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yikes! i guess we'll never know why the chicken crossed the road...at least not this particular chicken

are you trying to put video up front? there isn't really any easy way to do it and have it integrated into the front dash. i've seen a few peeps on here do it but it seemed like quite an undertaking :whistles: i have dvd for my rear passengers utilizing a monitor housing that's replaced a portion of my center console. there are some folks that have done headrest monitors as well. the search function will be your best friend in finding those threads. ;) oh, and welcome to the club!!

you don't hafta remove the water pump unless you're going to replace it. that being said, most people just opt to replace the water pump the same time they do timing belt because they're already in there at that time and it's probably worth it to just do it all in one shot unless you enjoy paying for the labor again ;)

man, did you get any studying done??? hahaha...looks good! you got a big ol' speaker box in the back! i bet that pounds when your crank it

i think blitzsafe.com makes an adapter so that you can use an after market cd changer thru your oem head unit. as to whether any of the after market changers fit in the factory location, i dunno...

dang it! the don't make one for the rx300 non-nav either :( booooo

does it matter what year i tell him for a highlander? i thought the older model used the 3.0l while the newer ones have the 3.3l motor. or could i just say i have the 1mzfe motor?

i had a similar issue before and it appeared that all the bulbs were in working order in the back...that is until i stepped on the brakes and noticed the brake light on the top of the lift gate (high mounted brake light) wasn't firing up. i had to have somebody stand behind the car while stepped on the brakes to see it. try that. i hope that helps ;)

i'm not trying to mess with that aftermarket mess...there's a guy on ebay selling oem HID ballasts with rebased 9006 oem bulbs. that means they took the factory ballasts and retrofitted it for our power plugs and the factory bulbs and retrofitted the base of the bulb to fit 9006 housing. the bulbs are supposed to be focused for the reflector type housings as well. it's supposed to be completely plug and play...i plan on getting these after xmas (pockets are looking kinda tight right now :( ) but i think somebody else on here might have them already. these are the real koito/denso joints... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/9006-HB4-HI...1QQcmdZViewItem

can you post some pics of your set up? does the ipod plug in from the top thru the headphone jack or the bottom thru the other jack?

i've heard this from a bunch of other folks and nobody has found a resolution yet...it just happens randomly

hmmm, an interesting take...personally, i'm of the preventative-maintenance school of thought and i figure i've rode this timing belt for about 100k, it's time to change them. i'm not trying to be that guy driving up to canada or whatever and be in the middle of nowhere with kids in the backseat and then have my car take a dump on me...it ain't cheap but on the flip side, if it does break on me because i neglected to change it before hand, i'm gonna WISH i had... ;)

thanks! i put 5mm spacers but in retrospect, i think 10mm woulda been better...ride is softer but that's cause i'm comin' off 20's on 245/40/20...i've only had them for 5 days so i don't really notice any diff in performance yet...

hey, so check out my posts on wheel spacers. i put 255/55/18 on my stock rx400h rims that i mounted on my rx300...the tires rub in back. i put 5mm but i think 10mm spacers would be better. i think i'd prefer 245/50/18 tires better as i think they would be closer to factory rolling diametre...what everybody said about having the correct offset is correct and super important in ensuring your wheel/tire combo will fit or not.

ok, here's some pics of my ride. before you complain bout the pic quality, note that they were taken with my camera phone! ;)