WELCOME and Congratulations. I promise if you spend a lot of time on this site and really read, you will see this community has found tons of things the car does that you will never realize unless you read this site.

As far as your rim package question, it sounds like your looking for what I am also. Check out this link and let me know what you think.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=298457

 

actually i get a new car every 2 years or so, leasing is by far the best option for me seeing as how a leased car i can write off the entire payment on my taxes.
my previous car was a 2004 TSX black with parchment 6 speed navi, upgraded to the 06 (Black on Black this time) in feb last year to get the bluetooth and additional features offered in the 06 model. so ive had a TSX for 4 years and frankly i love the car, it was a hard decision for me seriously,

i spent nearly an hour at the dealer after the numbers were negotiated trying to decide if i really needed a car with a sticker of $45,660 to drive a 3 mile commute to work each day, in the end i decided i really didnt need to but still wanted it anyway. also the dealer was having a sale this month with special lease rates and i got the car at 800 over invoice i think total price was $42,990 and i got a lease rate of about 2.5% fortunatly they had exactly the car i wanted on the lot, and i never buy any car unless its the top of the line in that particular model. i hate wishing i had this feature or that, might as well get the whole enchalada or dont bother!

what got me interested in the Lex? well i took my family on a vacation in orlando 2 months ago, at the car rental place i was about to drive away in a POS nissan altima. noticing that the car was covered with bug guts i asked the lot attendant to run it through the car wash to clean it up and after he drove off to go do that i noticed a brand new IS250 sitting in another row and in my favorite color! i found it was only 15 bucks a day more so i upgraded, spent a week in the car and totally enjoyed it i felt right at home! but i knew that there was no way it would have the power back home in colorado springs colorado at 6200 feet. so when i got home i went to the lex dealer to look at the 350, im a gadget freak and this car was loaded (same one i bought) for the next 1.5 months every time i got in my TSX it just kept eating at me, wishing i had a little more nutz under the hood!

so i went to the dealer to compare how the blue tooth and navi features compared to the TSX and the more i learned about the features on the IS the more i liked it.
also i feel like ive reached a point in my life that i would like to show a certain symbol of success and the Acura Brand though i think is one of the best values on the planet, the lex just says "im not an average joe" a little more than an acura seems to. i dont mean i want to be a snob but i think a lex kinda says your a smart successfull person in the eyes of a lot of people more so than the acura does and i think im ready to feel that way after 4 long years of building my business.

honestly, the lex isnt perfect for me, i wish i could have a 6 speed manuel trans and i like the way the acura navigation system works better than the lex. i was pleasantly suprised that for another 15K the lex has so much more to offer, such as standing on the gas and watching things dissapear in the rear view is exactly what i was looking for, being an ex caraudio nut and caraudio manufacturer i have to say this is the first stock stereo system i have no wish to upgrade, for me i wouldnt change one damn thing! being a drummer and having a close and personal appreciation for good quality music i actually got chills and a tear when i drove away from the dealer listening to a cd someone left in the changer when i cranked the stereo and was blown away at the clairty and staging of the ML system best factory system by far.

i was worried about the navigation system but after watching the cd tutorial and learning how to use voice commands i dont care that you cannot program the system while moving, because actually you can and very quickly just by using voice commands. i had read here and seen a lot of people complain about the things you cannot do while driving which almost had me stay with the acura. but just this evening i learned how to program an address while driving doing basically the exact same thing i did in the acura by voice. i find the Blue tooth kit works just as good and as long as i can access speed dial and speak a number while driving i dont see the limitations everyone here speaks of. the only thing i see is not being able to watch a DVD while driving and thats an easy fix.

anyway, there's why i made the switch, so far everyone who has seen the car is totally gaga over it and every time i show it to another person it makes me feel ever better i got it.

 

im not a 5 spoke fan at all, they look nice! but not for me, also since i have black i really want a black or gunmetal gray with a polished lip kind of look.

 

Edmunds lists all the abbreviations.

 

Thanks for the detailed reasons on why you changed over. It's always good to know the why's behind the changes from one make to the other. Surprised you found a Lexus IS in a rental fleet, you don't see that very often (I never have).

 

so was I! but the 15 extra a day was to upgrade to their "exotic" rate i had to laugh, being an insurance agent we classify exotic as a ferrerri, viper, lambo, i would hardly call the IS exotic but i guess when you rent out crap wagons like ford focus, dodge neon and the like, i guess an IS might seem exotic.

 

Hey welcome to CL. You'll find different kind of wheels in the Aftermarket wheel thread. Yes i know it's a long thread and it'll take you some time to see the whole thread, but it's well worth it. Also check D2autosports they have a good selection and their prices are great.

 

i own a tsx too and man its not up to par with lexus yet..acura still got a long ways to go...Welcome to the club with the emblems you can find it at our venders websites or contact them here in the classified page u can see their website :P hope that helps

 

Oh yea! Nice jump there! I bet you are loving the speed and power! Congrats and welcome to CL!

 

Congrats! I made the same leap from the TSX to the IS350. Besides the power, the biggest difference was the sound system. For a short time I owned both vehicles, and after driving the IS for several days, I had to drive the TSX one day.I couldn't believe the difference in sound quality. No matter how many buttons I pushed, I couldn't get even close to the clarity of the ML system!

 

Congratulations, yo! I, like you, came from Acura (06 TL/nav).

on topic w/your questions, I was wondering about the black-out thing.

what I was thinking:

black out rear lights
black out rear reflectors
stock 18s, reflective black
black emblems (except for L)

what's the best way to go about getting this done?