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Purchased 08 IS250 last night!

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Old 03-10-14, 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Boy1109
^ japjunkie screen name sounds familiar, member of honda-tech by any chance?
haha yessir. JDM for life lol. I was going to go German, but Japanese Luxury for the win once again. What a small world! Nice to meet you. My show car EF got stolen in Hollywood, but you know it takes more than scum to stop me. I still have an EF 4 door with SOHC VTEC lol. I sold my '01 ES300 with 210,000 miles for $4,000 went and threw that down and got me a newer fully loaded compact executive car.

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Good price! How many miles does the car have?
84k - I just looked up all my service history on lexus.com It was bought new in Newport Beach and it's right back at home next door to Beverly Hills Lexus and Glendale Lexus, former service providers.
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Congrats on the new car, and most importantly, the new addition to the family!! Since reliability is your goal, I would strongly advise against just springs. They will shorten the already short lifespan of the OEM shocks. When you replace the shocks for good quality aftermarket ones, then maybe consider springs. Even still, there's a good chance baby and mama won't like the ride. Instead, I would recommend sway bars for better stability, and cosmetic mods like tint to keep the car a little cooler on the inside, maybe HID fogs?
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Originally Posted by patrickd
Does it have the premium or luxury package?
I'm not sure exactly which package it has, but its loaded. Navigation, heated seats, Wood trim, rear deck spoiler, with 18's.
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congrats on the purchase. good luck
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Originally Posted by Raybean
Congrats!! don't get caught up on all the is350 guys telling you to get a is350.
Yeah.....there is always something better.....unless of course you have a Mclaren F1!
Old 03-12-14, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by sm1ke
Congrats on the new car, and most importantly, the new addition to the family!! Since reliability is your goal, I would strongly advise against just springs. They will shorten the already short lifespan of the OEM shocks. When you replace the shocks for good quality aftermarket ones, then maybe consider springs. Even still, there's a good chance baby and mama won't like the ride. Instead, I would recommend sway bars for better stability, and cosmetic mods like tint to keep the car a little cooler on the inside, maybe HID fogs?
Thanks for the advise! Yeah, there wont be any drastic mods for a year or so. I am definitely going upgrade the shocks before the baby is here. Just to help smooth the ride a bit.

I've been looking at the HID Fogs and also going fully LED Blue on the interior!
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Originally Posted by keyframe13
Not really. There is a special light for tire pressure not the system light.
Took it in and they had to replace the FDS tire monitor. ALL GOOD now!
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If it has passenger side memory seats, ventilated front seats, and the power rear sunshade, you have the Luxury package.
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don't forget about the IS-F steering damper. Inexpensive mod and it's worth it.
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