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Hola :wave:

Ok, with the Stagea gone lol :wack: I sorted out my 'daily driver' cough 'mini project' last week by looking at a few cars but in the end settled on a lovely red, mint condition Lexus IS200 Sport with 90k miles on the clock.

I thought long and hard about my original idea of a small runabout vehicle but the missus was banging on about having 4 or 5 doors and all this rubbish about having summat more family oriented :rolleyes: I was trying to convince her a Yaris T-Sport is very family oriented but she won so I decided sod it I'm getting an E36 323i or IS200!! :D

To me surprise there weren't that many 323i's about with mileage below 100k and I wasn't going to travel more than 30 miles to view my future daily driver!! So last Tue evening I went to pick up this cracking IS200 Sport which Ben had owned for about 5 years... only 1 previous owner before him!! We settled on £2,750 so was well pleased keeping within my budget :thumbs:

Before last Tue evening I was already on the blower to Leon @ EP Racing and had already ordered a Top Secret style front lip which arrived on the Thursday. This was my initial test fit:



Went on like a dream with only very minor trimming required on the ends :)

I've got a set of genuine AVS Model 5 rims lying about in the garage which needed a good home (had these from my S15 when she came over from Japan lol) so gave them all a clean and ready to fit after the tyres were swapped over:



Did all my prep work for the front lip (many thanks to Gav for all the advice on painting fibreglass!):



Quick shot of the dials:



Telford Exhaust chaps getting a new Powerflow rear can fitted (awesome straight six audio!!):





Olly, my lad helping me dry the base coat hehe:



And here she is after less than a week collecting her from Ben - upgraded AVS rims, prepped/painted/fitted TS style front lip myself and also nice sounding exhaust sorted :cool:

 

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Yes, before you can say 'how many immigrants can you hide underneath those arches??' I will be taking the Lex-Arse up to Gav's Speed Factory this week to get some awesome Meister R coilovers fitted!!

Cheers,

James :D
 
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Hey is200 are cool.

It's great that your already tuning her up.
I didn't know that the dials looked so cool lol!
 

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You really can't resist can you James?! Daily drivers are supposed to be cheap and not to be messed with!! ;) Looks very nice though mate, well done.
 

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Cheers Vinnie - yeah love them dials!! :thumbs:


lmao Craig - this is definitely low key 'not messed with IS200'... if I was modifying like I will be with the future S14 track project, I'd have her stripped out and with supercharger before the summer!! :p :rotfl:

Thanks dude
 

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I do like the is200, you will have to let me know what she is like on juice. My daily is getting a little on the knackered side now (200,000 miles), so might fancy an upgrade soon.
 

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SR20DET is a bloody standard... and a good one lol :nod:


Adam - compared to the Stagea this IS200 is like a mega frugal turbo diesel lol... I'm getting around 200 miles to £40 worth of regular unleaded :)

When I had the Stagea, £40 (of Optimax) was getting back around 120 miles :eek: :down:



Can't wait to get the coilovers fitted tomorrow!!! Will get pics up :wave:
 

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Ha, you hate a new car mate, looks good, mate of mine had one few years back, love the dials still!
 
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Ha ha. Never a dull moment James.
Car looks good. Will definetly look better with the coilys on, oh and maybe a colour change on the wheels. Anthracite would look good. :)
 
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When I had the Stagea, £40 (of Optimax) was getting back around 120 miles :eek: :down:

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And like you weren't "im going to win!" everywhere you went, i had a R33 with the RB25DET and i got way more mpg unless driving it like my arse was on fire
 

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It's not even a nissan..... can anyone say BAN!!!!

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