nerdygirl

hi! well i got quotes for sheepskin covers for front and rear seats: front - $400 pair, rear $550. bloody expensive really. the front seat ones are airbag compliant because they are basically "vest" style which don't cover the sides of the backrest. (hope that makes sense). the same company (inland australia) also makes airbag compliant neoprene covers (ie wetsuit material) here http://www.thewetseat.com/. i have the impression though that the sheepskin front seat covers cover even less of the backrest than the neoprene ones. the quote i got for those is front $155 (this includes a headrest cover which is custom made for the rav4), and rear is $360. frankly i thought the rear seat quote was a bit rich. i bought sheepskin covers for the front seats from supacheap for about $200, they are nice to sit on, but a bit cheaply made and the holes in the sides for airbag deployment seem a bit random. i am currently using a dodgy brothers seat cover which cost $30 from supacheap for the rear seats. my kids are like - how come you get the nice sheepskin covers mum! did you get any quotes from inland australia?

today i noticed that someone on ebay was selling phillips power2night globes in H11. on the phillips automotive lighting website, it says that they don't make power2night globes in H11, so I decided to give them a call. apparently the website is not up to date, as new globes have recently been added. indeed it is possible to get the power2night globes in both H11 (rav4 low beams) and HB3 (rav4 high beams). so i found someone selling them (autobarn at virginia) and went and got the low beams. they are certainly a big improvement on the stock globes. whiter than the stock ones but not super white or blue. i will gradually update the highbeams, foggies & parkers as funds allow... they were $90 for the set of two. Not cheap...

I've been looking around for a set of globes to replace these and the PIAA ones are a possibility (someone mentioned them in this thread). It is possible to replace all of these bulbs with PIAA Xtreme white 4000k globes. I was thinking of using the PIAA ion yellow ones for the fog lights though. One thing which is confusing in looking this stuff up on line is that HB3 is called 9005 when you look at american web sites. it took me ages to realise HB3=9005. One more confusing thing is that on the specs for the rav4 in the US, the low beam in their ravs isn't H11, it is 9006 which is also called HB4. It seems strange that they would do a different type of low beam globe for the US rav than the australian one... Anyway, once i realised that HB3 = 9005, i realised that we can do a full replacement with PIAA Xtreme white globes. They are 4000K so they are legal too. woo hoo!

just wondering if anyone has any tips. got a new rav4 and the headlights it comes with aren't very good. i'm not looking for anything really fully on, but just something to improve night driving, and be legal. has anyone got any suggestions? it comes with h11 type globes. thanks, jacki.

see if you can find the OBDII port... if it is there it will be below and perhaps to the right of the steering column. (or possibly to the left...) it is a small plastic port which i think from memory has two rows of little square boxes. get down under there with your torch and check it out By the way have you heard of the "dash hawk". similar idea to scanguage only better though unfortunately more expensive Jacki

i've got an auto 4 cyl rav4 cruiser, a month old. i'm getting around 10 ltr/ 100 km. i am quite happy with that. it isn't much worse than my mazda 3 sp23 which i had before the rav. i have heard of people with the v6 rav4 actually getting better fuel economy than this. perhaps because the v6 engine, taken from the aurion, has good low down torque, and copes better with the size of the rav4, and so you can get good economy. i'm sure you could also get bad fuel economy with the v6 if you hooned it a bit, which would be a temptation... i figured that by getting the 4cyl i wouldn't have such a temptation and would use less fuel. but anyway i have to say the rav is a superb car and i am very very happy with it

hi dave. well the sensors are on, but not the tow bar. i see what you mean about the sensors are spaced along the rear bumper, perhaps the tow bar will just sneak in between the two centre ones! the folk at southside toyota (here in brissy) told me that if the towbar sets off the sensors, you can switch the beeper off while you've got the tongue & tow ball attached, and then take them off when you don't need to tow. its a bit of a pain as i like to leave the tongue& towball on to help protect the back end from people parking by feel in car parks etc. i'll let you know how it goes when i've got the towbar fitted. i may need to rob a bank to get it fitted. best dealer quote i've had to get one fitted is $780, worst price almost $1200.

OK so here goes with my stupid question ... If you get rear park assist installed on a rav4 and also a towbar, does the towbar set off the rear sensors? You see i'm getting rear park assist installed tomorrow and i'd like to soon get a tow bar too... Thanks very much Jacki

2008 Cruiser Auto, a touch over 10 litres per 100 km for mostly city driving if i am VERY lightfooted... no make that EXTREMELY light footed... more like around 11 litres per 100 km for mostly city driving if i drive without worry quite so much. i am really very happy with that. my previous car was a mazda3 sp23 and i didn't do much better with it despite it being a lot smaller. part of this is the fact that i drive the rav in a more laid-back way because it is a more chilled out, relaxing, refined & quiet kind of vehicle than the sp23.

i would only get a genuine toyota nudge bar... saw a genuine one, deluxe version, on ebay recently but it was $490 + postage and the dealer down the road quoted me $550. so anyway have to be patient with that one. by the way you are so right about carsales.com.au and also drive.com.au; so many yummy cars... i think it is great because it kind of helps to release the grip of second hand dealers on the second hand car market. i want a tow bar too! and i really like the toyota genuine one, it looks really good quality. we just have to be patient and save our pennies... someone was recently selling a genuine rav4 2006-2008 model tow bar kit, it was going pretty cheap. i couldn't bid because i live in brissy and it was in sydney and it was local pickup only

http://au.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/inde...13451&st=50 scroll down till you see post #66 it's in colour to make things easier or PM silverbullit and get a contact number off him so you can contact us on any of the events. thanks heaps for giving me the info, i hope you all had a lot of fun! i had to stick with my commitments and couldn't come :(

sounds like a beauty. i really like the pearl white it is amazing. i've noticed to that in the dark it almost glows in the dark. i mean, not really, but perhaps you know what i mean. very good for night driving. i LOVE the deluxe nudge bar, and quite like the side steps too. i'm planning to get the deluxe nudge when i've got enough money and am looking around for a good price. cheapest i've seen is about $550, and this is for the deluxe nudge bar alone, not fitting. i think i could fit it myself but not entirely sure....

i have been looking around for seat covers myself. i found a good firm on the internet called "Inland Australia" and they make custom covers. They make covers for front seats with airbags fitted too. This is the firm that actually supplies the seat covers to toyota australia... When i bought my rav4 recently they told me there are no actual toyota australia covers for rav4s. so i want to get the sheepskin ones from Inland Australia. Have to save for them though... pretty expensive... I am temporarily using some dodgy brothers ones from Supercheap Auto... they have a hole in the sides for airbags but I don't feel very confident with them as when you get them home and open the pack it says that they haven't actually been tested on cars with side airbags and they take no responsibility if they don't work. So I'm not entirely happy with this situation.... I should really return them. Jacki.

hi guys! sorry if this is a dumb question... i've looked through the threads and can't seem to find out where the meet is on at, what times etc... if someone could point me in the right direction i'd be grateful! jacki.

hi there! paid $38168 for rav4 cruiser auto. it's march 08 compliance plate. i did a lot of research to get this price. i don't really know what people typically pay. local dealer wouldn't go below $41K. it really pays to shop around. jacki.