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Hi About to do my very first coolant change on an ACR30 2.4ltr Estima next week-end. I have the correct Red Toyota coolant for this vehicle, purchased from Toyota dealership. I have changed coolant on other vehicles over the years but this is my 'pride and joy' and want to make sure it stays that way. I know about including the heater in the process. Only reason I ask is that my son has a Holden Commodore and when his coolant was changed (not by me, not familiar with Commodores), apparently it needed some air bleeder valve at the top of the engine to be fiddled with. Hopefully the ACR30 does not have a similar arrangement - anyone that has done a change can maybe enlighten me. Thanks

When my ACR30's were imported, the lap belts fitted to seats were removed from the vehicle as part of the compliance process. I was advised that they are not to be re-fitted or the vehicle is no longer compliant. I guess if you refitted them, had passengers facing to the rear while on the road and had a bingle then good luck with insurance. It appears that passengers are not to be in rear ward facing seats when the vehicle is traveling on public roads. There was also a sticker fitted to one of the sliding doors indicating that passengers were not to occupy rear ward facing seats while the vehicle is in motion.

I have 2 ACR30 (2.4 ltr, same as Tarago) vehicles and have had no problems with parts. One had another driver on a red light turn across me on a green light, body panels / radiator / grill / headlight were all easy to get. Local Toyota dealership claimed that they would have to come from Japan, take 6+ weeks and cost unknown. I avoid Toyota dealerships.

Hi Samuel Welcome to the forum. Only now just saw your post (I don't get on here often) Any competant body panel shop should be able to do the work for you, there is nothing unique or mysterious about your vehicle that can't be worked on. I am not impressed with your insurer just paying you some money but still leaving you with a problem. I am in QLD but have the car insured with NRMA. The panel shop they referred me to quoted for the job but said that it being an import, they would have to order the parts from overseas with at least a 6 week delay. I found out that that was the advice the local Toyota dealer spare parts department gave them. Ours is the JDM ACR30 2.4ltr 2000 model. I got a list of the required parts from the body shop :- Front grill Bonnet Low front body kit (not fitted on Aus Tarago) Side front panel HID Headlight Fog light Washer bottle I decided to track down the parts and found them all to be available from ALLJAP AUTO PARTS (http://alljap.net/products.html). I had supplied them photos of the vehicle and the damaged areas and gave them the exact model and date of manufacture. They had all the parts in stock either new or in excellent condition so I advised the panel shop to procure the parts from AllJap after having discussed it with the insurer. The body shop had the parts within 2 days. AllJap are one my way home from work so I was able to call in, have a look and chat. This is not an advert for the company - I am sure there are similar outlets elsewhere as well. I had no problems with them. The panel shop had the job done within a week after getting the parts and did an excellent job - they handle all sorts of makes and models and said that working on my import was no different really to working on a Tarago. I wish you well in your repairs and I probably would change insurers. Cheers

Hi Tygersmoke I believe the part you are looking for is: 01 81108 81107-21150 01 01.2006 COMPUTER SUB-ASSY, HEADLAMP LIGHT CONTROL, LH ACR5#,GSR5#..AERAS,G I used http://toyota.epc-data.com/estima/gsr50w/57450/electric/8101/81108/ but did not know your VIN. Verify that this is indeed for your car. It should look like this https://www.google.com.au/search?q=81107-21150&biw=1760&bih=787&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijx4OwxdTJAhXErKYKHQHPBsMQ_AUIBygC&dpr=1.09 I personally would find a wrecker with the same model car you have and go have a look and also see how easy or hard it would be to remove the headlight assy and if happy negotiate a price. Some time back I had a lady run into me and the panel beaters did the repairs including a new headlight assy. They threw the old assembly in the bin. I got them to get it out and give it to me. When I got it home I removed the perfectly good ECU and its now in my spares.

Hi ciasom The lights and wiring are in the back door. From there the wires go through the rubber boot at the top of the door and some of the wiress then travel down the left side of the cargo area. I accessed the cables (some time ago now) behind the left hand cargo area trim panels so as to wire up my towbar. They are all there - just take care and patience as the trim can be a bit fiddly to remove. Use a multimeter to check which wire is reverse (I don't remember the cable colour). Make sure all the other lights are off when testing. All the best.

Hi Davo446611, You mentioned that "I have just installed a locally supplied radio which has no CD player, therefore, no mechanical parts. It has built in Sat Nav,Touch screen, USB2 and Ipad plugs ". Could you please what the unit is and where you got it - need to replace the unit in my wifes Estima. Thank. Hi Theppy2760 I don't have a roof mounted dvd player so don't know anything about them - curious though, is it Toyata fitted or aftermarket? Cheers

Hi You might try http://www.alljap.net/ I have used them on a number of occassions (not for transmission though) and they were really helpful. Good luck (I lived in Tassie for 8 years)

Hi I am a recent new owner as well. I think it would be good to have some sort of Register of service centres that forum members have used and would recommend. I am just North of Brisbane and am yet to find someone that I feel comfortable with. I have used two different repairers and have been far from impressed with the work (relating to Eng Check Light). They wanted $ 60-90 to just turn the light off - not necessarily fix the cause. One claimed to have fixed it but the light was back on by the time I got home. Supercheap Auto performed a diagnostic check with a Bosch scanner that told me everything I needed to check out my system - it cost about $14 from memory and I was able to determine that the mass air flow sensor was no longer working properly. I cleaned it thoroughly with some MAF sensor spray and it's now been 6 months and no more check light the whole time. I am still wondering where to take my ACR30 next time I need servicing. Hopefully some members can advise on who they are definately happy with as I am sure not everyone services there own JDM import. There is quite a lot of these ion the road now and they must be getting serviced somewhere? Chers

Well I changed my mind about the camera / number plate light and went for a different style of camera. That way I am able to keep both number plate lights stock standard and the camera mounting was real easy. Hopefully the photo attaches to this reply okay. I mounted the 2.4 GHz transmitter near the tail light and picked up the 12 volts from the adjacent reversing light. Camera works well and has distance lines as well. (EBay #171053648723 Advert is for Front camera - when I ordered this all I had to do was leave a message that it was for rear view and to include lines and they did.) This coming week-end I hope to install the front camera. (Same camera - front view - no lines) Cheers I am still to get a good head unit so have been testing the cameras on the old head unit from my previous Tarago.

Hi Eagle Thanks for the info. I had not been in a rush on this but I ended up designing brackets in CAD and sending the profiles off to the steel place that cuts the shapes with high-pressure waterjet cutters. They should be ready by the end of the week. After that I will have a local engineering workshop do the welding of the brackets in the next few weeks. This way I know the brackets and support arms will clear the bodykit on our Estima. Regards

The switch part number, should anyone need it. It is 84480-28010 Switch - Main. Found it at http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_J_2004_TOYOTA_ESTIMA_MCR30W-MFSZK_8401.9.html under a 2004 model Estima listing. Cheers

The transmitter / receiver unit arrived today. I would have liked to have fitted it this week-end but will be away so it won't be till the week-end after. In the mean time, BenK could you please provide some insight as to what was involved in connecting up to the gear shift R indicator. I believe that to get access, you need to remove the lower panel first (under the steering wheel - that has the bonnet release on it). Cheers

While we are on this topic - would anyone know the part number for the front camera switch ? I could not find it at http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/q_J_200603_TOYOTA_ESTIMA_all.html as my model does not have it. Cheers

Hi BenK Well I just got my camera - still waiting on the wireless transmitter/receiver unit to arrive. BK, just wondering where you ended up fitting your receiver unit, also which bulb did you settle on for the remaining number plate light so that it was pretty close to light levels from the camera unit. Thanks for all the info to date. Cheers