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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! ;)

i got 245/40/20 on my summer rims with no need for spacers but the rim size was only 20x8.5, tho... I 255/35/20 on rx300 with 1.5 spacers on and they fit just fine ←

i got a 5mm spacer and my tires now clear the rear strut...just barely, tho...i went and picked up the h&r joints and dude said i didn't need to extend the bolts for 5mm but he says i prolly shoulda got a 10mm for add'l clearance. it's all good now but inretrospect, i think i shoulda just gotten like some 245/50/18 or 235/55/18 tires instead...

when i searched the tire size for 18" rims on tires.com it said that was the right size for an rx300...it did seem a bit wider even than the 245/40/20 i run on my summer rims...my tires appear to only be rubbing a little bit on the bottom of my shock in back...

ok i got some 255/55/18 tires on my rx400h wheels that i put on my rx300 and the back tires are rubbing ever so slightly. i think i need to get some spacers for the back, mebbe 2 or 3mm? what i wanna know is is there any difference in spacers? specific brands i should avoid or you would recommend? any insight would be great...

holy crap! that's a good deal! i spent more on my flippin' tires than you did on the whole ride! hahaha...have fun, man!

i think it ultimately boils down to what you expect from the '91. are you gonna try to restore it to it's former glory and try to flip it for a profit or do it as a daily driver? if that's the case, it might be a money pit...if the engine, body, and tranny are still intact but suspension is going, personally, i'd consider it a project car and "vip car" it up ;) that's a good price for a project car and if it ain't your daily driver, you can have it in the shop as long as it needs to be there. rims, tires, suspension and stereo are the first things i'd upgrade anyways so that takes care of most of the items from your "bad" list! boo yaa...my 2 cents

get the d2r for the stock halogen reflectors...make sure you get a kit where the bulbs are rebased to fit into the halogen housings...the link you provided shows the bulbs are not rebased and prolly won't fit D2S bulbs came with the OEM denso Kit, so should I get the D2R bulbs or should the D2S bulbs work fine with the standard halogens headlight housing?? This is the kit that I bought from E-bay E-bay Link ←

did you purchase the denso oem HID kit w/9006 rebased bulbs? if so, all you gotta do is remove the old halogens from the headlight housing, disconnect the power plug from the old bulbs, insert your new HID bulbs (if they're the rebased ones they should fit right back in like the halogens did), connect the cable from the ballast to your bulb, find a place to mount your ballast in your engine compartment (make sure you don't have it near any moving or hot parts), and then plug the power plug into the adaptor that leads to your ballast and you should be in business. this is all assuming you've purchase that retrofitted HID kit that uses the oem denso ballasts and phillips 4300k bulbs that have been rebased to be compatible with 9006 bulbs. if not you should contact the seller and they should be able to tell you how to install it ;) Thanks this helps knowing they're "plug and play" ←

one of my parking lights (the tiny lights on either corner of the headlight) on my rx300 has blown out but i'm not sure how i can reach back there to change it...do i hafta remove the whole headlight unit? that would be a b*tch for just that tiny bulb. anybody?

welcome to the club, man! there's a couple companies that offer dvd playback thru the nav screen...peep out nav-tv.com or vaistech.com...not a whole lotta engine mods avail right now but you can do a quick search thru forums...