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==Introduction:==
Introduction:
  === What is a UZZ32 ===
Blah blah
 
  What is a UZZ32 (align with Wikipedia?)
   Engineering features
   Engineering features
   - active suspension
   - active suspension
   - four wheel steering
   - four wheel steering
  Where are they found?
==  Where are they found?==
  How common are they?
==  How common are they?==


== How to recognise one? ==
== How to recognise one? ==
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People
People
Registered users / editors pages
==Registered users / editors pages==
Hall of fame - 3rd parties
==Hall of fame - 3rd parties==
  - rob hayden
  - rob hayden
  - vlamos
  - vlamos
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  - electronics
  - electronics


Buying
==Buying==
  - source
  - source
  - prices
  - prices
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   - 4ws test  
   - 4ws test  


Cost of ownership
==Cost of ownership==
  - Pros & Cons
  - Pros & Cons
    - low purchase price, but 20 years old
  - tecnical complexity
  - tecnical complexity
  - potential difficulty in finding parts
  - potential difficulty in finding parts (and thus cost)
  - fuel consumption
  - fuel consumption
   
   
Servicing
==Servicing==
  - workshops (by location?)
  - workshops (by location?)
   - niall
   - niall
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  - service manuals  
  - service manuals  
   - Lexus SC400
   - Lexus SC400
   - Soarer 'bible' CD  
   - Soarer 'bible' CD
   - Wiring diagram
   - Wiring diagram
  - spare parts manual (online or cd)
- DIAGNOSTICS
- DIAGNOSTICS


- diY
==- diY==
  - SUSPENSION STRUTS  
  - SUSPENSION STRUTS  
   - TOP HALF  
   - TOP HALF  
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     - amayama
     - amayama
     - lexus / toyota US (eg Carsons)
     - lexus / toyota US (eg Carsons)
  -  
  - spare parts cd


User community  
==User community ==
  - clubs  
  - clubs  
  - External websites that may be of interest  
  - External websites that may be of interest  
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     - planetsoarer
     - planetsoarer
     -
     -
- for sale and wanted
== - for sale and wanted==
   - parts
   - parts
   - cars
   - cars

Revision as of 20:37, 16 September 2012

Introduction: Blah blah

What is a UZZ32 (align with Wikipedia?)
 Engineering features
  - active suspension
  - four wheel steering

Where are they found?

How common are they?

How to recognise one?

- chassis number 
- UZZ32 struts
- 4 ws
- dash switches 
- dash display
- on the track (ie not leaning!)

Production Timeline

- chassis numbers table
- features change timeline
- optional features table, including date/month/build number where eg sunroofs where introduced

Build plate decoding

- sequence number
- colour code (internal and external)
- driveline code

Vehicle and/or owner's register

- summary table (with columns in the table for key factors?) of which cars are 'known' - 
- individual pages per-car

People

Registered users / editors pages

Hall of fame - 3rd parties

- rob hayden
- vlamos
- smiffie
- neal
- niall 
- peter taplin
- planetsoarer
- darren (hinges
- electronics

Buying

- source
- prices
- things to check
  - is it (still) an active
  - suspension test
  - 4ws test 

Cost of ownership

- Pros & Cons
   - low purchase price, but 20 years old
- tecnical complexity
- potential difficulty in finding parts (and thus cost)
- fuel consumption

Servicing

- workshops (by location?)
  - niall
  - neal
  - smiffie
- service manuals 
  - Lexus SC400
  - Soarer 'bible' CD  
  - Wiring diagram
  - spare parts manual (online or cd)

- DIAGNOSTICS

- diY

- SUSPENSION STRUTS 
  - TOP HALF 
  - BOTTOM (ACCUMULATORS)
- SUSPENSION PUMP
- ELECTRONICS
- SENSORS
  - g-SENSORS
  - HEIGHT SENSORS
- 4WS STEERING  

- deactivating an active soarer

- reasons for and against
- process
- leftover parts

- parts sourcing

   - castle hill toyota
   - amayama
   - lexus / toyota US (eg Carsons)
- spare parts cd

User community

- clubs 
- External websites that may be of interest 
   - alsc
   - soarercentral
   - planetsoarer
   -

- for sale and wanted

 - parts
 - cars