Chris.ac

How are you parking? Put vehicle in neutral, before the parking brake is applied, otherwise the gearbox is under tension against the parking pawl pin.

Hi and welcome. Just some observations. You say you have a v6 4wd? That would be ggh25, not ah20. Ah20 is a 2.4lt. The throttle should be smooth with no lag, i could easily wheel spin my v6 when pulling off from a junction, until i learned to be more gentle. The new dash clock is obviously the wrong one. There are minor differences. TRC off is traction control off, operated by the button that looks like a skidding car. 8 have square plate at front, the bumper is cutout for that design. Random switch may be the rear fog lights fitted to comply with uk rules, it's possible to replace with the correct Toyota switch or a new indicator stalk that has both front and rear foglights positions.

The 4x4 symbol is present on all, regardless of if the vehicle has it. If you do have 4x4, There will be a button on the dashboard to the left of the steering wheel

Relay needs installing in the factory socket, passenger side footwell. Fuse is usually fitted, drivers side footwell. You can use the existing socket located on the sonar sensor loom on the driver's side ( photos of all this is available on previous posts) You can add two pins to the existing socket ( the side that attachs to the fog lamp, both the male and female sides were present on 3 alphards i have done, so just add two pins from summer other cheap connector from eBay) I agree, the oem rear fog looks naff, but I'm sure it's actually the entire quarter panel that attaches to the rest bumper, so it's cost will be greater than valenti. Edit. I was wrong about the quarter panel it seems, maybe I'm mixing it up with 10 series winter kit fog

Yes. You can buy a retrofit kit from AliExpress, includes new mirror glass with BSM led, and a panel switch that looks like original Toyota.

I remember this from a few years ago. It should work. I have some reflectors for the door using this method.

The best way to deactivate the airbag is by using an airbag srs defeat resistor ( they use them on rally cars, for obvious reasons) They cost around £15, but you'll need to get to the socket to disconnect the airbag and insert the resistor. They are literally just a regular resistor, so if you know someone that has used a soldering iron and is technically minded, they could do it for less than £5. This is basically the technique. https://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/topic/140137-diy-airbag-bypass-for-iq/ You could of course just disconnect it, but without the resistor tricking the system, your airbag light on dash will stay on. For ETC. You need to disconnect the plug at the back of the ETC card reader

Just to add. https://www.quotezone.co.uk/car-insurance/average-car-insurance-premium-by-region I think people have an unrealistic view of what they should be paying. I think it depends from the idea that insurance should get cheaper as your no claims increases, whereas the no claims discount is applied after taking into consideration the average insurance increases. Even the month you renew has an effect on price!

Yep, i think we messaged each other on Facebook about the pivot system back when i found it. The hard speed limit, it's not that much of a problem, i don't tend to do over 112mph anyway, lol. The pivot system seems to be the least hassle, and of course you can easily disconnect the whole thing if changing vehicle or selling.

Did the new bushes come with new bolts, or did you reuse?

Ok. I think i have an idea. The long roof lights. There is a connector junction block that seems to loop back. If we break this loopback and fit a separate on off switch, we can manually defeat the logic that activates the mood lighting completely. The following images show the circuit, the connector and it's location. You can see the circuit literally shorts pins 9 and 10, and pins 20 and 21 together. If we access the socket, expose the wiring and cut, fit a DPDT switch, we can manually override the operation of the auto mood lights.

Gotta keep reminding myself, finally got laptop working again.

It's actually pretty amazing, that in the several years of owning the alphard, I've still not found anyone that has managed to remove the cruise or speed limiter. That's across all the 2gr-fe vehicles. I've looked in Russian and Japanese.

You forget to mention, the pivot system also has various throttle mapping, so you get a smoother Eco or more aggressive throttle response. Have you used these settings and can say if they make any difference?

Please try Mark Richards, unless you already did.