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Old May 28, 2014 | 05:10 PM
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karolgt, what part of Poland are you from? Me and the wife try to go there 2-3 times a year to visit her family in Bydgoszcz.
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Old May 28, 2014 | 05:24 PM
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from Kraków, it is about 500 km from Bydgoszcz
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 12:39 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 08:06 PM
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nice tips!!!
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 09:59 PM
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Interior looks mint dude
Congratulations!
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 10:35 PM
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Great job on the exhaust tips, MUCH better now!
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Old Jun 6, 2014 | 10:59 PM
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more pics of the rear bumper since the tips are clean.....
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Old Jun 9, 2014 | 01:48 PM
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Ok, I will do pictures.

But, first, finally I have all 3 servo motors on my desk:



It took me about 2-5 hours.
Now, all are clean and fixed (with Super Glue ,
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 04:59 AM
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Today I did finally "X" exhaust, because I had a leak, the car was too laud, and I always wanted to have X

Car is now quite silent, as Lexus should be I think...

Performance is better, first acceleration from lights...VSC on....wow, why (weater was ok today))

The only problem is: when I'm acclerating (with kick-down or fast from 0 km/h) I feel like something under my left leg has a contact with the ground...but I checked it, and it is impossible, no scratches etc...I don't know what it is.

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Not deleting resonators? Sound clip?
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 05:12 AM
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what do you mean by "resonators"? those two small exhaust?

I will try to make a movie today.
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Old Jun 13, 2014 | 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by karolgt
what do you mean by "resonators"? those two small exhaust?

I will try to make a movie today.
yes............
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Old Jun 15, 2014 | 03:11 PM
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Ok, Sound, nothing special, almost like oryginal

Youtube link

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Old Oct 14, 2014 | 04:30 PM
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Small update.

After 1 year, and 10.000 km (6.000 miles) I checked my engine oil, and level is the same as it was 1 year ago.

I have already ordered mounts for engine:

1 SEAL AND GASKET KIT Toyota 0447830240
2 MOUNTING Toyota 1237150200
3 CLIP Toyota 9046708186C0
4 MOUNTING Toyota 1236150111

and clips (3) for the trunk

I need to change my mounting because when I was replacing exhaust, mechanic "melted" one
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Old Feb 17, 2015 | 05:16 AM
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Finally I did a pics.
Below, my old engine mounts after 220 000 km (136 000 miles)

The difference on idle is very very big. Zero vibrations.











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