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Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette Drive normal. This. I do recommend to check the air pressure every so often the first few weeks.

For replacement glass, I prefer PGW (previously named PPG) or Pilkington. Otherwise factory OEM glass if it's reasonably priced. Just had the glass replaced on the IS250; factory Lexus glass is about $800 for just the glass. The PGW replacement it got is great with no distortions and good fit...

While I agree that the factory pads are fine for everyday driving, and they really are in my opinion, not so in the case of my GF's '08 IS250. It came from the factory with the OE Textar pads, entirely too grabby imo (If I recall correctly, the pads were stamped with an FF friction rating), and...

Whenever I run into one of these, usually I bust out the 1/2 drive and a six-point as others have mentioned. Also, upon removal, I find it quite evident that the crush washer was re-used many a time. Throw a new crush washer on there when you get it off, I'm sure it'll help with the next...

Originally Posted By: PandaBear Top: where's the safety pins? Looks dangerous Bottom: only works with 1 diameter spring? It looks like there is a piece on the SPC unit that swings under to complete a hold around the part of coil and is locked in by the thread underneath. It is hard to...

Originally Posted By: ottotheclown It is a shame we cannot do urine tests on the internet before the postings. Maybe someday!! I was watching CNN while eating dinner tonight and the panel was discussing the idea of taxing email (it was Closed-Caption at a restaurant so I didn't get all the...

Originally Posted By: The Critic ...factory uses torque-to-yield bolts on the rear caliper bracket (that must be replaced each time) which have a spec of 66 ft-lbs + 90 deg... Just thinking about that, and considering the average thread size of rear caliper bracket bolts, that seems like a...

I think those Hella's may be each, but they may be slightly less yellow than the Optilux (Optilux is actually a sub-brand of Hella as I understand). If the picture that Amazon shows for the Hella's bulb coating is relatively true, then I would venture that they will be less yellow than the...

You sure your fogs use the dual-filament H4/9003 size? Hella Yellow Star on Amazon if you want something that is 'legally' yellow or if you want something more goldish/yellow: optilux yellow H4 on Amazon I have these in a H9 for my fogs on the Mazda6, and they're pretty yellow, I imagine more...

Although going with a boutique oil would be nice, if I were considering an oil for any vehicle, local availability at a brick and mortar store would be a huge deciding factor for me. Then price, and some sort of compromise between price and performance for the length of oil change interval I'd...

Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette Sounds like the Input Shaft bearing. There was a guy with a Toyota under 100K miles that posted his went bad. I can't remember how to tell if it's input shaft bearing or the release bearing, if the noise exists with clutch engaged or disengaged?

Sounds like a release bearing/throw-out bearing, transmission has to come off to get to it, so may want to think about replacing the clutch, pressure plate and resurface the flywheel while your'e in there. $500 seems rather high for just labor to replace a $40 (wild guess) bearing in my opinion.

Originally Posted By: Cristobal Well, it is better than grabbing the kids to save the shark. I had to read this twice lol

At $7.25 for that filter on that eBay listing, are they that much more expensive at the dealership? If I were to buy the OEM filters on eBay, I'd try to purchase from a Honda-only dealership that sells on eBay; I'm sure they're on there. However, with an array of filters at or around [and well...

I guess I'm having a difficult time thinking how the media 'collapsed' like that when the center tube is solid; wouldn't the center tube had to have crushed as well for the media to end up like that? Or am I not thinking this correctly? As another had mentioned above, if the media was too long...

Originally Posted By: UG_Passat Originally Posted By: ChrisW Originally Posted By: UG_Passat 45 folded pleats The pic of the YZZA5 above has 44 folded pleats; lol, I read your count and I was like darn-it, now I have to count mine! Doesn't TOyota's Denso filters use a 2-layer filter...

Originally Posted By: Tboss Nice-looking filter i ordered mine from eBay There's a seller on ebay, I believe a toyota dealership (I have no affiliation btw), that sells a box of 10 YZZA5 filters with crush washers for $47 shipped Dahl Toyota 04152-YZZA5 with gaskets (I'd avoid the seller that...

Originally Posted By: UG_Passat 45 folded pleats The pic of the YZZA5 above has 44 folded pleats; lol, I read your count and I was like darn-it, now I have to count mine!

Originally Posted By: JAM25 Originally Posted By: cutter Originally Posted By: JAM25 can it get any cleaner? Yes, buy a new engine. smart [censored] that engine is just about done. must buy a new vehicle. must use Pennzoil ultra and post pics. but seriously based only on what I can see...

Here's pics I just snapped of a YZZA5 filter: looks like that Mann filter has less pleats and uses a different amount of glue on the caps. Not sure if the YZZA5 is equivalent to the filter being discussed here however. Edit, ok maybe not more pleats when looking at side-by-side, but more...