When we ordered our Sambar, the only real option that we looked closely at was the Air Conditioning. Once we found Tyny with the canopy, we were sold despite not having air con. There are other optional add-ons that were available for the Sambar that we weren’t aware of at the time. One thing you …
Batteries have a tendency to be sensitive to environmental changes. Ever notice how your battery usually goes bad in the Spring or Fall? Going from Japan to the US is no less an extreme. Being in Utah, we assumed that the battery would be bad on arrival, but it seemed to be going pretty well. …
Even for Japan, the Sambar is on the quirky side. When we found out about this factory option, we had to have one. Well, two. The Sambar, like other kei trucks, has very little between the passenger and the outside world. If you think too much about it, you could get a little worried… Well …
One of the accessories that Tyny didn’t come with that was towards the top of our list was original fog lights. We have been researching the heck out of these, and there really isn’t a lot online about them. Don’t get me wrong, there are several people on Japanese language sites that are installing them, …
Replacing the old bushings at the end of the cables in our Sambar helped with shifting a lot, but it is still pretty sloppy. Hoping it would make a difference, we ordered the two additional bushings for lower in the shifter. These had to come from Japan. So here is the diagram of the shifter …