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    Ok, I had a couple of people notice the brand new belt mouldings. I thought I should maybe share my experience with them as a side note, just in case anyone is looking for these, maybe this will slightly help. I originally ordered these (because I'm an idiot, and don't read ToyoDIY very well)...
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    Continued to other madly important things like the number of lights, the wattage of bulbs (incidentally, he told me my GCC spec lights wouldn't pass, so he just "lent" me a set of headlights...), type of suspension, type of glass (and the markings on it!) and on, and on, and on. Engine...
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    My car came back the next day. The good news was, the brake test succeeded (they did adjust my parking brake a little bit, as it had a bit of loose). The bad news was, all electronics failed on the way back, so the guy had to drive with an open window, no speedometer, no tach, no lights, no...
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    Another thing that was a surprise were the regulators. Look at the two regulators - mine and the local market one: Can you see the radical difference? To save you browsing time - mine (bottom right, Oman market) does not have a spring in the center. Local market here (top left), does. I...
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    All right. Not to let the story die, while I was waiting for the paperwork to finish, I went into the worst possible mental mode - "well... since the car isn't going anywhere anyway... might as well do something with/to it". Various ideas floated around my head. Obviously trying to retain the...
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    Haha yep. That's the temp / "your car will disturb the peace so let's get it off the road ASAP" plate.
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    It's amazing unless you're trying to legalise a Japanese car. :rofl:
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    Hehehe. It's Japan now. :)
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    Finally, while working on that (and btw... I know these posts sound a little bit haphasard, but BELIEVE ME: I am curating the sequence, because my actual work is nowhere NEARLY as haphasard, it's actually far more so - I will pull a wire, then go work on a mirror, then take off a wheel to...
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    Meanwhile, while I was reflecting on what I want to do with sound in this car, I went through a few options in my head. I had a few options: I could put an under-seat subwoofer (something like the Pioneer TS-WH500A or the Kenwood KSC-SW30). I actually test fitted both of those, and they fit...
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    I wonder how many parts I'm going to end up with that I'm not going to use. First of all, in the order of the shocks, I also ordered a blower fan for the rear AC unit, because the one I have is covered in dust, and surely could probably use a nicer, cleaner one. Except... then I actually...
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    Meanwhile, more parts arrived! In a great example of "throwing good money after bad", I scored a great deal on a hood shock - I got it for $12, but a) unfortunately, it was only the right one, and b) it was missing the actual bolt piece that attaches to the hood. After fruitlessly trying to...
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    As the snow melted, I got back to my ever-growing list of modifications. One thing I decided to do was install a 360 degree "bird's eye view" camera system. I don't know why I decided to do it - but it was only about 40 bucks on Ali vs. something like 25 for a rear view camera only, so I figured...
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    Ugh, thanks for posting that (not!), now I’m wondering if I should get one of those magnetic valves before they disappear forever :D
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    Yep it is! Total lifesaver in the original climate, but a little more dubious here where a rear heater might be more useful. :D
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    You're right, sorry, I have two taps here (the other one was for the mirrors and the 360 camera system... that post is still coming) and I looked at the wrong one when I wrote the post. It is indeed an imperial 7/16, and I've edited my post - nevertheless, what I wrote was still applicable (and...
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    My meticulous (lol) work of cleaning the AC ducts actually produced some results - the rear AC duct now looked very nice. You can also see the newly retrofitted seatbelt in the picture. I actually ran into a weird problem with the seatbelt. The left side upper screw went in without a hitch (I...
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    Meanwile, the projects piled up faster than I could wrap my head around them. 1. It occurred to me that since I'm putting sound deadening around the doors, it was nonsensical to stay with the OEM amp, because, well, the OEM amp is a piece of crap. I could barely get it to drive ANY sound from...
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    Hood insulator pic that I'm so proud of: (this five pictures per post thing is a little tiring...) I also ordered the grommet and the plastic clip for the hood support rod - I got the rod before, and then realised I neither had somewhere to stick it into, nor any way to hold it down. My...
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    All right. I should really keep this story going because it's not like it gets any less amusing. I'm a little behind on events, so I'm going to consolidate them into something a little bit less chronological. So I decided this was a good time to get two parallel streams of activities going...
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