Defratos IS-F Build

[Defratos]

So following on from my earlier thread I wanted to create a new thread to keep track of all the mods I do from here on:

 Current Mod List as she stands today:

Black Powder Coated Exhaust Tips

Flat Bottom CF Steering wheel

Cowon dash cams (front and rear)

Candy apple red pearl powder coated calipers

All emblems blacked out + window trims + front grill

PPE Headers

Sikky Sway bars

2014 LED Fog lights

Carbon fiber rear spoiler

Afe or Toms drop in filter

Apexi Throttle controller

RR Racing Air/Oil Seperator

Orange electronics TPMS with display

Figs Racing Brake 2-piece front and rear rotors

RR Racing Titanium Intake

Figs LCA Bushing and Housing

Full interior trim changed to Carbon Fiber (pictured below):

 

 

 

[Stazza80]

Sound like some great mods! Loving that carbon trim, where's it from?

[Peter P18]

Nice!

All good mods I have on mine (plus a few more! Lol).

Just cool to have another modified F roaming the streets.

Any more plans for yours whilst it's over here? Just about to pull the trigger on the RR-Racing supercharger kit. That should be a noticeable game changer hopefully!

Sticking with OEM wheels?

 

[Defratos]

4 hours ago, Stazza80 said:

Sound like some great mods! Loving that carbon trim, where's it from?

I got it done from http://ocarbon.com/ ,  Bought a second hand trim set from eBay (different colours and finishes) and got him to do it in carbon fiber. 

 

2 hours ago, Peter P18 said:

Nice!

All good mods I have on mine (plus a few more! Lol).

Just cool to have another modified F roaming the streets.

Any more plans for yours whilst it's over here? Just about to pull the trigger on the RR-Racing supercharger kit. That should be a noticeable game changer hopefully!

Sticking with OEM wheels?

 

Yes I still have a few mods you've done that I wanna add 

I'm definitly going with the RR Supercharger, just waiting for u to find a decent installer so I can take it to the same place lol 

as for wheels I really want to get the Volk Racing TE37, but still deciding on sizes to be honest, maybe 18" or 19" but not sure, I want to get as much rubber as possible for the power increase from the SC kit. 

[Peter P18]

Cool.

You and I need to chat! Lol.

SRD / Lee and his team are my go to shop for IS F work. They did my PPE header install, coilovers and a few other bits. 100% faith in them doing a good job.

They do some serious Supra and GTR builds. Great guys.

Have you seen these new Wedsport wheels? Really like them!

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/cl-vendor-products-for-is-f/866684-wedsport-wheels-rn-05m-19-inches-for-lexus-is-f.html

Guess I'm thinking the same in terms of added rubber to compensate for the blower, but not sure I want to roll my arches?!

Not much room to go a lot bigger otherwise though......?!

[Defratos]

lol yeah I can see we're both heading down the same road .

For the supercharger install I probably won't pull the trigger until sometime closer to next summer when I'm back in the UK.

Those Wedsport wheels do look nice, very similar to the TE37, and yes I also don't want to roll my arches so maybe 18" will be the way to go 

[Defratos]

So finally got sometime to install the Greddy Ti Exhaust.

As previously stated I had to do a slight modification to the mid pipes to include HFCs, so I didn’t use the Greddy Ti mid-pipes, instead I had a new set made out of SS with cats and resonator.

I’ve only driven around for like 1 and half weeks and had to travel, loving it the more I drive it and reminds me of how the car used to sound with the Joe-Z Exhaust.

I was surprised to see I had a significant exhaust leak when I took of the OEM exhaust. Driver side bottom was pretty bad, and passenger side Top seems to have started to leak (below pics).

I hope this custom installation should in general give a much better compatibility between the PPE Header flanges and exhaust flanges.

 

(Driver Side Exhaust flang)

(Passenger Side Exhaust flang)

 

Below pic of the new pipe alone:

 

Greddy Mid-pipes vs SS Mid-pipes

 

Below comparison of both mid-pipes together:

 

If anyone is interested I did the work at Styledynamics in London, so far I’m loving their work.

Any finally a short sound clip below:

 

 

 

[JonP]

that does sound nice!! Looks a very nice job you've done there, obviously put some thought and effort into it.

[Big Rat]

Perseverance has paid off for you that sounds great 👍

Big Rat

[Ray-ISF]

Sounds and looks great.  

I had some work done by Styledynamics a long time ago if it's the same outfit, they used to be heavily into the modified vw scene specialising in alloys and arch rolling etc.

[Defratos]

Yep they're the same people, heavily into the VW scene, MK1,2+3 mainly.

 

How was the work they did on your car?

[GibletPH]

Looking good. I really like the carbon bits, looks so much nicer than the stock stuff. Did you get second hand trim pieces from a regular IS? Were they carbon skinned?

[Defratos]

Sorry just realised didn't answer your question (3 months late) 🙂 ,

I got a second hand set from different sellers on eBay, some were in wood and some were black and some were the oem trim and then had them sanded and real carbon fiber applied (no vinyl stickers used)