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FWIW, I’m very happy with my paintedoemparts .com bumper cover…

Thanks everyone for their advice and discussion. I ended up ordering a “Painted OEM Part” replacement bumper cover. It was substantially more than the folded bumpers but hopefully worth it. We’ll see…

Does anyone have experience with prepainted aftermarket bumper covers? After hitting a deer I need a new bumper cover for my 2015 4Runner. I live in a rural area and it’s a pain to get any professional body work done.. I’m thinking about ordering one off eBay. You can apparently buy them...

Thanks...just saved me a few bucks!

I decided to weight the tires for the hell of it using an accurate scale The three Japan made tires all were 44.2 lbs. The USA made tire weighted 45.8 lbs. I’ll probably return them…

*2923 thanks

I just received new Falken tires for my 4Runner. Bought thru Amazon but shipped direct from Simple Tire. The 4 tires have these dates and COO: 1. 5121 Japan 2. 0622 Japan 3. 0323 Japan 4. 2923 USA I’m a little disappointed. What would you do? Or am I crazy to worry about this? These were...

Hi - I recently purchased a new boat trailer. The manufacturer stated they use Amalie Elixir Synthetic Blend Calcium Sulfonate grease on the new wheel bearings. I've never heard of this brand. I was planning to use Lucas Marine grease which is labeled as a calcium sulfonate grease, just because...

Thanks everyone for the advice. I ordered a Ctek 4.3 amp unit…

What do you guys recommend for a decent battery charger? I've got a couple of low amp trickle-chargers, but I'm looking for something with more power to charge marine batteries faster, and the occasional dead auto battery. I'm thinking a 10amp charger like this...

Thanks for everyone’s advice. We just counted the turns of the outer tie rods when removing, and replaced with new outer tie rods the same count. I think we got it pretty close, but I’ll make sure my son gets an alignment done.. Thanks again !

We put a new steering rack and new power steering lines in my sons 2010 Tacoma today. Real pita job, but we got it done in 6 hours. We set the tie rods as close to the original positions as possible. The truck goes straight down the road. Would it be important to get an alignment asap or...

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Do you think the above oils would perform better than Castrol 0W-40 over time? Thanks..

Hi - I maintain my wife’s 2017 Audi Q3 with 95k miles. This has the 2.0 TFSI motor. It has been fed Castrol 0W-40 at 5,000 mile OCIs since new. It does not consume any measurable amount between oil changes and hope it stays that way.. Castrol 0W-40 is getting hard to find. I’m thinking about...

Thanks. Informative video..

Audi recommends 10K oil changes. I’ve been doing 5K oil & filter changes. You would do it more often than that?

Do VW/Audi oil filters have any type of anti drain back valve? How much oil do they retain when doing an oil change? This refers to the filter on a 2017 Audi Q3 2.0 tfsi motor..with the filter on top of the motor. Like the filter linked below. I’m just asking because I plan to start changing...

Do you guys regularly clean the throttle body in your car? How often? Just wondering. It’s never been on my radar. I’ve run a few vehicles to 200k without troubles. Mostly Toyotas. But now I’ve seen some YouTube videos where people recommend it. What say you? Is it worth doing? Thanks!