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Not my 200. But I have had work done by car care nut. A true professional, reasonable priced, and honest.

My truck was in an accident last with with front end damage and my insurance company want to total it and value it at $6700. Looking for advice on how to proceed and if my thinking is correct. Feel free to dive into my ADHD story or ignore it! I have dug around the site for a week and found...

Our Sahara LC200 has just had both wiring looms replaced. This cost AUD15,000. It was caused by leakage of water through either the windscreen, or the sunroof. Now that the work is done, we want to be certain that there is no recurrence. I have checked the windscreen and there is no leak. I...

Hi all, I bought an OEM rear driveshaft from a Toyota dealership online, shopped around for the cheapest price and they offered free shipping. Also ordered some of the installation nuts for it. Well, I got the package yesterday, nuts weren't shipped, and the driveshaft was in one of those long...

Hi all, the wife drove over a metal lid which flipped and caused this. Toyota says its not fixable as frame should not be welded on. Thoughts? they want to salvage/ total. any input appreciated. 05 LX thanks

Hi everyone, If you've seen me in the pictures thread, I'm a relatively new owner coming from a string of 4Runners to the Lexus side. So I noticed though the cars are very similar in a lot of ways, the aerodynamic profile is quite different. The windshield is more angled on the Lexus, and the...

Hey all, Lady from down the street rammed my cruiser as it was parked out front. Damage looks fixable, but wanted to ask if anyone has advice as far as “unseen damage.” Doesn’t look like I have frame damage from a quick look, but is drivetrain damage likely? Car was in park and got pushed...

Hi all, I was picking up a bunch of passengers in the rain last night put the parking brake on to load everything up and then drove off. I went about three city blocks (less than 1/2 mile, maybe 25mph max) before I realized. A couple stop signs and a hill but didn't even notice until I saw the...

My 1985 FJ60 got caught in a parking lot for a few hours that flooded just above the door jambs. Carpets / floor soaked. NY State has a salvage law for flooded cars if flooded that way. I'm in the process of ripping out alll the carpets to get it to dry quickly / minimize damage. Also - the...

It took out my instrument cluster to troubleshoot the fuel and temp gauges not working and found this damage to the circuit board. Is this repairable? I also found damage to the fuel gauge - not sure which came first!

I’m looking at this as a potential purchase, seller has been pretty open about everything, it was in this accident last year, declared total loss, then bought at auction by current seller. Runs and drives, no airbag deployed. Has around 170k. Doesn’t appear to be any frame damage, I would...

Hi Guys, My car Landcruiser 80 1997. I have already posted a question on this issue and got answers. MANY THANKS TO ALL I did not asked an adittional important question. If after changing the coolant fronm green to red i did not flush or the flush was not good and I drove around 400-500km could...

Well looks like I finally got hit, I was parked and the guy ran but got him tracked down. Is the damage bad enough to where it could have hurt the frame, and are there any other things I should check out? Also, can I use this as an opportunity to get ARB in the rear???;) Let me know the best...

My '03 LX470 with 190K miles experienced the infamous heater tee failure and overheated. With the system repaired I now have an engine that runs beautifully but consumes coolant. As a hail-mary I tried K-Seal, to no avail, so it's time to fish or cut bait. I figure that I"m looking at $2,500 -...

Hello All, recently discovered rodent attack under the hood. So far, they managed to damage the engine cover (just the foam) and firewall insulator. I can probably get the new engine cover.. but wonder what to do with the firewall insulator? Is there patching available to help firewall insulator...

This is fresh this morning. Got truck in the garage yesterday for fluid changes and left it on HI. Took car out this morning and the freaking roof antena caught up on the door edge, bent the door and in the process was partially pulled out of the roof. I have a trip comming up in 10 days so need...

Rehabbing front end of my rig. 313k miles. Ran into this when cleaning up PS spindle for new spindle bearing, brass bushing, and seal. Is the ID of the axle tube a critical spec? Thinking of just sanding down those ridges (somehow the axle chattered in the tube at some point??). Have a...

I had a Fabulous Fabrications snorkel on my 200 and hit a tree which destroyed my passenger fender (and a lot of other stuff) but also hit the snorkel and being a SS tube and pretty rigid, it ripped out the rivnuts on the A-pillar and also dented the A-pillar: Had I not had the snorkel my...

Hey y’all, I FINALLY got around to ripping into my knuckle, and noticed what I’m worried is significant wear. I will attach a picture, let me know how concerned you all think I should be. Thanks

Hey guys, first post here (I’ve been looking through threads for yrs slowly building up the rig) As the title states, 2000 LC picked a fight with a tree and lost, so I could use a little help on diagnosing which parts I’ll need for repair, if any members might have some of those parts, and...