Greetings from New Zealand,

I recently found an 2010 ISF in local dealership.
Dealer listed it as an 2010 ISF with LSD imported from Japan. Have looked up year to year changes of ISF in the sticky thread which made me confusing now.
That car has LED DRL, sport button on steering wheel, updated gauge cluster, stock wheel of 08-10 models not those updated 'flower pattern' ones.
Is anyone familiar with ISF in Japanese market and find out which model year it actually is and if it really has LSD?
Cheers!

I asked the dealer to send me a photo of the vin plate
The vin code is re registered by NZ Transport Agency after imported so couldn't find anything from that.
Any way to figure it out from the frame number?

 

Is it right or left hand drive? Did you run the vin through the American Lexus website to see if anything comes up?

 

It's right hand drive. Searched Vin on American lexus, couldn't find anything.

 

Hi,

The dead giveaway you have said is probably the dash cluster. Other indications could also be engine cover (black for a MY11 - admittedly this could easily be swapped out I reckon), the build date (from August 2010). I also noticed that the Japanese MY10 had the carbon fibre weave on the interior trims but the MY11 had a marble looking texture on the interior trims. Not sure if this was optional but I found 2 Japanese MY11 with that marble trim.

According to a member on the Australia forum the original wheels (perhaps only for Australian market because I don't think we ever got the flower rims) were available for every MY whereas the MY12+ rims that everyone knows was an optional extra. If this is true for the japanese ISFs then it won't give a good indication of its MY (or it was swapped out for some reason).

Good Luck

 

Keep in mind, one repair that these cars may need if they see a lot of heat is the dash replaced. It’s pretty easy to get it covered under warranty here, but that may not be the case on a RHD. It would be pretty cool to own, though.