I just got a Toyota Solara convertible!
I look forward to pleasant car conversations with you all (unlike on alt.autos.toyota, where so many people seem so angry).
Not many questions yet, just three. I hope you can help me.
A. I need a copy of the shop manaul, factory service manual, REPAIR MANUAL, whatever. I gather that I need 3 volumes, the two volumes for the Solara, and the one volume supplemnent for the convertible. Is that right? Unless they just got sold, I found the first two for
95 dollars on ebay, but I'm thinking maybe someone here wants to sell his manuals from his old car, or you know a cheaper place to buy these.B. The car is 2000 Solara convertible, in pearl white (color 051) . Duplicolor doesn't sell this color anymore, and Toyota doesn't sell spray paint. If I get a scratch, I like to use spray paint. Any suggestions where to get color 051?
And it's white, for gosh sakes. Isn't there a color still made that is also the same white? :-) Or close?
C. With my Chrysler LeBaron. almost all the bolts, etc. were English sizes and a small number were metric. Can I assume that every bolt, etc. in a Toyota is metric? Can I put my English wrenches in the house, to save space in my toolbag? I don't want to get stuck in the middle of nowhere without a wrench size that I need.
Thanks a lot for any help you can give.