clivia kluger

5345 klm

AWD in this weather going great. Feels safe as a house

Cheers

Sorry I have not posted a picture as yet .

I will try and round to it.

Both myself and the other driver have not experienced any whistling so I don't know what you/they mean !

Both of us have travelled back and forwards to Brisbane quite a few times ( over 2500 klm of my 3100klm) and obviously highway driveing 100klm/hr plus and not experienced any probs.

My passengers have commented how quite the car is , so I don't know what else to say.

Cheers

Gary

We have two KX-R's both with racks and no indication of a rattle, whistle etc.

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Gary

Yeh,

Don't know about the 70's look ? I for one don't look at it that way, basically just trying to protect the car. I am using bar towels at the moment, and whilst they look pretty good ! IMHO. I will probably get a dashmat at some point.

As mentoned GArry I have seen the older cars with split dashes and they just look like crap. That is why I have always tried to protect it.

Anyway I would like to hear more on this.

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Interesting point mikeyboy.

I was looking at the dash today and it looked a bit dry. I wondered if you could Armorall the dash ?

Has anyone else tried it ?

I am always concerned about protecting the dash as it spends all of its time in the sun( depending of course if it is garaged), I have nearly always had dashmats on my other cars except for the last commodore which I always kept armoralled up !

Cheers

Gary

Yes , if you hold it about halfway in , it fills up no worries.

If you put it all the way in it cuts out.

I suppose you get used to it.

Cheers

Gary

Thanks very much for the detailed response.

I beleive I will give this a go in the near future.

Once again thanks very much

Thanks for that.

I am looking for a set as well.

Have ordererd the one for the back but definatly needed the others.

Any idea on price etc.

Thanks in advance

Gary

Thanks,

I will chase this up.

Kind reagrds

Gary

Looks good,

If you don't mind how much , and where is the best place to get them from.

Cheers

Gary

We pick up ours in the next couple of days.

KX-R 2WD with Tow bar,Roof Racks, 7 seats, Six stacker CD, Crystal Pearl, Headlight protectors, Bonnet Protector ,Mud flaps front & rear $41400 inc GST OTR

KXR AWD with Tow BAr, Roof Racks, 7 seats,Crystal Pearl, Headlight Protectors, Bonnet protector,Nudge Bar , Mud Flaps front and rear $46000 inc GST OTR

This price hasn't changed over the past three months.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Gary

B) Gaz, have a look through the forum. From memory, early last year one of the contributors found a JVC unit that fitted into the dash perfectly. I'm glad you didn't repeat my mistake of upgrading to the KX-S stereo for bluetooth. The stereo quality is okay not great but I mainly got it for the bluetooth - they don't like Nokia, Blackberry or ZTE (Telstra) phones. Its clear but you sound like you are at the other end of a tunnel. I finally managed to get the unit replaced and still have the same problem. Hope this helped. Pete

Thanks Pete,

I will have a more thorough look.

The other one that we have got had the six stacker , but I thought that this was a bit too much and I should be able to get something good quality for a better price.

I have seen other stereo's fitted but they tell me that an aftermarket 'adaptor" may be needed .

Cheers

Gary

Hi all,

I am look to fit an aftermarket stereo into my KX-R

From my initial research I beleive toyota uses a double din size to fit in, which is ok.

My question/s are

1 Do you have to buy an adapter kit for the fascia / dash so as to match it upwith the rest of the car ? and if so where do you get them from ?

2 Do the aftermarket stereo systems have the ability to use the steering wheel controls ?

I am wanting a stereo with blutooth capabilty, but am also interested in dvd/gps functions

THanks in advance

Cheers

Gary

We have just ordered two KX-R's for work. One is a 2 WD and one the AWD.

I do and will be doing a far bit of driving on the roads of south western Queensland, so I went for the AWD, the other vehicle will be used generally on sealed roads around SE Queensland. We took the 2WD version for a test drive around town, and on the open road and I really did feel the typical pull of the front wheel drive. Having experienced this before in a smaller underpowered Nubira it bought back bad memories. For me on the Western roads and for the extra safety in the wet for the family it had to be AWD.

Also I was wondering if anyone has installed a aftermarket stereo , and if so what model, brand ? Also do you have to buy any extra parts etc for the changeover, ( apart from wiring changes).

Cheers

Gary