Dont ask me why I'm looking...

by jimxms, 25-09-2020, 04:48 PM

...but Is this a really good deal:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2002-LEXUS-IS-...3f1eaad382

or am I out of touch with the current price of the IS300's?

Is Toyota pink pre-mix coolant.....Toyotal pink premix coolant

by jimxms, 24-09-2020, 05:19 PM

I've seen two bottles. One says "Super long life" and I think the other just says "Long Life". Both are pink and both are premix.....are they the same?

First disc/pad job - whats needed, good parts?

by jimxms, 23-09-2020, 06:56 PM

Aside from having a squeak from the front when braking I also need some new discs on the car. I'm thinking of going for these instead of emptying the bank account for OEM parts:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320861283333?s...1423.l2649

Also being as this is my first ever brake job (and I'm brickin it), what other tools will I need and does anyone have any tips?

Removing tint spray

by CarbonBlue, 23-09-2020, 05:52 PM

What products if any can people recommend for removing tint spray from plastic lights?
I have successfully a few years back removed some tint spray but can't for the life of me remember what I used or where I got it from

Happy Birthday Rolex

by purplewitch, 22-09-2020, 09:49 PM

Happy Birthday, have a great day !

I just laughed and walked away...

by Matt_C, 22-09-2020, 09:15 AM

So finally got a set of winter tyres to shoe the spare rims I picked up from Koss, I popped into a local garage/mot place about a mile from my house yesterday to ask how much it'd be to fit them. Bearing in mind the wheels aren't on the car, so no jacking the car up and removing/refitting wheels; just literally take old tyres off, re-valve, fit new tyres and balance. I was expecting probably £50, maybe £40 in light of not having to jack car up etc.

£92!!!! NINETY-TWO-QUID

£9.50 tyre swap
£4 valve
£9.50 wheel balance

At first I thought he meant it's £9.50 per wheel to swap tyres, plus another £4 for valves (4 @ £1 each) and another £9.50 to balance the wheels, making £51.50 - but then he said it's all PER WHEEL!

I just laughed at him and walked away! I mean it's a local business, been there donkeys years, but it's the sort of small/family business that should be grateful to get local work rather than losing it to the brand/chain companies (and my town has an ATS, Halfords AutoCentre and another chain place in it). ATS will actually come to my house, do it all there, for less money!

I dunno if he uses gold valves, sticks the weights on with bull semen and inflates the tyres using fairy-breath, but £92? What a chump....

Hi All :)

by Tancho Tuning, 21-09-2020, 07:33 AM

hi all,

My name is fred and i have a Nissan Skyline R33 GTS-T, i own my own tuning garage in gloucester so mods come easy , Want to also find out what people are doing with regards to their cars and tuning.
Also could someone email me with regards to becoming a trader because we have a rolling road and come novemeber we will be introducing rolling road weekends and wondered if you guys would want to do something like that as you have meets and events etc?


just let me no on here or email me on [email protected]

CHEERS

Squeak from brakes when parked - most likely suspect?

by jimxms, 20-09-2020, 04:58 PM

When parked if I press my foot hard down on the brakes, I get a low-pitch/muffled squeak (almost like a squeaky windscreen wiper noise) from the front passenger side.

The same noise can be heard when I put my foot down on the brake to switch from P to D and the car pushes forward.

Also sometimes when slowing down to a stop I can feel one of the brakes biting sooner than the other (sometimes accompanied with a very short squeak).

Any ideas boys?

Bypass cable and now lacking bass.

by Predator, 20-09-2020, 01:24 PM

Hi,

Since I've installed the bypass cable and new 50w head unit, I don't seem to get much bass.

Does the SE is200 have a bass box installed?

The head unit has a separate sub woofer cable. Does this need to be added directly to the systems bass box (if it has a separate one)?

Thanks,
John

Happy Birthday Jaminglish

by purplewitch, 20-09-2020, 11:01 AM

Happy Birthday Jaminglish, hope you're having a great day!