newbie seeks advice
Hi folks. New to the Solara. Long time Landcruiser and MKII Supra fan and owner (3 MKIIs, 1 GT, 2 FJ60s).
Pretty happy with it so far. Bought a used 01. Had a choice of two. One an SE V6 standard with 52K, and the other an SLE auto with 95K. Bought the SE because I wanted the standard, and it's pretty much a new car. Had to have been babied. Paid $2000 more than I could have gotten the SLE for (and it was sharp too), and bought the extended 3/36 warranty for another grand.
Anyway, here are my questions, and I thank in advance any of you fine folks who can enlighten me a bit.
1) I really did like the automatic climate control board. I've located several used ones. Will it plug right up or would it be more trouble than it's worth? I have good mechanic friends, but don't want to get into anything that would be a real pain or near impossible.
2) I'm assuming I have a transponder key? It's a pretty fat toyota key. So if I buy from these guys selling transponder keys on ebay, are they hard to program?
3) remotes. Are the remotes easy to program? I only got one with the car, and the way me any my live in girlfriend are, it's likely to get lost (she lost the spare for her 03 Sienna already). I see lots of them out there for sale too, and would like to pick up another.
4) Did these cars come factory with a front strut brace/bar across the engine bay? This one has one. Didn't know if it was aftermarket or not. The original owner put TRD glow gauges in the dash of the car, but so far that's the only mod I've identified.
Thanks all...
Cheers,
Rich
Pretty happy with it so far. Bought a used 01. Had a choice of two. One an SE V6 standard with 52K, and the other an SLE auto with 95K. Bought the SE because I wanted the standard, and it's pretty much a new car. Had to have been babied. Paid $2000 more than I could have gotten the SLE for (and it was sharp too), and bought the extended 3/36 warranty for another grand.
Anyway, here are my questions, and I thank in advance any of you fine folks who can enlighten me a bit.
1) I really did like the automatic climate control board. I've located several used ones. Will it plug right up or would it be more trouble than it's worth? I have good mechanic friends, but don't want to get into anything that would be a real pain or near impossible.
2) I'm assuming I have a transponder key? It's a pretty fat toyota key. So if I buy from these guys selling transponder keys on ebay, are they hard to program?
3) remotes. Are the remotes easy to program? I only got one with the car, and the way me any my live in girlfriend are, it's likely to get lost (she lost the spare for her 03 Sienna already). I see lots of them out there for sale too, and would like to pick up another.
4) Did these cars come factory with a front strut brace/bar across the engine bay? This one has one. Didn't know if it was aftermarket or not. The original owner put TRD glow gauges in the dash of the car, but so far that's the only mod I've identified.
Thanks all...
Cheers,
Rich
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