Irish ISF

You are a brave man to consider a Range Rover. A guy looking at my IS F came in a 2015 RR Sport and the car alarm started acting up as he arrived. He said it hadn’t happened before. He had to pull out of the IS F purchase because the air suspension on it failed and he was left with a €8,000 bill and rising. 🙈 There appear to be a lot of Japanese import 400 celsiors on DoneDeal at the moment. Very few 430s ever appear though. I can’t imagine many of them sold here.

Hi Malcolm, yes I have been binging on his videos. He is a real fountain of knowledge. I’ve heard that the 400/430 is bulletproof but they are quite scarce over here. In comparison a lot of the 460/600 were sold in 2007/2008. I’ve read they are the more problematic alright but I suppose how problematic they are is the question. The air suspension scares me a bit especially at that age. I’d imagine wear and tear on bushes shouldn’t be too much of an issue at that mileage even though it is old and rubber does perish. My dad took a Landcruiser 100 series to 526,000 miles and it’s still going with its new owner. I always picture the 100 series and the LS as the pinnacle of Japanese engineering.

Hi all, I’m thinking of moving on my 2008 IS F. I’ve had it 5 years which is the longest I’ve held a car. I’ve put some expensive mods on it although I haven’t done anything with the exterior to get it the way I want it. I could but of course that means extra money which I could probably use right now for my house. I'm somewhat bored of it right now as I don’t get much use out of it and to be honest it’s not particularly fun to chuck around a small country road in comparison to something smaller and lighter like a Fiesta ST or GR Yaris. We recently bought a 2015 RX450 as a family car and I love it. It’s a nice place to be and just cruise around. That’s got me thinking about more luxurious cars. I can get a 2007 1 owner lS460 with 70,000 miles for about €8k here. It has mainly a full service histor and looks to be a good car, being sold by a guy who used to service it for the main dealer. What would be the consensus on how good a buy that would be? Preferably I would buy a 2013+ ls600h but they are extremely rare here. I’ve done the fast v8 sports saloon but I’ve never had a top of the range luxury car. Very interested in it. Just wondering if anyone else has made the switch?

Looks lovely. Congratulations. Is everything in Japanese though? Thats one thing that would worry me, japanese switches, screens, etc.

No bother. I went ahead and fitted it anyway. On first start up I thought I was after making a massive mistake but it settles down quickly and, as you say, has a beautiful V8 roar to it. It's a massive improvement. I'm surprised by the lack of drone and how quiet it is at cruising speed but how vicious the sound gets when you are on it. It's not quiet at all when giving it the beans but not really any dronier than the stock exhaust when cruising. The car gets noticed a lot more now alright which for me is a good thing. It was too anonymous before. It also feels significantly faster than before with the remap. Great modification. Engine mounts were well worth doing too.

Hi, my ISF touchscreen has stopped working completely. Is there anywhere I can order a new display panel?

Hi Rich, how are you getting on with this? I still have not put on the headers as ive been so busy with my house. How much louder than the stock headers are they? I have a Hayward and Scott exhaust and i love the sound of it. I still have my secondary cats in and I will be keeping them in. It's a daily driver in some ways but I really only have to drive it when I want to as I have a 4x4 from work. I leave it parked up for weeks at a time so in reality its an occasions car. Is it ridiculously loud? I've asked this on US forums but I've been to the US and I dont think Americans understand the concept of "obnoxious loudness" as lots of cars there are just insanely loud.

I still have mine for sale if you are interested. Sale thread on here too.

Sorry, only seeing this now. I have the entire performance package for sale here which includes an air intake and the RR racing tune. My car has a Hayward and Scott exhaust so I'm sure it will go well if I install it. House bills are not getting any smaller so it's still for sale if you are interested.

ISF, brand new and never fitted to any car. They are PPE right hand drive headers.

Have you fitted them yet?

I'm currently selling a set of you are interested.

Oh wow, that is a hard deal to beat. Not much point selling them separately as I think it would make it harder to sell the headers.

Okay, so I finally received these a few weeks ago. I'm still on the fence about selling them/fitting and I have a mechanic booked for 2 weeks to fit them but I really should be spending the money on my house. 🙈 So, if anyone makes me an offer over the next few weeks I'm willing to listen. They are beautifully made and I really would prefer fit them so please take the temptation away from me...

Right, neither of these guys above have come back to me so this is still for sale if anyone is interested.