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@LexusPartsDirect Thanks but I was there last weekend.  Hence the pics 😉

After a 3am start from a somewhat wet and windy Dorset we found driving Mecca in Germany.

Couple of laps completed to make sure Lichelle is up together for the weekends onslaught 🙂

So the RR Racing USRS are staying as they have been immense.  Also the Ferodo DS2500 pads are incredible. 🙂

That is stunning.  Bravo Sir 

1 hour ago, Martin F said:

That price for the disks and pads is daylight robbery. There is no justification. 

This....

It's embarrassing how much Lexus want for them.

I have run ECP brembo discs/pads and also discs from MTEC Brakes.  All been perfectly fine.  My brembo discs from the dealer are the only ones that have cracked on me while on track.

I am currently running ECP brembo discs and Ferodo DS2500 pads at the front.  A lot cheaper than Lexus (although pads were about £250) and lot better (pads certainly) than Lexus direct.

And as for the exhaust, I am fairly sure you can't get a nearside or offside back box replaced.  The whole thing is one unit (I know as I have one since replacing my exhaust).  If it's just the bracket that needs replacing then a fabricator can make one for you for a fraction of the price.

My advice.  Just point in the right direction and plant your right foot.  Let car take care of the rest. 

As per title 🙂

As per title...  🙂

@tomRCFcarbon Insuremytrackday for UK and organised track days at the Ring.

For public days at Ring...  Well that is a can of worms.  Basically, you bend it you mend it 🙂

4 minutes ago, Northern isf said:

I'm debating whether or not to get the usrs as I've read a few reviews that say it makes for a more harsh ride, do you think you'll stick with them?

I think the track time will decide that buddy.

The difference in handling is night and day in my opinion.  Turn in is instant at any speed and it has made a massive difference.

However, even the slightest bump is magnified in a car that already has a pretty firm ride.

She is my daily driver so will give it a while before I make a final decision.  I still have the old ones which for a 10 year old car that has done 85k are in very good nick which is further testament to Lexus build quality 🙂

Shameless bump of my own post but...

RR-Racing USRS installed.  1st impressions were pretty good.  Turn in much improved but...  1st motorway run today and on M25 running over the concrete joins it is not feeling that special.  Even though I have an early 2008 model ISF with supposedly harder suspension than later models it is a tad unforgiving.  Almost reminds me of my DC2 Integra Type R days.  

Also fitted...  Ferodo DS2500 pads.  Initial thoughts were disappointing.  I then ran the recommended "bedding in" procedure which actually resulted in someone approaching me to tell me my brakes were on fire.  Lots of smoke from pads.  Apparently all normal 🙂

Bedding in procedure completed and once they have some temperature in them, they genuinely feel great.

The green hell will be tackled on the 15th-16th of June so all being well the USRS will do what they say on the tin and the pads will perform how I've been LED to believe they should 🙂

1 hour ago, Malc said:

 

Insurance companies at 3%, wowee, bring out the champagne, oh, excuse me, they do that for sure .........  I previously sold a house to the retiring chairman of a Lloyds

How much commission did you get on that?  Was it made of glass?  And did you throw stones at it?

Asking for a friend 😉

@Womble72 Trust me, no offence taken on that front.

On an insurance front, believe it or not, insurance companies make about 3p profit per £.  Obviously all adds up over time.  Only takes "the beast from the east" or the car park fire that took out 1000 vehicles to dent that.

Premiums fluctuate due to various reasons, the £ against the € has had a massive impact as well.  Most spare parts (regardless of manufacturer) and paint is purchased from European stores in € so repairs have become more expensive recently

😞

On a different front, staff discounted premium of £250 a year with £300 excess for my old bird of an ISF goes down well with the bank account 😉

13 minutes ago, Womble72 said:

Dan, ALL and I mean ALL calls are recorded and have to be by law, no court would rule in their favour if they have erased the conversation, all conversation are kept for a minimum of 5 years for reasons of this nature. Sounds more like an insurance scam from a third party and it’s easier for them to just pass it on to you rather than deal with it themselves.....all insurance companies are charlatans and lower than pond scum! Good luck mate 🤞🏻  

Took the words out of my mouth on the call recording front.  

Btw...  I work for a certain large insurance company...  Not mentioned on this thread though 🙂

Wouldn't take long to get it back together.  

Rear wheels need to switch sides as facing wrong way.

Different exhaust backbones/tips to be fabricated.

If everything else checks out then it's pretty cheap.

Wow.  I do hope you have a Shell Rewards card.

Loving your work 🙂

@Northern isf last time I saw suspension like that was on an Impala in Los Angeles 😉

3 hours ago, hockeyedwards said:

Thanks for the tip, might take a plunge on the Red or Yellow then! There is mention of replacement sensor wires... any ideas if it is a 'must' to replace them as well?

I have tracked my ISF on yellowstuff pads and cannot speak highly enough of them.

About to track it next month on Ferodo DS2500's (to be fitted next week) I will make a comparison after that.

Not sure if this has been posted before (did a search and found nadda)....

My brother just came back from a BTG Trackday at Nurburgring and sent me a random picture of a Lexus ISF on display at the Paddock Shop that has replaced the previous CCS-R (in museum).

  Turns out they have the ISF DTM concept car there.  I thought it only existed on Gran Turismo but apparently this Unicorn is indeed real 🙂

Shame it never got to compete against Ze Germans in the DTM.  Would have been cool

🙂

Pic my brother sent me....

The CCS-R 🙂

Did some googling and found these 🙂

@NothernDan I will now place one of mine up for sale seeing as yours has sold 🙂

Either the Takeda intake or HPS Pipe with the Toms Filter...  Watch this space...  or eBay...  😉

Cheers chaps....  so basically refit the Takeda, enjoy the noise & sell the HPS pipe and Toms drop in filter once @NothernDan has flogged his 😉

I do have a noisy exhaust as well which helps 🙂

@NothernDan On a serious note.  What makes you take the Takeda over the HPS setup.

I am caught in 2 minds.  I like the noise of the Takeda but have an issue with it supposedly losing power (even though I probably can't notice).  Currently have the HPS with Tom's drop in filter fitted.

i need to sell one as expensive bits of kit to have sat around.

decisions decisions 😞

Oh you absolute arse...  I have literally just imported one a couple of weeks ago 😉

On a different note I am probably keeping my HPS and selling my Takeda 😉

8 hours ago, NothernDan said:

Yep, the “orange peel” on this is where from where he has had to heat the wrap to get it to contour into the car. It’s actually very well done.

Check his entire YouTube channel. The car was rose gold at one pint, also a wrap. A very useful channel as he has done most popular mods and repairs and videos the lot for our viewing pleasure.

Agree.  Really good channel for all the stuff he has tried.

Also worth it for the emotion he showed when it finally went.  He has gone through a journey with that motor.

1 hour ago, NemesisUK said:

Any hire car can hit 60 in under 4sec, it's a well know fact. Closely followed by any rep mobile, then a white van .... 

Golden rule of hire car driving...

Rev limiter in 1st from cold 

@Linas.P I was basing it on the interior shot taken from the spotted ISF thread.

Looks like an E Class interior.