Mitcheyfex

Hope everyone is well! Greetings from the UK, I'm still fairly new to this group, I picked upa second hand Lexus IS250 fairly cheap and I'm mostly impressed. However, while driving the right exhaust came our of the centre pipe while driving and an inspection confirmed it had been welded, and quite a terrible job I might add! Anyway, I wondered if anyone has ever had to replace their exhaust or upgraded the standard stock exhaust and what you went for? Also, any suggestions as to where I might look? I have a Lexus IS250 2006, and the exhaust is a twin pipe coming from the centre. Any help appreciated!

Quick update on this one, Plugged the new second hand unit in today, and for some reason Map/Voice Display and settings were't working at first and other menus had white vertical lines going through the screen, after playing about with the fuse box I have managed to secure full functionality all apart from the radio for some strange reason, but I am able to still use the radio and aux via the steering wheel controls. My old radio actually worked fine andis in better cosmetic condition, this came in one whole unit so I'm wondering if there would be a way of seperating the radio from the screen section and using the old radio?? It wasn't set on SURROUND and was indeed on Stereo and you can definetly notice a difference @Normski nevertheless I still found the sound quite underwhelming and wondered if some of the speakers are worn/not working or Mark Levinson systems weren't as good on the 2006 models as oppose to the later models.Might be worth adding in a sub for the lows I wonder if that can be done easily and might make it sound more full bodied? I'll say it again though, great car. can't see me wanting any other car if I'm honest. 😁

Nice, I can't wait to try this today and let you know how I get on. In all fairness,, I was under the impression that the Mark Levinson system came with the ML AMP and SUBWOOFER however my car doesn't have none, maybe newer models only? I really hope this unit works today and it isn't something to do with the wiring behind the unit, it definetly isn't a fuse.

Ahhh I see, So it could just be a cas ethat my car is actually stuck on 'Stereo' I've never seen these menus, so no idea what it is on, but the sound sounds very trebily, but doesn't sound to great on mids and lows. Thanks for the tutorial, I'll give it a go! Much appreciated 😃

Thanks for all the info here, interesting read. It has got me somewhat concerned though as my dash seems to already be screwed up from a previous owner not being careful, I also noticed that the surround sound is nothing special, but whether or not this is because I don't have access to the screen or the equaliser I don't know... Could it be a case that due to one of the previous owners not being more careful they could have messed up the surround sound?

Hi! It's a 6 speed manual.

**Update** i have managed to source a second hand Mark Levinson unit, for a decent price as well! £120 + postage which was £10, I checked fuses 4 & 12 as previously recommended by @Steve thanks mate, and sadly no fuses were blown and even after changing them, still no luck. So I went for a second hand Mark Levinson unit, it arrived today, I'm wondering whether to do the replacement myself or pay someone to do it, it's a simple plug and play then I am.anle to do this myself, does anyone have any ideas on the difficulty of this job, or any links to tutorials I can use, or any advice you can throw my way? Thanks, Mitch

Hi Steve! Thanks for the warm welcome, what a brilliant start I feel at home already. I can assure you it was the excitement keeping me awake, and it's reassuring to hear that you feel the price I paid was a good one despite the issue I mentioned. Really handy useful information I'll check them fuses tomorrow (Another reason not to sleep) It's weird, no air con, no heating, and pretty much none of them top buttons work, however the security light still flashes and hazards still work on the unit along with the radio controls. Any other suggestions from other members are welcomed and ill be sure to try yours tomorrow and post my outcome. Also, I wondered what the MM means in my vehicle information the car is listed as a Lexus 2006 IS250 MM, would that just be the higher spec version of the car? Literally no lights on the dash and looking through the history this was someone's 'Baby' and it has been well taken care of! It's a joy to drive and I feel I'm getting decent MPG! Thanks again for the warm welcome and I hope to hear from some of the other members soon on this thread. 😀

Hi! I'm new here and new to lexus in general but I fell in love with one the other day and I've not long just got back from London with my new car - really impressed! I sold my 3 series and managed to pick up a 2006 Lexus IS250 Mark Levinson on 143k miles with full stamped Lexus Service History, mechanically the car is a pleasure. For some reason though, the screen doesn't come on and lights aren't illuminated on the central console, looking online I can see this is a common issue, and can be quite costly! I paid £1200 which is great but it would be nice to have the centre system working, the guy I bought the car off has bought fuses so I'm assuming the fuses are okay, any idea what this could be? Radio still works, I can still see the clock etc, the bottom half of the console seems to work fine it's just the screen and a few buttons not illuminating. Any ideas? Thanks for reading and glad to.be here!