pooface
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Ok, I've had my new to me 2006 LC5 120 for a few weeks now - after driving a people carrier around for a year - and there are quite a few subtle improvements over my last prado (1996).
However there are some things I think it is lacking and some things I'd like to improve upon and would love some advice please...
1 - I miss the auto headlights function I had on my previous car that came on when the daylight dropped below a certain level. Not a huge thing, but I got so used to this that I am occasionally a little lax on remembering to switch my lights on (i.e. tend to do it only when I notice it's getting dark, whereas my previous car would switch them on well before I needed them)
2 - my lights are good, but the lights on my previous car were xenons and far better. Can I just swap out xenon bulbs for my existing ones and will the headlight unit cope with the extra heat (is there extra heat?! Im assuming there is...) or do I need to replace the headlight assemblies? Can I get newer looking headlight assemblies for my 120?
3 - LED lights for the rear lights and indicators? Is this viable?
4 - headlight washer. There are blanks where this is obviously an option, but I cannot for the life of me find out where I would get an after market set. A couple of muddy treks and my headlights were plastered. It would have been nice to use the washer system to clear them instead of using the picnic blanket (which was all I had to hand and which earned me some dark looks from the other half!!)
5 - Wing mirror auto retract / open. On my previous car, the wing mirrors would open when you start the car and close again when you shut it off. I would like to find a away to do this if possible
6 - Sat Nav update. Can I swap out my current one for a newer version? the maps are really old (2004/2005) and the display is quite primitive though the touchscreen is quite good. If it's not possible to update the entire sat nav, is it possible to update the maps? I cannot see a way to do this even though I saw it mention "map dvd" when I was looking around the settings. There is a cd changer in the glove compartment but no dvd player that I can see in the front or the back...
Any help would be gratefully received.
However there are some things I think it is lacking and some things I'd like to improve upon and would love some advice please...
1 - I miss the auto headlights function I had on my previous car that came on when the daylight dropped below a certain level. Not a huge thing, but I got so used to this that I am occasionally a little lax on remembering to switch my lights on (i.e. tend to do it only when I notice it's getting dark, whereas my previous car would switch them on well before I needed them)
2 - my lights are good, but the lights on my previous car were xenons and far better. Can I just swap out xenon bulbs for my existing ones and will the headlight unit cope with the extra heat (is there extra heat?! Im assuming there is...) or do I need to replace the headlight assemblies? Can I get newer looking headlight assemblies for my 120?
3 - LED lights for the rear lights and indicators? Is this viable?
4 - headlight washer. There are blanks where this is obviously an option, but I cannot for the life of me find out where I would get an after market set. A couple of muddy treks and my headlights were plastered. It would have been nice to use the washer system to clear them instead of using the picnic blanket (which was all I had to hand and which earned me some dark looks from the other half!!)
5 - Wing mirror auto retract / open. On my previous car, the wing mirrors would open when you start the car and close again when you shut it off. I would like to find a away to do this if possible
6 - Sat Nav update. Can I swap out my current one for a newer version? the maps are really old (2004/2005) and the display is quite primitive though the touchscreen is quite good. If it's not possible to update the entire sat nav, is it possible to update the maps? I cannot see a way to do this even though I saw it mention "map dvd" when I was looking around the settings. There is a cd changer in the glove compartment but no dvd player that I can see in the front or the back...
Any help would be gratefully received.