Gave the Aristo a polish finally!
02-24-09, 04:03 PM
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nice RHD, so your in Japan? or UK?
We've got a few 2nd gen V300 Aristos for sale here too....love the car, should have gotton one hehe
+1 on engine bay pics
We've got a few 2nd gen V300 Aristos for sale here too....love the car, should have gotton one hehe
+1 on engine bay pics
02-25-09, 08:06 AM
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I'm in the UK and the car was imported from Japan years ago, I've had this one for about 2.5 years now!
I'm not actually using an AV interface, the car when I bought it had RCA connectors in the trunk which are hardwired into the loom, so I just got a switchbox to feed into that and then laid a panel extender into the glovebox so that I can just plug in anything there that I want to use, the video is live as well, I'm just waiting for something else to arrive from Japan before popping some more pics up
The headunit has to take NTSC into the TV, not so much of a problem nowadays as everything seems to support both modes but the satnav that is in the car outputs PAL only so there's a PAL - NTSC converter hidden away too, it's a mess of wiring but it all works
Steering wheel wise it's not black wood, I think they all just came standard with the black leather wheel? Not sure if the black wood wheel was an option or whether there's on the Grazio version available?
I'm using the HSD HR coilovers, don't think you guys have them yet, but they're sold via a company called Driftworks over here and they're well damped for the UK roads, I've had coilovers in the past which were just horrible to drive 95% of the time over here but these seem great, just have to see how long they last now I guess!
As for the stripping yeah that was cut, it was annoying me, the passenger side is starting to pull away too so will need to trim that, I read the thread about replacing it on here so I'll put that on the to do list
I'll get some pics of the engine bay in a bit, it's a mess as I do a lot of milage so never keep on top of that, saying that though the car is coming up to 100k miles and it's looking pretty good for the age
I sorted the badging out today anyway - I don't have the Toyota emblem here yet but I decided the Lexus badging had to finally go!
So here she is debadged and polished:
And then with the Aristo badge back on there:
Much better I reckon!
I'm not actually using an AV interface, the car when I bought it had RCA connectors in the trunk which are hardwired into the loom, so I just got a switchbox to feed into that and then laid a panel extender into the glovebox so that I can just plug in anything there that I want to use, the video is live as well, I'm just waiting for something else to arrive from Japan before popping some more pics up
The headunit has to take NTSC into the TV, not so much of a problem nowadays as everything seems to support both modes but the satnav that is in the car outputs PAL only so there's a PAL - NTSC converter hidden away too, it's a mess of wiring but it all works
Steering wheel wise it's not black wood, I think they all just came standard with the black leather wheel? Not sure if the black wood wheel was an option or whether there's on the Grazio version available?
I'm using the HSD HR coilovers, don't think you guys have them yet, but they're sold via a company called Driftworks over here and they're well damped for the UK roads, I've had coilovers in the past which were just horrible to drive 95% of the time over here but these seem great, just have to see how long they last now I guess!
As for the stripping yeah that was cut, it was annoying me, the passenger side is starting to pull away too so will need to trim that, I read the thread about replacing it on here so I'll put that on the to do list
I'll get some pics of the engine bay in a bit, it's a mess as I do a lot of milage so never keep on top of that, saying that though the car is coming up to 100k miles and it's looking pretty good for the age
I sorted the badging out today anyway - I don't have the Toyota emblem here yet but I decided the Lexus badging had to finally go!
So here she is debadged and polished:
And then with the Aristo badge back on there:
Much better I reckon!
