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mybbis

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  1. well what I did is I installed a converter box that I do sell, I sell Hid's and led's online and I ordered this decoder/ canceller for hid's and it worked. I took some pics of the drl's during the day. check it out... this was before this is after
  2. Hey guys. I just did this mod in about 30 minutes. Its not full power DRL's but they are definately brighter. This is with nokya yellow hallogens. So now when just the DRL's are on they definately look yellow which is what I wanted and I'm sure a lot of you do too wether its hyper white or yellow bulbs. Now some of the pics are bad because it is night time but you should be able to tell. Please let me know what you guys think!!!!! This is when I did it to just the passenger side I was seeing the difference between them and making sure it was noticeable and in this pic you can clearly tell. this is with the this is flash on you can also tell I know there is glare but you can see it is more yellow looking If you want details please PM me. I don't want to get in trouble for advertising... Thanks
  3. yup. I had my car at lexus about three weeks ago while they were looking at something else they performed these three fixes. They told me the one for the electric power steering had something to do with the rack and pinion assembly.
  4. yes this works. when you individually roll them back up I think you have to press auto up on them but I'm not 100%. Thats what I did and it worked
  5. Thanks for replying randy. I know its difficult to diagnose the problem over the Internet but I dont know where else to look. I have tried taking the wheels off because I also thought the rotor might have been tilted as you said. The noise is kind of intermittent. This morning it was 30 degrees and I drove 50 miles to school and it was fine. Yesterday coming to and from work It was doing it. I do think they might have cut the rotor down too much but I'm not sure. I think if the dealer would replace the passenger side rotor it would be good since it seemed to fix the other side. By the way I drive the car easy, and it still makes the noise while slow and medium braking. It doesn't squeel. And I'm pretty sure it is the rotor because the noise goes with the same speed the wheels are turning. Does that make sense? I guess I will have to wait until the 9th and see what the dealer has to say. The best way to describe the noise would be like a rocking chair rocking back and forth. Thanks for your input Yeah, it does sound like the noise is related to the rotation of the rotor. I takes less than 10 minutes to replace a rotor on that car. I would think the dealer would just replace the rotor and see if that fixes it. Legally, the rotor can only be turned down so much according the thickness spec. range, I believe that is DOT law. Any good brake shop should mic the thickness before and after it's turned. I've had a brake shop, say "no they are too thin to turn" and they would be out legal spec. I then I took them to another shop, and they turned them with no problem. I am not a machinist, but I would think that the amount that needs to be removed from the surface is just very small, enough to smooth the surface, or correct any warp. Usually, if the rotors are warped, due to excessive heat, turning them will NOT fix them, they will warp again almost immediatley. Keep us posted. Good luck. would my problem more than likely be that since the rotor is too thin it is moving while braking?
  6. Thanks for replying randy. I know its difficult to diagnose the problem over the Internet but I dont know where else to look. I have tried taking the wheels off because I also thought the rotor might have been tilted as you said. The noise is kind of intermittent. This morning it was 30 degrees and I drove 50 miles to school and it was fine. Yesterday coming to and from work It was doing it. I do think they might have cut the rotor down too much but I'm not sure. I think if the dealer would replace the passenger side rotor it would be good since it seemed to fix the other side. By the way I drive the car easy, and it still makes the noise while slow and medium braking. It doesn't squeel. And I'm pretty sure it is the rotor because the noise goes with the same speed the wheels are turning. Does that make sense? I guess I will have to wait until the 9th and see what the dealer has to say. The best way to describe the noise would be like a rocking chair rocking back and forth. Thanks for your input
  7. They replaced the front pads the first visit!!!!! I just don't get it Well I read your post and it said they replaced them with the less dusty ones. There are two types of brake pads...the ones that fix the brake dust issue, and the other ones that fix the squeal. The reason the first type of pads fixes the dust issue is because the pads are made out of a harder material, also sometimes they can start to squeal aswell. I don't have any experience with this since I still have the stock dusty pads. well there is no more squeeling just that grinding creaking noise. I'm not sure which pads they put. I do know they dont dust hardly at all L
  8. They replaced the front pads the first visit!!!!! I just don't get it
  9. Hey all, I am new to this forum and I just got my 06 IS250 RWD back in December of 08. I got a hell of a deal on it. Needless to say I am very pleased with the car. However there is an issue with the front brakes that I don't know what to do about. The car has been to the dealer 3 times, everytime they say "we've fixed it you are all good to go" I take the car home just to find out the car still has the problem. This is how it started. When I bought the car after the first day, I realized my brakes were squeeling everytime I applied like medium pressure. Me being around autos and working on them for a long time, I ran my finger across the rotors. Both front rortors had decent size lips on the them, so I knew they had to be turned. I researched about the IS brakes and heard about the $600 brake service. Just purchasing the car I didn't have the money to spend on that kind of service. Being the dumba$$ I am I took the car to Just Brakes and they said would turn my rotors for $60. So I dropped the car off and me and my wife went shopping and picked the car up later. It was perfect no squeeling, no noises I was very happy. A couple of days later while I was in stop and go traffic I hear like a "creaking/ grinding" noise coming from the front while applying the brakes. First thing I thought was maybe the lugnuts were loose a little. Checked them and it wasn't it. The next day I took the car to Just Brakes and told them about it. They took the car and examined everything and said they has no idea what was making that noise, they did drive it and confirmed there was a noise. My next step was taking it to the dealer. I went in and the dealer took the car and checked everything. They had it done in an hour and a half. They said I had a loose bolt on my caliper. I also told them about the new brake pads and the low dust and they replaced everything at no charge. I took the car home and when I left the brakes were good. Noise came back a few days later. I took it back again. This time they had my car for 3 days. They said they could not find out what was going on and that lexus might have to make a case out of my car. Great I just bought this car. Well the next day they called and said they found the problem. They replaced my drivers side rotor under warranty. So I was happy and took the car home. About a week later the noise comes back again. So, routine I take it back again and told them that this time it had sounded like it was coming from the passenger side and maybe the solution was to replace the other rotor too. I droppped off the car again. They didn't replace the rotor but they did lubricate all parts and did the fuel lines recall and all that. Again I picked up the car and same story, it was good and then about a week later same result. ( sorry this is a long story just stating all the facts )The last time I brought it back they told me that I would have to bring it back when a representative from lexus is there to observe it, which is on the 9th of FEB. So as of now I'm driving my car creaking and grinding to a stop :( I need some opinions do you think Just brakes screwed my rotors? are you not supposed to turn the rotors on this car?why would this happen from just turning rotors? If the dealer doesn't help me with the brakes should I just upgrade to aftermarket rotors? I'm not really worried about performance much, I just want the car to drive and sound like a Lexus! any input is greatly appreciated thanks
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