theferg
SILVER Star
Well I'm back in a GX470. 
Loooooooong story short, I have vehicle ADD ...I had owned a 2005 GX for around 1.5 years a couple years ago and i stupidly sold it, but after trying a couple other rigs, I'm back in another 05 GX.
When I started looking, I had decided I wanted newer than my former one and perhaps a different color than my former one...but after looking at a handful of them, it seemed I had found a good deal on a silver 05 GX with 136k miles for $8k. There was nothing else near that for leas than $12k that I could find. Of course it needed all new suspension, but I would be doing that regardless on any GX I'd be getting. It was 4 hours away so I had a buddy check it out. He gave it the once over and a thumbs up, so I jumped on it. Drove the 4 hours up, spent the night, bought it the next day and towed it home on a car hauler using my moms Tundra. That wasnt really my favorite haul...the GX is a pretty heavy truck and it kept wanting to bounce around a bit. But i made it home without any real issue.
Once it was home, I gave it a real good once over seeing what it needed and started making a list of what I wanted to do. One thing I decided was that I was going to go a bit different build than my old one. Maybe a little more reserved of a build. We'll see how that really goes but here's my plans:
-mild/moderate wheeler
-same OME suspension as my old one (I loved how it rode) - DONE 11/7/2018
-285 A/Ts (already had a set of BFGs sitting around) - DONE 11/7/2018
-sliders (undecided)
-hidden winch (WGW or Buds)
-snorkel
-sleeping platform
-FJC 8.2 e-locker rear (3.90s for that tiny little extra gearing )
-low pro roof rack (Bowfin/prinsu/SSO)
-aux fuel tank (OEM Prado or LRA)
-prado taller center console - DONE 5/21/2019
-non-nav conversion - DONE 2/10/2019
For fun, here's my former GX:
Loooooooong story short, I have vehicle ADD
...I had owned a 2005 GX for around 1.5 years a couple years ago and i stupidly sold it, but after trying a couple other rigs, I'm back in another 05 GX.When I started looking, I had decided I wanted newer than my former one and perhaps a different color than my former one...but after looking at a handful of them, it seemed I had found a good deal on a silver 05 GX with 136k miles for $8k. There was nothing else near that for leas than $12k that I could find. Of course it needed all new suspension, but I would be doing that regardless on any GX I'd be getting. It was 4 hours away so I had a buddy check it out. He gave it the once over and a thumbs up, so I jumped on it. Drove the 4 hours up, spent the night, bought it the next day and towed it home on a car hauler using my moms Tundra. That wasnt really my favorite haul...the GX is a pretty heavy truck and it kept wanting to bounce around a bit. But i made it home without any real issue.
Once it was home, I gave it a real good once over seeing what it needed and started making a list of what I wanted to do. One thing I decided was that I was going to go a bit different build than my old one. Maybe a little more reserved of a build. We'll see how that really goes but here's my plans:
-mild/moderate wheeler
-same OME suspension as my old one (I loved how it rode) - DONE 11/7/2018
-285 A/Ts (already had a set of BFGs sitting around) - DONE 11/7/2018
-sliders (undecided)
-hidden winch (WGW or Buds)
-snorkel
-sleeping platform
-FJC 8.2 e-locker rear (3.90s for that tiny little extra gearing
)-low pro roof rack (Bowfin/prinsu/SSO)
-aux fuel tank (OEM Prado or LRA)
-prado taller center console - DONE 5/21/2019
-non-nav conversion - DONE 2/10/2019
For fun, here's my former GX:
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