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Not sure if in 2026 people still post plain old maintenance builds without carbon wide body and air suspension, but that's what I plan to do here for my latest love...
100% stock 2017 IS 300 in a beautiful Deep Blue Mica (8X5) paint with just above 100k miles (170kkm) on the clock:
Bought it last autumn from the first owner, clean history, serviced in Lexus dealership only - great base for a long term relationship.
The first contact with every new car for me is good old boring preventive maintenance: engine/tranny/diff oil, filters, spark plugs and PCV valve:
Then, after long east-european winter, it was time for new shoes, as the base OEM 17s are basically a crime against the beautiful line of this car.
I used my personal rule of thumb: "multispoke fits them all" and went with cost-effective but solid set of CMS C23, 18x8 ET35 wrapped with Conti Sport Contact 7.
Additionally calipers got a layer of Performance Blue Metalic high temp-resistant paint from Foliatec. All that unleashed classy sport-sedan profile of IS MK3:
What comes next: - window tint + LED interior light bulbs + front PPF wrap - Android Auto module / Android standalone (TBD) - performance brake pads (DBA XP) + braided brake lines - sport suspension (TBD)
2017 Deep Blue Mica IS 300 maintenance thread
