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On Amazon it's called the U912 TPMS System. The one I got was for Toyota with External sensors. Cut one of the switch blanks and gutted the back and hotglued the display unit in. The power is just tapped into ignition 12V via cig lighter circuit.

Also been fixing some aesthetic and boring stuff along the way. Found a rear bumper cap for the driver side from a junkyard. Installed a gutter mounted Rhino Rack roof rack, removed the original sorry excuse of a roof rack Stripped and repainted the tailgate lower trim garnish piece Installed...

For anyone looking to run an aftermarket steering wheel and hub kit on a Montero, here's what I've figured out what works: Momo hub 6106 (if you get the NRG one, it's really short and you'll need a quick release or spacer to keep the wheel from being almost on the turn signal and wiper stalks)...

Ran into the common fuel line leaking issue in the engine bay from the hose disintegrating around the crimps. Ended up running a 3000gt billet fuel rail to -6AN fitting, and a Radium M14x1.5 inverted flare fitting to adapt to the hard line. Line is -6AN with braided line and fittings from Earls.

Unfortunately the original leather seats were completely destroyed when I purchased the vehicle. I wound up finding a cloth interior in decent shape in a similar color at a junkyard and proceeded to swap it all out since I couldn't stand seat covers ant more. Added cup holders to the doors...

Also rebuilt the entire front suspension. New OEM upper control arms (since I couldn't find anyone confident to press new bushings in) Siberian LCA bushings, sway bar bushings All new Moog/555 ball joints (upper/lower), tie rods, idler arm Koni heavy track front and rear Replaced wheel bearings...

Its been awhile since I've updated this thread, but work definitely hasn't stopped. Since last posting, have done the following: Engine: Full timing belt kit replacement with Aisin kit. Looked like service had been done not too long ago, but PO didn't set the tensioner correctly and it was a...

Not really, wanted to keep them simple and more OEM+ if you could even call it that

One thing I knew that needed to be improved on the Montero was the headlight situation. Once I found that the Gen 2.5 used a H4/9003 bulb, I knew that I wanted to retrofit a set of projectors in there since it should be pretty easy. I managed to snag a set of relatively clean headlights from...

Something else I noticed while walking around the truck were that the lug nuts on the wheels were the mag-seat style (OE) nuts, which weren't really compatible with the steel wheels that the previous owner installed. So I ordered up a set of 24 black M12x1.5 acorn lug nuts from Amazon and got...

While I was in the engine bay replacing the alternator, I spotted this electrical harness going to the starter where the loom was saturated in oil from the valve covers leaking and it looked to be disintegrating. The split loom on the wires going to the alternator was also not doing much anymore...

I would guess the steel stamped part is probably there to take a beating (hitting things, etc.) so that the cast aluminum upper pan doesn't get damaged as that would crack instead of bend. As far as removing the upper pan, you are correct it probably would not come out by simply removing the...

Continuing with the oil leaks, I went ahead and replaced the O-ring (p/n MN176208) on the rear cam seals for both the driver and the passenger side. On the passenger side on the 3.5L, it's easily accessible with just the intake tube off. However, the driver side is nearly impossible to get to...

Next on the list to address was the oil leaks. I did some looking around on the engine and it had plenty of oil coming off of the valve covers, rear cam seals (especially the driver side) and what looked to be on the back of the engine (maybe oil pan). I ordered up some NGK wires (p/n 7005)...

Aftermarket, they are weld-in units. I believe they are Miller (p/n 74074 - front left, p/n 74004 - front right) and Catco (p/n 912006 - rear). Each cat was ~$300, but the labor was reasonable since they were doing them all at the same time. They cut the old units out with a plasma cutter and...