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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 01:55 PM
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Point taken from both of you robm and DennisMik. I'm going to give the Denso 673-1309 a shot. $59.78 ea on Amazon with Prime shipping. Going with NGK Iridium plugs as well. I think I will get good service. Forgot to mention I just turned 200k. I'm somewhat leary dumping a lot of money into my car. I feel like sometimes... you just never know what could happen or go out at that point. Even though everything is good to go at the time.

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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bwhitsonjr
Point taken from both of you robm and DennisMik. I'm going to give the Denso 673-1309 a shot. $59.78 ea on Amazon with Prime shipping. Going with NGK Iridium plugs as well. I think I will get good service. Forgot to mention I just turned 200k. I'm somewhat leary dumping a lot of money into my car. I feel like sometimes... you just never know what could happen or go out at that point. Even though everything is good to go at the time.

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Make sure you get the correct coils for the region your car is made in there is Japan, Canada, and USA, your vin will tell you.
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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by 05ls430518
Make sure you get the correct coils for the region your car is made in there is Japan, Canada, and USA, your vin will tell you.
Yes sir! My VIN starts with a 2. USA made. Thanks for that though!
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 04:20 AM
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Exclamation ?????

"Make sure you get the correct coils for the region your car is made in."


what??? no way
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by daddiojigg
"Make sure you get the correct coils for the region your car is made in."


what??? no way
Yupp different regions use different parts for some things.
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 05:29 AM
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No. Other than availability( hybrids were made in Japan and so parts were regionally sourced sometimes- most times) the coils will be the same. Are you saying that if i have my Rx in florida and then move to Seattle that i need to change my coils? Or Cali to Nfld? Availability and price are the only factors in having different coils.
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 12:30 PM
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Having different part numbers for the same part is an inventory control/accounting phenomenon. Most times it is cheaper to get a part from multiple suppliers rather than use just one supplier and pay shipping all over the world. You could use one part number, but that creates confusion in modern accounting systems when it come time to pay the supplier. Which one? Using a different part number for each supplier eliminates this.

If you want to find out if 2 parts are really the same, go to the local parts store, such as Advanced, autozone, O'Reilly's, and see if they list one part or 2.
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Originally Posted by daddiojigg
No. Other than availability( hybrids were made in Japan and so parts were regionally sourced sometimes- most times) the coils will be the same. Are you saying that if i have my Rx in florida and then move to Seattle that i need to change my coils? Or Cali to Nfld? Availability and price are the only factors in having different coils.
your not serious right?
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by bwhitsonjr
Yes sir! My VIN starts with a 2. USA made. Thanks for that though!
2 = Canada.
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cdnewton
2 = Canada.
I stand corrected... I meant North America.

I was going off of another thread on here:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/rx-...h-america.html

I was under the impression there were only 2 options for my year/model. Japan or North America.
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your not serious right?
Here's your sign.
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Originally Posted by daddiojigg
Here's your sign.
The fact you are serious is.......alarming lol
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 02:26 PM
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Trying to replace fuel injector in my 2004 RX330, need to know how to turn the fuel pressure off, to prevent gas from spilling all over
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Old Mar 18, 2019 | 02:57 PM
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Pull the fuel pump relay or fuse and start the car. Once the engine stops the fuel pressure should be relieved.
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Old Mar 19, 2019 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Audiqv8
Pull the fuel pump relay or fuse and start the car. Once the engine stops the fuel pressure should be relieved.
How do you identify the fuel pump relay or fuse for my 2004 rx330 ?
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