LEXUS-4-LIFE

I upgraded my 2013 3is F-Sport unit last week, did all the the work myself in a couple hours or so taking my sweet time over a weekend. This was way easier than it looked, especially once you know how to feed the harness through the tiny gap behind the screen lol. Absolutely worth every penny, 10.25 inch widescreen with Android 13 wireless android auto | Apple carplay, playstore apps etc.

I just received one of these units from AliExpress in October 2023, Version Android 13, 8GB ram, 64GB rom, with wireless Android Auto and wireless Apple carplay for £354 (My phone is an S22 Ultra) All works great once installed, Ny 2013 3IS V6 F-Sport actually needs some very slight trimming of the plastic mounts behind the screen as the new widescreen unit is around 2mm or so wider at the back than my stock unit. Still testing everything out and will update once all completed.

On my 3rd IS220D never had an issue with white smoke, but my 2nd IS220d did suffer blue smoke intermittently from 147K all the way to 188K before I eventually sold it. No one was ever able to sort it out, so I just lived with it. Guess the valve stems were just worn out due to the high mileage and age of the car 2007 model.

So long since I've posted here but, finally had my first MOT since owning this IS220D and installing the Vland fronts|rear leds, due to the Covid-19 extension on mot renewal dates. National Tyres test centre passed the car with no issues regarding the Vland current configuration and only had an advisory for one front tyre wearing on outer shoulder. Currently the Vland DRL's are connected to the cars sidelight wiring along with the rears, so the only thing I want to address now is how to turn the rears off independently to the fronts. Maybe a kill switch needs to be connected for the rear lamps.

Sweet gonna get me one of these, never really understood why Lexus didn't just include this function from the get go!

Man that image makes the isf look so sinister!

Man that image makes the isf look so sinister! 😎

Very nice look indeed.

Very interested to see how this turns out.

Ok, hope you're able to get the digitizer sorted soon. I didn't realise that the touchscreens on the IS2's were prone to failure, at least the fix doesn't seem too difficult too carry out. My last two IS2's were non nav, so this one is my first with a touchscreen. Any particular model years affected? mine's MY59.

@iSalajee How are you finding the Vlite, any issues or is it all good? I'm still considering getting myself one as I had no luck with their BT3 and USB3 boxes.

Yeah it certainly is a bit frustrating.

No problem at all appreciate the advice. First thing I did was connect to ignition but the DRLs stayed on permanently with no dimming when low beams were on. You're right in thinking that the headlights should be configured the same regardless which model IS2 you have, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Only one connector included with the Vland units. The image below is the included guide, and shows the fuse that you need to swap out. This is only for ISx50 not IS220D.

@F.A. Yeah, turn stalk to sidelights for DRL, but I don't know how to get them to dim when low beam is on. Still trying to figure this out.