Matt13

8 deg and light rain on way home and noises back as usual

Drove to work this morning 5 deg and light/medium rain and not a single sound, not even from the b pillar. Will see what its like on the way home when its got a little warmer.

Thanks normski, will give it a try

Nice one, thanks a lot for these links, I will try anything at the moment. Got about 5 weeks until it's in at Lexus so plenty of time to try different things to save me £380. I also have a rattle coming from the b pillar on drivers side, anyone had similar?

Thanks for the advice Bigchad, I have a few weeks until the car goes into Lexus so will keep trying things like this and hopefully it will work. Just looked at you picture, your car looks really nice, where did you get your mudflaps from and also the boot spoiler? Also I noticed you have removed the front number plate mount, was this relatively easy to do?

thanks for all your comments and seems to have been a good debate. I will first try the Osram nightbreakers and see what I think. Thanks again for you help.

Car booked in for April 25th (earliest date they could do that suited me with a hire car) hopefully it will be sorted, I will keep you updated.

Thanks a lot for all the info and advice, I may just try the Osram Nightbreaker's first and see what I think, if im not happy then I will invest in the conversion kits.

Thanks a lot for the info, I think I will go down that route then. Did the ballast come supplied with bulbs or were these purchased separately?

Thanks a lot for your reply. I will have a look into the Hid kits then, maybe a better solution. Was the bumper relatively easy to take off?

Yes tried all that but nothing seems to stop it. I think the next stage now is £85 for Lexus to tell me what it is. It's so annoying, I love the car but this makes we not want to drive it.

Hi I have just got a IS220d and would like to upgrade all the lights. Thinking of this for the interior that I have seen from another post on here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/331105524239 and then the Osram nightbreaker unlimited H11 and HB3 for dipped and full. What are you views on that and do you know what bulbs I would need for the fog lights? also are all the bulbs easy to get to? thanks for any advice and info.

Well it's not the scuttle, completely took it out and had a drive around and noise still the same. Spoke to Lexus Bolton and they will diagnose the rattle/squeak for £85, they think it's the dash clips and if so will be £380 to remove dash and change clips and also do the mod behind the stereo that causes the "stone hitting the windscreen" like sound every so often. If they do the work then they won't charge the £85. Think I will get it booked in to save my sanity

Hi Farqui Thanks for the welcome and advice, my brother-in-law who is a mechanic thought that it could be the scuttle tray as well, so will be doing further investigation on Saturday. I love the car and have only had it since Friday, the noise was there during test drive but due to looking for other potential issues I didn't pay to much attention to it and just thought it was a loose item either in the glovebox or just behind. Everything else on the car is fine.

Hello everyone, im new to this site and a first time Lexus owner. I have just purchased a 57 IS220D, I love the car and enjoy driving it but the rattle the comes from the passenger side dash drives me mad. It is always there when driving, ive had the glovebox out, cover over the windscreen pillar off and cant see anything that is loose. I have seen the posts about similar noise issues but this sounds more like plastic to plastic knocking with a squeak. It tends to be worse when making a left hand turn. Could this also be linked to the dash clips? Looking at pictures of dashboards on ebay there seems to be a clip where the noise is coming from. Lexus have told me they will diagnose the noise for £85 but thought I would ask here first. Any help of advice is greatly appreciated.