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My IS200 - 99
Hi, this is my first Lexus, but i own some Toyotas. This is a really weird project, I really dont know why i started this and bought this car. Itīs in kind of rough shape and a decent one aint that much money. But I have some plans to learn some new skills and I like the look and handling of the IS200. So thatīs my bad excuse to buy me another project car.
This is how it looks , a bit crashed and abused https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...27ad4bdcbc.jpg Good side https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...8ec2811917.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...8e65557064.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...41ef753b39.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4435/...90cb0b8c_c.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...5ed81a2bec.jpg Bad side https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.clu...feda673f76.jpg Airbag light is lit, my guess is that the steering wheel spun around and ripped spiral cable in the crash. I just bought a used spiral cable, replaced it and problem solved Not a fan of the wheels that were on the car so just got a set of OEM 17 wheels, much better looking. One of the rear wheels took a hard hit aswell, rear lower control arm has om minor issues, haha https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/...d7722dba_c.jpg Have not done so much to the car, mostly collecting some parts, Iīm in the process of building a workshop at home, and trying to keep the wife happy with some small home improvements so this car get some TLC between everything else |
Sorry I kind of forgot about this thread.
I have actually done something to the car, not much but some atleast, I have mostly been working on building my workshop and taking care of my family. I will try to get this thread up to date |
The first thing I did was to get some OEM wheels mounted to the car instead of that awful Dotz wheels. I also raised the car 20mm all around so I could use it without scraping it everywhere.
Took a shot from the best side of the car https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4340/...c465011c_c.jpg The biggest concern was of course this bent LCA in the rear https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4379/...d7722dba_c.jpg Bolt was siezed inside of bushing of course, tried all of my little tricks to get it out but it just wouldnīt get out https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4334/...72aa9612_c.jpg So started to cut it at that point and removed the arm. No problem there very straight forward with the angle grinder. Problems started when i was trying to cut through the bushing. Only got half way through then the angle grinder wouldnt fit in place no more and hit the rear subframe. And i couldnīt rotate the bushing since it was siezed. So i hade to cut ut so many small pieces i could until it was weak enough to pry of. Ended up with this :) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4410/...4670a68e_c.jpg Here you can see itīs almost 1mm of rust inside the bushing thats pressing the bolt stuck in there. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4357/...f70bd870_c.jpg Bought a used control arm and some new OEM hardware, fitted it with a generous amount of antisieze on the new bolt :) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4439/...b1f89965_c.jpg All back in place and now i got a rear wheel thatīs not steering the car anymore and letīs me steer the car instead :) |
Had to do some cleaning of the interior before i started to use the car
Just an example of how disgusting the car was https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4369/...0d0e3b4c_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4394/...a512c46a_c.jpg Thatīs a lot better know https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4399/...04cfaa42_c.jpg Went to the junkyard and got me som stuff, som facelifted doorcards for example https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4397/...254fb0fb_c.jpg And some seats, but they where in desperete need of some cleaning, but no tears in the cloth Started to clena them up https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4332/...cc2fa2db_c.jpg Here you can see the difference between a cleaned one and a dirty one. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4403/...c8f36c84_c.jpg |
I found myself an oil leak from the valve cover
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7864/...b977f88c_c.jpg I bought this Ajusa valve cover gasket set, it feels and looks really good, I guess time will tell how good it is https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7835/...84e43c29_c.jpg But there is a lot of wiring hiding that valve cover, one of the worst routings of a wiring harness i ever seen, in stock form itīs all covered up by an ugly air filter box.. So it really doesnt show in stock form, but what if you would like to remove that stock air filter box....... https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7865/...fcb3af5b_c.jpg Itīlooks like it has gotten itīs oil changes in time, looking very good even though the car has done 277000 km ( wich would roughly be 173 000 miles i beleive) https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7871/...8f4aace8_c.jpg I cleaned the valve cover and put it back togehter with new Ajusa seals and alla good, no leaks so far :thumbup: |
Some bonus photos of the workshop iīm building, itīs taking up most of my spare time i have avaible. But once this is finsihed iīm going to tackle the bodywork of the IS200
I actually started this workshop build late summer in 2017 Had to buy a new toy for the build :) https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4391/...eeabc9e5_c.jpg I had the supervisor up and checking the build https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4429/...b713f327_c.jpg Slab done, https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4430/...00279652_c.jpg Time to start with the walls, it rained a lot, not so fun but what to do, I bought a garage kit, with pre fab wall sections. It makes it very fast and easy to get the walls up. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4482/...ce5d7c85_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4479/...3495d2ab_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4472/...58c8c25d_c.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4451/...9d70014a_c.jpg This was the quick and easy part :p After that I had to focus on getting the roof on before the snow, I got the roof on pretty much just before the snow ater that I could not do so much more due to cold weather and snow. And it was a time to spend some time with family instead Summer of 2018 came, got it to this point https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4535/...a7b065e1_c.jpg And after that it was time for a family break again so i left it untouched for a few months. But lately I have started with the inside work again. |
I did a track day with the car and completely shot the brakes, also the maxspeeding coilovers were really dangerous on the roads around here, car was bouncing all over the road.
So i decided I had to do something about that I started to tear things down and I got a bit carried away. I sandblasted all bolts and nuts, I wanted to test this DIY electroplating stuff, I did some of the stuff at home, but I couldnt quite get the finnish I wanted and it was stupid time consuming when you dont have the right equipment. this is how it looked when doing it by myself https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7832/...00af6489_c.jpg Not quite happy with that and I could not deal with all the hours that went in to trying to do this, so I sent rest of it off to proper business instead A bit better you could say https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7876/...1b874c2d_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7848/...23210e3b_c.jpg After the calipers got palted I painted the with epoxy primer and then paint and clearcot. Som stuff ready for paint, as you coudl see I also did some suspension parts "while I was in there" https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7873/...cbf2aeb4_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7858/...878b665d_c.jpg |
I had a hard time deciding wich color I was going to spray the calipers in, but eventually I went for gold and on top of that a proper 2 part Clear coat
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7905/...c00dcbe2_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7830/...5e638f1a_c.jpg I had to paint the inside of the rear calipers first, then assemble them and then paint the outsida to get a proper coverege on the inside. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4836/...6e32aed5_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7859/...de95f08b_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7844/...5e0af6a5_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7864/...d5d5d983_c.jpg Mounted up on the car https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7913/...940c1c88_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7876/...581dab8e_c.jpg |
As you can see I did some work on the suspension at the same time, and I also replaced the front wheelbearings
Here they get some black paint on them, prior to this the were epxoy primed https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7852/...33da3f6a_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7902/...305aa8fe_c.jpg I used this stuff, I does sure smell like itīs good stuff, time will tell how itīs holding up in our harsh enviroment during the winters https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7822/...7dea745e_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7924/...c728d65c_c.jpg Ready for assembling :) https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7875/...d41f34f5_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/...231decbf_c.jpg |
For shocks and spring I went with H&R 35mm lowering springs and Yellow Koniīs
Itīs really nice to assemblething when they are all fress and clean :) https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/...c80d80f2_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7849/...863c5aee_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7861/...a3a73be8_c.jpg Back on the car , went really smoth, no prblems at all https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7913/...940c1c88_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7807/...231decbf_c.jpg |
The last thing i had to do was to fix a new set of winterwheels
I opted for a set of 205/55-16 Nokian Hakka 9 Studded tyres with a set of cheap Japan Racing wheels. It worked out ok, unfortunately i got one tyre that was really out of balance, thatīs a part of buying Nokian tyres, they have some of the best studded tyres but thay are a pain in the ass to balance.... So easy with fresh tyres and proper machines :) https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7917/...857e384d_c.jpg So this is about where i am today, after this i got back to working on the workshop https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7824/...09c9fa93_c.jpg |
Yesterday i put on the summerwheels, it was the first drive on dry asphalt and summertires with the new suspension setup.
What a great little car this is!! Itīs lika a gocart, I canīt stop smiling when im pushing it around the roads. But, there always is a but, I still have not put my rear antiroll bar back in (a broken bolt in one of the mounts) and i few days ago I did a wheel aligment and the front camber adjusting bolts were seized stuck in the bushing, so camber is out of spec at the front wheels, need to get new bushing and bolts for that. And the caster is out of spec, iīm assuming that is because of the lowering. Is there a good way to rectify that caster issue and still keep rubber bushings in the suspension? I donīt want to go PU-bushing because of the hars roads here that will kill the PU-bushings rather quickly |
I hade to take care of my obnoxiuos exhaust noise in the car since i commute 160km a day with it, PO hade removed back box and welded in a straight pipe instead.
So the car had to go in to my not finished workshop https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7901/...6a50c7d5_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7884/...70626513_c.jpg The removed straight pipe next to my new cheap not OEM back box https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7888/...e5635077_c.jpg Before and after shot Before https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7918/...14a5d843_c.jpg After https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7850/...cedcbac8_c.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7841/...9f864771_c.jpg Itīs from a manufacter called Vegaz, I have never seen them before but I took the cjeapest alternative I could find since i really dont know how i want to do with the car engine wise yet, so i just needed it to get quieter for now. To my surprise it was very good look and fitment of this. So very a very positive feeling about this one. And so much more comfortable to commute in |
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