IS250 - New beginning (bit of an ongoing "project")

[H3XME]

Been quiet the past couple of months, but now we have the car "finished". It's how I imagined it and I will not be doing any further work on it. I'm just waiting for my new car to be registered as it's a fresh import and this will be up for sale by the end of July hopefully.

The full list of what's been done is rather short. These don't need much to look good if done well.

• Aftermarket front lip
• F-Sport style front grille
• OEM SR/Sport rear lip
• TEIN Flex Z coilovers
• MK5 Supra wheels
• 4.5" exhaust tips (the rest of the exhaust is standard as I didn't want this one to be loud)
• Vland Headlights
• Chrome/Clear LED tail lights

 

[jeffrosie6]

Love the stance 👌

Car looks amazing and the Supra wheels suit it well

[H3XME]

Thanks @jeffrosie6

This is probably going to be an end of the era on this post. 

 

I've purchased a 2014 Toyota Mark X G's (later in 2016 renamed to GR). It's a similar chassis to the IS. Wheelbase 5" longer and overall roughly 8" longer while being 60-70kg lighter. It comes with the 2GR-FSE 3.5l engine and the G's extra chassis bracing, Aero, bigger brakes, body kit and suspension. Just makes more sense than IS350 as it's a lot more special in my opinion. I've been eyeing them up for over a couple of years and now I had the chance to buy one. 

Should be registered in next 3-4 weeks. It's on 39,000 miles (just under 63,000km) and 2 owners from Japan. 

 

[jeffrosie6]

M8, the MarkX looks the nuts

Can't wait to see what you'll do with it...

[H3XME]

11 hours ago, jeffrosie6 said:

M8, the MarkX looks the nuts

Can't wait to see what you'll do with it...

Thanks! Not much to be honest. The car is fairly well sorted already. Shame it didn't come with the factory wheels, so I'm looking at getting Advan GT Premium in Racing Sand Metallic from Japan. Maybe HKS coilovers, anti-roll bars & exhaust. Keeping it simple.

[Mr Vlad]

Lovely looking car that Lucas. Worth the wait and arguably as good or better than the is350. Wishing you many happy Mike's in it m8. 👍

[H3XME]

43 minutes ago, Mr Vlad said:

Lovely looking car that Lucas. Worth the wait and arguably as good or better than the is350. Wishing you many happy Mike's in it m8. 👍

Thanks Vlad! I do prefer the look of the Mark X over an IS. I could've had a 2014 IS350 for similar £££££, but it's all too much of the same stuff I've had in the past 4 years. While the Mark X is almost the same underneath, it's a different interior and exterior. Fancied something a bit different that's still as good as Lexus.

[jeffrosie6]

Got same seats as an IS but with red stitching. 

[jeffrosie6]

What you going to do about the infotainment? 

[H3XME]

18 hours ago, jeffrosie6 said:

Got same seats as an IS but with red stitching. 

They are different to IS seats. They feel more like GT86 seats.

Infotainment will most likely stay the same for the foreseeable. It's got an Alpine X8V head unit, which is a £900 unit. The rear camera is extremely good resolution, it has Bluetooth calls & music, DVD player etc. I've already checked with Alpine support and this unit is sold for Japanese market only, so unfortunately there is no way to change the language to English, but other than the language there's nothing "wrong" with it.. I'll see how I get on with it. Might just buy some random apple Carplay head unit later on, but it's not my priority at all. I'm happy as long as I can connect my phone to it for music 🙂