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I replaced all of the Toyota head unit system for a Alpine head unit with built in tom- tom sat navigation and facilities to operate APPLE PLAY, ANDROID.+ three cameras, the rant of the story is don't do what I did, my Alphard is over 12 years old I suppose Im lucky as I'm able in most cases to repair most of the faults that arise with a Alphard but I'm sorry to say that 12 year plus vehicles old soon become a 'cash cow's and you will never get your money back

I have a set of lowering springs , I removed them due to some issues when traveling over field lanes etc when visiting campsites (dont recall supras being designed for rough surface travel?) I fitted 19" wheels three years ago, take heed as to Rojie's comments, from my dealings with upgrading several alphards and vellfires they become a "Cash Cow" very quickley

Sorry, but where has this Habitation query come from especially on vehicles that are in most cases are over fifteen years old? (The Alphard was designed and built in Japan as a people carrier) if you commission a company to change your vehicle's interior and have gas installed they should provide you with the appropriate gas certificate from that I would recommend you should carry with you a gas leak detection kit/spray the current MOT legislation and yearly maintence carried out by a competent Mecanic should cover your needs.

WELL DONE ! this is not a cryptic remark but did you consider undersealing those many exposed body joints🤥

Does the noise increase /decrease when going around a bend? is the noise associated with a vibration?

should unfold when the ignition starts up would suggest your mirror switch via drivers door is either faulty or maybe poor connection

looks to me that this could be a device that basicilly stops the ignition being turned on to stop theft of your vehicle ?

where does the cables terminate too ?

£600-750 is current charge rate by installers make sure you do your homework regarding gross weight when towbar is utilsed plus the tyres heavy duty or not. LPT

Lets see a photo. You may be surprised to know that there's are lot of Tec's out there who, in a lot of cases, are able to fix plastic damage to external panels of vehicles Theres are a lot of external plastic panels on Alphards, Vellfires etc etc😃

The BEST way is to attach a small gas strut to the bed chassis/bed frame unfortunately, you need someone who knows the procedure of fitting such a device, for instance does the bed assembly have a manufacturer's label attached did you purchase your vehicle from a professional source etc etc

There are many ways, one example is to put the tailgate in the open position get yourself some modeling plastercine make a mode with it, apply to the camera body (which you have already applied bonding sealant) carefully place the camera to its location let the bonding agent set several hours then remove plastercine

My rear Alpine camera has been fitted as per my system for nearly 4 years, so Im pretty confident that it would be difficult to remove it (if I wanted to)🙂

Forget the ideal of using self-adhesive tape even the best tape made (IBM) will deteriorate in time use a polymer based adhesive , if you do make sure you support the camera whilst the adhesive sets can take up to 5-6 hrs

The last two years of my time as a national craftsman Mechanic I trained and specialised in problem solving problematic auto transmissions in those days auto transmissions were never classified to be included as a service item, I have noticed many posters here on the Alphardclub asking questions of where they can get the auto transmisson oil changed........ well from my experience to change and drain the oil out of a Torque Converter driven transmission requires expensive specialist extraction pumps and measuring equipment ... so the point is if you intend to get the oil drained from your Alphard make sure the garage has the right equipment