u/jep004

Any Ark GRIP cat back exhaust owners here?

Looking for a used aftermarket exhaust system and I found a Ark GRIP Performance exhaust for sale near me.

I can't find alot of owners on the subreddit or club lexus forum post history.

Any owners here run it or have experience with it?

I've read to get all new OEM gaskets to prevent a CEL that is apparently associated with the cat back system?

Cant find much info on drone etc.

Would love to hear any info on the system

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u/jep004 — 3 days ago

Vehicle maintenance info not working on infotainment? Oil question

Hi everyone,

I bought a 2022 is500 last month and playing through the internal options on the infotainment center.

When looking at the vehicle settings, maintenance section, I click on oil, coolant, trans fluid etc, and its all just blank. Why wont any info show? I did an oil change a few weeks ago and reset the oil life on the dash menu with the steering wheel button, but this section shows nothing.

Additionally my vehicle did not come with an owners manual.

I see the oil changes are every 5k miles / 8,000 km. Is that with full synthetic oil? I put 5w-30 Pennzoil ultra platinum in it (always use pennzoil on my vehicles).

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u/jep004 — 7 days ago

I made a post in the FB group looking for used exhaust in Canada. Someone messaged me to save money and go with Alibaba.

I am not into that personally and don't mind paying for quality. I know in the BMW world a lot of guys order from them. Apparently valvetronic started out by drop shipping them.

Curious what others think.

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u/jep004 — 14 days ago

I made a post in the FB group looking for used exhaust in Canada. Someone messaged me to save money and go with Alibaba.

I am not into that personally and don't mind paying for quality. I know in the BMW world a lot of guys order from them. Apparently valvetronic started out by drop shipping them.

Curious what others think.

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u/jep004 — 14 days ago

Hi everyone.

I don't have the best records from previous years but started in 2023 tracking down the penny.

I am a Canadian citizen and have resided in Ontario since birth.

How can I figure my remaining contribution room?

My accurate records of contributions

2023 - $5,611.07

2024 - $22,065.03

2025 - $22,161.32

CRA's contribution room remaining

2022 - $42,735.24

2023 - $35,215.42

2024 - $37,504.35

2025 - $25,439.67

2026 - $29,439.67

I have further records from CRA but just put the recent years above.

Contribution room history from CRA (untouched until 2016) + My contributions

2016 $39,500.00 - $9,000 withdrawal (no memory or records for what)

2017 $53,235.23

2018 $58,735.23

2019 $64,735.23

2020 $70,735.23

2021 $76,735.23 + $41,000.00 Contribution with $900.00 withdrawal (CRA Record I have none)

2022 $42,735.24 + $14,019.82 Contribution (CRA Record I have none)

2023 $35,215.42. + $5,611.07 Contribution (CRA Record and mine match)

2024 $37,504.35 + $22,065.03 Contribution (CRA Record and mine match)

2025 $22,439.67 + $22,161.32 Contribution (CRA not uploaded yet)

Total contribution I can track are $104,857.24 - $900 = $103,957.24

The total TFSA room I believe is $109,000.00.

I am lost with how much room I have remaining.

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u/jep004 — 19 days ago

Hi everyone, 2022 is500 80k miles.

Recently had my coolant flushed, transmission fluid drain and fill, and rear differential drain and fill.

I can’t tell if this fluid is to low on the refill. Photos were taking after the car sat on even ground for 12 hours.

The manual says if it is below LOW line to fill to the max line while cold.

I can see the max line but not the cold line.

I had this done at a Toyota dealership.

I called a Lexus dealer but the service advisor said he recommended not changing out the life long trans fluid because there are metal shavings in it from when it first starts to operate and they settle in. Draining the fluid will drain the metal shavings and the transmission will create new metal shavings and that could create a problem.

Sees comical to me, I don’t buy the life long fluid a mantra.

u/jep004 — 21 days ago

Hi everyone,

Recently got a 2022 is500 and the owners manual was absent. The online ones are for 300/350/500 and I can’t find a specific is500 manual.

Does anyone know the fluid type, capacity, and specs for;

Rear differential

Transmission

Coolant

Brake fluid

Thanks for any help

Pic for attention

u/jep004 — 24 days ago