Sunday, February 22, 2009 - 07:53 pm, by: Brendan Horton(Vip)
After reading another thread where this question was asked, I thought I would make a topic to save hi-jacking someone elses thread.. So how many klms does your celsior have? Personally, Mine has 232xxx klms
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 12:06 am, by: David Barnes(Toyota_celsior)
one of mine has 115k and one has 158k
The one with the 158k is in far better condition outside and inside but it does drive slightly better, goes to show that higher kilometers dont always mean worse condition, (Just means you need to buy rubbers, but thats easyer then a retrim and paintjob)
Monday, February 23, 2009 - 03:31 pm, by: Ryan Posselt(Yakusaryan)
My CF has 261,000 I have owned it for 3 years and 1 month it had just over 190,000 when I bought it so around 24,000 Km's a year. Only thing done to keep it going is bushes!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:07 am, by: Ryan Posselt(Yakusaryan)
somewhere in the $3-$4K region. for every suspension bush in the car except one. Worth every cent the car is soooooo much nicer to drive and i get 20% better fuel economy for some reason too
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:38 pm, by: Rich O'neil(Kiwiinaus)
I did Cols front end last week which was lower ball joints , rack bushes , lower control arm bushes and sway bar bushes and for the parts it came in around the $460.00 mark , but that was before our dollar tripped over a bit , add in upper control arms and front radius bushes and $1000.00 is easily spent on the front end . Good for 100,000 K's though .
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 01:29 pm, by: David Barnes(Toyota_celsior)
I am definitely interested in getting my front end redone, its clunking is driving me up the wall, now my steering wheels shakes hard under heavy braking. I was going to sell my Celsior but considering people are only willing pay about half of what I paid only 12months ago I am going to try keep her for life.
What is the best way to go about getting all this done. Do the bushes just get ordered from toyota/lexus? Or is there an aftermarket supplier? Do I order these from the likes of say pedders - fulcrum? Or do I have to order them else where and take them to a shop like pedders - fulcrum to have them fitted?
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 01:38 pm, by: Rich O'neil(Kiwiinaus)
I get all my genuine suspension stuff in from the States and as such pay a 1/2 to 2/3's what it would cost here in Aus . I started getting it in for myself but about 6 mates also bought Celsiors cos they liked mine so much . I now get stuff in for them and usually fit it as well . If you are interested send me an E-Mail .
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 03:53 pm, by: Ryan Posselt(Yakusaryan)
I went through Vlamos and thought they were excellent do a search on this forum you will find more info about Vlamos. Don't buy white line or any of the polyurethane bushings. These will ruin the ride quality of the celsior.
Sunday, March 01, 2009 - 01:18 am, by: David Barnes(Toyota_celsior)
Aaron, How come you had to replace the aircon compressor? I have heard the tend to fail if not oiled up. But to be honest im not sure exactly how the lubrication on them works, to my understanding a form of oil is blended with the refrigerant, or does it just have its own little oil supply in the compressor itself? This is something I want to suss out as my compressor sounds a little noiser then I think it should be.