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My solution is if I need all doors open is to touch the rear door handle first.

Bought our 01 on 8/7/05 for $19,900 with 59500 miles. Clean carfax near perfect condition.

Well, the brakes are quiet again. All I had to do was go out and use them. Four hard stops from about 60 and they are now working like they should. Going to flush out the system and all will hopefully be good. Thanks for all the info for when it becomes time to replace them.

Ok I got the shims figured out. It seems strange that some pads come with them and some don't. After looking at the set on the car, it has shims on both sides and the backing plate for the pads are green. On the outward surface both rotors appear to be the same. So now the decision replace the pads and turn the rotors or replace the rotors.

Since I've never had the brakes on this car opened up, how are the shims used and what is contained in the fix kit?

Our car has developed a growl or rumble in the left front. :o Mechanic that checked it out says nothing is wrong just noisy brakes, live with it or maybe changing the pads might help. If I decide to change out the pads what are some of the prefered replacement choices? I am familiar with Performance Friction. What brands seem to perform the best on these cars?

Reno Dealer quoted 300 for an 01 cut and programmed. Try here http://www.streetkeys.com/

B) I put the 20% all round as I personally liked the idea of having one colour on all the windows. I felt that was the best of all worlds......light enough to see out at night, nice appearance (especially when it has rained) & dark enough that it won't fade & look cheap. Just make sure you get a quality tint, not cheap stuff. B) ← Well Got it done yesterday. 35% front doors 15% everywhere else. Looks pretty good. Lifetime film, the best they had to offer. B)

I think you have it backwards dude.......the % means the amount of light that is allowed through the tint. I think you mean 35% on the front windows & 15% on the rest. Due to laws, I don't think you can tint the two front windows that dark.....as you might get a hard time from the police. I tinted mine with 20% (medium shade) in charcoal with a metalized Llumar tint. No problems with the dimming rearview mirror & no problems seeing out at night. Here is a link below......Good Luck! B) http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums/index...showtopic=20981 ← Nice looking ride. Yeah my memory is not what it used to be. 35 on the front windows and 15 the rest of the way.

Yes the "auto dim" feature was my concern. I figured that it would still work but did not know how much it would be affected. I just checked one of my old reciepts and you are right the 35 goes on the front and the 15 everywhere else, that's what I get for going by memory.

I like to do the darker after maerket tinting on my cars. 15% of the front doors and 35% on the rest of the windows. What affect would this have on the auto feature of the rear view and drivers side mirrors?