Dave's IS200 Sport
Dave's IS200 Sport
DaveEdin I have a couple more wee things to add but they won't be done till after the weekend so I'm not saying what till I can post pictures...
Ormi knows, but hopefully he won't spill :lol:
Right - the couple of things to add were... some Likwidart.
I had the Sport badges from the group buy to fit, but I had also been in contact with Rob at Likwidart regarding getting some custom badges made up - I wanted to replace the rear badges on the car with ones in metallic blue, just for that touch of "different". So I had him make me up a set to replace my standard badges.
First the standard sport badge from the rear quarter (dunno how well you can see it - but it's just a vinyl sticker on the inside anyway)
![[Image: 2012-03-02_13-55-05_21.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-02_13-55-05_21.jpg)
This was replaced with the black version from the group buy:
![[Image: 2012-03-05_11-40-29_243.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-05_11-40-29_243.jpg)
Then it was onto the rear badges. This is what I had Rob make me:
![[Image: 2012-03-02_13-55-44_447.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-02_13-55-44_447.jpg)
![[Image: 2012-03-02_13-55-52_614.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-02_13-55-52_614.jpg)
The back of the car before (as standard):
![[Image: 2012-03-02_13-55-20_751.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-02_13-55-20_751.jpg)
Partway through, just the main badge left to go:
![[Image: 2012-03-05_14-42-55_594.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-05_14-42-55_594.jpg)
Annnnd that's them all done:
![[Image: 2012-03-05_15-23-19_197.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-05_15-23-19_197.jpg)
Wee closeup on the L badge:
![[Image: 2012-03-05_15-23-10_501.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-03-05_15-23-10_501.jpg)
And no - I never had any plans to use the "horns" on the L - but they are very useful for lining up the badge and making sure it's straight and not squint... The badges are very cool - you can see the blue change colour in the light a bit depending on the angle you're looking from.
Since these were custom made for me (well the two that aren't an L with horns anyway), I'm currently the only person who has them. Works for me, although I believe that Rob would be open to a group buy if enough people wanted them.
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
DaveEdin I have a couple more wee things to add but they won't be done till after the weekend so I'm not saying what till I can post pictures...
Ormi knows, but hopefully he won't spill :lol:
Right - the couple of things to add were... some Likwidart.
I had the Sport badges from the group buy to fit, but I had also been in contact with Rob at Likwidart regarding getting some custom badges made up - I wanted to replace the rear badges on the car with ones in metallic blue, just for that touch of "different". So I had him make me up a set to replace my standard badges.
First the standard sport badge from the rear quarter (dunno how well you can see it - but it's just a vinyl sticker on the inside anyway)
This was replaced with the black version from the group buy:
Then it was onto the rear badges. This is what I had Rob make me:
The back of the car before (as standard):
Partway through, just the main badge left to go:
Annnnd that's them all done:
Wee closeup on the L badge:
And no - I never had any plans to use the "horns" on the L - but they are very useful for lining up the badge and making sure it's straight and not squint... The badges are very cool - you can see the blue change colour in the light a bit depending on the angle you're looking from.
Since these were custom made for me (well the two that aren't an L with horns anyway), I'm currently the only person who has them. Works for me, although I believe that Rob would be open to a group buy if enough people wanted them.
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
I fitted my sport ones a couple of days ago, it's actually quite easy when you get the hang of it isn't it.
![[Image: LexuS-Copy.jpg]](http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h204/Sparkystav/LexuS-Copy.jpg)
Read my thread here: The Evolution of my Turbo Lexus from NA-Supercharged-Twin Turbo-Massive Single
Please leave your comments.
Sparkystav
23-01-2020, 05:06 PM #422I like them a lot mate!
I fitted my sport ones a couple of days ago, it's actually quite easy when you get the hang of it isn't it.
Read my thread here: The Evolution of my Turbo Lexus from NA-Supercharged-Twin Turbo-Massive Single
Please leave your comments.
I took a slightly different approach to the "usual" way though. Usually you use a couple of bits to mark out an L shape into which the graphic then fits. That was fine for the Sport badges but for the rear ones it wasn't going to work. I needed a bit more space around the badges that were being replaced in order to make sure I cleaned all the sticky stuff off properly, but didn't lose the locations for the badges themselves.
So I simply made up a "box" of masking tape around the badges, with nice long verticals, and peeled the box up (leaving the top of the vertical bits of tape attached to the car) so that I could remove the badge and clean underneath. Once that was done, I brought the box back down to frame the correct location for the replacement badge... Simples :biggrin:
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
Pics don't really do them justice in a bit of sunlight guys - and yeah Stav, easy as pie to fit once you get your head round it.
I took a slightly different approach to the "usual" way though. Usually you use a couple of bits to mark out an L shape into which the graphic then fits. That was fine for the Sport badges but for the rear ones it wasn't going to work. I needed a bit more space around the badges that were being replaced in order to make sure I cleaned all the sticky stuff off properly, but didn't lose the locations for the badges themselves.
So I simply made up a "box" of masking tape around the badges, with nice long verticals, and peeled the box up (leaving the top of the vertical bits of tape attached to the car) so that I could remove the badge and clean underneath. Once that was done, I brought the box back down to frame the correct location for the replacement badge... Simples :biggrin:
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
![[Image: FB_IMG_1474048273787_zpsnbfq6a3s.jpg]](http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee440/davis5835/Mobile%20Uploads/FB_IMG_1474048273787_zpsnbfq6a3s.jpg)
I'm now working in Northampton, so I'm doing rather a lot more miles a month - nearly 3k all in, so the car got up to its 100k service interval a little quicker than I'd have liked! It only had 62k when I got it in March 2010 - oops.
I booked it in for its service on Monday past with Ormi's work as per usual - so it got its service with a couple notes... One being that the two front tyres were shot to heck and needed replaced due to inner tyre wear. I knew the car needed a full geo setup a while back but never got round to sorting it. Also one of the ball joints had some play in it. The tyres were fairly bad as you can see:
![[Image: 2012-06-06_12-35-06_63.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-06-06_12-35-06_63.jpg)
![[Image: 2012-06-06_12-35-46_600.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-06-06_12-35-46_600.jpg)
Thankfully, the new WIM place is just up the road from where I am now working, so I called them this morning after a slightly worrying 350 mile drive in the rain, and got the car in with them. They sorted the two tyres, the full geo and the ball joint in a couple of hours this afternoon:
![[Image: 2012-06-06_17-43-50_263.jpg]](http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/ad36/daveplank/2012-06-06_17-43-50_263.jpg)
Got to say the new place is great, and the guys working there were happy to chat away a bit with my mate and me - full marks to WIM! Car definitely feels tighter on the road (even more than when I last put new rubber on the wheels, so it's not just the tyres, you can feel the difference with the right geo setup) and I'm all smiles...
There are a couple other things noted on the service report - apparently I have a slight leak from the radiator and a couple of brake pipes are corroding, so possibly a bit more maintenance to come in the near future...
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
Been a while since I updated this - mostly cos I've done nowt really! I have now finished working at Sky - though I can still get the cheap codes etc if anyone wants/needs one - the current deal ongoing runs till 22nd June and has an option for an existing customer as well as a new one... Anyway, enough of that!
I'm now working in Northampton, so I'm doing rather a lot more miles a month - nearly 3k all in, so the car got up to its 100k service interval a little quicker than I'd have liked! It only had 62k when I got it in March 2010 - oops.
I booked it in for its service on Monday past with Ormi's work as per usual - so it got its service with a couple notes... One being that the two front tyres were shot to heck and needed replaced due to inner tyre wear. I knew the car needed a full geo setup a while back but never got round to sorting it. Also one of the ball joints had some play in it. The tyres were fairly bad as you can see:
Thankfully, the new WIM place is just up the road from where I am now working, so I called them this morning after a slightly worrying 350 mile drive in the rain, and got the car in with them. They sorted the two tyres, the full geo and the ball joint in a couple of hours this afternoon:
Got to say the new place is great, and the guys working there were happy to chat away a bit with my mate and me - full marks to WIM! Car definitely feels tighter on the road (even more than when I last put new rubber on the wheels, so it's not just the tyres, you can feel the difference with the right geo setup) and I'm all smiles...
There are a couple other things noted on the service report - apparently I have a slight leak from the radiator and a couple of brake pipes are corroding, so possibly a bit more maintenance to come in the near future...
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
I reckon the place to go to in Edinburgh is CLCM at Sighthill (that's where Ormi goes) - but get the WIM settings first and make sure that you get it set to those as the OEM setup from Lexus is the problem...
IS200 Sport - Sold
Mazda 6 MPS - Zoom Zoom!
Modifications
Completed:
Currently 280bhp/295lbft; 3" Meercat custom exhaust; KW Suspension; FMIC; SSP; HPFP; Custom Stainless Steel Dials - for the moment, the only set in the world!! (Till the group buy for MPSOC anyway :lol: )
In Progress:
E-Tuning remap ongoing via Cobb Accessport; Braided brake lines; Stubby aerial; Tinted repeaters and sidelights; 3 Port Boost Control Solenoid; 3" HTP Intake
A fantastic thread dave, judging from the choices you made and the goodies you installed i can honestly say you have the same tastes as me, so don't, be surprised if you see some similarities in my project thread, in fact i'm going the full "OEM++" rooute, meaning my car is going to look pretty much "OEM" untill that is, you start looking under the skin so to speak. I can't wait to start my project, just need my missus to find a job :p
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