jsut wanted to say "hi" to everyone! New owner of a 2012 Limited HL. Well , actually my wife is the new owner This will be her SUV. We were having tons of issues with a 2006 Jeep GC, and decided that it was time to trade her in, and get a safer, newier and roomier "caruck" I use to own a V8 04 Limited 4 runner that was a very nice truck...so i was pushing her towards that route...UNTILL i test drove the new 4 runner models. dont get me wrong..it is still a nice truck but i think some of toyo's changes to the truck went in the wrong direction. When we test drove the HL i knew this is going to be perfect for her.
Hopefully i'll be able to be a useful contributing member
Thanks everyone!! Hopefully it will last my wife longer then her Cherokee did. I'm also going to try to keep my fingers out of this truck and not "mod" anything..or at least not too much. the only think i might end up doing is the Nav override.....
I'm also going to try to keep my fingers out of this truck and not "mod" anything..or at least not too much. the only think i might end up doing is the Nav override.....
The over-ride is definitely worth it, I find I use mine more and more now. You can either buy one online or make one yourself (instructions are in the modification sticky) and save yourself lots of $$$.
The over-ride is definitely worth it, I find I use mine more and more now. You can either buy one online or make one yourself (instructions are in the modification sticky) and save yourself lots of $$$.
Thanks! the funny thing is i was even reading that DIY override thread before i even joined, b/c i knew that was probably going to be the one thing i was going to do.
I guess the big diffrence between buying the "prestige" over ride verse doing it yourself is the one that you pay almost $300 for always you to jsut plug and play with their uint verse the DIT which you have to cut the speed sense wire...in my mind...if i save $250 by cutting that VSS wire...it's going to be cut
the only other thing i "might" do is sound damp the entire truck....which would include a layer of butyl ( like dynamat extreme) then a layer of CCF, and then a last layer of MLV...this combination drops the road noise SUBSTANTIALLY! I did it in my 2010 F150 , and it sounds like yuo are in a cadillac now.
This is the crew cab with just the dynamat down....the second pic is with the CCF on top....i never got picks when i put the MLV on too...
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Yikes thats a lot of work (the sound deadener). I put that stuff on all the doors/tailgate, but the highlander isn't loud enough to justify dissasemblying the entire interior IMO. I'm curious how much was all the sound deadener? Dynamat seems to be very expensive compared to other alternatives.
For the override. Your not just cutting the the speed wire. You build a new speed sensor emulator to trick the car into thinking your going 3-4mph. From your post I can't tell if you meant just cut it, or cut it as part of the override install
Yikes thats a lot of work (the sound deadener). I put that stuff on all the doors/tailgate, but the highlandeer isn't loud enough to justify dissasemblying the entire interior IMO. I'm curious how much was all the sound deadner? Dynamat seems to be very expensive compared to other alternatives.
For the override. Your not just cutting the the speed wire. You build a new speed sensor emulator to trick the car into thinking your going 3-4mph. From your post I can't tell if you meant just cut it, or cut it as part of the override install
Oh...what i meant was when you go the DIY override route, you build the box but THEN have to cut the VSS wire to attach the box inline, vs paying $300 for that company to make something similar to that DIY box, but in their configuration you dont have to cut the VSS wire since their unit comes with the correclt molex plugs to just plug and play. The only benifit to paying the $300 is to not cut that VSS wire...which im fine to do if it saves all that money.
As for the sound deadening....it cost about $1000 for everything for a super crew cab f150. I ended up getting the dynamt extreme from amazon for a decent price. I actually even used more then i needed on the floors...really only 25-35% coverage of a panel is needed with that stuff to work..andthing extra is overkill. The MLV i bought from this place...its a great site for info on deadening..its really the MLV that blockes the road noise...not the dynamat....
The over-ride is definitely worth it, I find I use mine more and more now. You can either buy one online or make one yourself (instructions are in the modification sticky) and save yourself lots of $$$.
Does it allow playing DVDs on the front screen when the car is moving? I mean if it only allow playing with the GPS when the car is moving, I can live with not having it and save the moola. Thanks
Does it allow playing DVDs on the front screen when the car is moving? I mean if it only allow playing with the GPS when the car is moving, I can live with not having it and save the moola. Thanks
Some of the aftermarket ones do I think, but the one in the DIY sticky does not (which is really only like $13-20 bucks in parts). I have been trying to get that to work. For the dvd to come up on the front screen the headunit has to detect a <4mph speed AND have the parking brake on.
I made a relay with a switch to ground the parking brake wire (to emulate the parking brake being on). With that switch, and the override running, I had video on the main screen while I was driving. BUT that only worked for 2-3 min before it cut out. The headunit is programmed in a way to not make this work. Because the car is traveling at normal speed, but the headunit thinks your going 3mph, a distance grows between where the gps thinks you are and where the gps antenna says your are. If that distance grows to a certain distance, the headunit will ignore the speed sensor completly, and use the gps antenna for both position and speed. That locks out the video. I haven't figured out how to prevent this, or how the aftermarket companies do this.
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This will be her SUV. We were having tons of issues with a 2006 Jeep GC, and decided that it was time to trade her in, and get a safer, newier and roomier "caruck" I use to own a V8 04 Limited 4 runner that was a very nice truck...so i was pushing her towards that route...UNTILL i test drove the new 4 runner models. dont get me wrong..it is still a nice truck but i think some of toyo's changes to the truck went in the wrong direction. When we test drove the HL i knew this is going to be perfect for her.
to TN and congrats on the new HL 
Hopefully, you'll love your Highlander as much as I've enjoyed mine these last four years. 
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