whoismiked

Hello Club Lexus family!

I figured i'd start a thread to help me keep track of things I do to my car over time.

My Lexus is a for fun / weekend car. My for fun cars are always something I like to customize/mod, but I try and keep it within good taste. I also own a few other vehicles, this Lexus is not my daily but my favorite car to drive.

Prior to joining the Lexus team, my fun car was a 2008 Acura TL Type-S that I had fully modded and absolutely loved that car ... then it got stolen ... but that's a story for another time.

So after that finally got resolved with my insurance company I was in the market for another car. I pretty much stick with Honda, Acura, Toyota, or Lexus with my vehicles I always loved the Lexus IS cars and always wanted one, so I finally got one. It is a base model but does have every premium, luxury, and weather package included minus the Mark Levison Stereo as I knew I would be upgrading that anyways.

I almost immediately went to work on modding / upgrading / customizing things

















Mods at the time of this first post: 10/2019 (Will list new mods and dates added below to help me keep track)

• Ark Grip Catback Exhaust
• RR racing ODB ECU Tune
• RR Racing Carbon tuned intake + F-Sport Filter & charcoal filter delete
• RCF LCA Bushings
• RSR Down Springs
• SPC Rear Camber Arms & Front adjustable Ball Joints
• Nia Full Splitter lip kit
• OEM Rear Spoiler
• 18x8.5 TSW Seabring Wheels (+40 Offset)
• Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ 255/35ZR
• SunTek CIR Ceramic Window Tint
• Chrome deleted window trim - gloss black
• Well Visors Window Visors
• Changed all interior light to Xenon white LED's
• Xenon White 6000k Fog Light LED's
• Xenon White 6000k 500 Lumen Reverse light LED's
• Aftermarket Remote start (can't remember brand)

Stereo System:

• JL Audio 12W6V2
• Infinity Kappa 6.5's in rear
• Focal ICU 100 4" front dash speakers
• Alpine PDX-V9 Amp
• LC7i Audio Control Unit
• Bass control **** installed in dash (looks OEM)
• Custom Ported Sub Enclosure with trunk matched carpet false wall to hide everything (Can still access spare tire compartment)
• Entire Trunk lined with Dynamat

Mods added after first post: (will add pics in spoiler tags for some parts)


New: 11/10/19:

• Black Texas License Plate
• Aukey Dr02 Dash Cam
• Carbon Fiber Interior trim pieces & Shift ****
• Center Console Tray Organizer
• Matte Back Front grill chrome delete
• Matte Black Rear Emblem

New: 11/19/19

• 10.25" Andriod Headunit W/ Wireless carplay (4x4 unit)

New: 11/25/19

• Smoked DRL lenses

New: 12/9/19

• Front Emblem Swap - Gloss Black GX L emblem

New: 1/19/20

• Rear Window/roof Spoiler
• Removed all exterior badges except front and rear 'L'
• Ikonmorotorsports rear diffuser painted obsidian

New: 2/10/20

• H&R 15MM spacers on the front

New: 2/16/20

• Seibon BT-Style Carbon Fiber Hood (Wrapped gloss black)

New: 3/2/20

• MVTuning Headlight eyelids (Gloss black)

New: 4/25/20

• Lexus OEM Illuminated door sills & Logo Projectors

New: 7/15/20

• Beatsonic lower front grill fisheye camera

New: 1/15/21

• RR Racing Air oil separator

New: 5/22/21

• RR Racing flat bottom Carbon Fiber steering wheel (Alcantara grips & Blue Stitching)

New: 5/23/21

• BeatSonic Front / Rear camera control module w/ OEM looking dash button

New: 5/24/21

• Ergo Touchpad (Replaced OEM Joystick) (Would like to figure out a way to design a bezel for this at some point for an even cleaner look)

New: 5/29/21

• RC-F Touch Activated dome light cluster conversion

New: 5/31/21

• F-Sport Speedo / Gauge Cluster Conversion

New: 6/1/21

• HldmybeerEngineering 3D Printed Fuse Box cover (has slots for power wires to exit when tapping power from fuses) (This is sold by a member here <-- Link)

New: 6/5/21

• HldmybeerEngineering 3D Printed AC seat duct adapter (Turns "ventilated seats into "air conditioned" seats)

New: 6/7/21

• Credit Card Wallet Key Fob (no more keys or fobs clogging my pockets anymore!)

New: 6/15/21

• 3D Scanned custom fit windshield shade
• Carbon Fiber Paddle Shifter extensions Removed these, thought they were ugly. Might get some actual carbon replacement paddles at some point

New: 6/20/21

• Cusco Front Strut Bar

New: 8/7/21

• Custom black Leather Airbag cover w/ carbon fiber emblem and blue stitching

Likely a bunch of small things here and there that I have forgotten to include here




Soon Future plans

• Wilwood or Brembo Big Brake Kit

Down the line plans

• RR Racing Super charger (Stage 2 with E85 Tune)
• PPE ceramic coated headers
• Gilken LSD
• Front & Rear Chassis under braces, sway bar, and Tom's rear upper strut bar
• Seibon Carbon fiber wide fenders (Paint matched)
• iLift front end lift system (or similar system, I do not want to go air ride/bags, I just want to be able to lift my front for driveways, dips, ect)

NikNikNik

those rims are so fire.

whoismiked

Thanks! I actually went to the shop with a different model wheel in mind planning to purchase them, then saw these on display and really liked them. Then talked the manager into a discount due to how much business I have done with them in the past so I ended up getting them and I do love them

swaangin

clean build my guy.. make an audio clip of the exhaust

NIAautoDesign

the lip kit looks great!

aryahaji

Where were you able to find the wheels with the 60.1 mm hub. I cant seem to find anything online thus far. Love those wheels, also what are the offsets

whoismiked

I've been meaning to get some updated pics, the car has gone through some changes since the first picture posted. The weather has been nasty but once it clear up I'll try and get some good shots of what she looks like currently


Been meaning to do this and keep forgetting, hope to post one soon.

Thanks! You guys make an excellent product and have great customer service <3

I'm honestly not sure of my bore size to be honest and If I remember right my offset is 40. I did not specifically choose these spec's all I knew going in is what model wheel I wanted and I wanted 18 x 8.5 all around. The shop manager used his computer program do figure out what exact size and offset would work best with my setup. I think the rears are as close to flush as I'm going to get, but my fronts could prolly use a 15mm spacer at some point.

whoismiked

Just a few random pics I took with my cell phone to show that the front looks like with the black emblem, chrome delete, and smoked DRL's.

Pittsy

Can you share some info on that headunit of yours? Did you install yourself?

whoismiked

Yes, I installed it myself. I'm pretty famialir with installing A/V equipment so It was not very hard to figure out, there where no instructions so there was a bit of trial and error but all in all I feel the install was easy to do, but very time consuming due to how much of the car needs to be dismantled to install it (you don't just swap out the screen, you also have to dismantle the entire center console in order to be able to remove the stock stereo to get to the plugs behind it.

The headunit I bought from 4x4shop.ca. This is the newer version that was just released (Nov 2019), here is a link to where I purchased: Here

There is also a large discussion thread over on the 3IS forum section discussing this unit: Here

NIAautoDesign

that NIA kit looks amazing!

whoismiked

Thanks again, I love your products!

Why did you discontinue the headlight eyelids? I've been wanting a set and not a fan of the other options out there. The ones you guys used to produce looked great. What caused you to quit making them?

NIAautoDesign

Thanks for the love! We discontinued them because our mold was damaged, not sure if we will be bringing them back or not, it is pretty costly to remake that mold

whoismiked

I finally recorded a quick sound clip of the exhaust. Recorded on a cell phone, obviously sounds better in person and I did not rev very high due to cold engine.

TJR14IS350

Thank god I got a set. I love them.