Is300 + Styling Kit = Illegal?

ColinBarber · July 24, 2003

By 'recently', do you think they mean..... earlier today

That was my thought to

ColinBarber · July 24, 2003

If you cannot have lights that swivel according to steering lock (do they mean left and right or up and down??)
This is what the new RX300 has isn't it - so is that out too?

If you have HID headlights then they must be self leveling and they must have washers. The RX300 has both so there is no problem.

eddiea1 · August 13, 2003

I just bought an IS300 with the styling kit - as my car does not have the washers it needs to have them refitted so Lexus in Hatfield have ordered a kit to do this.

Apparently I am one of the first that will have the washers restored on their car.

ColinBarber · August 13, 2003

Seems dealers are now being told :)

Was it a new car you brought or used?

eddiea1 · August 13, 2003

used - ex demonstrator

UKPulse · August 14, 2003

For sale at the local Lexus dealer here - IS300 with styling kit, minus headlamp washers! Maybe I should tell 'em? :winky:

Zee007 · August 14, 2003

I'm sure the Lexus Legal department have it covered..........

eddiea1 · August 14, 2003

For sale at the local Lexus dealer here - IS300 with styling kit, minus headlamp washers! Maybe I should tell 'em?

maybe! you should also tell em to sort out that price! 26.5k with 10,000 miles on the clock? theyre haveing a laugh surely?

eddiea1 · August 14, 2003

true - so you would say that £26,500 for an IS300 with 10,000 miles is fair? I reckon its well steep personally.....

however, getting back on topic, as I said before I am waiting for the headlamp washer kit to be delivered to Lexus Hatfield to restore the washers on the body kit.

I will keep you informed of my progress.....

UKPulse · August 14, 2003

maybe! you should also tell em to sort out that price! 26.5k with 10,000 miles on the clock? theyre haveing a laugh surely?

Don't forget - us softy sutheners expect to pay thru the nose for everything! :winky:

£375,000 for a 2 bed terraced house in Brighton .... ok, but £2.60 a pint? Now that's robbery! :yack:

Monster-Mat · August 14, 2003

bartkat.......

when i get my car back........i will rip out the headlight washer system...if you want it..for a few sheckles....the actual washers are still fitted to my now defunct front bumper

ColinBarber · August 15, 2003

I wasn't aware that the UK IS300's came with headlight washers.

All ISs have them in the UK, 200 and 300 models. In fact the whole of the Lexus range have washers in the UK. Any model in Europe with HIDs require them by law.

eddiea1 · August 15, 2003

All ISs have them in the UK, 200 and 300 models. In fact the whole of the Lexus range have washers in the UK. Any model in Europe with HIDs require them by law.

except the IS300 with the styling kit :winky:

Don't forget - us softy sutheners expect to pay thru the nose for everything!

Don't I know it!

The UK is rip off central when it comes to cars....

djanderso · September 2, 2003

At least it's not just Lexus that make this mistake...

"There was panic at BMW, our sources tell us. Its fleet of demonstration M3 CSLs arrived complete with the optional Xenon headlights as ordered, but the factory hadn't fitted lamp washers - without which the ultra-bright units are illegal. Bosses decided it'd be easier to swap back to halogen beams rather than plumb in the washers" - Autoexpress.

eddiea1 · October 21, 2004

never did hear from Lexus about this

eddiea1 · October 26, 2004

who should I contact at Lexus GB?

eddiea1 · April 22, 2006

I just bought an IS300 with the styling kit - as my car does not have the washers it needs to have them refitted so Lexus in Hatfield have ordered a kit to do this.
Apparently I am one of the first that will have the washers restored on their car.

and in actual fact im probably one of the last to have the bumper with the headlight washers on their IS300. I just collected my IS300 this morning after they put the bumper on yesterday, along with a service and MOT