Bazza

if its the orange one thats your oil level low warning light top it up ! if its the red one its oil pressure in that case stop quickly ! and seek help

nope it doesnt mate so you can change the belt with out changing the tensioner.........but and heres the but if you replace the belt and two days,a few months,a year down the line the tensioner goes pop, bang goes your belt as the bust tensioner will throw the belt oh and gues what..........that could mean a engine rebuild with 24 new valves and a very empty pocket. so cheap out if you must but cheaping out may be costly!!!!! Does the same apply to the IS300, I have heard that the tensioners are stronger on this model. Lexus Woodford are changing my cambelt very soon but have not said anything to me about replacing the tensioner put it another way if the cambelt needs changing then so does the tensioner the belts are very strong and are designed to last up to 100,000 miles as are the tensioners if for some reason the belt needs replacing then its only correct that the tensioner does to without a doubt Lexus Woodford will change the tensioner

what coolant light there isn't one !!

Cheers Bazza, yep someone was telling me that it's only like a half hour drive to get anywhere in Miami, but I know there are lots of dodgy areas around Miami so that's exactly what I wanted to avoid! Collins Avenue is the one that runs right down the coast (miami beach) is it? And South Beach is essentially the bottom of that road? Is anywhere along that coastline quite safe then? I'll stick to around there if that's the case :) yep all quite safe, or as safe as you are going to get, :)

we stayed in Collins ave which is pretty good and right on the beach avoid anything within the city ! not the nicest area at all anything near south beach will be expensive to be honest you will have to drive everywhere so as long as its a reasonable distance from the main areas you should be fine

is interesting, and looks like its common amongst dealers was the Honda CRV :) the daily workhorse

took the Honda in for its first service today while you wait job, normally around 1.5 hrs fixed price of £195 inc vat all the usual service items checked, filled, or replaced all the usual comforts, tea, coffee, and television I also complained that the leather on the drivers seat was looking tired, and that the gear knob was working loose when I got the car back after just over 2 hours all the leather has been fed !! and now looks like new again the knob was tight and in its own little smart pouch a top up litre of oil was placed in the boot they also detected a small rattle, so spent time of their own backs looking for and remedying it having experience of Lexus servicing I have got to say Honda are a step in front

would have thought a dog would be better security than a cat :P

it is false economy not to do it at the same time

Kazakhstan20/07/09 We pushed on through russia, stayed in a few small towns. Yesterday we knew we were going to the border so we decided to wack a fair few miles on the clock and do an all nighter. When approaching the town at the border we though it would be a good idea to fuel up. It was 11 pm and the garages were manned by women in kiosks in pitch black darkness. No hope of finding one we asked a local and then the rozzers pulled up and gave us an escort to fuel station. We gave the cops a tip for helping us out. We reached the border at 12 and what a pain… We had to fill out forms that were in russian.. Turns out another team passed through that day and we used their forms as a template… Scarey moment when they searched the car and nearly found my hidden cash. We then had to cross the kaz border control… One guy sat us in his office and spoke crap, we were confused… They then said we had to wait a few hours to mess us around. It was quiet at 3am and were stuck there waiting. We made friends with a guard and he helped fill our forms for us. He also offered us ciggies… Yes he offered us one not the otherway round. In the end They let us through and when we was buying insurance, dan was holding the insurance ladies cat saying that she had a nice pussy, we giggled so much. So we then drove on in to the nearest town looking for atm for cash. We then pushed on to aqtobe feeling real tired. We are in some worn hotel dying for sleep and the loud music outside which was annoying. Yestrday we were stopped 6 times in russia, no fines as we always smiled and asked if they liked chelsea, worked a treat. Today we were stopped twice by kaz guards.. No fines. Ukraine guards were never interested in us. Kaz roads are terrible, beating the suspenion on the van Steve

usual crowd of people taking threads "off topic" warnings applied !

altezza year and mini disc give it away 200bhp .......not !

Russia 19/07/09 Yesterday we spent 7 hours at the border in massive queues, blistering heat with no food and very little water, we then had to drive 300k to a city, we were hungry, thirsty and tired. Today we are heading for saratov and may be at the kaz border for today or get in early tommorow. Last few days have been very hot, road heat got to 48. No more nice hotels from here for a while we reckon. Russian locals are much nicer than ukraines. We found that if you smile and mention chelsea then they seem to like you. No fines or bribes yet, we had one pull by the police but we mentioned chelsea and he smiled and said "good work" and off we went. Truck is good, no problems yet. Steve

If you find out could you let me know as I would love a set but I am worried they will void my warranty. an item can only void a warranty if it can be prooven that it is reason of the failure of the item under warranty ! the worst an ARB would be to prematurely wear the droplinks out, and they are cheap easily replaceable items

for security purposes this thread will now be closed as a first post we generally would expect a hello !

I believe the adjustable red ones are TTE and not TRD as far as i know TRD did not do adjustable ones I have TRD ones fitted and they are superb, vast improvement !

sometimes it is better to use the toll roads as they are very good and have little traffic if you have lots of time use the non toll roads much more scenic but inevitably you will get held up at some point time depends on which route ie: point of entry

16/07/09 We finally made it to kiev through some dreadful wheel busting roads… We drove over 600 kilometers with about 400 of them through roadworks and contra lanes. We arrived in kiev at about 9pm but we found it hard to find a hotel, we then had to desperatly find fuel. It took 90 mins to find a hotel, we are wacked out. We have eaten cold tinned food on the road and no evening meal. Tommorow we will try and stay near the border of russia, sort out our stuff. Looking forward to kaz, and the truck has been amazing today as we really pushed it. Steve

16/07/09 We have made it through the ukraine border with no problems.. They did mess us about asking for a green card but we did not have one.. They were probably looking for a bribe.. They got fed up and waved us through. Roads are really bad but finally found a decent road and now heading for kiev. Truck is good but I am gonna run out of pants soon Steve

read it at last much the same as what was published in Banzai magazine last month :D

15/07/09 We are 1 hour from the polish border. We spent 24 hours in prague to have a good look around.. We loved it. Early yesterday afternoon we made our way to the church of bones. We then got stuck in bad traffic trying to get out due to an accident between a harley and a car. Afterwards We pressed on until 8 pm then found a hotel in a lovely small town. Its been really warm in czech too. The 4×4 has been great on motorway,cruises lovely at 70-80 even full loaded. Will do another update later today. Steve

PRAGUE 13/07//09 We have just got in to prague. The roads from boulogne through germany and czech were fantastic. But probably get worse after poland. First night was in france, we stayed on a french farm with geese and donkeys in the fields…nice place. Few beers and a good nights kip. Next day we drove nearly 500 miles and got a hotel off the motorway in an empty and weird hotel… Dan tried some german and failed.. I managed a few words..most odd place and the town was dead. We then went out a beer but we almost got lost, picturing us with no bags as we left them in the hotel and it was dark. Next day we ate a crap hotel breakfast and drove 250 miles in to prague which is quite warm and we are now out for a beer and sightseeing. Tommorow church of bones, then off to poland. Steve

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of course we do :D as long standing attendees we get asked back every year, this year will not be an exception

Hi woodsie yes LOC was there last year we had over 20 cars on show, we were tucked away in the upper field of course you are quite welcome to join us this year