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Third brake light cover fitted

Finally got the courage to paint the calipers yellow! 
 

And fitted an fsport leather carbon red stitch gear knob 

Changed the colour of the calipers to yellow with black Lexus decals 

7 hours ago, Linas.P said:

If you just want little bit more aggressive, then the easiest way would be to simply use F-Sport Grille, which is same design as newer models (mesh), just not as big.

If you want to go step further, but without fully custom making entire front end, then very late 2011-2012 models had little bit more aggressive front bumper.

 

vs. standard 

Then add lip at the bottom

Obviously it won't be like mk3 "aggressive", but it won't cost like £1000+ to make. Because even if you make everything custom - be expected to pay ~£300 just for original grille alone.

I’ve got a lip on already, might give the fsport grill a go. The newer 2011-2012 bumper does look slightly better

I’m just wanting to make the front look a little more aggressive 

I’m thinking pick up a bumper the same as mine and pick up a modern grill and get working on it as a project

I’ve been looking for a coversion bumper but can only find them in China, they seem to be quite expensive and then there’s import tax as well. 
 

Has anyone managed to fit a genuine more modern big grill front bumper to there is250? 
Obviously it’ll need modifications to fit, but just wondering if there’s any that will fit better than others? 

Has anyone bought and fitted a bike rack to their is250? If so where was it from and what type is it? 

Im wanting to get one to carry my mountain bike but haven’t a clue where to start

Not sure if I can fit one because of the boot spoiler? 

Any help appreciated 

Drove to work and back with heater on  full wack today, it’s got rid of all the water and everything is dry again! 

I’ll try and get the scuttle off tomorrow to have a look and clean it out. 

Thanks for for your help guys👍

6 minutes ago, Las Palmas said:

If it is a leaking heat element there should be a sweet kind of smell from the coolant in it. Have had that in another car several years ago and when circulating the air to clean the windshield it would be like an oily film on it.

The smell is not nice.

There’s definitely no smell or oil feel to the water

1 hour ago, steve2006 said:

Not sure if the IS is similar but on my LS there are drain holes next to the wiper arm spindles. If these get clogged the water collects then overflows into the air intakes.

Definitely sounds like what’s happened to me! 

Mir absolutely chucked it down while I was at work and flooded everywhere, so there would have been a lot of water hitting my car so would explain it 

2 hours ago, johnatg said:

It's a while since I had my IS250, but here is a pic of the components you'll need to remove:

 

Thanks so much for that mate👍

How do you remove the scuttle? 

4 minutes ago, johnatg said:

That is the oulet from the blower (fan) unit. There shouldn't be any water there at all. I'd suggest that you have a blockage in the scuttle area which has caused heavy rain water to build up in the scuttle area and overflow into the air intake. Look for a pile of leaves!

That square tube is absolutely full of water so could it of got in there? 

The water was coming from where is circled 

This 

2 hours ago, james250 said:

From what I've read, the blocked AC drain issue only causes water behind the front seat footwell and not under the dash. You mentioned that water is trickling under the dashboard so I'm thinking it may not be the blocked AC drain issue. 

But then you mention that the water is clear. If it's clear and not sticky and sweet smelling then it's unlikely to he coolant. There isn't really any other water in the car other than the AC water. Unless your car has clear water filled up instead of pink coolant. No chance of it being rain leaking in somehow? But you mentioned that you've had ac on cold so in which case I doubt it's been raining lol.

My coolant is definitely pink, the water is totally clear and not sticky or anything. 

Theres like a big long square ish plastic tube under the dash with water running through it and it’s coming from that. 

Theres slight damp under the drivers seat. 

It was raining really bad yesterday but I don’t think it was that 

Right after doing a bit more reading I think I might have the common blocked AC drain. 

The water dripping is clear, there’s a slight damp feeling under the drivers seat as well, I’ve had the ac on a lot lately and the cooled seats 

Driving home from work and I could here water trickling, got home and could see water in the passenger footwell mat.

pulled everything back and I can see water dripping in two separate areas from the heater matrix under the dash

lexus had this for a recall a few months back for the airbag, could they of damaged it? 

The higher I have the fans on the more it drips

Whats my options? 

23 hours ago, LenT said:

Well each to his own!

It’s worth bearing in mind that auto bulbs are among the most widely counterfeited of all car parts.  Personally I would be extremely dubious that a £10 Xenon HID off, say, eBay, is simply a cheaper version of a more expensive Philips or Osram equivalent - especially if it even comes packaged with the same brand name!

If Philips and Osram could profitably market their bulbs at £10 each, I suspect they might well do so.  They don’t because the development costs, the materials they use and the manufacturing technology demanded by the precision assembly of the finished item, puts it into a different price category.

The counterfeiters are not troubled by such considerations.  It is not difficult to assemble a bulb that appears to produce the same level of ‘brightness’, but that’s not the major factor.  There’s also the precision control of the light output, and the quality of assembly and materials that will ensure the bulb doesn’t dangerously overheat, with extremely damaging results.

Personally, auto bulbs - as with brake pads, which also attract counterfeiters - are not components on which I would seek to make savings.  I got my Osram D4S bulbs from autobulbsdirect because they are one of Osram’s authorised dealers and the bulbs come in certified packs.  I believe Philips operate a similar system.

I suggest that a few moments spent researching the subject of counterfeit auto bulbs might well prove…illuminating.

I think he just meant a cheaper bulb as in a cheaper brand of bulb not a counterfeit bulb,

ive gone with D-lumina bulbs from amazon, even if they only last one or 2 winters that’ll do me. 

6 hours ago, AntC said:

Make sure you don't touch the glass with your fingers, as the grease from the skin will stick to it and can shorten it's lifespan.

I’ll make sure I put some gloves on when I fit them 👍

Thanks for the quick reply, that’s exactly what I was thinking with the price of bulbs! I’ve seen some for £20 for 2 so i’ll Probably go with something like that.

am I right in thinking it’s a d4S bulb? 6000k? 

My drivers side low beam bulb keeps going out after a few seconds so it’s time for a new set.

ive got the se-l so I’m guessing it’s the hid bulbs I need. 

Which bulbs are decent for a good price?