Update on my daily driver. Black 08 IS250 Prestige with Enhancement Pack. Purchased new & left absolutely untouched up until about a month ago. No tough "build" here, all cheapie mods.

Sold my CL9 to a friend who didn't quite have enough to cover my asking price, so since he ran a window tinting business, I had him tint the RX7, Dad's IS350 & my IS250 to help cover my losses.

First mode, 15% tint:









Had some wheels (Trafficstar style) laying around doing nothing (from a previous car), but wasn't quite convinced whether or not to put them on the IS250 as they weren't staggered. 19x8.5 +35 all round (225/35's). Thought it'd be perfect up front, but fail in the rear since there's some pretty aggressive rears going on the 2nd Gens. There was serious gutter rash & some fading on the polished lips of the wheels so that didn't help. Not really into spacers either. Took a close look & realised 1 of the tyres was not reuseable so thought I could "fatten" then up with the widest rubber recommended for a 8.5 wide rim (Pauly & Nick style), so fitted some nice new 255/35 Falken FK452's. Machined the lips while I was at it to get rid of the rashing.

The appearance of "dish" was a concern for me as the wheels were black with a polished lip. So did some online searching whilst on the trains & discovered the whole "Plastidip"revolution.......lol Not so easy to find this stuff in Sydney, but eventually tracked it down along with a can or two of the ""glossifier". Results below:







Now onto suspension. Didn't think springs would drop it enough, so thought I'd need to fork out for coilovers. Then I spoke to another IS owner who seemed happy with his choice to go to Tein S Tech from coilovers & mentioned the ride was still good. I have a pregnant wife, so comfort is really important. Luckily, stumbled across some barely used Tein S Tech's for sale on gumtree for a bargain price. The owner went for coilovers, so couldn't be bothered seperating the springs from the shocks so he gave those too. Easiest drop since no adjustment of springs compressors were needed. Shocks turned out to be in better condition than mine Took about 3hrs to fit yesterday afternoon (Thanks to Julian & Greg) & went along without too much drama. Accidentally broke the wire for the ABS/VSC, but was able to solder. Also blew one fuse when removing the rear trim. Pretty efficient afternoon though.

Grabbed a rear ducktail wing, prepainted & secured it with the provided 3M tape too. Highly recommend it. Paint & fitment were excellent.













Excuse the picture quality. I quickly snapped those up while grabbing lunch. I already purchased a GFX front lip, which I dropped off yesterday to have prepped & painted. Will be fitting that this Thursday & hopefully have time to do a proper photoshoot this coming weekend.

Apart from the front lip, only other plans I have is to get a nice intake & delete the resonator. Bit ricey I know, but V6's sound so nice with a bit of roar.

Big thanks Greg & Julian for the help!