Project Lex - Soon to be Supercharged :D

by bounty`, 03-03-2019, 12:17 PM

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Well after about a year in Golluf (ABF'd mk2 golf gti) I decided it was time for something a little more modern and comfortable until I return to Dubs again.

So after a bonus at work I picked up this little beauty for the tidy sum of £3,000.

W reg Lexus IS200 Sport
RWD
LSD
2.0 Straight Six -153bhp
Traction control with Snow mode
Auto headlights
Air con
Heated seats
Black leather and black cloth interior
Electric folding mirrors and sunroof
6 cd changer

After around 3 weeks and about 2,000 miles Im very happy with it!

What it looked like when I bought it...


I then bought a genuine Toyota Altezza grill - £46 delivered - BARGAIN!


Also got some HID's for £56 delivered

Excuse the poo images, I decided to fit the grill at 9.30 on a Friday night...in the rain :roll:

Before:



During:





After and halfway through fitting my HID's:







Im really happy with the results, it's really cleaned up the front of the car, and the HID's have made a huge difference!

When I bought the car, it came with a custom stainless battery bar/cover made by Chris @ CMD Custom. It had got a bit grubby as it hadnt been cleaned in a while, so gave it a quick going over with some Autosol...



Came out nice, but will give it a proper polishing when I get a chance. Looks really good fitted but havent got any pics yet.

Thats it for now, while I try and save some money for shows, and mods etc.

To do list:-
Coilovers
Wheels
New set of plates (possibly private plate)
L.E.D bulbs for interior lights, sidelights, number plate light
HID Foglights
CW style front bumper
TTE lip for rear bumper
and then it'll be changing colour ; )

Comments welcome - good and bad

/me dies

by jimxms, 03-03-2019, 11:27 AM

Quote:Hello Jim,

Thank you for your message to Canada Post regarding your parcel.

CCXXXXXXXCA [my supercharger] was sent by surface, which takes 4-6 weeks.

Should you have any further concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Regards,

Louise Lavoie

Canada Post Customer Service

Torques.

by Andy-R., 03-03-2019, 11:26 AM

As some of you know i'm having to sell the Lex for a diesel and I was wondering what was decent torque for a mid sized estate, i'm looking at one at the moment with 136bhp and 206 lbs/ft of torque but want to know if that's going to give me decent pull?

Cheers chaps/chapesses.

My IS300 story so far....

by jimxms, 01-03-2019, 04:42 PM

I know that this is really overdue, and I haven't really taken many pics during the modding. But here we go...

So my initial purchase was a Strathcarron Blue IS200 in the middle of 2010. I paid absolute top dollar for her on the promise that she was a minter, had never had an accident, was well maintained etc...



Unfortunately she wasn't. After giving her a few washes I started noticing areas that had been resprayed and other bodged repairs. So I PX'd her for a Black IS300 which I'd located in Devon as being a 'minter':



Of course joining car forums is NEVER a good idea and after a short while I found myself itching to start modding.

First went on the GROM adapter so I could listen to my MP3's, then an iPhone 4 cradle so I could do the whole handsfree thing along with TomTom on my phone.

Then I wanted to hear that gorgeous I6 sound, so I purchased a Japspeed catback exhaust:



Something needed to be done about the cars stance though. Those stock springs and shocks made it look like a 4x4...just look at that gap!!!



That was soon sorted by some BC Racing Coilovers:



...and some 18" Dotz GT-R rims:



But there was still an inkling for some extra performance. So after doing some searching on the net I snapped up a K&N FIPK v2 intake, a set of Brian Cower 264 cams and an AEM adjustable cam gear. This all went to a local Toyota specialist to be fitted.

Next up were the window visors. I ummed and aahhed about getting some genuine Altezza ones, but I just couldn't bring myself to tape something to the paintwork of my car. So I settled on some Climair ones instead:



Then came the accident. Some *** in an Audi decided to try and outrun me and cut across my lane. He ran out of road so just smashed into me instead.



I took this as an opportunity to get some other stuff done. So I ordered a GReddy front lip from Japan, a TRD skirt from Toyota a new GReddy IS300 exhaust from the USA and left them all in the hands of a very good bodyshop down the road from me to sort out while I was away on holiday.

When I came back, the car looked like this....







At the same time I'd gotten a bit bored of the K&N intake and wanted something with a bit of bling. So yet another parcel arrived promptly from the USA, this time containing my Injen intake:







The next mod was a bit of a marmite one for some. But I really liked the look of the CWest eyelids. IMO they give the car a bit of an evil stare which suited the more aggressive looks of the car following the other mods.



Which brings me neatly up to this picture taken a month ago:



I'd started to get a taste for all things JDM though, and soon enough really fancied some super-special wheels. Although the temptation was there to buy some brand new Rays CE28N's they just didnt look awesome enough for the price. So I started hunting through various websites until I came across these:



Yep, proper skank looking right? However, these wheels were quite special in that they are around 8+ years old and were only made by Rays for a VERY short time before another company bought the design (Ro_Ja), made them look horrible and then went out of business.

So I snapped them up for what was still a lot of money and sent them away to be refurbed.

It caused me a lot of grief (and money), but I eventually got them back looking like this:



..and wasted NO time getting them fitted:



Finally I was (almost) happy with the looks, so it was back to the performance to see if I could make it go as fast as it looked. Thats when I came across this for sale:



..a 9PSI ProCharger with all the piping, intercooler, injectors, fuel pump, ECU..the lot. Previous owner spent over £1000 getting a good tune done on it and made a very nice 305rwhp on low grade gas.

look what my big boss did to his avensis

by jay_russell, 01-03-2019, 03:59 PM

got it in this morning to change wheels and look what he has done to it.
he only got it this week and had it wraped

Ace Cafe 2011

by Lexusboy, 01-03-2019, 01:23 PM

Here are some photo's from the Ace Cafe meet on the 10/04/2011

If you want to see a bigger picture double click on photo:thumbup1:

Will it fit? ;)

by reganlives, 28-02-2019, 09:32 AM

Hmm wonder if this can somehow be showhorned into an IS :thumbup1:

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default....ryId=23438

List me some good insurance companies...

by jimxms, 28-02-2019, 04:30 AM

Insurance is due for renewal next month so I'm going to start shopping around now to see if I can get any better deals than Elephant. I'm coming up to 29 with 0 years NCB (thanks to a *** in an Audi).

Anyone got any recommendations..

US Masters

by bash6673, 27-02-2019, 05:11 PM

[SIZE="4"]Anybody watching the Golf?

Tiger is on the charge.

Would like to see McIlroy win it.

Rory has blown his chance...triple bogey on 10.ad:[/SIZE]

newbie

by spud1973, 25-02-2019, 05:16 PM

Hi folks new to site and the jap scene. Getting a is200 supercharged in may as soon as I get it I will post pics.

Cheers Pete:thumbup1: