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yeh i heard the roads in Japan are so good(pothole free) that they can run their VIP'd cars so low without encountering damages to the body work

now that you've resurrected an old thread of mine i might consider getting them for my GS3 as i did for my old IS300 😎 I think the OP might throw up after seeing this one below

yeh i know what you mean.. its just if i had a wrap like that i will be worried every where i go in case an idiot decides to "key" it. but off topic Nissan needs to bring back those ZX's I've always thought they looked better than the Supra's of that time. the new Z look good as well

nice looking wrap but i will always be worried parking the car anyway now to prevent haters "Keying" it front to back.

Megane RS , Civic and Integra Type R owners will be laughing at you thinking nice troll 😂 ive had fun in both layouts of cars and not biased towards either..

Same way the 2.4 CL9 Accord was dialled in such a way that it almost feels RWD on the limit handling. case can now be closed

put it this way @Linas.P i have owned 4 RWD's including a V8 4.3 so i know how both drive layouts respond on the limit and those Accords do have the tendency to oversteer and enter corners just like RWD's. its more how Honda tuned the handling rather than how the wheels are being driven duh.. people confuse the notion that a car being RWD automatically translates to it being "sporty" or "fun" over FWD when most forget about how the handling of a specific car has been tuned. and no i'm not disagree i'm pointing out the fact that there ae lots of performance FWD cars which have been tuned to "mimic" the behaviour of RWD when it comes to sporty driving if you missed it clue was in the word "mimic". and two manufactures really good at doing this is Renault and Honda.

I said exactly the same about my previous 2.4 Accord and got laughed at by the same person who says "they generally don't make RWD cars".. like a RWD IS250 will hold a massive driving advantage against a 2.4 Accord in the real world. those Accords do move like RWD's and i have owned an IS300 of the same era of Accord to compare driving dynamics.. shame the last edition of Accords sold in UK did not have the 3.5 litre 300bhp engine from the Legend .. @bpsorrel if you're not too concerned about having a "new" reg car then have you considered last edition GS450h's

i don't think you "need" a drop as it sits reasonably low in my opinion without being OTT.. i think the ride quality will be compromised as a daily driver car. i do remember @ganzoom mentioning in a thread a while back about how his IS300h had better handling than his 335i BMW so maybe you might be changing something that's already there in terms of handling improvement mods..

love the stance.. is the carbon fiber spoiler an addon or OEM? gives it more sporty look. i think the outer looks fine the way it is so i wouldn't go overboard changing bits 🙂

+1 I think some people worry about certain features of cars they might just use once or a couple of times to show off to their friends and will either never ever use again or forget the feature is actually there. cant believe some loose sleep and make a big fuss about some laughable features but each to his own. I enjoy actually driving my GS so much i don't care if it does not have a cup of tea making feature or spotify connectivity within it. all i do is upload my 6 CD changer and enjoy the drive. and when i get tired of music i can always switch to listening to the V6 roar.

was he? didnt even notice 😀

nice review Nick and i echo your point about just feeling the need to drive the car at every opportunity.. they're so well built, spacious and deliver when needed. and i'm the type of guy who doesn't like his car to draw too much attention but still have an element of luxury, comfort and go when needed and the GS fits this criteria perfectly. I might consider a MK4 450h at some point as the rear boot space was improved compared to the MK3 450h and i agree the ES is a beautiful looking car but shame the 3.5 V6 was not offered for those who want that engine in the ES.

yeh labour and cost of oil ain't cheap.. but i'm guessing the idea is introducing brand new fresh oil which includes protective additives will in theory protect the life span of the transmission in my opinion. i'm aiming to do another in the next 15k-20k miles.

give jemlexus a ring and ask for a drain and refill service for your IS250. They did my GS300 about 20k miles ago for around £140 i decided to have the brake fluid and diff fluid drain and refilled aswell for and extra charge. they're very good working on Lexus cars. http://www.jemlexus.co.uk/