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Old 12-25-22, 02:34 AM
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Default IS 200t tuning ideas

Hello everyone! My name is Jan and I'm from Poland. I came here to ask you for advice I couldn't receive on polish groups. I have my IS 200t atomic silver on 17" rims. I'm attaching a photo of my car.
Now I'd like it to look more aggressive and sporty. I know the prices are different, but I have like 4k$ to spend. My first thought was to change the colour to a black mat, maybe change rims and add some bumper add-ons (not sure if this is the right word, but I mean something like Maxton design). Please help me with some ideas. If you could also

paste a direct link where I can buy the right part with the price. Also, feel free to send some photos of your car!

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Jan

Old 12-26-22, 02:09 AM
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You can get a axle back exhaust for a more "sporty" look and sound as well.
For exterior you can get any generic brand lip kit for the aggressive look, add a roof spoiler and a spoiler. If you are going to change the color of the car, I would recommend a Satin finish instead of a matte with a nice dark color instead of Black. Most Satin colors will give the car a nice sporty and aggressive look. You can do the hood an roof in black and also wrap certain accents for a better look.

You should be able to stay within budget for everything but the axle back exhaust, I believe you can eBay the exterior parts for cheap or even Amazon as well.
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I have the same IS body type (non F sport) so there aren't a lot of options that will look good for that bumper. They have 3 piece lips (which I think look cheap) or the Nia splitter which also looks weird on the car. If I were you, I'd try to find some F sport wheels or luxury wheels, throw some spacers on it and drop it with some Ark / RSR springs, maybe add an exhaust. You could also wrap the car above. I love the Nardo grey / gloss color which I think looks excellent on this car, you could get some color shifting wraps with the Nardo grey as well.

You could also swap out the rear diffuser for the 2017+ F sport and throw some quad tips. You can take a look at my build, I tried to put 2018+ front lip on my car but it ended up cracking. Another option is doing a full F sport conversion to the front bumper which I think would look great and fit your budget too
Old 12-29-22, 05:42 AM
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i'd not wrap the car at all, but if you're going to then gloss to just change the color would be okay. i dunno, though...atomic silver is one of lexus' best colors.

satin as @ex00 mentioned looks better than matte, but eh.

wheels would definitely help as you have the 17" basic wheels (maybe the 18" f-sport wheels if you want to just convert the car stock?) and yeah, as @swaangin said, convert the front bumper to the f-sport one and the rear diffuser to the '17-'20 model years'. also, add the oem spoiler - the euro one available there looks better than the one that came standard in north america in my opinion.
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