Alphard Club

Recently finished a 4 stage detail on the paintwork (i am not a detailer so don't beat me up) 2 x wash with tfr and snow foam jet wash off Meguiars Clay bar decontimination (Amazing how much comes off) Meguiars Compound with machine and hand wiped off Megiuars Polish with machine and hand wiped off Meguiars Liquid Wax (Polymer wax) sponged on and hand wipe off Final buff with sheepskin buffer took around 8 hours not including roof, that still needs doing as too hot. arms like popeye now. But wow, the car looks sooo deep black now and had loads of comments from passers by

35 have registered in first 12 hours

this is officially announced. I will start listing members who are joining soon. Lets get 100 Alphards in one place.. help us and come along!

Now that is funny

Transmission Fluid Change for the 3.5 V6 (Not 2.4) ANH20 Alphard / Vellfire uses ATF WS and has been quite hard to get hold of. I have seen a Toyota Dealer selling it for £25 a litre on amazon, yes you read that right. As its hard to get hold of they are making the most out of it. I have just bought 7 litres for my Series 2 Alphard (bear in mind Alphard 1st series uses different fluid!!!) https://lexuspartsdirect.co.uk/product/lexus-genuine-ws-atf-fluid-1l/ Lexus Parts Direct sell it for just over £10 a litre with a few quid delivery. A pound cheaper that Toyota Parts Direct. lol Sometimes this does go on back order as there is a shortage ( an additive shortage) so get some now or put yourself on back order if they run out. Other prices i have seen are £15 per litre, so Lexus Parts Direct have a decent price.

adrian flux £365 for the ANH20... 1st series they can be quite competitive, not so much for the 2nd series, it first came back at 700. But i told them that is unrealistic and the lady went off to get a better price and came back at 365 with a 400 excess... was 500 but negotiated that down. Excess is a bit higher than i normally have it so took out excess protect to pay the excess.

Upload some photos Mark, when replyig to a post you will see a paperclip icon, hit that and load up a few pics. may help your sale. Good luck

Best have a transmission service. Replace fluid and filter. You will need either a garage or transmission specialist to do this for you. I would do it sooner than later

@Island limo Did Picasso's answer solve your problem?

We should also consider camping spots nearby or actual camping areas if we get permission.

Howdy folks! It's time we start planning for another large club meet up. If any of you remember our inaugural meet last year we had a cool convoy and over 60 Alphards & Vellfires turned up to our really successful meet at the British Motor Museum. This year we are going to attempt a much larger event and would be a good idea to get some ideas on Venues ideally mid country like midlands area. Does anyone have any good suggestions of location that can handle (and accept of course) over 100 vehicles? For me I will stick down the British Motor Museum but will list any other suggestions here for everyone to have a bit of a vote. Also if anyone would like to help us then send me a message. 1. British Motor Museum (Gaydon) 2. Castle Coombe 3. Bank House Farm Camping Site (Suggested by John L) We were also thinging of a bring your own picnic style meet where we can join in and make friends with fellow members. It was suggested at the last meet that this would be a great idea. Let's get the ball rolling, please have your say and leave a comment below.

welcome to the club Alasdair. Enjoy the Alphard when you get it.

saw this on youtube the other day... great find. Old fashioned mechanics always works

inside does it have a transponder chip?? some are replacement keys where you swap your old transponder in to the new shell. Some people break their key shell so you can buy replacement shells with blank blades with no chips in them. So best check first some key companies can clone the transponder without the car present as well

you will see some part numbers here. you can cross reference these numbers. Blue print do some decent disks, i am using them and are great

Maybe worth giving Croma security a call to confirm that is the case. New ECU is not cheap https://www.locksmiths.co.uk/find-a-locksmith/croma-locksmiths-bournemouth/ They are in Winton

hi

Welcome to the club Jacek!

@Kate B did you manage to sort this Kate??

I am not 100% but i am sure i read somewhere you have to register the 12v battery to the car. This video kind of confirms this, same goes for all Toyota and Lexus vehicles

i have added a standard link to the description

We now have an order page for our club stickers. You can order the stickers using the form below or using this link. We accept PayPal only on this form. if you cannot pay by PayPal then contact us. The sticker is a external stick (Due to Alphard's having dark tinted windows)