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Old 05-04-12, 05:59 AM
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Where is best place to get timing belt done for reasonanle price..or has anyone done them..ive done subaru.timing belts but never a 2jz belt
Old 05-04-12, 06:01 AM
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how many miles on the car? Lexus recommends it at 90k , maybe you wouldn't have to do yours yet?
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i wish haha 160k..ud never know tho it drives and looks better than the others i looked at with less miles...the first owner of 9yrs drove it 145k so im going with it was def a commuter... hopefully had it done once but ive already had a subaru motor blow from timing neglect so i just wanna get it done for piece of mind..plus valve covers leaking and from what ive seen they gotta come off anyway
Old 05-04-12, 06:13 AM
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im gunna pull the cover off to look at it and make sure it looks safe to keep driving
Old 05-04-12, 01:05 PM
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If you decided to do it yourself. Post up and ill be willing to help you. Ive done a few of them on the IS.
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Originally Posted by NJsEnvy
Where is best place to get timing belt done for reasonanle price..or has anyone done them..ive done subaru.timing belts but never a 2jz belt
Your Driveway, it isn't too difficult. Just time consuming.

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Old 05-05-12, 06:21 AM
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Yea i probably will do.it myself..like i said ive done subaru ones which look to be more difficult than the 2jz's
I am going to look at it today and get prices...what would you guys reccomend doing while im there
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Originally Posted by NJsEnvy
Yea i probably will do.it myself..like i said ive done subaru ones which look to be more difficult than the 2jz's
I am going to look at it today and get prices...what would you guys reccomend doing while im there
It depends on how quickly we can convince you to go turbo.
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Originally Posted by Rising_Sun
It depends on how quickly we can convince you to go turbo.
hahaha I like that comment! ^^
shouldn't be long of he already knows how orgasmic the sound of a gte is

and the guy before had a bad choice using it as a commuter cause has isn't good with these cars unfortunately, can't expect it to be much different from a inline 6 anyways lol
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Originally Posted by Rising_Sun
It depends on how quickly we can convince you to go turbo.
lol
Old 05-05-12, 02:38 PM
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Stop it dont say tht..im keepin the is as daily and the wifey gunna be driving it...im gunna get a mk3 supra or sc300 and swap
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We all have boosted Lexus' as daily drivers. I also owned a modified WRX and 2JZs are much more reliable.
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Agreed. My lex is boosted and my daily as well. Im telling you all it takes is one time hanging with us and you will be going boost haha. We have a member right now putting together a kit so we can do the install haha.
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U guys really gotta stop lol im prolly going to do an sc300 swap...im not a fan of automatics this is the first auto of 10 cars ive owned..id rather mod a manual
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My car is auto as well. I dont mind it being auto sometime though. I mean i use the e-shift most of the time im driving anyways haha. But seriously if you do decided to do the Timing Belt yourself let us know and we will give you a hand.


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