Alphard Club

you can polish them up to remove the fogging

see this kit

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/car-cleaning/clay-bars/meguiars-one-step-headlight-restoration-kit-342649.html

The old mechanics myth about import cars.

I have never had problems getting parts, especially servicing parts etc. Only parts i would say that would be difficult would be side windows. But then again i have seen plenty of scrap alphards floating around.

BTW, if you have a Toyota part number and contact your dealer, your dealer can order it in.

I cant see any issues as long as you get the right bed and it folds/slides 

Hi

I have never really thought about this. My Alphard came from Osaka, had all the history from Osaka all the way down to the sat nav of where the last owner lived. 

I think a car outside the affected area should be fine, especially if its from the south.

Put it this way, I stood outside the affected Chernobyl Reactor in 2016 and also spent the rest of the day around Pripyat and at the end theday the  collective reading from my devide (forget the name of it) was the same as having an x-ray.  So i would not be worried about the car unless it was within 100 mile radius of Fukushima.

But then again i'm not an expert. 

if you modify height then consider have airbag kits installed. it will firm up the ride

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=suspension+airbag+kit&_sacat=0

Sunny Bournemouth

did you ever figure this one out mate?

thanks for placing your vehicle up for sale.

Ideally it would be best to have the following information\

• Car description
• Mileage
• History info
• Price
• Location
• Pictures

This will really help your sale and also helps the potential buyer.

Thanks

On 2/14/2020 at 8:50 PM, NEIL A said:

Hi All

I have jumped ship,,for the last 10 years i have been the proud owner of 5 nissan elgrands.

I have now after months of decision making,pro's and cons,decided to give the alphard a whirl

WOW,absolute class,glad to be on board!!

welcome to the Alphard Club Neil.

On 2/12/2020 at 1:23 PM, GavinM said:

I followed the instructions in this post but the email address ap-overseas@mail.toyota.co.jp  doesn't work any more. Does anyone else have an up to date email for Toyota japan

i think the UK address is now the only one you need. They will follow up on it. Just takes a little bit of time.

The dealer needs to receive the part and instruction book on how to replace the part. As most technicians have never worked on an Alphard before.

As Kendo suggests, this is one of the most common causes of high MPG

Check that first

Consider LPG conversion, we reduced our MPG by 40%.  We had a stag system fitted by Profess Autogas

Hi Andy

You probably wont benefit for the first 2 miles as the car will still be warming up, meaning the engine will warm up before the hybrid kicks in. By that time your wife will be at work.

The hybrid is more beneficial around town than long runs. 

Another option is a 2.4 or 3.0 with LPG, even though the car still needs to warm up for 2 mins before LPG kicks in, when it does your fuel costs will be roughly 40% less. initial investment of LPG is approx £1200, however this will add slightly more value to the car and easier to sell later. LPG will benefit 100% of the time whereas hybrid was designed for city driving.

Not sure this is possible. Body kit of the most lowest part

Bumping this up

Hi Ann, there are a bunch of insurance companies at the top of this thread.

Tax is around the 250 mark.

3 hours ago, George said:

Is there not some buttons you can press to convert it to English

I'm afraid not. You may be able to get the rear camera to work, but front is harder. I have heard of one person getting it to work, but i have only ever used front camera twice, but stereo everyday so stereo is more important.

Do you have just the one key?

do you have any pictures @Ian Stanley??

Hi

Do you have a 240v splitter? ie. can you connect to 240v at a camp site? If you do then you could connect a 240v heater.

Otherwise you will be looking for a LPG heater as most heaters use diesel. However again, there are some chinese versions that come with a little diesel tank where you can buy red diesel (no VAT on that) and use it 

Sample here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142942440753

As you will see a tiny plastic bottle where you add the diesel.

I don't know what these are like, this is not a recommendation, i have seen many camper owners who have these and seem pretty good. Please research.

I have a 3litre and love it. first thing i did was LPG conversion. Saved a bomb and monthly do around 500 miles for around £80. More miles if doing long run.

Recommend Profess Autogas

Welcome Kim

2p coin sized may be too large, i think (i could be wrong) but anything bigger than 5p coin is not repairable.

When i got one i contacted a local guy who did it for £25 .. the same cost as claiming from the insurance excess. I did the maths LOL and yeah saves a claim.

look around locally for someone who can resin inject repair. May find some old boy who does it in his spare time like i did.

Hi

When you say very rarely, do you mean they open on their own?

apart from an old broom stick you may need the new gas struts, but i bet these are a shared part with something else.