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The head unit thinks you are stopped with the parking brake applied so everything that is motion disabled is activated. The nav will still operate because it is receiving the gps data continuously updating it. So the navy signal is just bypassing the head unit as well as the head thinking the car is parked even thought it isn't because the 2 things it uses to know are both bypassed.

but it is the same car? I wish i could ever find some rims i wanted already on a car that would be just like mine.

LMAO i can't spelll this is news to you. LMAO Did you miss my own personal title. You seem to understand the post quite simply to me. Do you feel better now that the only constructive thing you said is known about as much as the sky is blue. On any board when a member is told that what they are doing is about as absurd as scerwing a goat they would be laughed at for there own stupidity. So go have fun with your goat.

very nice, pinned

All depends on where the replacments come from and if someone rebuilding them notices.

A vacuum leak can cause every possible problem depending on which one it is ,you have about 30 hoses on the engine. They are the black hoses going from part to part. A low idle problem should be started to troubleshoot by cleaning the throttle body to make sure the iacv is working properly.

LMAO make it easy for me?! you are too funny. I read where you said you think it is still sitting on the hub. The unfortunate part is that hub ring no longer take the load of axial motion as well by moving the wheel away from the hubs face you have added load pressure to squarely apply them to the studs as there is a gap between the rim and hub.This create a new axis point which squarely leaves the pressures of bumps,turns accelerating and braking to be only applied to the studs and the 3mm around the washers which are connected to the hub. Flame? me .......... you are a moron. You asked a question got a reasonable answer and decide to not head any advice from some people who might just actually know something. As i said have fun grinding to a halt when the studs break right off. It has happened before and will happen to you, it is not a question of IF but when.

When you have your alternators replaced are they exchanging the pulley from the old and adding it to the new one or a complete assembly?As in 97 they made a smaller pulley to increase the output of the alternator at idle. Also there is a higher amp output alternator in the highlander . I still say you need the alternator diagnoised in its death before you can know what is wrong other than replacing dead parts.

Sounds like A/C compressor oil. hopefulyl it is just an O ring.

Put it this way. The polish was inteneded to harden on the car. Since you left so much it did not stay applied and you caked it all right off. It would only damage the finish if you scrubbed at it with old particles of polish in the cloth.

I would agree that the charging system should be looked at but if nothing changed and the only variable is the oil then it lean towards it. Also new ,used or no oil still has an intial lower viscosity than sludge and varnish.

WOW , great first post and you actually are not selling anythign jsut helping others. Great to see nice people still exist.

The synthetic is probably cleaning the varnish which built up and is keeping it from turning over easily. A few more thousand miles and you should be fine.

The bridgestone on the SC430 have a low life also. It also depends on the driver and how they drive the car in corners and straight lines.

Never use washers you increase the load pressures on the studs and snap them like sticks. Have fun grinding to a halt

OE toyota manual says it better than i ever could

You may have enough stud length to get a 5mm spacer if that is what you need to move the tire away from the strut. Otherwise get new tires as i don;t think you want to get into real spacers using new studs.

Now if only one of these guys would actually show a dyno sheet to see if these make any power or not someone might by them.

Those are 100% not breytons

first try and trace where it is coming from , or if you already know post it!

you have a thread ,keep it not make new ones.

NO 94lex ....nobody did call you stupid period. If you feel by LF giving you a thought to check is calling you stupid then you need to give your head a shake because everyone in this thread is doing that then. If you ran the carfax then why did you not post that info as part of your already done investigating.

Good first post, i am glad you searched to get a overall veiw ,but i think you are right and the post you are referring to has nothign to do with your problems. I would get one of the alternators that died to be checked by a starter/alternator rebuild shop. They can give you an exact cause of its death. As it is not going to be windings rotor or brushes that fail in short time. It is going to be elctronics that fail ,so which one needs to be established as the root . Then you can trace it back for where it originates . The battery may just be that the alternator cannot charge it and it dies from low volatage. You almost need a volt meter to monitor the volatage when you drive to look for actual spike and dips to be able to start replicating the exact issue and resolve it. You may have a splash sheild missing from under the car causing lots of water to wash the alternator frying it.

Depending on your level of expertise ,always been interested in how much our members actually do themselves.

Another question i have always wanted to know. Since you can only vote once and you may have more than one ,it is easier to just vote on the first. I bought my ES from a Lotus dealer but my LS from a Mercedes dealer.