Recent content by Streetliight

This led me down a bit of a rabbit hole, and I now see that I was sitting here thinking that psi was indicative of air density as it gets sent into the intake manifold and all that.

The 100-series had the A343F but the A343E was also used in the Mk4 Toyota Supra, which is a community that undoubtedly has more experience with rebuilding the A343 transmissions haha.

I guess I'm just a dummy, because I'm reading through this thread scratching my head like...damn, I think the OEM projectors with an LED bulb upgrade are actually pretty fantastic. Zero visibility issues, they're bright enough to keep up with the obscene brightness of new cars' OEM headlights...

I'm not seeing why this is a problem for you, why would you want to force it to shift into OD before the trans fluid is warmed up? To answer your question though, yes, the temp dictates when it shifts into OD. I have a scangauge on my '99 and have watched the number go up, followed immediately...

Yeah, AHC definitely requires troubleshooting & wrenching on it yourself for it to make sense, financially or otherwise. I don't blame you one bit. I'm sure you're not the only one to daily drive an LX and not know what exactly the system is! Even the Lexus dealership is completely useless if I...

Full disclosure, I'm one of the folks who loves AHC, and feels that it meets my needs for any off-roading that I get up to (305k mile LX btw). In High mode it has the same capability as a conventional lift kit, but the ability to run it in Normal mode on the comfort setting is huge in terms of...

It will be fine, genuinely. At altitude, air is thinner, which means less fuel is required in order to maintain a healthy Air/Fuel Ratio (AFR). For turbocharged or supercharged engines, a lower octane can be more problematic since 13psi is 13psi no matter what altitude you're at, but for our NA...

You're a braver person than I, bringing an older vehicle through an automatic car wash. Even when taking a brand new car through one of those, I always felt like it probably wasn't great to be spraying high pressure water and soap at the entire car indiscriminately...

I went with poly bushings on my OEM lowers, and then just an OME upper control arm, and they've been great so far on the road and on the trail. I'm on AHC though, so I can't speak on how your vehicle would hand on-road since you're always at a 2.5" lift.

Just to add to this, colder weather will exacerbate these traits as well. Tires will hold that out-of-round shape for a longer period of time, until they warm up from driving, and anecdotally it seems like my '99's AHC rides a bit harsher during the first 5-10 minutes of driving on cold...

Strange issue this past week...did a full AHC fluid flush/change on Monday, and everything went as expected. Tested system health prior to beginning (10-11 notches of variation), siphoned fluid out of reservoir, bled all 4 corners, filled up with fluid, bled until air bubbles weren't present...

You can sort of orient yourself as far as where in the engine bay that’s at, if you look near the bottom of the photo and see the serpentine belt, and a bit of the power steering pump. Once this wiring was fixed, all it did was throw the battery light on the dash like it should have done when...

Hey man, fair enough! There's something to be said for paying a bit extra simply because you want it (RHD JDM vehicle) and can afford it! That's what it's all about haha. Truck looks clean as can be, and sits beautifully on that wheel setup. Congrats, and enjoy!

Genuine question, forgive me if it's a dumb one as I'm new to these trucks: why opt for a JDM 100-series if it's still equipped like a USDM truck? 2UZ, no AHC, and I assume no other special bells or whistles that the LC didn't get in the US. It's clearly in phenomenal condition, but I imagine...

So this wire was corroded, which I initially thought was causing the charging issue, but after repairing it, it turns out it was just preventing the battery light from coming on as the alternator went bad. For the ween prior to the alternator going out, I was seeing voltage spike from normal...