Anees

Gordon and Steve are both great guys!! :D :D Congratulations!

They look great!! :D

Mate..... They have all the stock settings anyway. When you ring them up mention your from LOC and hopefully you should get a discount. :D

So is laquering the next set of badges a good idea then?

Sorry to see you go! :( The Sports Grill I bought off you is the first mod I did to my car! Thanks :D

Just think the Green and Gold looks great together!! However I do think I may have slightly gone overboard!!

Damn....sorry! Thought you were talking about the EcoTek Valve!

Hi, I had this on my Mazda 323F before I bought the Lexus. I seem to get a 50:50 response. Most of the mechanics I've talked to tell me its aload of crap and doesn't really make any difference; yet the people that live with the cars for a while say the car feels smoother, acelerates faster and removed any slight "dead spots" with the Ecotek. I found that it was good on the Mazda - car did feel faster and smoother, but I didn't really noticed that much difference fuel economy wise! The emissions were low however. Then again it could have just been a mind thing! Not sure if its needed on an IS.

I also got a Chrome Trunk Trim Gold Plated too from a LOC member (Whiteman) and that has gone slightly green/gray too - but only slightly. My exhaust is Gold Plated too from Whiteman! ( Yeah I got carried away :P) and that is fine. Maybe its something to do with the heat?

If I had some spare batteries for my digital camera I'd post a picture! I've only had them on the car since Oct 04!!

The (supposedly) 24K Gold Badges on my car are turning Green/Gray! I wonder if they are 24K afterall? Anyway - I have another spare set which I can put on when the weather gets warmer. Is their anything I can do to them before I put them on the car to make them last longer? I was thinking spraying them with Lacquer - it that a good idea? Thanks

I agree with Steve - I'd think it is a Taxi! But at the end of the day its your choice!

He means Wheel Nuts! .....at least I hope he does! :P Not yet Gord, WheelBase don't have any for the Alloys. But they did say that the Spiggot Rings were very important - so I may get those put on. They want £20 + Vat for the 4 plastic rings! I'm sure that Rochford Tyres are alot cheaper!

Yeah......I really can't believe that difference! :D

Hi, I've been to Drury Lane Service Station in Oldham to get the Wheel Geometry Checked and Alignment of my car adjusted and the difference is MASSIVE!!! :D The details of the garage: Drury Lane Service Station, Drury Lane, Hollinwood, Oldham. OL9 7NG Tel: 0161 688 7882 OR 0161 684 9290 Web: www.drurylane.f9.co.uk (doesn’t seem to be working) They are a very friendly garage and were extermely helpful. They do alot of adjustments to Performance/Prestige Cars such as Lexus, BMW, Audi, Evo’s, Subaru etc I was weary of using another garage for the Geometry apart from Tony@Wheels-in-motion so I got all the correct settings for my particular car situation (lowered 30mm, 18” Alloys) from Tony first before going and I gave these to the garage. They did the initial check and found that my Geometry was massively out and different to the settings I had from Tony for my car. They did advise adjustments which we the same as what Tony had given me. I have attached the Check Sheet that I got for the more technically minded folk on here to look at. Before I took the car in I though that it was driving ok but I did feel: 1. It didn’t turn into corners as well as I liked 2. When driving over crappy road surfaces and going over manhole covers etc the steering would just snap slightly to one side 3. The ride was not smooth – I felt slight bumps even on flat road (I was thinking their was something wrong with my shock absorbers.) After collecting the car the difference was gigantic! :D I felt it was a different car! The ride seems MUCH smoother over poor roads, the steering wheel is SO stable and no longer twitchy. The biggest difference however is how it handles going into corners – it is totally transformed. It’s like the car is glued to the road (to borrow an expression Aido used once “Its on RAILS!! :D :D :D :D ) WOW! In fact I would say that adjusting the camber has made much more difference then my TTE Anti-Roll bars did!! But now I can appreciate the Anti-Roll bars properly! The other difference I have noticed is that the steering is a bit heavier – but I think this is because there is a larger footprint of the tyres on the road then before! I can recommend Drury Lane to anyone from the North West. I showed my Gold Membership card and they even gave me a discount! I mentioned to them that a lot of members are looking for a good place to get their Geometry checked in the North West and they said that if we can get enough people together then they can “sort something out” discount wise. They said that they can probably do between 4 – 6 cars a day depending on how far out the adjustment is on each car and what the individual owner wants from the car (they setup race cars sometimes). It can take up to 4 hours! Mine did!! They charge £40 + Vat for the check and then each adjustment is charged at various rates. I am going to email them a link to this post so maybe Drury Lane can come up with some good deal. I would just like to thank Tony for all the settings that he gave me – hope you don’t mind me getting Northern owners to go to Oldham instead of (in my case almost 300 miles) to Watford! If I had driven about 5 ½ hours there and back to Watford and I got the same results that I have now then I would have been well pleased – but instead I can travel about 8 – 9 miles down the road instead!! I’m sure that Tony would be able to fine tune the car better which this specialised IS200 knowledge but this is more then good enough for me! EDIT: If a mod wants to move this post then feel free – I wasn’t sure whether to put it in “Brakes & Suspension” or “Modifications & Tuning” Thanks, Anees

Mate! What did you do in a past life to deserve all this trouble!! :(

Bad luck mate! :( Mine are stuck on with the clear silcon and today I was on the way to Blackburn with strong winds and driving at a constant 80Mph and thankfully they are fine!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

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Thanks for your help Fargo! :D

Oh Well! :( I thought that if it was that good then someone else would have found it first! How soon is SOON for the true plug and play solutuon mate?

Hi guys, I spotted this while looking on the net: https://www.carbotpc.com/store/index.php?ac...d=6&prevstart=0 It is a Lexus Aux-in adaptor. Here is more info about the company: http://www.blitzsafe.com/ I don't know alot about Audio but does anything think its suitable for the IS200? I have emailed Blitzsafe. Thanks, :) Anees

Ah! Thats what I've been doing wrong! :P

My ***! I must be dreaming! I can see the SUN in Manchester! :D Think I've been smelling too much of Gord's Petrol Additive!