L55 RCF

17 hours ago, Rompy said:

Welcome. I’m just out of the city on Portsmouth Road / Hamble Lane. Had our carbon RCF for 3 years and still makes us smile. Any queries or if you just want a chat, pop along to see us, coffee is usually on. 
Rompy.

Thank you mate. That’s very welcoming of you. I may just do that 👍☕️
Feel free to pm me your address or phone number and I’ll happily pop over for a drive and have a look at your Carbon Edition. 

18 hours ago, Jgtcracer said:

I didn’t realise you didn’t even have it yet!  Buying exhaust before you even have the car!  Spoke to Ian at H&S today, mentioned that you had ordered one, seems he’s sold 3 in 3 days!

Yeah, it’s the first thing I do with pretty much any car I buy. Especially a V8. 
Can’t wait to get it now. 

9 hours ago, Jgtcracer said:

That sounds brilliant!! I’ve just ordered my RCF Hayward and Scott exhaust today, if it sounds half as good as this I will be pleased!

Glad you got one sorted mate. 
I can’t wait to take delivery of mine. 

2 hours ago, B1RMA said:

Thought I'd share this, my car was in for it's service today and parked in the service was this. Saw the white RCF awaiting collection.

Very nicely done, the young chap said it had air suspension (I thought it looked nicely lowered with excellent stance) the wheels are refurbished old Japanese wheels that looked rather special. Despite it being a hybrid RC (very young man so couldn't afford to insure an RCF) it really did look nice. These Lexus RC cars do take well to a bit of customisation and this was an excellent example. He thought mine was pretty cool too.

I can’t wait to collect it this week. 
The white one that is 👍😂

6 hours ago, Rob RCF said:

Thanks for your service and welcome. Nice RCF, I haven't seen many other white ones on here 🙂 Enjoy the pearlescent sparkle, it really shows up in the sun.

I'm glad these cars are getting noticed and appreciated, sooo many people just jump straight for the German brands. Honestly most people have no idea what a Lexus RCF is and I've had nothing but positive reactions personally, with some people's minds genuinely being blown that Lexus makes a 5.0 V8 luxury sports coupe with 470 BHP.

If you keep the traction control on the car is really safe and approachable. The back might slip a little, but the car keeps it minimal. If you go into expert mode you will get quite a bit of wheelspin at times and the back end will kick out a more easily in a turn, but only up to a point. You can also go fully off (hold traction control button for a few seconds), though obviously then you have little to no safety net if things get sideways.

Enjoy the car. Use manual mode a lot that's my recommendation.

Thanks mate. Appreciate it. Manual mode was amazing. 
I just want to give it a really good clean and polish to start with and then I can get the exhaust on it and give it a good drive. 

1 hour ago, hockeyedwards said:

Congrats and welcome to F club, now an official F-er 😉

Have a good nose about, ask all the burning questions as we're a laidback lot 😛

I bought my GS F from Hedge End funnily enough, if it is the same group from a few years back then they were a nice bunch.

What a lovely treat post-service, recommendation numero uno - get an exhaust!!!

Hampshire seems to have a lovely collection of F car owners these days so maybe you'll see some about and I am fairly sure there are atleast 2 (I know of) in the Southampton area.

I commented on your Simply Japanese thread, but the F forum is where you'll likely find meet up details etc, there is a thread going at the moment for late this year if you fancied it, I am trying my best to attend as many events as possible this year starting with FoS!

Thanks mate. I intend to get to as many shows as possible too. 👍

19 minutes ago, Jgtcracer said:

Congratulations on the purchase, Welcome to civvie street.  Its not as scary as you are lead to believe when you put your notice in on JPA!

Ha ha quality. Love it. 
My last 2 years of service has been easy and relaxed. Hardly been in the office if I’m honest. So, I’ve found it quite a slow progressive step into civvie life. 
I’ve landed a job starting in September as a Fuel Tanker Driver as a complete direction change from my trade as a Marine Engineer. 
Just need to work out how to syphon some of the good stuff out of the trucks 😂😂😂😂

Hi everyone, 

I’ve already introduced myself on the new owners page but was advised to come and say Hi on here and introduce myself. 
I’ve been in the British Army for 25 years and have just left. I’d always promised myself a nice car to keep as a present to myself for 25 years service. 
It had to be a V8 as they won’t be around forever!!!!! 
I looked at the normal suspects (M3, RS5, C63 etc) and purely came across the RCF by accident about 3 years at my local Lexus Dealer in Hedge End. 
I genuinely was stopped in my tracks at the design of it. I thought it was absolutely stunning from every angle. 
Then, when I found out it had an n/a V8 I was hooked on it. 
So, to today. 
I found this one last week at the same dealer when I went with my mate for him to have a look at a car for himself. (I always get asked to go car shopping with friends as I am a proper petrolhead and car geek) 

I couldn’t get over how clean and tidy this car was and how well it had been looked after. It was plain to see it had been someone’s pride and joy and been garaged it’s whole life. 
7 years old and only 19000 miles on it LED me to believe it had been a weekend car. And the service history spelt that out too. 
I booked a test drive for 4 days later after putting a holding deposit on it. 
I was told I wouldn’t be disappointed by the sales team. They weren’t wrong. I did the deal on the same day after returning from test drive. 
I’m really happy. And it will continue to be a fine weather weekend car and to take to shows. 

13 hours ago, Shahpor said:

Not too bad so far.  Longish journey today and had two people stare and 1 thumbs up 🙂

Have posted a few updates here:

Only 800 miles in, so too soon to say really.  Surprisingly, it is not as superior to the GS than I thought it would be.

However, I don't want to hijack Ben's thread, so perhaps we should continue this discussion on the my Kia thread should you wish to do so.  Sorry Ben 🙂

Not a problem at all mate. 

30 minutes ago, Jgtcracer said:

I might just give them a ring on Monday in that case.  You mention tailoring, what options are there?  I’m not after the black tips.

 

I went for the chrome tips as I like something to polish and clean. And they will stand out more. 
I asked for them to be as loud as possible and he said not a problem. I get the impression that they can quieten them down if you liked. 
I want as loud as possible as the resonators and cats do a good job of taking the volume out of it anyway. 

48 minutes ago, Jgtcracer said:

How interesting, did you just buy it in the online shop?  Probably going to order mine this weekend.  I did send them an email but they never got back to me, did you manage to talk to anyone?

Yes mate. I phoned them up as I’m pretty old fashioned and like to talk to people. 
I got put through to the fabricator (Alex or Alan) can’t remember. 
Super helpful and tailored it to how I wanted it. 
I would recommend speaking to them as if they are building a set for me it would be helpful if they are using the same jig to make yours from mine. If you catch my drift? 

I’ve just bought a ticket to attend and display my RCF at Simply Japanese at Beaulieu Motor Museum on Sun 24th July 2022. 
Is anyone else attending? 

57 minutes ago, B1RMA said:

As far as I can remember I left the rather large mesh type gasket in the main exhaust, or rather they were well and truly stuck in it. So hopefully your new exhaust will have the recessed section which will enable it to fit snuggly, I had a tube of exhaust goo that I smeared over the mesh gasket so as to get a decent seal. Just check the bolts, I put in four extended bolts as the standard bolts were too short. As I'd bought the Quicksilver secondhand no fitting kit was present.

Ok thanks mate. 
Appreciate the feedback. 👍

On 6/4/2022 at 10:05 AM, B1RMA said:

I installed the Quicksilver myself, it was dead easy although I did hire the use of a proper car ramp from a company that fortunately for me set up in business as ramp hire depot (they have 4 you can hire) just down the road from me so I booked an hour and spent the remaining time checking and spraying stuff with WD40

Birma, I’ve just ordered the Hayward and Scott axle back exhaust back boxes. 
Did you have to replace the exhaust gasket between the centre section and the back box pipe? Or is it just a one for one swap? 
thanks mate. 

2 hours ago, Chris UXe said:

Hello Ben, what a nice car, it looks fantastic. I agree about Lexus Hedge End, nothing seems too much trouble.    

Thanks Chris. Yes, they are good down there. 

4 hours ago, B1RMA said:

Hi and welcome, I'm from around the Waterlooville area and have an RCF, what part of Hampshire are you from, quite a few F owners in Hampshire now.

I'm guessing you bought the one from Lexus Hedge End, I'll be there Monday afternoon to have mine serviced.

Hi Birma, 

I live near Romsey Golf course in a village called Nursling. 
And yes, I’ll be sure to introduce myself on the F pages. 

I’ve just ordered one of these from Hayward and Scott for my RCF. 
Should have it in around a month. 

32 minutes ago, Mr Vlad said:

Hi Ben and welcome to Lexus ownership and the best Lexus forum there is. What a beauty you have. What made you go for it? How does it compare to the other performance cars you've had? 

So, I’ve been looking at the usual suspects. 911 of 997 Carrera S variety - but engine made of chocolate. 
TVR Tuscan - just couldn’t find one that was the same money and immaculate + always thinking is it going to get me there? 
Lotus Exige 350 Sport - nice but doesn’t have the class. 
F80 M3 and W205 C63 - great and quick but the M3 sounds terrible and has crank hub issues and the C63 was my real quandary. I’ve heard of some issues. 
What I really love is the reliability and exclusivity of the RCF. Those who know, know. 

Just treated myself to a 2015 RCF from Lexus Hedge End in Southampton. 
Fantastic people to deal with. 
The car is white with only 19000 miles on the clock. It’s immaculate and looks like it’s had a pampered life. 
Absolutely blown away by the car. 
I’ve had lots of performance cars over the years ranging from M3’s to Lotus Exiges, TVRs and VXR8’s. 
This RCF just seems the complete package. And the noise is to die for. 
Anyone else from the Hampshire area?