Recent content by Kingstonlake

Thanks, guys.

Alarm, VSC, and brake light came on. Alarm went off and lost my brakes soon after. Limped her home. Found leakage originating from just behind the pumpkin in the rear. Pretty corroded. Looked to be leaking from a connection point then dripping down the line and off then down the pumpkin. Pics...

Yup.

Buy an Aisin kit from Rock Auto, go to a trusted mechanic locally. Cuts the price in half. I don't think it's any secret in the mechanic world that "trouble with rusted bolts" is an automatic add on service hour with late 90's and 2000's Toyota SUVs. I got the same news.

Put 2019 TRD premium wheels on the 03'

16 vs 17 / et30 vs et15

Guy just called and said they were done. I asked for the total and he said $377.24 which is extremely reasonable. A bargain really. I did ask when I dropped it off I wanted to see the pump and belt as I wasn’t sure when it was last changed. We’ll see if they saved it.

Same here. Positive its an exhaust manifold leak. AT about $1500 to fix its just something I'll learn to live with.....

Fair enough. My only concern was I dropped it off Friday after making the appointment 3 weeks earlier. Told him I’ll be gone for the weekend so I don’t need it for the weekend. When we came back Sunday afternoon it hadn’t moved from where I parked it. Called Monday morning and he said they just...

“Having trouble with a bolt that broke“ should be done tomorrow morning. Does this sound reasonable? 2003 timing belt and water pump replacement.

Upon further review it seems to be a transmission cooler line rusted out. Looks like it saturated the Lower power steer hose. Sprayed degreaser all over and checked it the following day. Puddling under the bracket holding the cooler lines. Was able to pick the line by finger and caused a massive...

Is this common? 2003 v8 271,000. I’ve noticed some pinkish fluid bubbles on the frame underneath straight behind the radiator. All fluid levels look good. Traced it to the 12” section of fabric type hose with metal ends. When I move the hose I can see a “weep” at the connection point. I’m...

Just bought an 03’ SR5 v8 with 279,000 didn’t even blink..... $3,000

Great news. Guess I had bad info. Time to start searching 17’s. Thanks everyone!

Currently have a 2003 SR5 With 16’s. If I’m correct I’ll need to use a bigger caliper and rotor to use 17” wheels. Is this accurate? Sorry if there’s a thread, I couldn’t find one. Finding 16” wheel in decent shape is nearly impossible!