Andy_F

Wow, looking good!

I only see one car that looks standard! Modding them over there must be pretty popular!

Wow, that looks fantastic. Don't think I would have the balls to take wet&dry to my car though! Excellent stuff Am.

Yeah, its a rather large jump petrol usage wise, I swear my old corsa used to run on air!

Probably once a week, I would like to do it more often but black is a bitch to clean and the next day it gets filthy again anyway. Not to mention the water marks!

Inside gets hovered once a month and waxing is once a month too.

Corsa to is200... exactly the same jump I made!

Welcome mate.

Well it may be a little late now, but the buyers guide gives you a few things to look out for. Suppose it still applies though:

http://www.lexusownersclub.co.uk/knowledge...ex_v2&id=41&c=5

^^^ Thats all the convincing you need.

Top choice of car. Dark colours look the best imho, but they are a frigging pain to keep clean! Last week I ended up washing my car 6 times in 7 days! Not only does it kill the wallet it kills my time to keep it clean too.

The spoiler I don't like, but the rest I think would suit a drift car.

Probably a bra... for obvious reasons! ;)

Thanks for the input. I was actually at the front of the van, and the camera was facing out the back. I was just wondering if they could get you out the front as well, but they don't appear to. My GPS was saying 31 i think.

I quite like that. Would look nice on the HKS drift Altezza!

Grats! You wouldn't even know it had had a prang by the looks of those pics. Now you just have to keep it that way! Hopefully many safe and untroubled miles ahead for you Marcus.

Pretty much any time, but preferably on a weekend. I'm pretty flexible though, so I should be able to adjust my schedule to fit it in. :D

Phew. I didn't think I had really, as I got down to speed well before the van. Just had me a little worried for a while.

Just on my way back from a journey, and passed a speed camera van as I came out of a corner - at this time my speedo was reading about 34/5 in a 30 limit so I slowed down to 30 well before I actually went passed the van. There didn't appear to be any equipment or people in the front of the van, only an open hatch out the back of the van (which I went past at 30). Do these vans record out the front or only out the back? The back of the van was facing a nice straight bit of the road, where as the front was facing a corner (the one I just came out of). Have I been caught? Damn, it happens the one day that I forget to take the radar detector attachment on my snooper!

I might be interested in this, I've been looking to do some kind of advanced driving course for a while now.

Is that the fasterfilters guy? I got one off the fasterfilters website about a week or so back, its great. Makes the engine a tad louder when you floor it, but the main advantage is that you can fit and wash it yourself, should save you a few quid in the long run.

Whats with the samco hose going into the turbo? Somehow doesn't look like its making a great connection.

Try http://www.247spares.com or eBay - loads of them come up on there. Not sure if there are any right now though.

Congrats mate, enjoy it.

Any pics?

LOL very true........... still have the blueflame exhaust or that gone with the other IS?

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Unfortunately not, it went with the car. On the plus side I contacted the guy who sold me the old one and he would be happy to sell me another one for the same price. :)

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Well as it's gone. I didn't want to say to you at the time but on your other lex the exhaust didn't look as tho it sat quite central in the cut out, from memory at GT battle......... don't know if it was the rubber mounts or the supports.....

i would personally wait for some secondhand JDM ones that keep coming up on here ;)

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Yeah, I know it wasn't quite central. I tweaked it a bit the following week so it sat central, I didn't quite have time to do it before GT Battle. I quite liked it since it didn't really look that much different from a stock one, but this time, I might go for something a bit different, maybe a HKS silent hi-power. It won't be happening for a while anyway.

LOL very true........... still have the blueflame exhaust or that gone with the other IS?

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Unfortunately not, it went with the car. On the plus side I contacted the guy who sold me the old one and he would be happy to sell me another one for the same price. :)

Yes, the old ones had been refurbed quite poorly. These ones are brand new though. Altezza + 20 year old student = uninsurable! I only just about managed to get insured on this one!

Haha, funny in a silly way.

Nice one Andy B) , you didn't waste any time there mate, good to see you stayed with 'em

That is a fair bit newer than the old one, and I'm sure you said you were a student 

Just remember, no drift antics  :winky:

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I had to give the bank of Mum and Dad a ring to organise a loan...

Drifting is well and truly out of the question mate!