Recent content by JohnPW

Best of luck with it. I am confident that the problems have nothing to do with hand sanitizer though. Or lotion or anything else. The problem was the leather. Mine had the same issue and I never used sanitizer or hand lotion, ever.

Is the leather on that replacement wheel any different than the original? Or will you face the same problem again? The advantage of the all leather wheel at the beginning of this thread is that the leather is tougher than the fake-wood-and-leather OEM steering wheels.

Interesting. I tow boats and am happy to have the XL anyway. I haven’t noticed a meaningful change in ride from the 275/65r18SL’s I had previously. Either is luxury compared to LT-E tires.

I am unaware that Defenders are available in 285/65r18SL? I bought the XL in that size as I thought that was my only option that wasn’t LT I. That size.

Plus they look better. I won’t give up ride, braking or acceleration for looks but I prefer an extra inch of height over stock from a looks perspective

I recently went from SL to XL Defenders on my LC200 (285/65r18), and I don’t notice a difference in terms of ride stiffness. I am running XL at 35 to 37psi vs 33psi with my previous SL Defenders. I do think I notice a very minor change in braking and acceleration, very minor, but I’m thinking...

You don’t have to read 46 pages. But you should read page 1, and the links included there. Then you’ll have answers.

I don’t believe they changed the sensors. But this is all 5 either working or not working at the same time. I was driving on the interstate this afternoon, and all 5 were working, then all 5 went out, then later came back on. When I have had the batteries fail on other vehicles in the past...

I had my local Toyota dealer replace my old 70k mile Michelin Defender LTX M/S with a new set, replacing 275/65r18 with 285/65r18 XL. Since replacing, the TPMS sensors take 10 to 20 minutes before registering tire pressures on my display. I had a dash warning light come on yesterday because it...

I’m not discouraging anyone from having ceramic applied to their windshield, I imagine it will reduce UV degradation of the dash and interior. But I strongly believe the problems with the leather steering wheel on 2016-2021 LC200’s have nothing to do with UV exposure. Nor is it hand soap...

My truck has been garaged since new, and the original leather was a disaster. The replacement wheel discussed on this thread, on the other hand, has held up perfectly. The original is thin leather with poor durability. I am doubtful that a ceramic coating will make any difference at all. Get...

Do a search, LOTS of threads here on oil weights. But the bottom line: LC200’s came with 5w30, or heavier ,from the factory in every location in the world EXCEPT the USA, where 0w20 was spec’s to improve fleet mileage standards, not to improve performance or vehicle life. Australia, the...

I do diffs and transfer case every 30k. Which is overkill. But I would say it’s time. Between 60k and 90k I would change the coolant. At 90k I would service the transmission. I would switch to 5w30 synthetic every 5k if you haven’t yet. Do all that and it should last forever.

That depends on the dealer. My Toyota dealer will use Mobil 1 5w30 at my request, that they keep on hand. This is for my 2016 Land Cruiser, with 100k miles.

Those are the part numbers that the Toyota parts site claims are both for the left side of the windshield. I assume the parts online site is wrong…I’ll order them & see what happens. Thanks