mizak82 build thread
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forgot to add i replaced the weather stripping seal on all the windows.. they basically disintegrated.. 22 a piece from the dealer in stock.. worked out great.. florida is rough on exteriors with out garages!
did get an oil change at toyota.. they did the brake recall that I declined to do the 3 previous times with out telling me.. grrrrr..
did get an oil change at toyota.. they did the brake recall that I declined to do the 3 previous times with out telling me.. grrrrr..
I installed my power inverter. Pretty straight forward install. Used 4 gauge wire. Used rear seatbelt bolt as the ground. Drilled a couple holes in the black plastic tray to feed the wires through to the back. Bought a couple rubber grommets to clean it up.
I'm happy with it. Fits perfect there in the storage area. Was a little too tall for under the passenger seat.
I was prob all in under 200 bucks.
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I'm happy with it. Fits perfect there in the storage area. Was a little too tall for under the passenger seat.
I was prob all in under 200 bucks.
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Decided to bite the bullet and purchase a steering wheel for christmas.. for myself of course..
original steering wheel has been toast since i bought it a few years ago.. got a nice leather wrap, but now even that is needing replacing..
One of things I miss about my lexus was the wooden steering wheel.. and this will essentially give me that steering wheel..
I was cheap and waited but it was on sale for 200 shipped.. a lot cheaper than it use to be.. I will be installing it over the weekend..
original steering wheel has been toast since i bought it a few years ago.. got a nice leather wrap, but now even that is needing replacing..
One of things I miss about my lexus was the wooden steering wheel.. and this will essentially give me that steering wheel..
I was cheap and waited but it was on sale for 200 shipped.. a lot cheaper than it use to be.. I will be installing it over the weekend..
CrimsonCountry
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I'm about to replace mine (F and R) and was looking at some cheapies to just throw on there. Looked at Moogs too. I'd expect the rust but would hope that they last a while, especially for mainly on road mileage.Replaced my rear end links with moog 2nd gen. These things rusted in 24 hours.
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I resprayed them with roll bar and chassis paint. So far so good.
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CrimsonCountry
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Good deal! I've been running without my bar for a few weeks so may pull the trigger and pick up a set of Ebay.
Btw, how are your drawers holding up? Really like your setup. I've put a hold on building mine as I've been using my truck a lot for building supplies and needed the extra space.
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Looks good. Where did you get that? Were you able to put in the air bag? Was it hard to do?
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Direct swap. Took less than an hour. I got it from an eBay store that makes them in Taiwan I believe. It was 150 plus 50 shipping.
It’s a Lexus wheel. Identical to my old RX300 wheel. I’m very impressed with the craftsmanship. Wish I did it sooner after driving around.
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Thanks.. I watched this wheel for a while and the price just recently dropped
https://m.ebay.com/itm/MIT-Toyota-4...d=121443426143&_trksid=p2385738.c100694.m4598
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James720
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Awesome. Thank you sir! Definitely adding that to my Christmas list.
Well I got good news and bad.
Bad is I found some rust on the rear tailgate... saw a spot on the paint. Pulled the rear cover and plastic back. The culprit is what I assume is the sound deadening material and where the water/rain run off is. Basically looks like water was getting trapped between the two.
Decent amount of rust. So I got rid off the effected sound deadening material. I used a dremel to sand and polish down the rust. Several coats of rust Converter. And threw it back together. Hopefully I got far enough ahead to make this a non issue. But I’ll keep an eye out.
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Bad is I found some rust on the rear tailgate... saw a spot on the paint. Pulled the rear cover and plastic back. The culprit is what I assume is the sound deadening material and where the water/rain run off is. Basically looks like water was getting trapped between the two.
Decent amount of rust. So I got rid off the effected sound deadening material. I used a dremel to sand and polish down the rust. Several coats of rust Converter. And threw it back together. Hopefully I got far enough ahead to make this a non issue. But I’ll keep an eye out.
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CrimsonCountry
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Thats not good but glad you caught it. Out of curiosity, what deadener did you use? I'm paranoid about this as well and tried to make sure all my top portions of CLD where rolled on and flat. Should lessen the chance if not avoid water entrapment.Well I got good news and bad.
Bad is I found some rust on the rear tailgate... saw a spot on the paint. Pulled the rear cover and plastic back. The culprit is what I assume is the sound deadening material and where the water/rain run off is. Basically looks like water was getting trapped between the two.
Decent amount of rust. So I got rid off the effected sound deadening material. I used a dremel to sand and polish down the rust. Several coats of rust Converter. And threw it back together. Hopefully I got far enough ahead to make this a non issue. But I’ll keep an eye out.
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What ever the stock material on the tail gate. After some research seems very common to rust out there.
