Love the tail lights, keep them. Car looks great. You don't need to do much to a is300 to look good. I'll have to look into the peddle trick. Thay have a auto trans valve body upgrade. That mod has completely changed the drive. Much more responsive. You will like it. Two ways of shimming the VB accumulators. Have any question just ask. I'd love to hear more about the accelerator peddle trick. Take care.
I did the gas pedal mod after this but I did it by removing the spring all together. I also added a little padding behind the gas pedal to avoid over extension and hurting the throttle body
@@TheShakir98 I like it much better. Easier modulation of gas pedal to actual throttle position and very important for manual for shifting purposes. I assume you would like a more direct correlation of your foot position to the throttle body plate than having a spring in between
Glad to see another one my friend, keep it up! Your exhaust set up sounds great car overall looks fantastic it is a timeless design. Glad you kept it classy, enjoy that car. Can't wait to see you get bigger doing this
Keep up the content Alex, love to see it. I have literally zero interest in cars but I'm still watching your new videos because its you haha. I like the long hair too!
Hi again, so you said you like to drive feel the car and the road with a Auto trans. I want to say it again. Is300 auto trans has a valve on the valve body that you simply click over for high pressure "line pressure"VB stage 1, then pull the valve body put rods or nickels behind the accumulators and add a trans cooler VB stage 2. Then I run ams-oil no slip racing type-F ATF VB stage 2+. You can do all that for real cheap without pulling the trans. Completely changes the car. You can also do each one with having to do the others. I have been running this for year no problems. Message for questions or CZcams it.
(2 years late I know) But I feel a happy medium for the taillights is to remove the chrome on the backing. That way you get the famous Altezza clear lense aesthetic without blinding any poor old ladies who happen to get behind you at just that right angle at just that right time of day to go totally blind. Red tails do look good though!
Awesome video, and clean very is300. I own a millennium silver metallic 2004 auto is300, and I purchased it with 123k 2 years ago and am now at 147k. It is my daily driver and my other car is a modded Subaru wrx. I honestly decided that I want to keep my is as close to stock as possible. The only "mods" I have done are: a JVC Bluetooth doubledin touchscreen headhunt, 20% window tint, a shorty antenna, HKS air filter, JDM squash air fresheners, and 5mm wheel spacers in the rear. I have done a ton of maintenance and have even replaced my front struts with kyb excel g's. Also, I have 2 new rear kyb excel g's, a set of Teen H tech lowering springs, and Moog front lower ball joints that all still needs to be installed. I believe that might be the extent of the mods that I plan on doing. But I must say the is300 makes an outstanding daily driver! Oh and I had already planned on doing 15mm bolt on spacer in the front and 20mm in the rear once my lowering springs are installed so it was really cool to see that you did exactly that and I actually go to see what I have been envisioning! Keep up the is300 content!
Exact same sentiment! Also why I kept with the stock wheels. Only other things I’d do to my car are sway bars and factory lip kit. Other than that, maintenance. I’ll be reviewing a g70 2.0t next week also
you posted that in my birthday , in month while i bought IS 200 , soo ill probably use that one with adding red layer to lamps (: ill see rest of video and think what i can also add ;P
Since I don’t have room for a sub box I’m gonna have to upgrade my rear deck lid speakers... also I blew one of them😅but interior LED strips set the interior off
i recomend rear & front main seals and its about the age where people should do valve seals and the little evap leak prone parts, next is bushings for subframes front and rear then doing cosmetics way worth it in the end
Try turning your bass speakers around towards the front it gives it an internal sound better quality Bass better better easier to tune if you have an adjustable type amplifier
Fellow IS300 owner here. You should look into swapping out your steering wheel for a XE20 (2nd gen IS) steering wheel so you have paddle shifters instead of the janky buttons. The swap swap is pretty easy to do and makes manual shift mode more intuitive to use.
Muffler delete is not straight pipe.. it's a muffler delete.. straight pipe is when there's no resonators mufflers and/or catalytic converters, but you can still be straight piped with a cat, altho technically straight pipe is open from the headers back. red tail lamps are much better than the stock, that'd be one of my first 'mods' too for this car. i don't like the chrome grill myself.. i like the black mesh with the altezza badge off to the side. clean car tho man I'm looking forward to getting mine. lost my ST Focus from hurricane Ian, so figure I'll try out a 2jz na-t setup
Project is300 fell into my lap so im game for these vids! I like the altezza i feel look better only because the is300 is the OG. The exhaust sounds great! Do you have a link to the springs/struts you used?
I had red led tails but went back to stock but it matches my silver so looks good to me. Nice build its super clean! Love the stock wheels that color too
Enjoyed your videos man, and I love the car :), we have a 03 manual and its just been a blast totally bone stock, perfect ballance great power to weight especially with the manual.. Anyway You mentioned in here how you fixed your sticky dash and said theres a video? I got sick of it 3 years ago and coverd it with cloth tape but Im looking for a better fix... Also curious if youve had the issue with the check engine trac off light flashing? I saw years back on a forum this is a common issue. Ours is doing it I know theres nothing wrong with the engine, Im curious if has happened to you and if so what did you do?
I used some stuff off stickydashfix.com for the 2nd gen IS, I stopped making car videos though so didn't get around to making a video about it. Never had an issue with trac off light flashing, just had a CEL for evap for like 5 years lol. Had another one for an 02 sensor but got that fixed a while back, now just the evap that i believe is some canister by the gas tank that's a total pain to fix. I also have a 2003 GS430 now.
This man can be however tall he’d like
Coil overs
Based
Great video man as a fellow is300 owner yours looks great
Can you make a video of how you placed the zip tie on the throttle pedal plz thanks
Do you have a video on the zip tie for the gas pedal.?
Im a simple guy, i see is300 I click on vid
Amen
@@AlexSchwartzATV safe up man
It's nice to know I am not alone.😃
His license plate got me dead💀😂
Love the tail lights, keep them. Car looks great. You don't need to do much to a is300 to look good. I'll have to look into the peddle trick. Thay have a auto trans valve body upgrade. That mod has completely changed the drive. Much more responsive. You will like it. Two ways of shimming the VB accumulators. Have any question just ask. I'd love to hear more about the accelerator peddle trick. Take care.
I did the gas pedal mod after this but I did it by removing the spring all together. I also added a little padding behind the gas pedal to avoid over extension and hurting the throttle body
how do you like it? i have AT and i daily it, would you suggest it?
@@TheShakir98 I like it much better. Easier modulation of gas pedal to actual throttle position and very important for manual for shifting purposes. I assume you would like a more direct correlation of your foot position to the throttle body plate than having a spring in between
Glad to see another one my friend, keep it up! Your exhaust set up sounds great car overall looks fantastic it is a timeless design. Glad you kept it classy, enjoy that car. Can't wait to see you get bigger doing this
appreciate your support dude 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@AlexSchwartzATV not a problem 👌
5 mods that I would consider:
3uz-fe
Eaton supercharger
Big brakes kit
suspensions
larger wheels
:’)
Wheel color is fire. Really brings the best out of the stock wheels
thank ya!
Keep up the content Alex, love to see it. I have literally zero interest in cars but I'm still watching your new videos because its you haha. I like the long hair too!
My hair is almost as long as yours! Great video. More IS content please!
Got at least two more on it! And yeah I’ve been growing it around a year now 😂
Hi again, so you said you like to drive feel the car and the road with a Auto trans. I want to say it again. Is300 auto trans has a valve on the valve body that you simply click over for high pressure "line pressure"VB stage 1, then pull the valve body put rods or nickels behind the accumulators and add a trans cooler VB stage 2. Then I run ams-oil no slip racing type-F ATF VB stage 2+. You can do all that for real cheap without pulling the trans. Completely changes the car. You can also do each one with having to do the others. I have been running this for year no problems. Message for questions or CZcams it.
(2 years late I know) But I feel a happy medium for the taillights is to remove the chrome on the backing. That way you get the famous Altezza clear lense aesthetic without blinding any poor old ladies who happen to get behind you at just that right angle at just that right time of day to go totally blind. Red tails do look good though!
Car looks sick, hope to get one this summer🤩
Awesome video, and clean very is300. I own a millennium silver metallic 2004 auto is300, and I purchased it with 123k 2 years ago and am now at 147k. It is my daily driver and my other car is a modded Subaru wrx. I honestly decided that I want to keep my is as close to stock as possible. The only "mods" I have done are: a JVC Bluetooth doubledin touchscreen headhunt, 20% window tint, a shorty antenna, HKS air filter, JDM squash air fresheners, and 5mm wheel spacers in the rear. I have done a ton of maintenance and have even replaced my front struts with kyb excel g's. Also, I have 2 new rear kyb excel g's, a set of Teen H tech lowering springs, and Moog front lower ball joints that all still needs to be installed. I believe that might be the extent of the mods that I plan on doing. But I must say the is300 makes an outstanding daily driver! Oh and I had already planned on doing 15mm bolt on spacer in the front and 20mm in the rear once my lowering springs are installed so it was really cool to see that you did exactly that and I actually go to see what I have been envisioning! Keep up the is300 content!
Exact same sentiment! Also why I kept with the stock wheels. Only other things I’d do to my car are sway bars and factory lip kit. Other than that, maintenance. I’ll be reviewing a g70 2.0t next week also
Loved the IS300 miss my 5sp manual with LSD fully loaded 2004. Nice car man. gonna be harder and harder as time goes on to see one in good condition.
You win license plate of the year.
you posted that in my birthday , in month while i bought IS 200 , soo ill probably use that one with adding red layer to lamps (: ill see rest of video and think what i can also add ;P
Since I don’t have room for a sub box I’m gonna have to upgrade my rear deck lid speakers... also I blew one of them😅but interior LED strips set the interior off
Love the car man! I’ve got a 2001 IS300 in that same color. Plan on doing a few more modifications myself.
i recomend rear & front main seals and its about the age where people should do valve seals and the little evap leak prone parts, next is bushings for subframes front and rear then doing cosmetics way worth it in the end
probably why my oil needs topping off at 3k haha
Try turning your bass speakers around towards the front it gives it an internal sound better quality Bass better better easier to tune if you have an adjustable type amplifier
awesome i just got my own is 300, im gonna look into those spacers for sure.
Love to see it!
Fellow IS300 owner here. You should look into swapping out your steering wheel for a XE20 (2nd gen IS) steering wheel so you have paddle shifters instead of the janky buttons. The swap swap is pretty easy to do and makes manual shift mode more intuitive to use.
Love this vid !
Muffler delete is not straight pipe.. it's a muffler delete.. straight pipe is when there's no resonators mufflers and/or catalytic converters, but you can still be straight piped with a cat, altho technically straight pipe is open from the headers back.
red tail lamps are much better than the stock, that'd be one of my first 'mods' too for this car.
i don't like the chrome grill myself.. i like the black mesh with the altezza badge off to the side.
clean car tho man I'm looking forward to getting mine. lost my ST Focus from hurricane Ian, so figure I'll try out a 2jz na-t setup
obsess best car out there
very goood video!!!!!!!!god bless you!!! from PUERTO RICO(I have one 2001)!!!
I live in japan and have an altezza... and it just seems wrong to have altezza lights on an altezza... so I too have changed mine to red tail lights
sick car bro
Thanks!
Is that ziptie trick the same for the is200? I see people removing the throttle body and adjusting jt but this seems much easier
what is the exact paint for the wheels
Unfortunately I don't know! I know it's a type of bronze with a lot of metallic flake though.
You got the dark chrome taillights wettt I’d rock those
Yeah I’ll probably take off the vinyl soon. More
Stock look
I found a is300 for 2900 and 249k miles is it worth it ?
Project is300 fell into my lap so im game for these vids! I like the altezza i feel look better only because the is300 is the OG. The exhaust sounds great! Do you have a link to the springs/struts you used?
great video and nice car! og altezza taillights are king by the way
HMMMM should I rip off the vinyl
@@AlexSchwartzATV Keep the red vinyl on the lenses - much better look
vinyl look so much better imo
where do i put the zip tie for that one mod u said, is it under the pedal itself??
Definitely the red tail lights
Is there a website where I can get the same muffler / exhaust as you?
Hey man great video. Can you give some links to your exhaust setup? It sounds very good and I may try to do the same.
Just got mine last week it’s a 2003 with the 5 speed auto 130k miles and it’s one of the funniest sedans I’ve driven 😂
How much did you pay
@@Alextheskater91 6k, it’s hard to find them unmolested where I live, so not a bad price and the interior is so mint as well
@@chrisvaldes1558 wow what a steal! Def jump on that
@@Alextheskater91 you already know I jumped on it 😂 it was also a one-owner they got one of their friends to sell it on FB Marketplace
@@chrisvaldes1558 well brotha i am happy for you. that is an awesome find and I hope that car treats you well and you treat her well! Congrats!!! 🍾🎈
I had red led tails but went back to stock but it matches my silver so looks good to me. Nice build its super clean! Love the stock wheels that color too
Nice ur from Missouri. I live near KCMO
How did you do the muffler delete because I wanna do that
A shop did it!
What’s the magna flow tip part number# I was about to buy a expensive A$$ exhaust till I hear your car pulls off, music to my ears.
Nice.
Hey can you give me information about the rims paint color or code
Unfortunately not really other than i think it was something like “galaxy bronze” but it might’ve been fully custom 🤷♂️ bought them like that.
The red is definitely alot better in my opinion.
Once you see it
yo this guys great yall see his plates lmao
Vinyl 100% red tails
Subbed 😌
i had to take a break cause i’m working on a startup, but i can never take too long of a break from youtube 🌞
@@AlexSchwartzATV haha facts man
How much did you pay
For the car? $5200 5 years ago with 125k
What does the throttle mod do? Give your feet vibrations??
what feet? nah but yeah it does and it makes it more instant when you press down the pedal. there’s less buffer
Hey do you have the exact part number of the magnaflow?
No sorry. I bought someone’s existing straight pipe setup. Was already all welded up.
How much did it cost you?
Where’d you get the altezza grille ?
eBay!
link to magnaflow tip?
i bought it used so i have no clue! sorry.
get rid of all the orange lights
what did you pay for that car?
4.5 years ago with 125k I paid 5200
@@AlexSchwartzATV thats a good deal, looking for one now, cant find any with that mileage for less than like 8k unless its trashed lol
@@mattweir512 yeah it’s crazy they appreciated a bit. Still nothing like it for the price IMO!
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Original tail lights! Altezza's are iconic.
honestly I dont care that this car is the one that started the trend I think clear tail lights are ugly and the red vinyl looks way better
Bro is my forza character
I saw that on Forza 😂
Only reason I like this car is because of the 2jz 😂 sadly only before 2003
Enjoyed your videos man, and I love the car :), we have a 03 manual and its just been a blast totally bone stock, perfect ballance great power to weight especially with the manual.. Anyway You mentioned in here how you fixed your sticky dash and said theres a video? I got sick of it 3 years ago and coverd it with cloth tape but Im looking for a better fix... Also curious if youve had the issue with the check engine trac off light flashing? I saw years back on a forum this is a common issue. Ours is doing it I know theres nothing wrong with the engine, Im curious if has happened to you and if so what did you do?
I used some stuff off stickydashfix.com for the 2nd gen IS, I stopped making car videos though so didn't get around to making a video about it. Never had an issue with trac off light flashing, just had a CEL for evap for like 5 years lol. Had another one for an 02 sensor but got that fixed a while back, now just the evap that i believe is some canister by the gas tank that's a total pain to fix. I also have a 2003 GS430 now.