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Thanks. that just saved me around £15 😄 Any recommendation on a set of drilled/grooved rear discs? I have drilled/grooved ones on the front and I want to match the rears and while I'm changing the parking brake shoes and pads anyway, I might as well change the discs. I found these on eBay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/362148657587 but I've never heard of the brand "Rotor Discs"

Ok can we please come back to the topic at hand? I really don't care about an eBay seller which probably makes more than enough money as it is so 3 words on a forum section that doesn't even get a ton of traffic, won't hurt it, and just to top it off, Linas said "most likely" which is expressing a probability not a statement of (100%) fact. So, back to the topic. I made up a list of service items on Autodoc which came up to £171.33 with postage and Autodoc's "safe order" fee. Blue Print oil sump drain plug + seal ring Champion oil filter with 3 o-rings x6 denso iridium TT (CNG/LPG) Spark plugs Ridex activated carbon filter Febi Bilstein air filter 5L Castrol Magnatec C3 Synthetic oil x2 1L Castrol Magnatec C3 Syntethic oil And to be honest, compared to the eBay listing, I'm only saving about £8.50 - £9 but at least I have the option to choose which parts I want. Are there any other places I could get these parts from but cheaper? I tried EuroCarPart but they only seem to have the £70 K&N air filter for the car and when I saw that, I switched off.

That's what I usually do for my BMW and my dad's car, just thought that Toyota has some special sauce in the parts that the car is picky about or they have way better quality parts for servicing. I personally had bad experiences with eBay, it's mostly chinese stuff from Aliexpress that they resell in UK. I found the exact same parts on Aliexpress with the same OEM looking boxes for waaay cheaper so yeah... As for the oil filter housing wrench, I am looking into buying one, I have a mate who has a strap that he tightens around the filter housing and they seem cheap online. Everyone seems to say that changing the sparkplugs is tricky and time consuming that that mechanics charge quite a lot for the job but if you say it's not that hard I'll give it a shot, after I get a longer socket. Yeah my car is a 2007 and a bit modified, so I doubt Lexus would want it back lol. I mainly wanted to do the servicing at a garage because of the stamp in the service book. Car wasn't treated right before I got it so I'm trying to bring it back to life (I opened a thread here about the whole process) so I wanted to have FSH while it's in my possesion so when it comes time to upgrade I can sell it quicker and for a decent amount.

Fair enough, might need to find a seller that might accomodate a different value for better fees and as you might remember the car has some missing bits at the front, including the foam and I recently bought a pair of 2009+ headlight bumper brackets which apparently fit the 4is bumper better. Anyway, I was mainly thinking there's a Japanese seller that people buy from in containers and I could chip in, in one but I guess I'll just have to look for it on Aliexpress.

Hi, I've started planning the first service since I got the car and I was both, looking at both Lexus bs services and buying the kit and doing it myself (of course I'll get the spark plugs changed at my mechanic). Lexus are charging between £350 - £500 to just do checks that anyone with a functioning pair of eyes can do and I don't see the point of that price tag. So I found this kit: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165404901620 What do you guys think? It all seems OEM but I'm always cautious when I see those kinds of oil bottle, looks fake for some reason lol, but then again I don't know how the original Toyota oil bottle is supposed to look like...

So as the title says, where does one buy the 4IS conversion bumper from? I've been looking at 4IS conversions for a while and that bumper just screams for me to get it. I found it on AliExpress but it's really expensive and I don't really trust that it's of any quality other than bad, any plastics I had from AliExpress is one-time use only, then they turn to dust but Ali seems to be the only place that has the version with the fog light bars/strips which is what I'm looking for... Are there any other places I can get one from or does anyone have one for sale?

Does anyone have the wiring diagram or any knowledge of the wiring for the window switches? I am installing some ambient lights and each light has to be powered individually and I am looking at getting power from the wire that lights up the small dots on each window switch but I'm not sure which wires are positive and ground (I can find out with a multimeter but it's time consuming) and what is the rated Amps for those wires, so if anyone knows what fuse is used for those wires that would be helpful.

Ok so after installing them there's quite a big difference between the OEM and the £15 ones. The £15 ones have a much thinner head and smaller holes where the clips go into. Also, with the OEMs, the head sits vertically with the small pin hole downwards where as £15 ones have to sit horizontally in order for the pin hole to be facing down and be able to put the clip in. I had to scrape a bit of the caliper and hammer the pin in a bit because of the head position and it being thin, I doubt they'll last for long. So for anyone looking at buying those, just get propper ones and make sure to check if the head is thick and the pin holes for the clips is oriented vertically down with the orientation of the pin head. Found OEM looking ones on AliExpress and they seem like better quality tbh. OEM look £15 ebay

Wasn't the IS250 immobilizer cracked back in 2007? And the key seems to have a lot of range even when indoors. When I was swapping the fob I kept opening the boot and that was from the other side of the house upstairs, so they shouldn't need more than a small Raspberry PI and an antena to clone the key signal especially when the car has keyless entry and the key/car pings frequently. Anyway, you might be right, at the end of the day it depends where exactly I'm moving to and how lucky I am. I remember when shopping for an IS250 a lot of insurers classed the car in some special category and wouldn't insure it unless it had an aftermarket approved immobilizer. Fair enough. The only car I used GPS in is my F10 on standard 17'' wheels and it was always spot on with what the car was showing. Also, the car is on 235/40 18'', 255/40 18'' are standard on the car? I was thinking about bigger wall tyres, the ones currently on the car aren't as comfortable.

I know but being that it's modified, in Birmingham you ocasionally get those kids that know how to steal them and they just want to take it on a joy ride or a meet and dump it afterwards, so better be safe than sorry. I noticed when using Waze, Apple maps or Google maps, they show a nearly 5mph difference than what my gauge is showing. Car might be showing that I'm doing 40 but the GPS says I'm doing 34-36. I think the clips are missing, only had a small look when I had the wheels taken off for refurb but as @J Henderson pointed out, the full kit is only £15 so I'll just get that. I'm currently in the process of moving houses and I'm not sure where I'll move (hence why I want to install the killswitch just in case) or if I'll have a driveway or not but once I'm done with this headache I'll get back to fixing the car and I'm hoping I'll find a house with a driveway so I can have plenty of space to work on it properly. Waiting for Halfords black friday to get a set of 4T axle stands (just to be on the safe side, they're cheap anyway) and a low profile 3T jack (again, safe side and I heard they're really good and last for years compared to the 2T or 1.5T) and I'm frequently going to car boot sales to build up a decent tool box 😄 I saw the exact same kit but now I've also seen one for £30, is there a difference between them?

Hey, it's going alright, about £1.200 lighter but got plenty done. Car drives fine, a few knocks here and there but can't say it isn't reliable, I've put about ~700 miles since I got it. - Refurbed and repainted the wheels - New water pump and radiator - Fixed the VVTi sensor (replaced the plug) - Replaced Tein damper - Bought a set of valved mufflers (still need to get the stainless split pipe and weld the mufflers on) - Replaced shifter light bulb to LED - Changed all dome lights to LED - Smoked dynamic side turn signals - Added the missing fog light connector - Added RGB LEDs to the fog lights (of course only have them set to white/yellow) - Lexus logo door puddle lights (left passenger door has the wiring missing, need to get the panel off to have a look) - Got some interior ambient lights, didn't get the chance or time to install them What's currently left from what I have planned is: - Go to a company that can identify the colour on the car - Replace from bumper with 4IS style bumper - Replace rear diffuser with LED diffuser and install it properly + install the rear bumper properly + replace left side bracket - After wheel refurb car pulls to the left and I have to fight it on the motorway to stay straight, try and get an alignment and get all the bushings checked - Replace taillights with dynamic ones, VLANDS have their turn signals on the sides and people seem to not notice them (been told by a few) - Mount mufflers + stailness back split pipe - Get an android head unit (might need the facelift vents to have it all fit properly) - Get a set of 70mai dashcams - Install a starter killswitch - Find out why and how to fix the dashboard showing slightly higher readings on speed, revs and temp - Install ambient lighting, underglow, starlight headliner (change interior headliner and pillars to alcantara suede) - Wrap the trims - Fix cracked dashboard - Fix rear seat tear - Rear calipers guide pins keep coming out so need to get a full kit to replace on both sides So yeah, fixed a lot to make it usable but still need a lot to make it pretty

I am having the same issue on the left side and from what I could see the water seems to be seeping from under the tail light. Haven't gotten around to stripping the boot and taking out the tail light or bumper, but might be something there that stops sealing over time?

So, since Tein won’t rebuild my coilover I had to get a replacement. They sent the damper only and now I have to put it together. Since the old suspension’s dust boot is pretty much gone, Tein said I need to use my original one so I have to buy one.. also, I just noticed that it also needs a bump stop and the old suspension doesn’t have one so where do I even get one from..? Does anyone know how to put one of these together so I can actually find out what parts I need? I will try and put it together tomorrow and see what parts the old suspension has and which it doesn’t.

Thank you all for the input, I don't think I've actually said this before, but thanks. I will just get the one damper for now. Yes, they are exactly the same make and model, probably been in the warehouse for a while and I’m estimating the ones on the car to be around 3 years old (also taking into account that the car sat for 1 year) The car needs a lot of work as it is and I’ve got some personal stuff that decided to pop up that require most of my finances, so I don’t have the luxury of a big budget and I need the car to aid with my personal problem. I’ve driven the car a while both on the motorway and city roads for a bit with the cheap damper on and it’s not the best experience but it’s much better than having the blown shock. Doesn’t feel unsafe or unbearable to drive, I drove cars that were actual piles of **** and really unsafe, so my tolerance to what feels safe/‘driveable’ might be much lower. So considering, having the matching coilover should be an improvement to the current mixed setup. I will eventually try and get all 4 coilovers changed to a more adjustable set of Teins or BC when the situation and wallet allows. I did learn a lot about coilovers, but sometimes we just have to make decisions based on multiple factors outside of our control. Good thing I made this topic, I can always come back to it whenever I get to that point 😁

So the connector came, and besides from being grey rather than black, it works fine. Also, managed to get a replacement damper from TEIN for £156 with next day delivery. Apparently they can't service the shock on the Street Advance Z's.