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How much wrap is needed to cover the items in your photo?

Does the silver trim that surrounds the gear selector come off or did you work around it?

Apart from the obvious safety implications, if the Police catch you watching DVD's whilst the vehicle is in motion, you'll get done for dangerous driving!

I changed mine today thanks for the product links on this thread, was nice and easy with no surprises. Feels nice and new now 🙂

Cheers, as you don't like them I'll immediately go out and get them done silver as I couldn't bear the thought that someone doesn't agree with my decisions 😄 : D

You've already commented on my progress thread 😄

I'll take a few photos in the morning and include a few tips. Was raining pretty bad today so didn't get the chance.

It's a slippery slope, isn't it 😄

Yes, the Vline is an additional system, all factory functions work as usual. When you select reverse gear, the camera operates as usual.

Nice thread, very similar looking to my own 🙂 Will be interesting to see your changes, maybe I can pinch some ideas along the way 😄 If you're interested, I have a 100% genuine Lexus Original Navigation Satnav DVD E1G 2018 Western Europe for sale. (PZ445-X03EU-0N Ver.2)

Have you ruled out a leak? My father had a similar problem and it turned out he had a very small leak which was spraying oil into the rotor and stator causing failures like you mention. Would of thought that'd be picked up though upon replacement unless they were simply looking to get the bad one out without much of a look around. Should be easy enough to check.

Hi I've been meaning to start this thread for a while now although progress has been slower than I would of liked (for reasons I'll explain later) In 2015 I bought a Honda CRV Executive, brand new. It had every option you could possibly imagine from road sign recognition to radar cruise control and I loved it..... for a while 🙂 After a year and a half I started to get bored, it felt a little agricultural at times and motorway performance felt like steering a boat around, I started to get itchy feet around that time although I had spent a huge amount of money of the vehicle and my wife insisted we kept it longer. The truth of the matter was that she enjoyed driving it so I had to put any thoughts of a replacement to one side. Fast forward to May 2017 and we'd just moved into a new house, it was further away from my wife's work, therefor we needed a second car in the household, I wasn't quiet ready to get rid of the CRV so I bought my wife a car to use for work etc... Forward again to early 2018, I'd finally become bored to death with the Honda so started looking around at options. I didn't want to go the new car route, I knew that I'd already lost 12k on the CRV through depreciation despite it's low mileage and perfect condition. I just wanted something fun, something that was a decent motorway cruiser and most importantly had a good record for reliability. I wanted to use a big wedge of the money I'd get for the CRV for home improvements and realistically wanted to keep any purchase under 6k. I hit the internet for weeks on end researching various options.... 3 series, 5 series BMW's, Mercs and there was plenty to chose from. The problem I had related to my budget, most of these cars had numerous and expensive issues to look out for, as a result I didn't feel very confident. I stumbled upon the IS250 as a potential purchase when I expanded my search terms on Autotrader, I was drawn to the styling and was happy with its performance, the more I researched, the happier I was with the prospect, I then joined this forum with a few questions and was sold at that point. I got a got idea of what to look out for (typical issues) and armed with this information I stated my search. I knew it had to be an SE-L as I was coming from the CRV with every toy you could imagine, Sat Nav was also a must, I was very impressed with the spec on the SE-L, it puts some modern cars to shame! The CRV went on the market the next morning, 24 hours later it was gone so my search picked up a new level of urgency, I went out that day to look at 2, they were both pretty bad examples, used and abused and not much in the way of history, not the best of starts! I called a London based dealer who gets his stock from Lexus (part exchanges that are 10 years or older) regarding a car listed on Auotrader, as it turned out he had sold it 30 mins prior to my call, I registered with him then gave up for the day. The following morning he called me back regarding a car he had just received. 10 years old, 70k on the clock, 100% Lexus service history and 1 previous owner, he sent me a whatsapp video of a walk around and 10 minutes later I was on my way. I arrived and found her sitting outside his compound Looked good although a little dirty in Agento Ice with Oakham Ivory interior. The dealer had warned me that the alloys were in horrible condition.. He wasn't wrong! All 4 were similar to this image There were also 4 different tyres on the car with varying degree's of wear, comparing them with the service history didn't make much sense I feel the dealer had removed a decent set and replaced them before I arrived, didn't have any proof of this although the history showed that the car has had Bridgestones from day 1 including a new tyre in January that was nowhere to be seen. I didn't mind so much as it gave me some negotiating leg room. The service history was exceptional, the car had been under Lexus service plans for 10 years so everything had been done, the major spark plug service as well as a recent water pump replacement, it made me feel pretty confident. Took it out for a test drive and really enjoyed it, smooth as anything, I was amazed how quiet it was in the cabin! As I turned back to the dealership I knew I'd be taking it home 🙂 Went back to his office for a cuppa, struck a deal and headed back to Kent. Hadn't been driving long when I spotted a National tyre centre, drove in and paid for a Hunter Alignment, the tracking was already spot on, a very minor adjustment was made and I continued home. Over the next few days I was making plans to get the wheels sorted, they completely spoiled the look of the car and I found it embarrassing showing off the motor and people looking at the ugly things. Before I got a chance to do anything I had a bit of a disaster, badly broke my collar bone and was instructed by my consultant that it needed proper rest for 6 weeks! I had to leave it on the drive for this period and was unable to drive or do anything, very depressing that was 😄 Once I had the go ahead from my consultant, I booked it in for a full alloy refurb and dropped it in a few days later with a brand new set of Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 3's. I decided to go for black gloss alloys and 3 days later she was ready for collection. I couldn't believe the difference this made to it's handling, it felt like a new car and my enjoyment of the vehicle had just increased ten-fold! The following day we went for a family day out to the beach and although the drive was fantastic (even my wife commented) I was less than impressed with the built in entertainment system! Although the Mark Levinson sounds brilliant, the system in general is crap! The Sat Nav was constantly trying to send us off of the motorway then instructing us to rejoin, it reminded me how bad DVD based systems are, I knew I couldn't live with it so that evening I started researching options. The choices were very few and far between, I could install a double din below the factory system although I didn't consider that safe, it was far too low, it was at that stage I stumbled upon an American company called Grom and marvelled at their VLine V2 product, at £500 it wasn't cheap although it ticked every box for me so I ordered it that evening. I self installed it the next day then spent a while customising it meet my needs. I made a short clip showing it's functions, I honestly can't explain just how good it is, it's now better than ANY car's built in system I've seen and most importantly 100% reliable. I did have a stoke of bad luck 2 days after the installation, my touch screen died! It still displays just fine although won't register any touch at all. A quick Google search showed that this is a known issue. I was mightily fed up though after dropping half a grand on a system I now couldn't use although I then had a brain wave, what if I could install a track ball style device to control the system such as you get on the newer Lexus and other vehicles, I decided on the Kensington Orbit Mouse which funnily enough had the same colour scheme as the Lexus wood. I placed it on the cover for the drink holder, its a very natural position coming off of the arm rest so it's comfortable to use, as pictured The Orbit Mouse features 2 buttons on either side of the device meaning that both driver and front passenger can control it. Again, its a brilliant solution, feels so natural and also means you can fully concentrate when driving without reaching forward to push the screen. The mouse also features touch scrolling by moving your finger around the outer ring making it easy to navigate down album lists/web pages etc. I will get around to replacing the touch screen, although I don't need it... you know how it is, don't like the thought of having a defect on the car 🙂 I have a few jobs planned, I want to get the leather cleaned up properly as it's pretty dirty, should be doing that this week, I also want to get a dash cam installed, need to do some research before purchase. I will keep this updated with progress as I continue.

I didn't know such a lead existed! Thanks

Thinking of putting a dash cam in and was wondering about power, don't really want to run a lead to the fuse box, are there any possibility's of hooking up from the map light? Someone must have done this 🙂

Wonder if anyone with the same paint colour has tried to source touch up paint for it. I've always used Chipex and had some stunning results on previous cars so I ordered a pack when I got my Lexus. Chucked in my reg, it returned the 1G1 code which corresponded with the plate on my car so I ordered. Just got round to using it and it seems too dark! The touch ups stand out and I can't work out why. Looking at the Chipex site they actually have to combinations for 1G1 TOYOTA SILVER MET 1G1 Select TOYOTA SILVER MAT 1G1 Select I'm trying to find out which version they sent, does anyone know what kind I should be using? Any help appreciated.

Should the boot lid on the IS250 actually pop up when you release it? Or should it simply unlock so you can lift it?

Mine recently went, a few days after I'd installed my Grom Vline V2 so I was lucky that I was still able to use the system as I installed a track ball mouse meaning I have full functionality. It is bugging me though that the screen isn't working so will get the job done soon. I've seen this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-LTA070B511F-LEXUS-IS200-IS220-IS250-IS300-IS350/263825067502?hash=item3d6d330dee:g:K6YAAOxyRhBSvf4b Genuine Toshiba screen although the link doesn't mention which gen IS250 it works on. Might as well replace the screen and touch element at that price, it's sods law that a few months after the touch screen is installed the bloody screen will die.

Are the wheel nuts 21mm on the mk2?

Just wanted to confirm with the MK2. Am I right in thinking they came out the factory with 225 front and 245 rear profiles?

I did manage to take some pictures although don't have time to post up a guide at this moment.... I will give it a shot this weekend though. First impressions are very good, the installation was pretty straight forward with no real surprises. Most annoying part was removing the air vents, just couldn't' get those clips up to remove, I was being careful though and trying hard not to break them, maybe I could of been more heavy handed although I eventually got the part removed. I've installed the GPS module to the dash board on the passengers side as well as mounting the mike just above the rear view mirror, all wires have been hidden. The GPS gets a sat fix immediately, normally before I open the programme. Installing GAPPS was also straight forward, worked first time so I could get Play Store and Google Maps installed. The pre installed plugins all work very well so far, no crashes as of yet nor problems of any nature. I'll give it a lot of use over the next couple of days and put it through its paces. This system has transformed the car for me, it's as highly speced as anything else on the market and does have that wow factor. The system takes no more than 20 seconds to boot up which is also impressive. I'd highly recommend this system, it's excellent.

Yes, why not.. I have a few ideas although I'm yet to see what room is offered once the unit is out. Only thing I'm unsure of at this stage is how to get the wires out of the glove compartment... This may be obvious as the job progresses, I'll document it though.

I've taken the plunge, will be here tomorrow and I have 2 days holiday so can crack on with it. I've had a look and am curious how you got the wires out of the glove box (when you chased it up the A pillar)? Can't see any real way of getting it out... Unless I'm missing something obvious!?

Thanks again for the write up, sounds frustrating! I've worked out that it's now possible to source from GROM UK who have 5 units in stock as I type. This could help if it ever comes to a return I guess. Just need to convince myself that £500 is worth it, on paper it is, as you mention, you can spend the same on a decent Alpine system although at least you know that would work properly. If these units were made with a fault, you'd expect GROM to fix it at some stage, hoping that's already been done. Decisions, decisions...........

I'm curious, are GROM telling you that you have a faulty unit? Is it going back to them for refund/replacement or repair? How did you get into the glove box?, I've had a look and have decided I'm not prepared to butcher the glove box, there could be some room by the cabin filter. How did you eventually route the mic? You mention that the unit takes some time to locate the satellites, how long would you say it takes? Sorry for all the questions, just trying to decide if it' worth the hassle.

Thanks for your honest review.... It's all very off putting for a £500 device!! I'd say at that price it would have to be near perfect although I've read some horror stories on the US Lexus forums! It's a real shame, no real solutions available... I just want to load up MP3's on a card and install a decent Sat Nav package, quiet basic stuff although as you've already mentioned, even these tasks are temperamental.