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the valve cover gasket itself is around $14 a piece msrp, two will cost less than $30 in part, i guess the rest is all labor, i've done 2 individual 1mz-FE valve cover gaskets, and took me around 2 to 3 hours, but i am not a mechanic. i would also recommend replacing the intake plenum gaskets as well, but that metal gasket will cost around $10, oh, if you have not change the spark plugs, it is also a good time to replace as well since you are right there.

i am driving a toyota 93 sedan that is currently 260,000 miles, original engine and transmission and still going strong, 120,000 is really nothing.

Sounds about right in NJ (just under $650). i took my rx300 to cherry hill lexus in NJ for an oil change, and waited one and half hour, cost me $129. i nerver went back again as i do my own oil change now with Mobile 1 oil

i don't think you can get any help from here try http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/

assume $26000 is the amount you financed. using amortization formula PMT# PMT AMT. INT. PRINC. BAL. 0 $- $- $- $26,000.00 1 $499.52 $124.37 $375.15 $25,624.85 2 $499.52 $122.57 $376.94 $25,247.91 3 $499.52 $120.77 $378.75 $24,869.16 4 $499.52 $118.96 $380.56 $24,488.60 5 $499.52 $117.14 $382.38 $24,106.23 6 $499.52 $115.31 $384.21 $23,722.02 7 $499.52 $113.47 $386.05 $23,335.97 8 $499.52 $111.62 $387.89 $22,948.08 9 $499.52 $109.77 $389.75 $22,558.33 10 $499.52 $107.90 $391.61 $22,166.72 11 $499.52 $106.03 $393.48 $21,773.24 12 $499.52 $104.15 $395.37 $21,377.87 13 $499.52 $102.26 $397.26 $20,980.61 14 $499.52 $100.36 $399.16 $20,581.45 15 $499.52 $98.45 $401.07 $20,180.39 16 $499.52 $96.53 $402.99 $19,777.40 17 $499.52 $94.60 $404.91 $19,372.49 18 $499.52 $92.67 $406.85 $18,965.64 19 $499.52 $90.72 $408.80 $18,556.84 20 $499.52 $88.76 $410.75 $18,146.09 21 $499.52 $86.80 $412.72 $17,733.37 22 $499.52 $84.82 $414.69 $17,318.68 23 $499.52 $82.84 $416.67 $16,902.01 24 $499.52 $80.85 $418.67 $16,483.34 25 $499.52 $78.85 $420.67 $16,062.67 26 $499.52 $76.83 $422.68 $15,639.99 27 $499.52 $74.81 $424.70 $15,215.28 28 $499.52 $72.78 $426.74 $14,788.55 29 $499.52 $70.74 $428.78 $14,359.77 30 $499.52 $68.69 $430.83 $13,928.94 31 $499.52 $66.63 $432.89 $13,496.05 32 $499.52 $64.56 $434.96 $13,061.09 33 $499.52 $62.48 $437.04 $12,624.05 34 $499.52 $60.39 $439.13 $12,184.92 35 $499.52 $58.28 $441.23 $11,743.69 36 $499.52 $56.17 $443.34 $11,300.35 37 $499.52 $54.05 $445.46 $10,854.89 38 $499.52 $51.92 $447.59 $10,407.29 39 $499.52 $49.78 $449.73 $9,957.56 40 $499.52 $47.63 $451.89 $9,505.67 41 $499.52 $45.47 $454.05 $9,051.63 42 $499.52 $43.30 $456.22 $8,595.41 43 $499.52 $41.11 $458.40 $8,137.01 44 $499.52 $38.92 $460.59 $7,676.42 45 $499.52 $36.72 $462.80 $7,213.62 46 $499.52 $34.51 $465.01 $6,748.61 47 $499.52 $32.28 $467.23 $6,281.37 48 $499.52 $30.05 $469.47 $5,811.90 49 $499.52 $27.80 $471.72 $5,340.19 50 $499.52 $25.54 $473.97 $4,866.22 51 $499.52 $23.28 $476.24 $4,389.98 52 $499.52 $21.00 $478.52 $3,911.46 53 $499.52 $18.71 $480.81 $3,430.66 54 $499.52 $16.41 $483.11 $2,947.55 55 $499.52 $14.10 $485.42 $2,462.13 56 $499.52 $11.78 $487.74 $1,974.40 57 $499.52 $9.44 $490.07 $1,484.32 58 $499.52 $7.10 $492.42 $991.91 59 $499.52 $4.74 $494.77 $497.14 60 $499.52 $2.38 $497.14 $0.00

Who told you the Avalon is basically the same car as the GS300?!? It is a totally different car. If the Avalon is similar to any Lexus its the ES330 as its built on a stretched FWD Camry platform. The GS300 is on the Aristo RWD platform. The HP advantage of the Avalon is lost in the FWD. The GS300 is a much nicer car than the Avalon. As for the HID lights, they are tilted down slightly from the factory. Like I said they can be adjusted back up. Whether you need to have the dealer do it or not depends on your handiness and your model. The dealer did mine. ← i think he is refering to da latest toyota avalon that is awd, 3.5L vvti 280hp and HID that can out run any es330, and probably gs300 for much lower cost.

digital odometers can be replaced with another one with different miles

I think if you have the OD off, it is perfectly normally to see 4000 rpm at 60 mph, it is ok to have OD off at city street driving, but i never see any city street speed limit at 60 MPH yet though.

i changed mine at sears, $85 for battery and $13 for installation, and they also did a check on charging system. becarefully if you disconnect battery without a backup battery system, anti-theft system might need to be resetted or re-enter security code.

i don't have to adjust or re-aim the HID headlight, thers is no hotspot at 25 feet away, the beam pattern is wide and evenly spread, but not far as the projectors. from what i am aware of, autolevel is adjusted once when you start your vehicle, for example, if you put load in the back, the front will tilt up, the auto level will be lower the light a bit.

the wires is permanently attached to the ballast, so if it is 'complete' with ballast, then you are ok

i've done the installation so long ago, and i never documented it let me refresh my memory hopefully you bought a full assambly headlight that include ballasts, wiring and hid Bulbs, and have the tools ready. 1. look at your HID headlights, identify every mounting tab and screws because removing the old headlight could be a challenge if you don't know what to remove. the top screws and grill screws are easy to remove, but there are two 10mm screw bolted the headlight to the fender, i was able to access those two screws by the wheel well with an extension rachet wrench, one on top, one on bottom of the headlight, just take ur time and keep all bolts, screws and clips organzied. i managed to loose a few clips, but still hold up well though. there used to be a tuturial for how to remove rx300 headlight here, but i could no longer find it, ask around, maybe some one has a DIY on headlight removal that they've documented for other projects. 2. there are 2 pair of color coded wire on each headlight, one for high beam, one for low beam, once you get the light, if you look at the 2 pair of wires to hooked a 4 pin connector, trace the wires from the harness to headlight, the one that go to the ballast should be your low beam, thus the other pair is high beam, but then you still need to figure out which one if for 12V+ and which one is ground. i used a ghetto method, went to pepboy and bought some wire, and use electrical tape and tape the headlight wires to existing vehicle harness. if you are handy, you can made the wiring look more professional. once you get the headlight, let me know the colors of wire, and i should able to tell you which one is which if you are not sure. 3. once you finished the wiring, test it before remounting the headlight, and puting the new headlight in is just reverse order of step 1.

it can be easily done, just go to ebay, and buy an used rx300 headlights with HID, and mount it on any non-HID rx300, the hardest part is reconnect the low beam and high beam (4) wires to existing harness. forget about rear axel level sensor, auto-leveling ecu, it is not required in U.S.A i've done it on my 99 rx300, works perfectly fine for 3 years now.