Eritsuke

Hello all, this is my first post, I've just got the time to actually find a good Lexus quality board to post on. A little about me, I've been driving Toyotas or growing in Toyotas most of my life. I'm 22 and I am actually lucky to be influenced by Toyota drivers in my family.

Now my questions about the IS350. I have a 2006 LS430, and I wanted to know if the IS350 had some of the things that the LS430 has. Does the IS350 have:

Ambient Lighting?
Can you get a Luxury Package with the Sport Suspension?
Can you purchase it without a sunroof?

I'm pretty sure I have more questions, it's just not popping out of my head right now. I know I want to get one, but I just wanted to know what my options are before I go back into the dealership. Thanks a lot and all comments are welcome.

Crazy Yoda

Best thing i can say is to go and check out the lexus website. I think that will answer many of your questions. Also a trip to Edmunds will help. Also check the sticky posts at the top.

Ramon

It does have ambient lighting

AFIK, you cannot get the Lux package with the sports suspension. I know for 2006 you couldn't for sure. The options for 2007 are a bit more flexable so I can't be 100% certain on that.

I have yet to see a 2IS without a sunroof

socalJD

You currently drive a 06 LS430 and want to change into the IS ?
I think that will be one helluva transition - I can't think of 2 completely opposite vehicles to compare, the only thing in common are the 'L' badges and 4 doors.

Anyway, to address your questions, you cannot get the luxury & sports suspension together, it is a bit counter-intuitive. Most people would just get the luxury pkg and add AM springs or coilovers to create their own sports suspension. You *can* get an IS w/out the moonroof if you order the X pkg and specify no moonroof, otherwise it is standard for all ISs. As for ambient lighting, not really sure what you mean so cannot respond.

adoni77

question about lexus.com. I did the build your Lexus, and it seemed off. I build a IS350 but when it was said and done, it was telling me it was a 2.5 engine, only 200+hp. And the options were way differant from Edmunds.com. I was just wondering if anyone else notice a problem with the site?

projectdna

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packaging and availability differs by region, no?

SolaraToIS

That is correct^

Eritsuke

Well, I wanted to get another daily driver car, and I was looking at the ISX50 as one of my top choices, I didn't want to go with an ES350 and I think going to get a GS350 would just be too big. I was looking for another smaller car to get going with.

I read all of the posts on here and it seems like the only thing I can do is buy the luxury package and get some coilovers after that, which I will do a search for on the forums. I'll probably go down to the dealer today just to take a look at a few and see if he'll let me take an IS350 out for a drive. I already have the 2007 brochure and another post said that the items vary by region, so if I put an order in, will it not be acknowledged?

Thanks a lot.

Foxberry

Yes, but not the engine!

Julez

You should special order an 07 LUX w/ X-package(that will give you the sport suspension) and maybe tell the dealer you want the stock wheels or upgrade to ISP or G-Spyder or even take the X-package wheels if you like them. You can special order an X-package with no moonroof but I'm pretty sure that is the only way, all the other packages include it.

Eritsuke

So you can order an 07 with the luxury package and the X-package, I thought you could only order one or the other. Can another person confirm this.

Julez

Well here in CA, dealerships have Premium Package and X-package combined(a few CL members have this) so I would assume you could get LUX and X-package.

ExSkyPup24

A 22 year old with a Lexus LS430?? Are you blessed with weathly parents? Wow... congrats.

Evitzee

LOL, I thought the same thing. What happened to the times when the top vehicles were something that was a reward for a long, successful career? It seems now kids in their teens are getting Lexus' and Rolex' to start out life with, i.e. instant gratification. Nothing wrong with that, of course, but I guess I was born too early.

Eritsuke

Actually, I've been working since I was 16 years old and got into investments early in my life, as you can see it actually worked out for me. I wasn't one of the fortunate kids that got money from their parents. Like you said though, it's not bad like that.