 301BHP turbo IS200 does 22MPG on average and 28 if driven like an old lady changing gear at 3000rpm and not using the turbo past .4bar.

Just had a RR session and its lambda 1 all the way up to 4000rpm!!!! with no cats.

hardly relevant as you are running a different engine

bit far to go to pick up, for most of us !!

wheel nuts should alway be torqued up

by relying on doing them up by hand is a bit hit and miss

everyone has vastly different strengths,

problems occur when they are overtightened, the studs get stretched and stressed and become liable to snap, under-tightened and they are liable to work loose

if you absolutely need to drive on 4 studs, make sure they are torqued correctly, don't try and tighten them more to compensate for one being missing !

when fitting new studs, nuts, or even wheels always check again a week or so later for correct torque

by the way missing a nut or bolt is an MOT failure !

I used the TTE coilovers

they allowed a low stance, sporty feel and they retained that Lexus comfort

cant recommend them enough

i switched over to firefox 3.6 and found i couldnt post in the reply section

using windows vista

now reverted back to 3.5.8 version and all is fine

I am fine with firefox 3.5.8 as well

is 3.5.8 the latest version ?

I know Steve was looking into this, hopefully we will have a solution soon

Dylan is correct

that is why we are reluctant to delete any posts, let alone whole threads

in the same way accounts are not feasible to close

If mr mole feels so strongly we suggest he gives LOC a miss when visiting forums

mr mole was not banned nor suspended

he asked to be removed from gold status, and was !

this surprisingly flagged up a warning which was removed immediatly the moment we found out about it

with removal of gold status, certain features and pm amounts decrease

with what appears to be glitch in the system, he has had problems

at first he said he couldnt post, i asked him via rob to check his cookies, which i presume he has done as he is now able to post

I asked him to check his pm box isnt full, but have not heard if this helped

I have checked all his account settings and they all indicate nothing is wrong

Ok if thats the case why did I have a message when I logged in a few days ago that I had been suspended for a year ??

Then once it was questioned through Rob this was reversed ??

Never did anything with my cookies, It was stated that the site might have been having problems with fire fox , I was using Internet Explorer at the time .

There is nothing wrong with my account now, but this has just happened today.

My inbox did say it was full but again this just happened today after you mentioned it.

So can you do what I have asked please, and then we can all be happy again.

Thanks for your time,

Mr Mole

well i have tried do what i can to help

if you feel that you do not want to be part of these forums that is your choice

mr mole was not banned nor suspended

he asked to be removed from gold status, and was !

this surprisingly flagged up a warning which was removed immediatly the moment we found out about it

with removal of gold status, certain features and pm amounts decrease

with what appears to be glitch in the system, he has had problems

at first he said he couldnt post, i asked him via rob to check his cookies, which i presume he has done as he is now able to post

I asked him to check his pm box isnt full, but have not heard if this helped

I have checked all his account settings and they all indicate nothing is wrong

sounds like there is light at the end of the tunnel !

pics and more info would be great :D

15 minutes is up

closed !

why come on this forum just to be stupid/ask stupid questions you don't like the cars go away simple.i dont like fiats but i don't go on their forums asking and telling them i dont get it.....you don't like/want one go away.if you ask proper questions they will get answered.

he comes on to get reactions like he is getting !

think it gives him some sort of self satisfaction, obviously his right hand is tired

give him his 15 mins then he will be outa here

Whats "droplinks" sounds serious?

I would hazard a guess at the droplinks

droplinks are the links from your anti roll bar to the arms

easy DIY job to do

and not too expensive

I just don't get it. Can you help me out?

I doubt it

I would hazard a guess at the droplinks

I would shop around for parking sensors, many places offer them nowdays

vega do a decent set for under hundred pounds, and they can be fitted within a few hours by a competant DIY'er

I would agree that it probably isnt considered a safety issue and unless it was occuring relatively close to when the car was new would be deemed reasonable wear and tear, after 16 years you do expect things to go wrong ...even on a Lexus !

I have had a quick search on here but does anyone know if there are any guides on here on how to fit my coilovers?

I cant imagine it being too hard but just thought id check anyway

Thanks

Mike

guide to changing springs is here

coilovers is much the same but no need to dismantle the units

how to change springs on an IS200/300

well I think we are back on track on this topic

If any one has any info they could share, please do :)

Dear Bazza,

thank you for taking the time and trouble to reply.

I wish to remind your goodself that you are not inundated with requests like mine, for, as you wrote further; "auction buying companies are new to me and i would guess most members here." ie; my request was therefore novel and completely unfamiliar.

may I point out to you that the words "offers very much like yours" was so put to imply people asking for help regarding auctions and percentages etc are very commonplace not only here but throughout the whole internet world

the fact that "auction buying companies" are new to me or other members, does not imply that your initial request was novel

"a new day a new scam" could well have been apt

not that I am trying to imply that you are in actual fact a scammer , but just the fact that similar requests generally lead to one, and therefore tend to be handled with caution

There is naught to forgive in one being "offish". It is not a sin and many cultures show initial reserve. Yet I feel that boorish and graceless postings do little to promote goodwill.

I wish to draw your goodself's attention to your tems and conditions with reference to Forum Terms And Conditions; "be polite, treat your your fellow members with respect."

And in Forum Conduct And Message Content; "We take the "be polite rule VERY seriously! We will not tolerate ANY rudeness etc". It is a shame that these rules will not be enforced.

if you have any complaint about me, please feel free to report it, either steve or mat will be happy to listen

if you have any complaints about any member, please feel free to report it to a moderator, and action will take place

please let me point out that most members who have experienced scamming are very reluctant to help what may appear to them to be a scam,

Censure should be based on an understanding of the facts, not an automatic and ignorant outcry.

cant agree more, thats why the moderating team chose not immediately close this thread

however other members experience tend to automate their reply

Sir, I posted for the first time in almost three years and look what I got. Would you ever post again?

Yours faithfully,

ishmael.

sadly I did, and I am still here 7 years later !

wow !

a good word for kwick fit

Ishmael

we are unindated with requests and offers very much like yours, so forgive us if we seem offish, most requests are scammers who try one way or another to extract money, or our services from us

where ip addresses contradict where the poster says he is from, it is always treated with caution

auction buying companies are new to me and i would guess most members here, so sorry if we cant cast recommendations or advise you further

lastly a member since 2007 !! and only a handful of posts

stop being shy and post a bit more

we dont normally bite :)