Goped Guy

Does any one know where to get an armrest for the is300. I just got the car and it realy needs one. Any information would be great.

Thanks Michael

Stirs

I posted this same question earlier today. The armrest is a dealer option on the 2002 models but apparently will be able to be ordered as a seperate part and fitted to the 2000/2001 IS's.

mjdart

Can't wait til they are available at the dealer. Here is a picture of the 5 spd 2002 IS interior and you can see the armrest clearly.

aust182

what are the buttons at the just behind the shifter?

And I noticed this one has the new leather without the ecsaine perforation, looks clean!

scoot557

the buttons behind the shifter are for the popup nav-screen in the middle of the dash, above the vents

aust182

Not if it is DVD driven. I can think of alot of uses for that one. I have seen TV wired into the mirrors of an A4(auto-dimmer), imagine what they can do with an entire screen!!

mjdart

I can't say I understand the full leather treatment myself in the 5 spd. The current set-up is to stop you from sliding around on the seats during high g cornering. I would think 5 spd buyers would be more likely to drive in this manner? The nav screen set-up does look nice.

aust182

I looked this one over again and the silver-tone plastic trim is also gone from the dash. I noted in the InsideLexus article they were going to rework the dash. Probably in respoonse to several articles including R&T that the plastic silvertone stuff was rather cheap looking. Looks like they went to all rubber-like dash similar to the 3 series BMWs. I like the look better, seems cleaner.

scoot557

does anyone else like the idea of color-matching dash kits? like absolute red on the oustide, with black/absolute red trim interior? or the yellow w/yellow & black on the inside? i remember in a road & track a while back, they did something on the techart porsche 996 widebody, which was bright yellow and it had yellow/black interior to match the yellow paint and it looked unbelievable...anyone else have comments?
these are three kinds available from germantech for the porsche. the red one matches the 2002 interior steering wheel i've seen in pictures...well i just think they would look nice...my 2¢

MrMark

iTrader: (3)

Don't do it yourself. I had an interior repair guy spray the silver trim SMB and it came out like sh$@ !!! Lexus puts some type of coating on the plastic so you can't just spray on top of it. The bad paint job will just act as my primer for the body shop guy to finish the job. Hopefully it will be done for Englishtown.

Mark

scoot557

i think its actual snap-on replacement leather or a faux-leather (leatherette) or inserts or something. tell me how it comes out when you get it done professionally, thanks

ps- do you have any pics of the current interior??

mjdart

Found another pic