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Hi all, Would you believe the day after I started this thread, our baby boy decided to arrive 5 weeks early 🙂 He's doing great, I followed the advice on here and purchased the Isofix base. I don't know why I didn't just buy it with the seat, it's so much easier and feels much safer. Thank you all for the help, I'm also looking into the Jolie, Britax and other seats mentioned 👍

This is so true, why don’t all cars have built in boosters 🤷🏽‍♂️ Will I need to buy a nappy bin too?! 🤦🏽‍♂️

Thank you all for the advice. I’ve already wasted so much time messing around with the belt, there’s no way I’ll have the patience to do that every day. I’m ordering the correct base and will also look into the Britax for the next stage 👍

Hi Richard, I am attaching a Maxi-Cosi Pebble-pro seat... which will be for a new born. I’ve fitted the seat as per the instruction using a belt, but it just doesn’t seem secure to me as you can move the seat left to right very easily. I’m sure in the demonstration, the belt locked when it was pulled all the way out. Some car belts have a ratchet feature that engages, purely to fit seats.

Is it possible to fit a child seat without isofix base into the IS300h? The demonstration in John Lewis showed that the seat belt should lock when you pull it all the way out. It engages a ratchet system especially for child seats, however this doesn’t seem to be this case in this car. Before I purchase the isofix base I just wanted to make sure.

Hi Maxz, not resolved yet. My front driver side dash speaker sounds distorted on certain tracks. I still have the extended warranty and the dealer was great with other issues. Annoyingly every time they check it sounds perfectly fine! I can't imagine it would be too difficult to open the cover? I'm going to keep trying with the dealer for mine though.

Very annoying - and as expected, no contact details left. I did however manage to polish most of it out, doesn't look too bad for now. In the summer, I'll take it back to the body shop and book in the wheel refurb. I've also managed to find genuine F-sport fogs from two different breakers, planning to fit these in soon.

Cheers for that. A local refurbishing comapny recommended the same shadow chrome and I agree it would look great against the grey. I was about to book it in, but then somebody damaged my car 😞

thanks that looks really cool... and its been working just fine right? Thanks for the link, I'll definitely look into it.

Oh wow that looks really cool! where did you get these from? Easy to install? Thanks, yeah that's not a bad idea. The original powder coat finish is quite costly compared to a paint finish. I know right, they should have just fitted those kick plates from factory like the previous MK2 SE-L. Anymore info on your android screen? I'd love to do something similar, the standard Nav/media system is pretty poor compared to other brands. The speakers and sub will definitely sound good! Cheers, here's the link to the spoiler... although I think you can now get it cheaper from other sellers: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Painted-For-Lexus-IS250-IS350-IS-F-Window-Rear-Trunk-Lip-Spoiler-202-BLACK/183543252350?fits=Model%3AIS350&epid=914904124&hash=item2abc07c57e:g:~wYAAOSweuxWRZCC

I owned my 2002 IS200 for 13 years which I absolutely loved. It literally never went wrong and I'd kept it in fantastic condition, with just a few subtle mods keeping a clean OEM look: Front splitter TTE rear skirt 2004 facelift headlights and foglights Rear spoiler Genuine mesh grill Aluminium kick plates and pedals Custom heater dials Altezza chrome shift gaiter Pioneer Apple Carplay double-din with reversing cam Last year a family members IS300h was offered to me so I decided maybe it was time for a change... although it was really difficult to let this one go 😞 I actually wanted an F-Sport... however as this is a high spec Premier and I knew the history of the car, it made sense to purchase. Compared to the my IS200, this car is incredible in terms of being more powerful and about three times cheaper to run. It lacks the smoothness of the straight six but I love the torque in Sport mode. I couldn't believe it came with plastic kick plates so I installed the illuminated versions and also aluminium pedals including footrest: I noticed that the quality of some trim panels is really poor, no way near as well put together as the IS200. The passenger electric seat motor was noisy and there was also a screen flicker. I think a couple of the speakers may not be working correctly, anybody else have issues with the ML system? Whilst the build quality is clearly not the same, the service from Lexus Woodford was exceptional. They replaced the seat motor and screen under warranty, checked a few other items too and at the same time made sure I was never inconvenienced. Finally I added a subtle rear spoiler and thought that would be all I wanted to do with this car. I then saw some bumper conversion threads on other forums and realised how much better the F-Sport front looked. I looked at various conversion kits however the options available in the UK are limited and shipping costs are high. Then one day this used F-Sport bumper came up for sale on eBay, in silver with minimal damage... along with a complete F-Sport grill from another supplier. Being close to Christmas, I waited for eBay's next site wide discount promotion and purchased both along with a set of WinJet fog lights. These were plug and play and I couldn't justify purchasing the original F-Sport LED fogs. Foglights and grill both arrived damaged ☹ fortunately they were still usable and I negotiated some further discount to keep them. Whilst this probably would have been enough to swap over, looking into parts diagrams I realised that all of the air ducts are different between base and F-Sport models. I made the decision to just replace all, thinking it would make fitment easier for my bodyshop. Duct, Air Intake, Lh, Toyota 52822-53030 Duct, Air Intake, Rh, Toyota 52821-53030 Duct, Cool Air Intake, No.1, Toyota 52811-53010 Duct, Cool Air Intake, No.2, Toyota 52812-53010 Duct, Cool Air Intake, Toyota 53209-53080 Duct, Cool Air Intake, Toyota 53208-53050 It took me a while to source all the parts I wanted, with a combination of used parts from breakers and other online parts suppliers. Below is an example of the difference between the ducts that sit behind the bumper... F-sport first then the Base version: With all the parts collected I finally handed the car over to the bodyshop... with clear instructions to carefully keep everything they remove from the car. As the old bumper, grill, fogs and air ducts were all in perfect condition, I was fortunate to sell everything for a decent price. Recouping most of the parts cost meant this conversion ended up costing just under £300 including paint and fit. I was absolutely ecstatic with the finally outcome, the bodyshop did a great job. Bumper needed minimal prep, silver was a good base coat for the grey and there were no issues with fitment. Recently took the car on a road trip to the Lake District... which was also a great experience. It handles really well on twisty roads and eats up miles with ease: Next up is to do something with the wheels... a refurb or a new set.

You're right, a dealer just emailed me with a quote for the same amount. For my IS200 I was able to find nearly new DVD updates on eBay for a lot cheaper, however the dealer has advised that HDD nav updates have to be done by them. I know you rarely need to update the maps, but it still seems extortionate when compared to the price of smart phone apps or portable sat navs!

That looks really amazing, I love the colour! i believe the facelift cars have a revised suspension set up, unfortunately my budget won't stretch to a new one :( That's really helpful, thanks for that. Does the nav take postcodes? Have you had to update the maps at all? I think they look great in white as well!

Thank you all, I guess both 10 & 13 speaker versions will probably sound great. Interetsing point about the F-Sport suspension, I'll try and drive both versions to compare.

That is a fantastic review