There’s only one person on KZfaq that could get me to watch 37 minutes of them working on a minivan. Well done 👏

It's SOOOOOO nice to see someone showing an old non-enthusiast vehicle a lot of love and be genuinely stoked about it!

Love it. I'm an original owner of a 2001 Sienna with 457,000 miles Original engine and transmission. Still going strong.

This is basically what I have been doing with a 1997 Toyota Camry. I got the car for free (it needed the timing belt, engine/trans mounts, brakes, tires, suspension, etc done) from a co-worker's mom who was the original owner. It is a very straight, nice car with great factory paint (white.) The interior looks like it has 40k miles on it, save the driver side door panel which shows more wear. Ice cold A/C too. I have done all the mechanical work needed (it has 188k miles.) I also cut/buff/corrected the paint (Not quite Templin spec - but it came back really nice.) I am in process of doing a bunch of sound deadening, and after the cleaned interior goes back in - I am going to discreetly install a great stereo. I replaced / realigned all the window regulators and polished the glass - and will have it all tinted. Then will figure out a wheel/tire/ride-height combo and it will be my under-the-radar-cruiser/daily. I have newer cars, but something about the late 80s-late-90s cars like Toyotas for me is the sweet spot of comfortable. The interiors and abundance of visibility / glass just makes them the best IMO. Great work bring back the Van!

As someone who put 22 hours into wet sanding/polishing a base model 2006 Civic that I got as a daily a number of years ago I appreciate the hell out of this video. Keep up the great work man.

This comes to show you that it’s not always necessarily about how expensive or how flashy or how fast or what badge is on your car, but rather how clean and well taken care of if is. 98% of cars that look super clean are ok cars and shouldnt be looked down upon.

the man, the myth, the Sienna legend

Parents bought one of these when my sister was born and I was three and it carried the family to countless trips. Some decade and a half later it ended up being my first vehicle to use to get around, as well as for my sister three years later. Later on it ended up being used to pick up my first bits of music kit, and got my band to our first show. I've got a lot of sentimental love for these things and smile when I see them around. That van was tough as hell too. I did the 1MZ no favors during my teen years but it never slowed down. No burnt oil, no misfires, nothing. Also fun fact: they will exceed the 110MPH mark on the speedo (in Minecraft)

37 MINUTES OF TOYOTA SIENNA?? YES, PLEASE!

You just made me relive my childhood. Grew up with this van with my dad driving the family everywhere. Tomorrow is 6 years since his passing and I have a feeling he sent this to me today. Cheers man.

Aidan you are a master of your craft and the jams are always on point..much respect.

Enjoyed this, bought a 1999 Sienna brand new and it was a beast and a warrior tirelessly performing family duties over several years, accumulating its fair share of battle scars. Only ever received regular maintenance and made it to over 400,000 kms (250,000 miles), before steering rack gave out, and then it was sold. Happy memories!

We need so much more of this type of content, take an old shabby car and just fix it. HUGE respect for the effort and time spent with the legend, the Sienna.

I always love when people care about cars that aren't just the flashy sports cars. Vans, sedans, etc are the chariots of most people's lives. I love my own little collection, and would like to expand it to include a Sienna as well. The title didn't lie! It would make for such a nice photo to have a Sienna parked next to my two Previas.

damn you can fit a lot of content in 1 video with no talking! this thing came out amazing.. proud of you

I can't believe I willingly sat here for 37 minutes and watched a 200k mile 90s minivan get detailed.

My dad used to drive 2000 Sienna LE in Desert Sand Mica. This video brings me back lots of childhood memories. From everyday drop off to school to family road trip to Las Vegas, we loved our Sienna.

The tunes, camera work and the finished product are on point! 👍 Soooo satisfying 😁👌

My grandpas 01 has 570k on original motor and transmission. He finally gave it to me, now I just use it as a daily.

honestly some of my most fond memories as a young kid were being driven around to tennis lessons, family dinners, and sleepovers around in my best friend's new (1999-2000 at the time) parents plain jane white toyota sienna. it was always a treat to get picked up and then subsequently fight for one of the two captain's chairs between my best friend and his older brother

I've never been a fan of vans at all however this thing looks crispy af man!! Great job as always!!!

I still have one of these, same year, same color, and love it, went camping, slept on it with friends, went up and down the state and has never let me down, and I feel very safe in it. Love to see someone treating it like a jewel, which I think it is.

I might be a bit strange, but I've always loved that generation Sienna. i remember it being a very smooth driver. So practical.

These first gens are truly comfy vans. My '00 has almost 350k miles on it and it's a joy to take on back roads. You get a good deal of body roll on sharp curves yet the suspension makes you think you're in a Cadillac. Very soft and graceful. Awesome job bringing this one back to life! She's really slick.

Buddy, I want to congratulate you on this awesome masterpiece. I not only loved the work you did detailing this old van, but also loved your production and editing work. Goes to show how much you can do with just creativity, a bunch of tools, a phone with a 4K camera and a lot of willpower. This 25 years old dude from Southeast Brazil thanks you from the bottom of his heart. You brought me back so many memories from my childhood, since the times I was 6 and played Ridge Racer Type 4 on PS1 around 2005 thinking it was the best thing in the world, to the current days where I work on my old Junkers. Your garage background and slow music remind me so much of Ridge Racer Type 4 first menus where you'd select your teams and car makers that I almost cried from the nostalgia. Since I'm not American I don't really get the part about wet sanding the old van being silly, to me any car being detailed carefully like you did is worth praise regardless of make, price range or overall condition. You weren't kidding on the title when you said I'd Want to buy a Sienna after this video, you really made me want one, this was the best 90's car ad ever! (If you get the joke). I also got the vibe of those Need For Speed Underground 2 menus with this kind of calm music sounding like "Riders on the Storm" and such. The Transformation even reminded me of Need For Speed Underground 1 intro where the Mitsubishi Eclipse goes through a mechanical and visual transformation. Please do make more of those videos with mostly music and restoring and less talking. I'd love to watch that. You just got a new subscriber. If I ever get to visit America, I want to shake your hand for everything you did for your subscribers and myself. Going back to my childhood watching this really made my year. Thank You so much!

This is the first of your channel I’ve seen. I found this on a FB group and what a find! I would like to see a parts list/links and maybe some more in-depth process videos. There is a small group of us 1st gen Sienna owners that are starving for this. Either way, thanks! Subscribed in the hope of more similar content

My aunt used to have a late 1990s Ford Windstar van. You never see those around anymore but still see these dozens of these Siennas on the road running perfect. It just shows the great products Toyota makes.

I’m still driving my 2005 Toyota Sienna at well over 300 thousand reliable miles. Kids have grown up have their own vehicles but I still love the Sienna not going to trade her in anytime soon.

You did an amazing job with the restoration of this Sienna!! Reminds me of the time my dad owned an ‘05 Sienna when I was younger.

Juat bought one from a 93 year old man. You did everything I need to do to this one. Thanks!

Great work Aidan! Bringing new life back to cars of all shapes and sizes. The Sienna's need some love too!

My uncle is on his 3rd Sienna and he loves it because it is reliable, practical, useful, and fuel efficient and the first Sienna he had was a silver 2006, the second Sienna he had was a 2011, and his current Sienna is a 2015 ish Sienna and whenever he moved to America, most of his vehicles were either Toyota’s or Honda’s but he had some Mercedes vehicles

This was seriously therapeutic to watch. Subbed. Please more content like this on older Toyotas if possible!

My mom bought a loaded out denim blue sienna new in 99’. Kept it till 2019. 212k miles the trans gave out and she junked it. Terrific little van. It’s cool to see a couple of these vans getting some love instead of being driven to the ground, most of em are abused and un maintained. We took meticulous care of ours while we had it.

Jokes on you, I've *_ALWAYS_* wanted a Toyota Sienna! This video does nothing more than affirm my appreciation for such an automobile! (And this is one hell of a video too!)

Got a 99 a few years back as an extra car if I need to haul stuff around. 1 owner 270k miles still runs strong. Did the plugs a few months back, bit of a pain but not bad. No leaks, clean interior, A/C blows cold. Only issues I had was window regulator, a door lock actuator and door handles that break. All easy fixes usually like $20-40 to fix. I still see so many on the road. It even looks like it still has the original alternator. Always starts even after sitting for weeks.

I still have our 99 Sienna with only 110K, I will finally retire next year and planning on driving it all over then. My wife’s only car and she wouldn’t want to give it up. That 3.0L 1mz-fe non vvti is one of the best Toyota ever produced.

Them mats set that thing off boy! Had me gettin up of the sofa. Love that color, new set of Dougie's too, god dang man!

You should give an LS430 love like this bro, one of the most deserving Toyota's ever made

Aidan, that Sienna turned out amazing! Nice touch with the gold bumpers and rocker trim, it looks much better! 🔥

Clicked on this fully expecting a 37 minute dialogue that I could listen to in the background... ...16 minutes later, I'm glued to the screen :D

My goodness, finally a Sienna that we can see in all of its glory

Great work on this. I grew up around these first gen Siennas and have always loved them. I hardly ever see them anymore! Thanks for bringing this one back to life!

I just bought a 1999 and this video was in my previous watched history- so I’d say you won. lol I love it, the owner kept a very strict maintenance service schedule and I was looking over it and it has a power steering leak and it needs new rear brakes. It’s been intensely well taken care of. I hope that I can love it just as much as they did. I’ve never seen someone stand in one spot and look at a car for a moment or two and know exactly what was going through their mind. They raised their kids with it, took long road trips with it and according to the mileage it’s been driven to the moon and could probably go back without much fuss. I’m kind of floored and awe struck by how insanely well built these vans are. I just got it today so we’ll see how it goes- but oddly enough, I trust it. Put full coverage on it and now just gotta get the bugs worked out. This was literal therapy watching this again as a new owner of a now 25 year old Toyota Minivan. I just got it and I am absolutely smitten with it. I probably did scare the daylights out of the owners during the test drive though. lol 😂 Greetings from Colorado Springs.

I got one kid next kid is coming in July, definitely would snag a Sienna. I borrowed a 2009 Sienna for a weekend and it was clapped out but still got us around in comfort and a/c 😂

My parents had a CE trim of this generation back in the day. The two tone Symphony Editions were always nice looking.

bought a new v6 sienna in 2011...only thing broke waa a light bulb after 10 yrs of countless trips to New York from Toronto, to Quebec. not even a single rust. only Toyota can last forever. still going strong in 2023 dec. amazing van.

I have the same one, I just put 250,000 miles last weekend in Acadia. My 2000 Sienna is a hand me down mini van from my dad and it's been in my family for 17 years and still kicking and very strong.

I've been contemplating an older toyota sienna for a while now. And this guy just convinced me to get one. I don't even want one anymore, I NEED one.

Joke's on you, I already want one! But really, I wish people would treat non-enthusiast vehicles with this much love and care. It's something I wanna do with my dad's old '08 Accord, which I love to death.

It’s not fast but the sound the v6 intake makes puts a smile on my face every time. Parts is easy to find at junk yards. I’ll keep mine for as long as possible.

Great work, love when these beat up daily’s get some exotic car loving!

Just bought a 97 Toyota Camry with 335k miles . Still runs so smooth and reliable . ❤🎯💎

Love it. Great job on bringing life back to the old sienna. Fantastic camera work and banging sound track. Well done !!

Doing a full service on the floor in a button up is 100% Aidan.

The YT algorithm knows what I wanna see LOL. Japanese cars from this era are some of my favorite cars on the road. I'm not gonna pretend they're better than modern cars, simplicity is a double edged sword, but maybe it's just nostalgia. Maybe the chill easygoing styling. Maybe the accessibility and affordability, the reliability and that comes with less complexity of design be it for emissions or safety. I can't be 100% sure, but what I can say is it's nice to see an old Sienna get some love, AND all the people in the comments as happy as me. Great video, subbed

I have a 2000 sienna and love it, it has 200k miles on it and running like a champ. No major issues and easy fixes only, synthetic oil since day one and boy it's still pulling strong.

My parents bought my 1998 Sienna,used in 2001 with 60,000 miles on it - it's been my daily driver since 2016 and I currently use it to drive to university. It's such a hidden gem of a car, I can't imagine driving another car. I still remember getting driven to pre-school in it

We need more of these old beater resto's!

This video did not make me want a Toyota Sienna, but i appreciate the effort put into the video. No idea why this has shown up 1st in my recommended feed every day since it came out, but i hope the algorithm continues to shine a light on you.

My parents have a top trim 2005 Toyota Avalon sitting in the garage with 350k miles. I've been thinking about restoring it back to great condition. This video might be the motivation I need to fix that girl up.

i drove my mom's sienna during high school, its the ultimate hot box stoner-mobile. nothing has come close to beating it since

A family member just gave me one of these for FREE! “2000 model” it only has 130k on it. “All original” i plan on making this my new daily. I appreciate this video! Definitely gives me motivation to work on it!

My first vehicle as a 16 year old. Shag carpet and all. Wonderful reliability :)

High key jealous of your garage. And the cars in it

Sienna Mane back at it again with another banger video! This was wild. I don't think I would bother clicking on, let alone watching, a nearly 40-minute video about a 24-year-old minivan, but I knew it was gonna be done right, and it was interesting, to say the least.

nice to see the old family car getting the love it deserves

Great video! I am an owner of a 2002 Sienna LE and still in great conditions.... 250,000 miles and counting.. I enjoyed this video and the amazing transformation.

I hope people don't start to realize how great of a vehicle this really is... I'm trying to get one myself

This video brings back alot of memories. Alot of us grew up with one of these beasts.

Being able to clean a van that looks like the family of Augustus Gloop owned It is exactly why I want a Toyota Sienna

I wish every car I have and will have, were this shade of green. Two tone goes hard as well! Killer job and killer video Aidan! Thank you for sharing!

love this video. this gentleman got his game going on. this guy is so good at what he does it looks so flawless as he does it. the love that he put into it, WOW!

Honestly amazing with how simple that thing is. Ik it’s a Toyota but you weren’t lying, I want one!

this is the first video I've watch from this creator and it's nice to see that it's not a god aweful channel explaining for 30 mins how to loosen a bolt just for 3 ad reads. Thank you sir!

Just bought one a few months ago for $3600 @ 88k miles. Such a good deal. The Sienna/Camry platform is awesome.

Bro. This was therapeutic! I really enjoyed watching this and how nice the 1st Gen Sienna came out in the end. Not bad at all for being a 23 year old car assuming it’s a 2000 model year. I’m a New fan bro

Brand new! Makes me wanna clean up my wife’s car for her. Proud of you and thank you for reminding me of the importance of remembering to take care of old things!!

Most memorable vehicle in the early 2000s. My friend had one in high school and they were spacious and quick lol

I’ve had 2 -1st gens, 1- 2nd gen, and 3 -3rd gens. I love them all.

To be upfront, I don't want a Sienna any more or less after this video. However, I can say with utmost sincerity and honesty that you put some magnificent TLC into this otherwise plain stock car. Kudos to you, my patience would've given out on it much sooner 😅

Wet sanding doesn't sound ridiculous. I'm happy to see others taking care of their vehicles, regardless of what sub category those vehicles fall in. God bless 🙏❤

Honestly I have been eyeballing these first-gen Siennas lately, they'd be fun to mod. I had the predecessor Previa for 11 years, a great van and true minivan.

I was planning to get a first gen Sienna after my daughter was born and was going to lower it a little and have some fun with it (i am an old Caravan guy) but decided on a late 1st gen Highlander AWD instead so I can play offroad some. Here is a tip, next time doing plugs on anything...use a length of 3/8" rubber hose to start the plugs (also to grab them if your magnet goes missing) that way your not dropping them into the well plus its impossible to crossthread with hose.

The guy actually convinced me to want a Toyota sienna. No lie, I don't care for minivans. Maybe it was my color (green) with gold accent that sealed the deal, but I doubted this was gonna be real.

Man that was great. Such a beauty with the painted bumpers and all the touch ups. Great job man. Glad to hear you did the timing belt because that’s what I was thinking about the whole time I was watching the video I didn’t read that you had replaced it until after the video was over ha ha ha. I had two of these a 2001 XLe with leather sunroof and terrible power doors. It was the same color green then the next year in 2020 I bought another 2001 same green but an LE. This one was my favorite. I bought it from the Toyota dealership from the head service mechanic who happened to be a 60 year old Japanese man. It was his personal vehicle. He had gone through it top to bottom just like you did I love that van loved it so much But times change and I look back and have regret of ever selling it

My 2000 sienna makes me so happy. I love the smoothe ride and big inside for people and. Cargo. I plan to keep it forever. Currently 142,000 miles. Jeff in Minnesota

I found your KZfaq after seeing you detall the Century. Saw all the stanced cars looking mint!! Then watch a video of you detailing a Sienna. I was not dissapointed. Nice work man 🙂

The Zen of being a quality Car Mechanic - ! Beautiful work.

I used to live in Fredericksburg and when I saw the Motorcycle sign I knew exactly where that was. Small world. My parents had a Sienna when I was growing up, that the best generation van. Nice restore!

The first pull up scene looks exactly like my sequoia! Color, light and all!

It’s still so wild to me that this is all shot on iPhone, the production quality is insane! Love your work homie ❤

Minivans are top tier, I bought an 05 Grand Caravan and it's such a smooth ride. The seats are comfy, the vehicle is floaty in the way it accelerates, brakes, and handles and they can haul so much due to an insane amount of storage space!

Looks great! Nice touch with the XLE bumpers and tailgate trim also

this is literally the best video ever, I need more content like this of just repairing and restoring a car that no one else would think to restore, love it!

I used to drive one of these. If you throw an aftermarket head unit in it, the stock speakers absolutely slap you don't even need a sub. I used to fill the car up with the boys, blast some russian hard bass and terrorize people on the roads. Got that thing up to 170kph a time or two with no sweat

My grandma had one. Comfiest van I've ever sat in.

I bought one. All wheel drive, 6 cylinder, loaded and extremely comfortable seats. Awesome sound system, giant sun roof. It’s a Toyota product, so it’s incredibly solid and reliable. Pretty quick too. I took out the back seats and put my ski gear in it and someone’s move my motorcycle with it.

My parents had one for 10 years and put 200,000+ miles on the dash. It was the most reliable vehicle they’ve ever owned. My dad regretted selling it just a few months later.

i already do. i already have a minivan but its my favorite body type of vehicle. i couldn't imagine driving anything with less interior capacity than a minivan