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I had mine done at a non dealer mechanic, they told me the guy doing the job was an experienced ex-Toyota tech. Took them just about the whole day to do the job from me dropping the car off to picking it up. Although I'm not sure if they started on it first thing in the morning or later on. Goes without any issues though.

I'd be asking well north of 30k, with 4500km this is an extremely rare example and worth holding out for the right buyer.

Unless you have an issue with the tensioner, there is no need to replace it. On the 2GR-FE this is an automatic tensioner. I've found that for things like belts and filters the cost of a genuine Toyota part is not much more or the same as aftermarket from the likes of Ebay. You're always better to go genuine if you can.

Did you check if the rear rotors were dragging? Park brake might need adjusting. Pull the rear wheels off and you'll see a rubber bung on the rotor hat. Remove that, line it up with the little gear wheel at the bottom (you will need a torch), and use that to adjust the resting position of the park brake shoes. You want to wind it up all the way with the footbrake OFF so that the rotor can't move, and then back it off a bit until it can spin freely.

I have an old map disk if you're interested. Its fairly out of date though.

Android based headunits are popular replacements and have carplay/android auto etc - check them out on ebay

Seems upon further digging, it would have been the same head unit fitted to US Camry models, which had phone controls on the steering wheel that could be used for pairing a phone via bluetooth. Obviously we didn't get these on our Australian built Aurions so you can't actually use it 😞

This head unit, despite having a BT symbol, actually has no bluetooth functionality as far as I'm aware. At least none thats available to the user. Ref Page 136-151 of the owners manual... Only the sat nav headunit from this model year does. And that only supports bluetooth calling, not music streaming from your phone etc. https://toyotamanuals.com.au/docs/aurion-owners-manual-may-07-may-09/

624 is the latest build number i have seen. A handful were made into 09 with the extremely rare tungsten blue colour available.

Must be a 2007, there are no 2006 TRDs....whats the build number?

I'm pretty sure my old 2003 camry had no error built in whatsoever. What you saw on speedo was what you got

Nice, what'd those set you back if you don't mind me asking? I remember i just about fell over the time i went into my local dealership to enquire on the price for a left hand TRD headlight....

Yeah, i realised when i was doing it that an alternator job would be the ideal time to do a tensioner replacement. Pretty straightforward once you have that and the compressor out of the way

1. Remove radiator support 2. Tilt radiator forward 3. Remove alternator (x3 bolts) 4. Undo A/C Compressor (x4 bolts), set to the side and use a bungy cord to tie it out of the way, do not disconnect any lines 5. Remove tensioner assembly (x5 bolts) 🙂

Though I guess the downside is that cars with real vents (where the exhaust pipes actually form part of the bumper) it gets dirty very quickly. I find myself washing them every couple of weeks