Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 04:53 pm, by: David Vaughan
I only just fitted the front ones this afternoon, when I took the photos, and have not driven the car since.
With the air purifier filter though, we had noticed that if we turned it up to high then the smell was distinct. It was tolerable on a low setting. Now, setting the air puri on high no longer makes things worse. I have not been in enough traffic to find out if it makes it better.
I am expecting that the normal slightly stale smell in the car will go with the new fronts.
If not, I have a barely used bottle of Boss handy...
Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 12:43 pm, by: David Vaughan
It is often harder to pick the absence of something rather than its presence and this is highly subjective but, regardless, I think the car felt fresher, especially when I got back in to it after the first drive around.
Peter Burrett Tinkerer How about allowing the few of us to say ST?
Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 04:44 pm, by: Morgan Cross
David, the part number you mentioned before for the front filter ("88508-24010") How much did that set you back? Roughly how long did it take to arrive?
Cheers, mine is filthy / black like your old one, would love to replace it as I don't fancy the smell of smoke.
David Vaughan TryHard Soarer GT-L (4.0 V8) and is300 (3.0 VVT-i 6)
Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 05:27 pm, by: David Vaughan
Morgan, they cost just under $49 each. There are two of them (identical) so the total is nearly $98. I ordered on Monday and collected Wednesday from Toyota in Phillip in Canberra.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005 - 05:01 pm, by: Michael James
Morgan stick your head back under the dash you will see a little bit of plastic in the end of the slot, pull it along into the hole and you will pull another filter out.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - 08:22 pm, by: David Vaughan
Yes, I mentioned the different part numbers in my first post, in the archive to this thread. It may be bad news, unless you are telling me you have managed to get one for your car. If so, I think some other people might love to know where and at what price.
Nice wheel cover there. Why haven't I got one of those?? Why is your fuel tank black? The side bits to your wheel well have one compartment each where mine has two. Little differences.
Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 08:59 pm, by: Ian Wood
No, I haven't found a new one. I took the old one out and washed it. Probably destroyed any filtering properties left, but at least it's clean. The wheel cover came with the car. I thought all petrol tanks were black.