scott-o

I can't help with the viewing being in the north east I'm afraid.

I've had mine about 3 months and did the radiator as a precaution about a month in. It seems they can either fail between the transmission fluid cooler/heater and the coolant radiator or the hose lugs the transmission lines attach to can break off. Radiator is about £280 and you only need that and coolant to swap so it's a relatively cheap one. In the USA every ISF seems to get a bad coolant leak from within the V under the inlet manifold, not really heard of that over here, maybe something to do with the higher temps over there. The other thing is the water pump, but most have been replaced now, mine was done quite early on in its life and I checked it again when I did the radiator and all is well. 

MPG has been great for what it is, it's hardly any worse than my previous golf r32's/ golf r estate. I've not done a long motorway journey yet but regularly get high 20's on a 40 mile each way trip on single carriageway national speed limit roads without trying. I'm sure it'll do low 30's on a long motorway trip sat at 70/80. 

When I was looking people seemed to mention check brakes for wear as they can be expensive, they are only expensive to do discs and pads if you go to Lexus, else they are very cheap. OE brembo discs I've just bought for £114 an axle as an example! OE brembo pads are very dusty so I'll be choosing an upgrade alternative, the brakes aren't lacking as standard but the dust does my head in! 

1 hour ago, dman2004 said:

Thank you Scott for the pictures! Looks better than OEM. Have you noticed any difference in sound?

You're welcome and i've not really got a comparison to make as i removed a k&n typhoon to fit this, which is about the loudest intake you can fit 😂

I'm still running the OEM filter at the minute as well, i think ill swap it out to a performance panel filter at some point.

On 11/4/2020 at 7:04 PM, scott-o said:

It turned up today funnily enough, which was a surprise. It was £85 with 4 really high quality stainless hose clips. The smaller ones for the breather aren't really needed though. The larger ones are as the standard clips are on their limit with the hose. 

It's basically the same as the HPS intake pipes from the US but about half the price and UK made. I got it in plain black to keep it looking OEM and it's all on and fitted great. I'll put a couple of pictures up tomorrow.

Also have a really mint condition K&N typhoon intake up for grabs now, which sounds absolutely incredible but I must be getting old and wanted to keep the bay standard looking! Will be going up in the for sale section soon.

Link below to the hose on their website:

https://roosemotorsport.co.uk/lexus-isf-v8-5-0l-induction-hose.html

The range of colours are great, i didnt realise most of them were an option! I assume my previous price i gave above had some discount on with helping them out, which i wasnt expecting but it's nice of them all the same!

Pictures as promised:

IMG_20201104_170709 by Scott Osborne, on Flickr

IMG_20201105_154356 by Scott Osborne, on Flickr

IMG_20201105_154344 by Scott Osborne, on Flickr

31 minutes ago, Cactus said:

@scott-o

i have had the kwv3 and bushings for almost a year now, and they are fine. The ride is definitely better but it is still stiff, but then i have lowered the car so cant complain.

 if i have a second chance, airlift.

barry

If you go airlift I'll save some pennies and get the V3 off you haha 

10 hours ago, Cactus said:

@scott-o fleeting thoughts. Had an eye for a black r35. Given up that thought now, hence gone to the route of changing the radiator etc.

where abts did he spot me? I am local to newcastle but do head up to northumberland on a regular basis and i do drive mine on a regular basis/ probs will increase use in coming months as my mr2 will be heading to the garage for the winter.

I spotted a local black 08 isf recently on the coast road as of last week.
 

happy for a meet up if you fancy.

 

barry

It was on the coast road too funnily enough! Mines my daily car so will keep an eye out if im up that way. I work in Durham but live a little south but do get up to Newcastle with work.

Yes we will have to one time, be interested to hear what you think of the new suspension and RR Racing bushes!

4 hours ago, dman2004 said:

Let us know the difference it makes and how much did it set you back?

It turned up today funnily enough, which was a surprise. It was £85 with 4 really high quality stainless hose clips. The smaller ones for the breather aren't really needed though. The larger ones are as the standard clips are on their limit with the hose. 

It's basically the same as the HPS intake pipes from the US but about half the price and UK made. I got it in plain black to keep it looking OEM and it's all on and fitted great. I'll put a couple of pictures up tomorrow.

Also have a really mint condition K&N typhoon intake up for grabs now, which sounds absolutely incredible but I must be getting old and wanted to keep the bay standard looking! Will be going up in the for sale section soon.

3 hours ago, Cactus said:

Ooooo mine ETA is on the 25th November 😂

 

barry

Were you thinking of selling recently Barry or keeping hold for now? Also think we are relatively local to each other, I've never spotted your car but a lad at work said he'd spotted a blue ISF a few weeks back.

I got in touch with them to check and they made the revisions you mention, all fitted very well and now have metal breather take offs.

They said they would be getting it on the website ASAP and I'll be getting one in black as soon as. Happy days! 

15 hours ago, Womble72 said:

Rad replacement put back due to units on back-order, car booked in for December 2nd as back-order due for delivery to Lexus on the 27th......🙄

I think everyone has had a mad panic and wants to get it done 😂

In case Wayne above cant find his old one, does anyone else have any leads on a standard airbox or just the MAF housing section? 

Currently have a temp fix but ideally want it sorting with a proper one!

Thanks,

Scott 

12 hours ago, Arth_Vader said:

I’m really interested in buying one of these H&S units, but can’t decide whether to get the X pipe or non Xpipe.  Any thoughts?

Also...

do people find an H&S makes an ISF harder or easier to sell?

Also...

My ISF doesn’t seem to always blip when I downshift, and I’ve heard changing the exhaust to H&S will accentuate these little aural treats.

I've got the none X pipe one but still have the secondary cats in place. It's great but as above i'd maybe have it a little louder to be honest so i think at some point ill get a section made up to remove the secondary cats (maybe small straight through silencers instead like the H&S center section).

They only blip over a certain RPM, i've got the exhaust and a K&N Typhoon on mine and the rev matching sounds incredible now. The exhaust provides more low down noise then 4k+ the intake starts to take over.

When i went to view my car i didnt realise it had the exhaust on and the cold start noise pretty much sold it to me 😂 luckily the whole car is a top example!

I dont think £50 a month on tax is much of an issue when you get to drive a really nice 5.0 v8 around. I was paying the same on my Mk5 r32 and felt the same with that, the noise alone was worth it. I tried the more modern turbocharged smaller displacement thing, fast yes, excited to jump in it and fire it up, not really. That was £20 a month to tax, so for £30 a month more i get a 5.0 v8. Good old man maths!

Hi All,

Just had the car serviced and was looking over the car with the technician and i'd mentioned about doing the discs and pads on the front after winter, he agreed that even though the front disc was lipped that it would be fine to do that, plus also 5mm left on the pads. Other than the rear prop donut starting to show small cracks in the rubber, the car was perfect thankfully!

Got home and thought i'd have a quick look for discs, i remember last time i checked it was around £160 for the front pair but on the below site, which i believe is part of Autodoc, front brembo discs are currently £57ea! No brainer to order some now for a few months time.

https://www.buycarparts.co.uk/lexus/is-ii-gse2-ale2-use2/24545/10132/brake-disc

Sorry if this isnt news to anyone but thought i'd give the heads up.

Next up will be the pads, i wont be getting OE brembo pads thats for sure, the amount of dust off them is doing my head in. I like the sound of the Stoptech street pads or the low dust Project Mu ones. It's just trying to find a vendor in the UK, i think i have for the Stoptech but not Project Mu.

Crazy how clean it is inside with the rockers off, looks brand new! 

I wish we had more options for aftermarket parts over here like they do over there but understand the lack of demand compared to the US.

https://www.haywardandscott.com/lexus/lexus-isf/lexus-isf-cat-back-system-without-x-pipe.html

Mines got that one on, previous owner bought it. It's completely fine, i'd even go as far as to say i'd like it a little louder to be honest.

It's quite loud on cold start but it's only for 20 seconds (or if you really dont want it to be loud on cold start just stick it in drive once fired up)

10 hours ago, Womble72 said:

I’ve had my ISF for around 5-1/2 years now, having had the IS250 for the previous 5 years my only niggle is I’ve been in the same seat for over 10 years, I’ve recently had a wobble n seriously thought about a jag xf 5ltr V8 portfolio, a Merc 6.2 V8 C63 (estate due to dogs or saloon)....2 doors never been my thing, also the 5ltr RR sport.......I’ve asked all n sundry n I’ve come to the conclusion that I can’t bring myself to part with the F......I can’t part with my old faithful C70 convertible either so it’s possibly another car as daily n dog transporter 😳.

I did look at XFR's before the ISF, i nearly got one last year but PX price was bad and by the time i got an extra 2k via private sale the car had gone! I took it as a bit of a sign and just held out until the right time for the ISF. I'd still love one at some point, crazy amount of car for the money!

c63 estate is a cracking shout, another car i had on my short list and would like at some point!

I don't really like modern cars so it doesn't fuss me at all, long term may try get into a GSF when they are a bit older as still offer that more oldskool experience for me.

 I don't find myself sticking with brands, I just get what fits at the time. If it's a good car to me it doesn't really matter the brand, I've had all sorts although thinking about it I seem to avoid French haha

I'm in the ISF because I cannot trust the same age BMW M3 to behave and wanted something a little different anyway. General generic turbo 4wd newstuff I'm not bothered and electric I won't be into unless someone else pays for it, both leave me pretty cold no matter the power. 

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11 hours ago, Hatat said:

Hello mate, I got the car today from Wakefield oh boy the experience of driving it back to London was out of this world I drove in sport+ with paddle shifters a good number of times it’s utter orgasmic. I noticed carbon edition does feel a bit lighter.

Sounds like we need some pictures of the car, never seen a yellow one!

Nice to see you sold it easily! What was the age/ mileage and how much was it up for out of interest?

These cars either seem to sell really quickly or hang around for ages!

8 hours ago, ubersonic said:

 

It's a feature they include on all cars with radar cruise in case it refuses to engage due to heavy rain (or malfunction, but it's mostly so people can still use cruise in a rainstorm).

My golf r didnt have a normal function, it was the first car i experienced with adaptive cruise and i really didnt like it at first. Fully expected it to have a normal function for the reasons you stated but when i asked the question it didnt. Thats partly why i was (pleasantly) surprised the Lexus had both options haha

Yes lexus parts direct for radiator, like I say low to mid 300's for all parts (rad, coolant and I bought some ATF just in case) 

It seems some pattern parts are available but I think the costs from Lexus are pretty good and you get the coolant tank with it too. 

There's no way I'd be paying a premium for Lexus to fit it though (5-600 is a good price but anything more is taking liberties), it's a pretty easy job that any garage should find easy enough! 

13 minutes ago, Northern isf said:

No problem it's just lying around collecting dust sooner help an f'er out 👍 I live in Pontefract but my works in Doncaster you can come to which ever works out best. 

Awesome cheers! I'll fire you a PM

4 hours ago, Northern isf said:

I've got one your welcome to collect if your anywere near I don't want anything for it 

Oh wow that would be awesome, happy to donate an amount to a chosen charity or something.

Where abouts are you, I'm in the North East and notice you're in Yorkshire so you're either pretty close or miles away with the size of Yorkshire 😂 either that or I'd be happy to arrange a courier (it's only the half with the MAF connection so packaging shouldn't be a pain) either way we can hopefully sort something out.

Thanks,

Scott

Anyone any leads? Found a couple of cars breaking but sadly not available and also a member who threw one in the bin a week before I asked 😂