matt36415

Just wondering how many km it has done

Just fitted a STEDI 3301 light bar on a number plate mount. I used their wiring harness and it was all pretty easy. The trickiest part was getting the wire through the firewall. I live in central NSW and do a bit of night driving and the stock lights are pretty poor. Admittedly I do have oem globes which are much worse than wifes aurion with phillips +120 globes. However, now I have the sun. Long beam, wide spread.

If that fits, I want a photo. Thats crazy wide.

Kyb are good. Have had them on 3 cars and always happy

There is nothing to adjust on the brakes. Possibly the slide pins are rusted and or stuck. Fixing this is about as hard as replacing brake pads.

Where did you get that done, for $250 its a great mod. Was that friends price or just normal off the street customer?

I used to rebuild commodore transmissions - long time ago. The reasons they died were fluid too low, fluid burnt, damage from hitting rocks...idiot drivers... never from too much fluid. When I drain and refill, I measure what comes out and replace the same and another 100ml - roughly. I am paranoid about the level being too low. I think that the worst thing that can happen with overfilling is that some fluid gets pushed out of the air breather hole and makes a mess. So I always go for too much fluid in a transmission rather than too little.

I have pentite LV fluid in mine, at the last drain I used it so there is a mix of WS fluid and the Penrite LV. It has been in for a year. That was the 3rd drain and refill and the car has 239 000km. My other Aurion has 120 000km and it has 1 refill of Penrite in it too. Both cars run perfectly. Your symptoms don’t sound like any of the normal problems the U660 has. A guess is that the fluid level is too low. When I drain mine, 2.8 litres comes out each time.

On my 2007 the calipers have PBR written on them. Remove the wheel and look is the simplest way

Thanks, the price seemed amazing, which is great but only if they are the real thing

2007, atx 239 000km. No leaks, no mechanical problems. I have replaced lots of suspension to make it how I like a car to be but no water pump, alternator... replacements. Have drained atf three times and added spin on filter like a canister oil filter, engine oil at about 7 - 8000 km intervals, try to be gentle as it warms up. Im hoping to make 300,000km.

So, 6 iridium plugs for $37? Im tempted just to see what comes. Has anyone elas tried anything like these? I guess they are not really genuine https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/6x-Dual-Iridium-90919-01247-FK20HR11-Spark-Plug-for-Toyota-Highlander-Lexus-3-0L/253585269636?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D53396%26meid%3Dd6b789f5392a441f8a97ad56dbd3564b%26pid%3D100505%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D253585269636&_trksid=p2045573.c100505.m3226 or these which are shipped from inside Aus, https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/6-X-DENSO-IRIDIUM-POWER-SPARK-PLUGS-IKH20-Toyota-Aurion-Prado-FJ-Cruiser/153096103534?fits=Model%3AAurion&hash=item23a53d266e:g:r94AAOSwC-taLiXC I like cheap, but only if its a good product, crap for little money isnt cheap. Anyone have any experience with buying plugs this cheap?

That’s a lot of work.

I had engine light and vsc and traction control lights on for a broken wire for the intake flap that opens up the second path into the airbox. I think the same lights come on for a host of issues, many of which have no relationship to traction control or vsc.

I currently have 235/40/18 tyres which are coming to the end of their life. I think the speedo reads approximately 8-9% faster than the real speed and I know my wheel / tyre circumference is a little smaller than the 215/60/16 stock tyres. Im thinling of going to 245/45/18 which I think will make the speedo pretty close to correct and look marginally better - which isnt really a concern. 245 will be fine on my rims. Has anyone fitted this size? Any issues? Will tyre shops care what size I want? Is it likley that they will not want to fit these larger tyres for any reason? Would they see is as a mod that they could be lible for? I would love to hear about any relevant experiences

That sounds odd - do you mean that the doors jiggle and move because the door seals dont fill the frame to door gap? My car dash rattles a bit in winter - I assume that the plastic parts contract a bit allowing gaps and movements.

Its a bit tricky.. on my 2007 I adjusted it at the shoes, then the cable and it works nicely but on wifes 2009 I did the same thing but it quickly went back to being almost useless.

+1 vvt rattle. Search this and there is lots of info including a video with sound of the problem. Your mp3 file doesnt seem to play

Out of interest, how do you clean an o2 sensor

You might need to find out what ‘changing’ the fluid really means. A drain and refill is a 30 minute job whit a hoist, a flush with a machine is different, Unlike engine oil, when you drain transmission fluid only about a third comes out.

Stiffer springs and shock absorbers definitely increase noise. I have lowered 3 cars including my 2007 V6 and its the same each time. Check the sway bar links. They can be tight but still make a noise, I use wd40 then tighten them to make sure all the force I use goes to tightening not to moving rust.... However, chasing suspension noises can be frustrating

Scangague! Pretty accurate on immediate and trip / tank fuel use out of the box but you can also adjust it when you fill up so Its super accurate

Why is the sidebar filled with a singer talking about cars? Just seems odd

Or.... (dodgy suggestion coming) you could do what I did. Put a screw into that hose to seal it off. The vaccum thing it controls is to open a flap in the intake path before the air gets into the air cleaner box. I just pulled the whole flap out, it made no difference. There are 2 inlet holes into the airbox, the straightish one that is visable and another one that curves down and back up into the base of the airbox. I cannot see how restricting the airflow before the filter would be useful in any way. I also use a scangague and none of the numbers changed after I removed the flap - intake air temp, air fuel ratio, fuel per 100km. I have done over 30,000km with it out.

As someone who asked the same question as you ... many years ago in a galaxy far away..... I learnt this, flick through forums and research first then buy a car that has lots of aftermarket kit. Then I knew what I could do and roughly for how much. Going the other way around might be ok but it relies on being lucky.