Lexus Spray Bottles

by jomo, 27-12-2018, 09:45 PM

Popped into B&Q and picked up a few Spray bottles last week but didn't want to just marked pen what they had inside, so i found a place on the net that would supply me with a few A5 samples of self adhesive printable paper!
And here's what i did, what do you think?




Shame i only picked up 4 bottles as iv got a few more to label up!



Few spare to do.

18" Aero Wheels

by SHAHZ, 27-12-2018, 10:34 AM

Anyone know the width & offset of these wheels??

20th Feb Meet Convoy

by Dark Samurai, 26-12-2018, 07:52 PM

Hey guys, doing a convoy thread, for the guys from the south, who want to convoy from a place to the meet.

Meeting point:
Thurrock Services, Essex, RM16 3BG.

2nd meeting point:
Newport Pagnell services, Milton Keynes.

Time:
Whatever time is best for everyone?

Attendees:
Phil01 + Dark Samurai. (1)
2tongues. (2)

hi all from aruba

by stang, 26-12-2018, 04:32 AM

hi guy's i just want to say hello and proud owner of toyota altezza

need help pls power window and power lock not working

by stang, 26-12-2018, 04:27 AM

hi guy's i hope you can help me out i just bought a toyota altezza aka is200 like a week ago and i got in to a problem with the power window and power door lock it happen when im trying to put a alarm on the car i didnt know what went wrong i check all the fuses (passenger,driver,engine)and they are good the only thing that work is the power window in the driver side and that's it but when i try to push the lock button you can only here a click sound from the relay under the driver dash same thing with the power window switch i can only here them clicking but that's about it i dont know what went wrong i hope you guys can help me out anyway thanks in advance and more horsepower to all

Fitting Proximity Entrance on IS200 Turbo

by Rabster, 25-12-2018, 02:50 PM

Here we go i picked up a Push button and proximity entrance kit there will be a group buy for the complete system or parts of it

OK so we start of with the System i removed all the wires that i didnt need from the proximity circuit that left me with a total of 7 Cables to terminate as shown below


i then moved on to narrowing these down for install purpose due to the fcat i have a after-market alarm on the car it makes it interesting to install.

With a after-market alarm i need to be able to activate and de active the alarm in doing so this will unlock the doors and turn off the immobiliser.

so my way of doing this was to mimic the operation of the lock and unlock on a G5 remote i disabled all other buttons PERMANENTLY and here is the result of that


so once i had tested this by shorting the 2 wires together the car locked and unlocked accordingly.

now with this in mind i worked out the best way to take the lock and unlock signals from the proximity unit and have them bboth trigger the clifford alarm.

THis was done by taking a relay adding 2 diodes to one side of the coil
then the lock wire went to one diode the Unlock wire went to the other give a constant 12v to the other side of the coil on the relay.


in doing this it stopped the circuit getting any feedback into the main Brain whilst allowing both Lock and unlock to trigger the same switch.

i then made this a little neater and dressed the cables


so now onto the fitting of the unit

Rear mounted antenna position


Front mounted antenna Position


I also put the by pass unit in here as well so everything is nice and hidden

i ran the cables from the front to the rear of the car under the carpet as shown here






Once all the cables were routed through it was time to connect up all the connections you need are located by the steering column

Constant 12v (red) 18AWG
ACC 12v (Small Red) 18AWG
Ground (Black) 22AWG

to trigger the lock and unlock
Lock (Green) 18AWG
unlock (Blue) 18AWG

You'll never believe this.......

by parthiban, 24-12-2018, 11:22 AM

Our Mini went off for a service and MOT a couple of weeks ago (to a main dealer), all went fine, but then when the car was dropped back I went out to put it in the garage and headlights didn't work. Rang them straight away and they said they were working fine (it passed MOT after all) and the driver wouldn't have brought the car back without working headlights.

Anyway, I had a look over it and couldn't spot anything obvious and the actual bulbs looked fine, so called them back a few days later and told them they'd have to pick it up again and sort it.

That day was today, and just had a call from them saying they've found the problem, both bulbs had blown (which I'm still not 100% sure of) due to excessive resistance in the connectors. They've now cleaned up the connectors, replaced the bulbs, and all is working fine.

Best part is there's a bill to pay of £110! hock:

I am obviously reluctant to pay any bill let alone one that large for this, so am now awaiting a call from the manager to discuss this further. My argument is that the car was absolutely fine, then it spends a day with them and then the lights don't work.

Worst part is there's a feeling of scam about the whole thing - the car has very low mileage so is only serviced once every two years and even then no parts need replacing, plus it's on a prepaid service plan so they don't get any money out of us anyway..........or am I just reading too far into...........

Spoke to wayne from spc and Ik engineering

by D6NGR.., 23-12-2018, 09:46 PM

Well spoke to wayne and we had a good half anhour talk well this is what we have come up with:

2JZ-GTE Engine
R154 Gearbox.
Brembo breaks all round the same as almost finshed has on his is200.
suspension don't know which one yet??
few stiffining bits to make the car stick to the corners
Tarzaan Lsd Slip Diff.

And to finsh it all off a Remap from Wayne or Co Done at IK Engineering :thumbup:

Best bit is the price that I have been quoted for all this lets just say that I feel likeiscoStu:

Happy Birthday DodgyDave

by purplewitch, 23-12-2018, 05:56 AM

Happy Birthday, have a great day :drink: