Finishing the rebuild of the Lexus IS250

[@briansiler7462]

I was in the "Collision Repair" trade for 45 yrs. Recently retired. You give me hope that integrity and pride of our accomplishments will live on. P.S. We were called "Body Men" back in the good old days.🤭

[@MarkK01]

Nothing like starting off the weekend by watching Scott do his thing. I am sure I can speak for a lot of us and say Thank You for sharing all your wisdom. Have a great weekend everyone.

[@jnsfrahm]

That car looks great. I’d buy it if I needed a small sedan. Actually, I’d buy any car you rebuilt. 😊

[@kgisabeast]

That generation IS still looks great inside and out

[@chris_A8502]

I was amazed that it was salvageable having seen it's original condition, but someone is getting a nice car there Scott. Excellent rebuild.

[@ChevyARt15]

My kind of build, affordable. Great work and I enjoy the content.

[@vehcor]

Thanks

[@alfyer5]

7:50 AMEN. I work with electronics repairs and I put every screw and bracket back on. Even foams and tapes. I like to make everything look like it came from the factory. If it came with it from factory for some reason, it’s going back on.

[@denniscarreno5882]

You’re a good problem solver….great work Scott!

[@keepingdistance4404]

I was looking forward to the rear glass installation. I learn from even the smallest process you do. I guess I missed it

[@williamfoote2888]

I thought it was me. He must have used his magic brake job hammer to install it.

[@beto0625]

I look forward to every Friday. I love your videos!

[@alberttibbets6567]

When you pulled the Chevy trim piece out of the console near the end of the video, I just laughed out loud. Thanks.

[@digitalrailroader]

40:36 actually, wiping that off (I call it housekeeping at work) makes sure the customer doesn’t come back screaming “ever since you changed my oil, it’s now leaking!” When all it was, was the residual oil from the drain plug or filter.

[@adubbelde1]

My 37 Chev PU sat outside until the early 70's.Then for the next 15 years it was in a corn crib.until I rescued it and took it to my garage. At 85 years old there were only 2 spots of rust, both where the floor pan meets the back of the cab. Neither were rusted through, but the paint was blistered. I'm boxing the frame so I will cavity wax it, but the climate here is semi arid. I've had portions of the truck in bare metal for over a year with no rust forming.

[@rdsmith67]

"Jiffy lube specs" that`s a good one. Also the "absorber" for bumper. I`ve also heard it called a floatation device. Lol

[@markbowen3638]

Thanks for starting my weekend off the right way! Great build as always, and a nice looking car. Can see why they sell quick as they look better than they did when they came out of the dealership. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧

[@Sashazur]

They also look better than newer models - the whale face grill keeps getting bigger and uglier!

[@harryvine6154]

Scott, your humor is as dry as the desert. I love it. Your Friday videos make my day. Thanks

[@jeffb2456]

Another great series Scott. Thanks Hope things are going well with the mustang. I sure miss it.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

I get a little ❤️when I reply to Scott but when I mention the mustang nothing so I think I’ve got the message, hi from Ireland, yep Scott is well appreciated here even though we drive on the wrong side of the road

[@RATADATUAVELHA]

I love lexus, great job!

[@hrandmahmoudi147]

Excellent good job 👏 and

[@kickit59]

Scott this Lexus is outstanding! I am sure the new owner will get many thousands of trouble free miles thanks to your hard work!

[@BY504A]

Another quality rebuild complete. Love the rust free southern cars. They are worth their weight in gold.

[@sydsnott5042]

Excellent series on repairing that is250. 👏 👍

[@richmann3095]

whew finally getting caught up on your videos.. new grandfather here and its hard to find the time to watch my favorite You Tubers as we have my grandson while his mom is at work.. long story short i just binge watched about 4 hours of your videos to catch up and as usual this IS250 was an awesome build series.. glad to see mr spotty back too as i have been wearing one of his T-shirts in his honor as i thought he had passed away or something ... told my wife i would happily buy one of your rebuilds as YOU DO THEM RIGHT!!! great work as usual

[@TechTronics7]

You did a drivers side impact repair of this exact same car 5 years ago, which I really enjoyed.

[@CrownRider]

You make it look so easy Scott....

[@scofab]

A baby Swiss army knife (the smallest one) has a little scissors and - screwdriver on it... perfect for those little packaging crises. Nice job again, thanks for the videos.

[@ronvan1362]

Car looks awesome. Another great rebuild. Great job Scott. Have a great weekend.

[@alexwallace9832]

All the different installation tools you refer to would easily be replaced with a multi purpose meat mallet. Way cheaper and takes up less space in the tool box. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Druze_Tito]

43:37 that should automatically close completely with long press. Something is off.

[@45AMT]

I live "Down South" and I still never skip rust protection on my repairs. If I can get at the backside of welds it gets Ecoat, paint and cavity wax. By far I hate the body prep. for paint the worst. I need a body prep gnome. Great job as always Scott!

[@rbc5878]

You always put doors back together because you’re good at putting doors back together!

[@dizk5283]

Omg this came out absolutely gorgeous. You're a miracle worker.

[@Hannover54]

Sehr gute Arbeit! Vielen Dank für die Mühe es auch so ausführlich aufzuzeichnen. Very good work! Thank you for taking the trouble to record it in such detail.

[@johnhufnagel]

I use a couple of the 8 and 20 part storage bins from harbor freight, number them as I go along and sometimes write what they are to also jog my memory, then assembly is just counting backwards. big pieces are usually pretty obvious where they go, and if they're not well, maybe I shouldn't be taking cars apart to fix them. :D

[@glenharper3136]

Turned out Great as always Scott. Thanks for sharing.

[@therealmcoy]

I love to see more of that 70’s impala or caprice patrol car I saw in the background while you were putting the front bumper together.

[@markb.1259]

Always love your work and videos Scott!!! Keep 'em comin'!!!

[@smdhptr]

Wonderful work as always!

[@mikechiodetti4482]

It looks great. Hope the new owner enjoys it!

[@Coach__B]

Every Friday I am waiting for your next post. Great job Scott.

[@mandymoo7406]

brilliant as always,proper sunday night viewing

[@jeffscott3160]

Missed opportunity Scott! You could have made the OCD'ers blow a gasket by slapping a Toyota emblem on that deck lid! Looking forward to the next build!

[@milesparris4045]

Having ducts that cool the brake calipers MAKES it a performance car.

[@Ram14250]

Very nice work! Turned out great!

[@lstone.09]

Awesome video Scott. Thanks for sharing.

[@wethepeople7961]

I purchased the buffer , not sure what is , glue remover wheel thingy ,😂, from your store today. Thanks for stocking that and making life easier. Cheers🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Well wonders never cease, scott was appeasing the clean freaks, I saw him partially, well running his finger over the bumper bracket, what next no haters tears bucket, superb post as ever scott

[@jimwiskus8862]

Super job as usual Scott. See you in the next installment.

[@willmix5044]

Mr. Spotty gets no respect…the one employee who’s been with you since the beginning.

[@kevinbelanger4134]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Scott

[@Morgorn1]

What a sweet car! I'd love to have that sitting in my driveway. Thanks for sharing!

[@GlennLaycock]

RAISED BRAKE - my Neon's were so nice with the raised lamp was located on the back of the decklid - no spoiler issue and it did not look like an add-in like the rear window ones always look to me. My Elantra, the rear window and having to never get that whole bottom glass ever cleaned right around that lamp - endlessly annoys me.

[@CITYNEWSSUPPORT]

Something tells me Scott has a few "magic blue tarps that make things disappear" in his backyard! He always has the parts:)

[@nobodyspecial6436]

Great job on the Lexus but that 72 Caprice patrol car really caught my attention…gotta love those with the 454 and the 400 turbo(i think).. is that something we’re gonna be seeing more of??

[@mikebuehler6248]

Really enjoy Vehcor Fridays!

[@poweraddictionn]

You earned my respect. Great job fella

[@ThePete2432]

I enjoyed this rebuild.., was a little different than the last 30 gm trucks lol.

[@bobytrap.j9793]

Hey dude, I love your sarcastic sense of humor it’s awesome, 👍🏻

[@danielsells8165]

I love it haters tears water bottle you need to put that in your merch store if you don't already have it

[@rainerjaschke5216]

You do good work and I enjoy watching but where oh where is the Mustang build? It's been forever since you've done a video on it!

[@pnuttheclownh2254]

what's the blue and white LEO car in the background in the shop for? around 25:00 time

[@joelmiller2504]

Great day. My 2 Illinois favorites. Scott and Wes.

[@vehcor]

👍🏻

[@keithmahnken4962]

Scott, how do you keep your torque wrench in calibration? I've tried adjusting my click and ugh adug settings, but it's still not accurate. Like others look forward to your videos and the results of experience. Do you have to dispose of the haters' tears in an epa approved way? Great work.

[@steveoh9838]

Awesome job Scott !!!

[@joeybaez1745]

You are truly great at your craft 👍

[@lesliebaxter2396]

dont know why you have haters your the only guy i would by a wrecked car from

[@andrewwebb17]

Great Job Scott

[@houseofno]

Ah, Scotty's Lexus. The "relentless pursuit of...someone's been in here before."

[@vehcor]

That pursuit seems to be the equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel! 😂

[@iantyler4045]

It would take an extremely good eye to pick that that had been repaired. It is actually better than new as it's now got better rust protection than original. I'd happily buy one of your repaired cars but I'm in Aus so that's unlikely. Great video.

[@wifelikecow]

Those key batteries are a pain to open. I'd know...I work at AutoZone. I think they actually are childproof. Not sure if you noticed it when you opened it, but the second you break the seal on that plastic, there's a funky smell to it. Wondering if that is just a bitterant.

[@shawns242]

12:17 for the bass drop

[@Cartier_specialist]

I would never know it was wrecked and from me that's the highest praise I can give. It looks like a nice car. The downside to living in Texas where cars don't rust is you're living in Texas -- otherwise known as the first level of hell.

[@hollandduck79]

Hello from the Netherlands . thanks for the video Scott . Sincerely, Hollandduck

[@worldjoes1]

Car looks beautiful

[@doodles113]

AHA, you have cleaned the absorber....some things are changing in this channel....LOL Another great video!

[@vehcor]

That particular part of the absorber needed to be cleaned to balance out the clean fog light bezel. 😂

[@hhuuzzzzaahh]

It's good to see all the work that goes into doing things right. So many folks these days just slap on some duct tape and spread on Velveeta.

[@BlooMule]

Recline it forward must be similar to lifting down.

[@vehcor]

I guess, 😂

[@65cbtengr]

Nice work. I love those Harbor Freight batteries better than the crap that starts with DeWalt!

[@zacharywong483]

Great video, Scott!

[@richard112360]

Great job! I enjoy watching your videos. Unfortunately Lexus IS250's of this vintage were known for excessive carbon buildup on the valves due to Gasoline Direct Injection. See how black the exhaust tips look. The IS350's of this vintage were much better as they had both Port injection and GDI to counter the effects of excessive buildup on the valves.

[@CouchMan88]

Can probably run some Seafoam through the throttle body or the brake booster vacuum line and clear some of it out. Some of the newer Lexus use port and direct injection still. I know the RC does.

[@daytonpyro]

you work on so many cars. in your opinion between a Lexus es 350. a 2020 chevy impala and or an Avalon, Camery what one has the most leg room and do you think would last? call me crazy but i like the layout of the impala better. but i had an older one and had lots of repairs. ADD OCD sucks lol. i cant decide. and i loved this series. i could never do this. mad props to figure out it all goes back together.

[@hien7801]

Why you guy removed and replace the oil filter first before remove the oil drain plug?

[@muskokamike127]

1:22 don't they make Norwegian panels?

[@vehcor]

No, only Finish. 🤪

[@4doorfreak]

Nice work dude! Question: Were there no spare wheel, onboard tools or rear carpet in the trunk?

[@touficmakhoul2809]

All my respect Scott. Thank you for the laughs.

[@tomswindler64]

Great finish for a nice project.good video,loving the sarcasm as I always do.keep on doing your thing.kudos 😎😎😎👍👍👍

[@vehcor]

Thanks, will do!

[@richardthomas1743]

Hello Scott and thumbs UP!

[@vehcor]

👋🏻 🥉

[@WorkingWithWimberley]

Super solid build Scott!

[@vehcor]

Thanks!

[@tripodb.3706]

Good stuff. Hope you and yours have a good Thanksgiving.

[@vehcor]

Thanks, have a Happy Thanksgiving as well!

[@scotttabak6755]

Lots of work but good job. Retail shop price about 7-9 grand

[@vehcor]

😂

[@robertclubs9908]

Awesome job. Better than new.

[@ewallacestudent1]

Your sense of humor has improved greatly since last vid, did you win the loto? lol. The reason gm cars break and Lexus does not is east. Every vendor knows gm will not return junk parts. Lexus, on the other hand, will send all parts on shelf if they find a few bad ones. Then they back-charge for the parts the shipping and will send them back all again if the vendor misses one and sends a bad part back to them. GM could have best quality but. they simply do not want it.

[@Cal94]

lmao that battery packaging looked like the most formidable opponent this time round

[@clintonepps3666]

Where is the video between this and where you welded the rear quarter on im sure it was there but gone missing

[@vehcor]

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[@robertdemeny251]

It turned out beaufull. I love Lexus's.

[@mead6754]

brilliant job

[@geoffisaac3511]

I didn't see the rear glass being put in was it not shown?

[@leor2830]

Excellent work,, I would have made an offer to buy it, but the steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car 😀

[@BigBisalreadytaken]

The editing cracks me up. How long does it take to put together a video like this?

[@kenhorton3482]

Hope the hand modeling went good for you. 😁👍🤣

[@vehcor]

It’s my main source of income! 😂