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22 hours ago, gubbelille said:

Well the arm will just go up and wont touch anything if i gets loose again as ive already checked that. Also i drove home with it freely and wont connect to the tire or something else fortunatly. Guess im gonna try get it all cleaned up and use som rust protection aswell before and cut the metal off and replace with some other metal plate and weld it togheter. The picture might make it look like its gonna hit something but it wont as far as i can tell. Just my tip of luck the metal got broken and not just the arm so i could replace it.

 

And yes its not a big deal if it will come off. There is a fuse u can take out and the light wont blink for the AFS located under the hood opener, 5 fuse counting from far left towards were u sit.

I cannot detect whether the AFS is working or not. How can you check if it is working? is it speed dependent or should it work if you are stationary and turn the wheel?

looks great. How much did the job cost? 

15 hours ago, Mr Vlad said:

When I bought my is250 I knew it had one helluva lot of scratches and the paint wasn't looked after by it's previous owner. Oxidation and a myriad of car wash roller brush marks etc etc. I tried in vain with Maguires ultimate compound in a couple areas but to no avail. I contacted a car body shop i used about 5 years ago. Took the car to them where they told me of the faults etc. A stonking good quite to sort the paint finish out. I knew it wouldn't be perfect as a good few scratches were to the primer. Anyway below are a few chosen pose shots taken at 8pm tonight. I have to say I'm blown away by what they did.

16 hours ago, gji25 said:

when you slide the mirror cover shut the light will got out

ONLY IF YOU REMEMBER TO DO SO.

My misses is driving me mad. She will insist on looking in the vanity mirror and every night, before going to bed, I find The car illuminated by the vanity light. I have to go out and open the car to turn it off. Can this light be set to go off with the ignition?

On 11/7/2019 at 11:41 AM, ahmed24 said:

The second generation IS250 equipped with auto-folding mirrors does not allow for folding the mirrors once ignition is turned off. This is because the switch is wired via the ACC +12v supply going to the mirror motor.

Power folding mirror motors regardless of brand all work in similar way. They have two wires going to the motor. It folds and unfolds based on the polarity of the power supplied to it. The internal switch that folds the mirror basically flips the ACC +12v and ground around going to the 2 wires of the mirror motor. I initially did some testing and was able to operate the mirrors independently using +12v

I was going to build my own polarity switching relay circuit but then came across these readily available "Intelligent Universal Auto-Folding Mirror Systems". They sell on the famous bay auction site for as little as £5 from chinese sellers. I purchased mine for £6.49 as that was the cheapest seller that had UK/EU stock which came in a few days. £5 one would have taken 20-30 days to arrive from china which wasn't a great option for the price difference. The price of buying components and prject box etc and making my own unit would have cost me more than £6.49. This system is universal and works on the same principal. As long as it's wired correctly, I had no doubt it would work. 

The internal mirror fold switch still works just like normal. The module is marketed as being a intelligent folding system. This is because if you fold your mirrors using the internal switch and then turn off the car, the system will not do anything when you lock or unlock the car. It's because lets say you parked in a really tight spot where you had to fold your mirrors with the switch, and then if the system just unfolded it when you unlocked it, that would be a disaster. So the system doesn't operate if you fold the mirror with the switch before turning ignition off. If you leave mirrors normally unfolded and turn off ignition then system operates normally.

The system works great. Below is my video demo showing the end result. I will write-up a installation guide in the coming days and post on my blog and on here for anyone who is interested. 

 

 

The car in the video has pre-facelift wing indicators and facelift mirrors with indicators? My car, 2009 does this automatically as per factory?

Mine had perished at the bottom end. I got my replacement from a scrapper. When i refitted i put black silicone on all the tabs because some were damaged on removal.  

I have my Iphone Bluetooth connecting to the Nav unit, can make calls and receive. When I try to transfer the address book I get to the choose group stage and when I choose a group the Bluetooth cuts off. If I then cancel transfer the Bluetooth re-establishes itself. What am I doing wrong?

ACD Oswaldtwistle 

Try ACD Oswaldtwistle 01254301021

On 6/27/2020 at 1:20 AM, Matt1280 said:

I have the rear roof window spoiler and the wald style boot one, both look great and fit well

Been looking at these coming from USA. Is that where you got yours from and did customs hammer you?

33 minutes ago, Vintagesixtysix said:

Agreed... I trimmed mine back to chrome must be two years ago now.

I could not see any reason not to.... and I thought it would probably reoccur if I glued it due to hot, cold, wet etc.

The chrome beneath has proved to be durable.

 

Does it not act as part of the drainage for rain from the window glass? How far back did you cut?

The trim above the window chrome strips seems to be coming away in a few places. it almost looks like a protective strip that should be removed to show chrome underneath?

If it has a purpose what suggestions to stick it back,

Your windows can be stopped by toggle switch near adjust control. sure it is in the right way?

15 minutes ago, morgan2242 said:

had it checked and need new radiator cap

Bet that's a relief.

On 7/12/2020 at 1:47 AM, Shahpor said:

Hello there,

First, you should really be using the pink long life coolant rather than water in your radiator, but if is disappearing then I suppose water is good enough until you find out where it is going.

Half a pint certainly isn't much, but in my experience you shouldn't be losing any coolant, so any top up is probably a problem.

Are you sure it isn't leaking anywhere?  It might be difficult to spot as it could be quite a slow leak.  Another benefit of the pink coolant is that it is rather easy to see when it escapes!

Other than that, I am afraid the usual suspect would be the head gasket.  You might notice some white smoke coming out the back if this is the case.  Failing that, you would need to take the car to a garage for them to perform a 'sniff test'.  This would determine if there are any hydrocarbons in the coolant, and if there are then the head gasket has definitely failed.

Should the worse be confirmed, then my suggestion would be a good used replacement engine.

Fingers crossed it is something much simpler though.

Oh, and feel free to ignore those that might come on this thread to tell you you have bought the wrong car

What is the pink long life coolant?

21 minutes ago, finest1 said:

was it this one?

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001O7I7FS/

yes thats it

I used a Meguiars kit off eBay. Twenty odd quid but works well.

On 7/9/2020 at 5:33 PM, chr15gb said:

When i turn up the bass on my mark levinson the rearview mirror vibrates like crazy,  i can hardly see what's going on behind.  Not sure a further sub is needed unless you're a proper audiophile 

I am playing cd's on my ML and hearing musical instruments on the tracks that i had not heard before. The difference is striking.

30 minutes ago, Mr Vlad said:

Hi Herbie don't think my car has gracenote.

Nice one Mike. Excellent thread but blown apart by those pics showing track listing.

 

it is the only one that does it.No idea why?????????????????

2 hours ago, Mr Vlad said:

I don't know if this has been listed on here before so apologies if it has. I played a music CD for the first time in my is250 but what disappointed me was the player didn't recognise any of the track titles. Is that right for a 2007 car with ML? If so is it possible to do something so as to enable track listing?

enter "IS 250SE-L ML no CD track list" in the search box, upper right.

If your is250 is like mine there are locking options.

1 it should unlock when put into park.

2 the passenger has a lock/unlock button on the armrest.

3 the passenger can unlock the button in the door handle

4 the auto operation can be programmed see pic from handbook

and yes it is a petrol gulper. Mine only does 24 around town

On 4/26/2020 at 9:26 PM, scudney said:

So are you trying to say you can mix tyre sizes on the same axle  eg 225's and 255's on the front really(by the way it's an mot failure)??? 

Always confused me that the spare is a different size to either front or back(since they are different) and how that can be legal?

They post. I got a blue mirror off them and a few other bits. Check out the website.

2 hours ago, TommyW said:

I’m in Crawley, West Sussex.