Peter P18

Congrats! Glad to see the car has arrived and settled in to it's new home ok. Arqum isn't far from me either, as he has had some bits done on his car by me over the years. I'm not far from London (under 30 miles) down the A2. Maybe we can organise another Bluewater meet? If not, how about a pub lunch and chat etc? Couple of nice boozer's near me that do food etc.... Would be good to get something in the diary as I'm done with work on mine till early October when the calipers are being re-painted. Car looks great though my friend. Cheers for now. Pete

Nicely done Mark. Think that looks really good in all honesty. Plus, doubt you'll see another SGM rocking the lighter interior?! Makes your car even more unique (something I know a bit about!). Best of luck with keeping it looking like it does at the moment. Cheers. Pete

Great stuff Kieron. So pleased you like the new exhaust. As I said, H&S do a good job with our cars in my opinion. When you consider there are hardly any off the shelf options available to us, and they come with a lifetime guarantee (provided you keep the car obviously), I don't think you can go wrong really! Now get out there and find some tunnels! Lol. Dartford tunnel is a favourite, but rare to get a chance to open it up through there these days! Seems to be traffic jams all the time! Can't beat manual mode and a nice stretch of tunnel though.... Enjoy! Cheers. Pete

Very nice! Is that the Bayson R or whatever they call it? If so, meant to be a good bit of kit for not too much money. Just as well given the potholes, speed bumps etc! I could never justify buying anything carbon like the Wald or TOM's lips. Looks like a great fit? Did you get all the hardware you needed to fit it with the lip? Hopefully you didn't drill into the headlight washer lines behind the bottom of your bumper? Might have nicked one when I did my corner splitters! Lol. Have you had it colour matched? Looks very OEM from the photos. Nice addition.

Hey Kieron, I upgraded my sidelight bulbs a while back. Tiny things (W5W), but look a lot better with my uprated HB3 main beams. We have dipped as well I believe? So three bulbs in total? If your sidelights aren't on, I'd be surprised if that's been turned off by the dealership? More likely the bulbs were removed, or are faulty? Happy to check them out for you at some point if you like? I'm in Kent, so not too far.

Hey Craig, Sounds like a plan chap. You will have the OEM grill on your 2008. I had no issues with mine when that grill was installed. I also had no issues when I had the badge less carbon version fitted. The US grill is more like the badge we get on the boot? But the sensors clearly don't like it! Will be murdering out the OEM grill to replace it at some point. Shame as I liked how the US grill looks but can't be dealing with the PCS warnings and bings etc! Hope you get it sorted out soon fella. Cheers. Peter

Indeed Mark, think we must share that birth defect! Lol. Diffusers are pricey I'm afraid! You can't get the Arkym version I am running anymore. Real shame as I would have loved to grab the front to match it up. Bison R lip looks pretty good for the money? Seen a lot of them on the US forum. Fit and finish aren't bad at all. You do get the odd diffuser come up on the for sale section of the US forum. Seen a couple recently. Be careful with the drop. Mine is quite clunky at the moment. Not sure if that's an issue with the BC's, or the fact it's too low. I'll probably raise it slightly when they swap them out for the RR-Racing coils.

Hi Craig, Not sure if this helps you, but I have the same issue on my car using the US style front grill. This is down to the badge being different, and causes the PCS to flash up intermittently when I'm driving along. Your symptoms sound identical to mine, so if you are still running the UK OEM front grill, I suggest you remove it to see whether there is something blocking the sensor box located directly behind the grill. It may be worth asking your dealership to open up the sensor box to see if there are any signs of dirt/debris that might explain the false readings? It's clearly something blocking or inhibiting the sensors from gaining a true reading of what's in front of your car. Hope you get it sorted!

Nice one Mark! Got some lovely additions there from RR-Racing. The USRS and AOS are a must in my opinion. Look forward to seeing the carbon tips you got with the Borla, always thought they'd look good! So you got these coilovers: http://www.rr-racing.com/RR-Racing-Road-Track-Coilover-Suspension-for-ISF-p/isffsu0001.htm In which case, I'm very jealous! Exactly what I am after for mine before I move up to the supercharger kit. Also looking to add the OS Giken LSD to the rear to help tame the extra horsepower. Do let me know how you get on with the new coilovers. Hoping to order mine soon, but won't be for a little while yet sadly! Nice to see another owner pushing ahead with the modified route.

No worries Mark. Yes, currently running a set of BC BR coilovers with the uprated Swift springs. These will be going soon though so I can try out the new mid-range offering from RR-Racing instead. Rafi and Simon were very complimentary of my car after I sent them a copy of the magazine with my feature, but did give me stick about the BC's! Lol. Not a bad setup, but the new ones should be even better. No arch rolling on my car whatsoever. Had some rubbing issues with the front inner arch liners, but SRD seem to have sorted that out after they heated up the plastic and re-molded it away from the tires. What goodies did you get from RR-Racing? Have to say I've been really pleased with every one of their products so far.

Hey Mark. Still going with the Wedsports SA67R's I have on the car at the moment. Just changing the colour from shadow chrome to black. Lugs I am considering are these ones: http://www.kamispeed.com/Kics-Leggdura-12x1-5-Black-Lug-Nuts-p/kyo.wkic1k.htm My wheel specs are: 19 x 9 ET 35 front with MPSS 245/35/19 tires, and 19 x 10 Et 42 rear with MPSS 275/30/19's. These are lighter than the factory BBS wheels, and are really nice. Only trouble is they are no longer produced, so only way to find them is secondhand! Just have to pray I don't do anything worse than curbing them (something I did the other week, hence the plan to change the colour on all four, and re-do my calipers etc).

Very good Paul, hopefully they do a better job with mine though! Lol. I'm also opting for the more expensive stencilling option as opposed to vinyl for the 'Brembo' logos. This is the firm I opted to use: http://www.brakecaliperspecialists.uk/shop/brake-caliper-paint/kawasaki-green/ I like the fact they also give a proportion of the money to charity. Not cheap mind, bill came in just over £800, but should look the nuts when they are done. My wheels are also going black, and I'll be swapping out the blue lug nuts for black ones as well. Should really pop against all the dark colours. Guess you win the admiration of us all! Cheers. Pete

Just booked mine in for a complete strip down and repaint. Not orange again, but you'll have to wait and see what colour I opted for instead! Also getting my wheels re-done in the next couple of weeks to better suit the new caliper colour. Will be a long wait, place I've opted for is up in Nottingham, and earliest they could do is early October! Still, should be awesome once they're done.

Congrats Ricky. Looks lovely. Nice to have another new owner in the Kent area. Getting a few of us around here nowadays, which should be good for meets etc. If you ever decide to modify the car at all, let me know. Happy to assist as I've tried most parts and learnt a lot over the past 3/4yrs of ownership. All the best with it though. Cheers. Pete

Cheers Paul. Will drop Anna at Lexus Canterbury an email to find out if they can get one, and if so, how much it'll cost. Will let peeps know what she comes back with.

Hey Paul, this could be something I'd be interested in? Do you think it's something Lexus Canterbury can order up?? I've recently bought a new Defi meter that will replace a couple of my gauges when I go the supercharger route (need boost and AFR in the binnacle really), so trying to work out where I can fit it! This could be a first step for sure, as it's only a small unit.

In fairness Kieron, I have spent way closer to £1500 if not £2000 with H&S since getting mine fitted. Then again, as Mark points out I sucked up the testing and guinea pig costs to help other owners buy a system that works for most needs. The additional 'X' pipe change cost me some money, as did the extra silencers I added when the drone was really bad. Add in the PPE headers I bought, PPE mid-pipes, labour from SRD to install it all, replacement O2 sensor (one broke), and I'm closer to the £5K mark just for exhaust work! You also get a lifetime warranty from H&S provided you keep the car of course. That proved useful when the ceramic tips on my setup started to discolour (looked like rust, but couldn't have been as they were stainless steel tips coated in black ceramic). Ian sent them off to the coaters, and hey presto, returned re-finished and fitted at no cost. I'm very pleased with H&S. Nice small firm that go that extra mile to help their customers. I can see why people keep going back to them.

Hi Andrew. Sure, let's plan to meet up once you are back from your holiday. My base map should be the same as yours, but given mine is a 2008, and yours is a 2010, we'd be better off reading it directly from your ECU. It's not a big job, and can be done relatively easily. You then email that to RR-Racing, tell them what modifications you have on your car, what rev limit you want (mine is now 7,200RPM which is above the factory 6,800RPM limit), and they then send you the map that best corresponds with your car. If you then add something like the tuned intake I got, you need to tell them about it so they can create another map to send for you to load via the OBD 2 port. Other nice touch with this method is should they find any improvements later on down the line, you get those free of charge. We can discuss everything in person though Andrew, be easier (hopefully! Lol). Cheers for now, and enjoy your holiday! Pete

Hi Andrew. I believe there are actually a number of slightly different versions of our ECU's. The US domestic market ECU isn't the same as the UK, nor the ones for Canada or the Middle East. I don't think the differences are huge, but by sending over a base map from your own car, it allows them to ensure all your base readings are ok before changing anything. Call it a further layer of safety checks. Headers are a good idea. Pretty much the single biggest area to gain performance other than the big ticket items like a supercharger kit. Keep in mind you need them configured in RHD, so unfortunately you can't buy a second hand set from the States as they won't fit! Think it was a further 8-10 week wait time as well for PPE to make my headers (don't have RHD versions on their shelves as sales are pretty low). I do believe you can use my OBD 2 hand controller to re-map your car. Luckily RR-Racing don't lock them down like some hardware to only one car, so we can sort that out without any real issues. Cheers for now. Pete

Hi Andrew. Not that I am aware of?? To be honest, you don't need that kind of thing these days. The guys have done so many remaps now, they can build your map, email it to you, you load it to the OBD 2 hand controller, plug it into the OBD2 port under the dashboard, upload the new map, unplug and go! You just need to send them a base map which they work from. It's a really easy process that can be quickly reversed if needed, and future mods will not incur as much cost (only need a remap if you fit their tuned intake system or supercharger kit). Be interesting to see what SIKKY end up putting together on their demo car. It's certainly a good time to be getting involved, as things are starting to get interesting for sure!

Yes Lee, no one from the Lexus family is safe! Lol.

Hey Andrew, Thanks to David for the kind words. I have indeed been the only real UK guinea pig for mods, but don't be too disheartened chap. With US interest in these cars ever increasing since the ECU was cracked in Italy a couple of years ago, tuning options have been steadily coming to market. I'd heartedly recommend RR-Racing in Pennsylvania. Rafi and his brother Simon sell some great parts (most of which I now own! Lol), but they also insist on rigorous road and track testing before they will put their name to any parts. It's pretty much a case of the sky is the limit nowadays in terms of mods matching your budget. Not done the supercharger kit yet, nor have I bothered with nitrous oxide (get it wrong, big bills!), but there are plenty of things you can look into. I'd start with the USRS and AOS from RR-Racing, two good mods that add longevity to the mix. All the best for now, and shout with any questions. Cheers. Pete

Welcome Etienne, nice to see a more formal introduction as I know we've spoken in the past. Hope you continue to enjoy your F, certainly picked the best colour! . Nice work so far. Sounds like I may have some competition in the modified class for these special cars! Lol. If I make another trip back over for Le Mans, maybe we can meet up? Enjoy the car, and the forum. Good bunch (mostly!) All the best, Peter

Typical! Lol. So whilst I was out terrorising the local roads, someone decided to do a photo shoot! Lol. Nice photos though Chaps! At least they were noticed and admired.

Umm, hate to say it Dav, we were the only 3 guys there! Lol.