If you had $1,500 to spend on your IS-F...
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You need to make sure your car is mechanically sound before you start messing with it.
Has your water pump been replaced? Hopefully you are under some type of warranty.
Take it into to a Lexus dealer and have them inspect the whole car and see what needs to be done.
If your car is in perfect shape, I would buy tires and Figs front bushings, then save up for a true Limited Slip diff on your 08.
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Has your water pump been replaced? Hopefully you are under some type of warranty.
Take it into to a Lexus dealer and have them inspect the whole car and see what needs to be done.
If your car is in perfect shape, I would buy tires and Figs front bushings, then save up for a true Limited Slip diff on your 08.
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You need to make sure your car is mechanically sound before you start messing with it.
Has your water pump been replaced? Hopefully you are under some type of warranty.
Take it into to a Lexus dealer and have them inspect the whole car and see what needs to be done.
If your car is in perfect shape, I would buy tires and Figs front bushings, then save up for a true Limited Slip diff on your 08.
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Has your water pump been replaced? Hopefully you are under some type of warranty.
Take it into to a Lexus dealer and have them inspect the whole car and see what needs to be done.
If your car is in perfect shape, I would buy tires and Figs front bushings, then save up for a true Limited Slip diff on your 08.
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*Follow-up on my Borla. Ordered from JEGS since they were the cheapest. Initially said would ship by the 3rd, email last night said it would be the 21st before it went out. Soooooo, cancelled that and went through Summit. Hopefully it'll be here next week being that I'm closer to Summit anyway.
Really digging those 19 Velgen VM85's in the classified section. But I'm trying to hold out on wheels lol.
Really digging those 19 Velgen VM85's in the classified section. But I'm trying to hold out on wheels lol.
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^^^^^^Not from them, especially if you end up with a curbed wheel and need a replacement after already buying two sets of wheels and a set of tires from them, expect to pay $100 more then you originally paid (not including shipping) for one replacement wheel the second time around ^^^^^^
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Wheel: 20x9 Stance SC8
Tire: Accelera PHI 245/35/20
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Please understand that the $100 extra that you were quoted was simply because there was a mistake made initially in quoting you and we honored your price and lost money. Even though we made a mistake, we do value our customers and back up what we say. The wheel was sold to you at $300. Please be fair and honest and mention the price you are getting the wheel and tire for now. We still offered the wheel and tire at $432 shipped. At that price we are still at a loss. I guarantee you that you will not get a lower price! We appreciate your business and still offered the wheel to you at a price that is unmatched. You are welcome to contact the manufacturer or any other dealer that carries the wheels to confirm. Please check to see if you can get a better price. Here are the details below:
Wheel: 20x9 Stance SC8
Tire: Accelera PHI 245/35/20
Wheel: 20x9 Stance SC8
Tire: Accelera PHI 245/35/20
For example:
Retail on one vossen wheel is XXX.XX dollars
Retail on a stance wheel is XXX.XX dollars
You mark up the tires and the vossen wheels, only to show me a discount on the stance wheels (therefore devaluing the stance brand name and wheel I purchased by "showing" me a lower price, per wheel on the Stance wheels), only to leave me pissed off when a wheel gets damaged and I need to buy a replacement. Why not just call it like it is from the beginning and use the REAL price I'm paying per wheel on the invoice, so that we can avoid messes like this in the future? When I see on my invoice that I paid one price (due to you guys fudging the numbers to make a sale or not), then telling me if I want the same wheel I gotta pay $100 more then my invoice shows and blame it on "we already took a loss, we sold it for less by accident the first time", thats whats shady to me. :thumbed:
As a business, you should follow through. You win some, you lose some. You could've said, crap we fudged the numbers and showed him he paid less for this wheel then he actually paid, and sold me the replacement at the same price you showed me I paid the first time and ate the loss on it to keep my business and keep me happy. Instead, you took a large chunk of change from me and hung me out to dry over $100 for a temporary sale, instead of looking at the bigger picture and winning a customer for life. I typically buy 1-2 cars a year, a few of the years I was buying 3-4, mostly all got aftermarket wheels. But hey, who's asking me. At the end of the day if $100 is worth that to you guys, it will eventually cost you a lot more in sales then that.
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Are the water pumps prone to going out that early??? Just took it in to Lexus dealer before my road trip to VA and had oil changed and multipoint inspection done. They said car looks good, no issues found. Not sure how thorough they were but I feel okay with it. Definitely setting aside money for tires from here on..
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only thing that is ugly from a stock ISF is the wheel gap/ride height. use that money to drop your car. preferably coilovers. you can get a smooth ride (if you want that) and drastically make your car look better.
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