I have recently purchased a 2007 silver lexus is250. I was wondering how everyone on the forums approached modding their cars. I have two options i can start with looks, swap out lights and redo dash to get rid of the mahagony plastic, or I can go straight into performance by upgrading the intake and exhaust. I am willing to consider any suggestions including some ideas on what I can actually mod.

Thanks for your time.

looks FTW you wont gain much power on these cars... unless you have $$$ to drop

Andre

Ill have roughly $5,000 to spend on the car by the end of summer.
Any suggestions to what to do to improve looks?

Im going to swap out all the inside lights and i'm considering putting some halos on.

our cars are better adding 'show' rather than adding 'go'

5k? drop n rims NOW

with 5k... you can get drop rims and GFX at the very least... or maybe some other kits... and it'll look perfect

Andre

Go with the looks. I don't think there's as much you can do with the 250 compared to the 350 in the power department. I'm going looks only for that reason

1k coils/3k work rims/1k tires and if you order now you might just get it by the end of summer

Here is picture of car for reference. Black rims with black grilles? or Chrome Chrome?

Get Coilovers and a good set of rims and you will be set. for awhile ;0. I like black...alot of members like chrome. all preference. What do you like better?

To be honest I have no clue at the moment
If i go black im going to swap out all the decals so thats another thing i'm worried about if i take them off will i scratch any paint

I would use the $5000 for both (unless you plan to spend half or more on the rims)

What decals?

If you were wanting more power that 5k would've gone a lot further in getting a 350 instead of a 250. You can't add half as much power to a 250 for twice as much money.

Lots you can do for looks though

The lexus badges and the is250 badge. IF i went black rims and grille id get black badges or paint them?

you have 5k to spend? lol i say trade in the 250 and get the 350............ just my opinion of course