ISF from UK to France

etienne1201 · July 5, 2017

Hi,

Here is my lexus isf that I bought in england a few weeks ago: year 2008, 107000 miles.

Here are some pictures: cleaning of the seats with soap of marseille, complete cleaning of the body, plastidip of the emblem and the front grille

Big Rat · July 5, 2017

@Etienne Good luck with the car matey, I'm sure you will enjoy amazing tithe amount of muck that can collect in the seats 😳

Big Rat

emjay82 · July 5, 2017

@Etienne Good job there, nothing better than giving the car a really good clean, get to know the car! Last time I did mine it was well overdue..... 😉

Grey One · July 6, 2017

Hi Etienne

Good luck with your new car, did you choose a 'right hooker' because French ISFs are just too expensive? Interesting choice to make, always interested in people's thought process when doing this and I know with other cars the UK models tend to be much cheaper than those in many other EU countries.

etienne1201 · July 7, 2017

Thank you! Yes the price was much more interesting than in France. In addition, at the time of my purchase there was very little choice in France.

Next mods :

- wheels : LC818

- exhaust

Peter P18 · July 7, 2017

Welcome Etienne, nice to see a more formal introduction as I know we've spoken in the past.

Hope you continue to enjoy your F, certainly picked the best colour! .

Nice work so far. Sounds like I may have some competition in the modified class for these special cars! Lol.

If I make another trip back over for Le Mans, maybe we can meet up?

Enjoy the car, and the forum. Good bunch (mostly!)

All the best,

Peter

etienne1201 · July 13, 2017

Square setup LINEA CORSE LC818 19x10 ET38

Tires FALKEN FK510 255/35 R19 front and 265/35 R19 rear

Rusty Crobar · July 13, 2017

I'll be interested to see if you get any rubbing. Lovely set of wheels 🖒

Big Rat · July 13, 2017

5 minutes ago, Rusty Crobar said:

I'll be interested to see if you get any rubbing. Lovely set of wheels 🖒

@Rusty Crobar That's a bit personal innit, your not at the Conrah Hotel now fella 😉

🐀

etienne1201 · July 24, 2017

New mod: I wanted a more beautiful exhaust soud without spending too much money in a complete exhaust system. I bought a QTP qtec33 cutout in the USA that I have welded on my stock exhaust. I activate the opening and closing with a switch. I'm very satisfied with the soud.

Farqui · July 24, 2017

That looks like a tidy job, well done

Do you have any recording of the valve in operation?

Just out of curiosity, where have you positioned the activation switch?

etienne1201 · July 24, 2017

I will make a video during my holidays (in a week). It is not yet installed definitively, but I think put the switch in the ashtray and plug it into the cigarette lighter socket

Rusty Crobar · July 24, 2017

Wow, well done, great idea. Bet it is pretty loud!

etienne1201 · July 25, 2017

New front lip :

Peter P18 · July 25, 2017

Very nice!

Is that the Bayson R or whatever they call it? If so, meant to be a good bit of kit for not too much money. Just as well given the potholes, speed bumps etc!

I could never justify buying anything carbon like the Wald or TOM's lips.

Looks like a great fit? Did you get all the hardware you needed to fit it with the lip? Hopefully you didn't drill into the headlight washer lines behind the bottom of your bumper? Might have nicked one when I did my corner splitters! Lol.

Have you had it colour matched? Looks very OEM from the photos. Nice addition.

etienne1201 · July 25, 2017

Thank you! Yes it's the Bayson R front lip :

http://www.baysonr.com/08_14_Lexus_IS_F_A_Style_Front_Lip_Polyurethane_p/flip-pu-isf08-a.htm

It's in Polyurethane and I didn't paint it. It was easy to install, I put the screws in the bumper without drilling before.

Farqui · July 25, 2017

Looks great, well done

It doesn't look to be too much lower than the bumper either.

Big Rat · July 25, 2017

@Etienne Good work looking forward to the exhaust clip when you get it done.

There are a considerable number of French registered ISF's about the country don't know what part you are in but if you look on this website enter isF and France you will see what I mean, great photography as well.

https://www.autogespot.co.uk/

May find yourself some like minded owners.

Big Rat

etienne1201 · July 25, 2017

I tried my new wheels, but I will have to roll the rear fenders. The front is ok.

etienne1201 · August 5, 2017

Vidéo with the cutout :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKYej5tX50

emjay82 · August 5, 2017

31 minutes ago, etienne1201 said:

Vidéo with the cutout :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxKYej5tX50

I have to say, that is very impressive, well done you! 👌. The best solution in my opinion which still blends in with sleeper nature of this car. If you could by this off the shelf, I would be sold!

dougie175 · August 6, 2017

19 hours ago, emjay82 said:

I have to say, that is very impressive, well done you! 👌. The best solution in my opinion which still blends in with sleeper nature of this car. If you could by this off the shelf, I would be sold!

Any half decent welder can install one, I have had one on my IS250 for over a year, I'll be honest I never actually open it up after the first couple of days but its there if I ever wanted to make a lot of noise!