Recent content by baltistyle

Definitely pull the third brake light and rear tailight. You will be able to see if the foam has degraded. If it has, you can make your own as needed.

If you are replacing the strut, just use Channel locks on the shaft. Does the new shock piston shaft have an Allen key hole in the top, it's been awhile (5yrs) since ive done mine. If so, you use the key to hole the shaft.

Yes, this is the way. I’ve even taken a garden hose right to the condenser in both of mine. Since the earlier vehicles didn’t have filters, it can be very dirty in there. Later vehicles with filters from the start are much cleaner. When cleaning my cores initially, I pulled off the whole front...

OK, you are right. Considering I’ve had two of these that would conflict your statements rust doesn’t just appear, it comes from neglect. Whether it is somebody neglecting washing it or whether it is somebody neglecting putting a brake light in or whether it is somebody neglecting fixing a...

My 06 is completely rust free without even a spec. Since this is generally not the first area to rust, I would do a much more thorough check of the underside, especially to check the rear members. I wouldn’t buy anything that’s been painted or coated or fixed. If you truly only found rust on...

This would’ve been my recommendation because some of them are actually remanufactured Toyota calipers. I had found when searching for rebuild kits that an official Toyota rebuild kit wound up not being much less than a remanufactured caliper…. Since I only needed one, I went with oe from the...

My 2006 that I replaced original parts on with new Toyota parts looks exactly as yours. It looks exactly as the diagram posted. There should not be a nut, the bracket is threaded.

Yep, support the dealers. In this instance, they are providing the best pricing and service for real genuine quality parts.

Gotcha . Apologies

Pretty sure the person that wrote that post was a shill. It’s widely known that Lexus Parts Now has zero customer service and zero accountability. They are a company to be avoided. They are not a dealer and they do not warehouse any parts. They are an online broker and website business. They...

Be extremely careful when removing anything that been installed with sealant. You can crack both that thermostat housing as well as the coolant crossover pipe very easily. Use the FSM to repair it exactly as the manual states.

For what it’s worth, the first number is the cold temperature and the second number is the hot temperature so no 75 while hot is not the same as 90 while hot.

I I guess you’re right so that means the worn down key isn’t able to hit the tumblers in the doors very well, but the ignition is worn to that shape now? The ignition would be the most worn cylinder. Op, I still have an original grey key as well and it works in all cylinders so maybe just an...

Since you can’t find the connector, are you going to wire power to the the switch directly to the pins? Not sure if this helps.

It looks like these two keys are cut differently. Are you sure that either the ignition wasn’t replaced or all of the cylinders in the doors weren’t replaced at some point? Regardless of programming, all cylinders should match as well as have the computer chip in the key. So since you need the...