Hello Mud People,
Let me introduce myself and the new to me, rig: Picked up a built out 2010 GX in Georgia, super clean and NO rust!
I am an artist and educator at a small college in New Jersey and live in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. I teach and practice all manner of processes including; Foundry, metal fabrication, woodworking, ceramics, and digital fabrication. I run the Sculpture Department at my school and maintain the 3000+ sq feet of shop space.
I sold my 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD offroad access cab with 30k miles to get into the GX platform for more interior space and a soon-to-be-growing family. While I loved my Toyota truck, even with just the wife and one dog it didn't have the space we needed in the cab. With more dogs and kids in the future, it was time to make a switch. While I did use the Tacoma as a truck for moving material, I also have a utility trailer that will become the primary hauler now.
With the previous truck, I built all sorts of custom stuff including skids and recovery points. I was gearing up to begin fabricating bumpers when I made the switch. Needless to say, I did not expect to get a built-out GX but this 2010 was too good a deal to pass up. I will be keeping most things for a bit, to get accustomed to the new whip, but already scheming on the changes...
Look for lots of DIY fabricating in my thread and offroading! I plan on making CAD files for various parts I design, to be share with the community, as I did with the Tacoma group.
2010 GX base in Tungsten Pearl and black interior
List of modifications as I purchased it 09/16/2021 with 108K miles:
Suspension:
Dobinson GS59-700 shocks
Dobinson Medium Duty Springs (not sure which #)
SPC UCAs
Armor:
Rocky Road Sliders-flat no kick-out
Complete ARB Skid set
Treaty Oak Recovery Points
Ironman Classic Front Bumper
Wheels:
GX460 wheels 17"
Falken Rubitreck 265/70/17 with full size spare
(Came with unmounted OEM 460 18" wheels)
Accessories:
Smitty Built 12K Winch with steel line
Kaon Rear Door Table
Peddle Commander
Red Arc Brake Controller
Ironman Roof Platform
Ironman 6.5ft Awning
Ironman Snorkle
Rubber OEM mats all around
Probably a few other things I'm forgetting
Maintenance:
All the good stuff done in the last 20K- Secondary air injection pump and injectors replaced under Lexus extended warranty 92k -Water pump, thermostat, temp sensor, and serpentine belt was done at 97k, Oil changes every 5K
The BIG PLAN: Suspension first, the rest in time.
Heres an image of it on its way home from Georgia to New York.
Let me introduce myself and the new to me, rig: Picked up a built out 2010 GX in Georgia, super clean and NO rust!
I am an artist and educator at a small college in New Jersey and live in the Hudson Valley of upstate New York. I teach and practice all manner of processes including; Foundry, metal fabrication, woodworking, ceramics, and digital fabrication. I run the Sculpture Department at my school and maintain the 3000+ sq feet of shop space.
I sold my 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD offroad access cab with 30k miles to get into the GX platform for more interior space and a soon-to-be-growing family. While I loved my Toyota truck, even with just the wife and one dog it didn't have the space we needed in the cab. With more dogs and kids in the future, it was time to make a switch. While I did use the Tacoma as a truck for moving material, I also have a utility trailer that will become the primary hauler now.
With the previous truck, I built all sorts of custom stuff including skids and recovery points. I was gearing up to begin fabricating bumpers when I made the switch. Needless to say, I did not expect to get a built-out GX but this 2010 was too good a deal to pass up. I will be keeping most things for a bit, to get accustomed to the new whip, but already scheming on the changes...
Look for lots of DIY fabricating in my thread and offroading! I plan on making CAD files for various parts I design, to be share with the community, as I did with the Tacoma group.
2010 GX base in Tungsten Pearl and black interior
List of modifications as I purchased it 09/16/2021 with 108K miles:
Suspension:
Dobinson GS59-700 shocks
Dobinson Medium Duty Springs (not sure which #)
SPC UCAs
Armor:
Rocky Road Sliders-flat no kick-out
Complete ARB Skid set
Treaty Oak Recovery Points
Ironman Classic Front Bumper
Wheels:
GX460 wheels 17"
Falken Rubitreck 265/70/17 with full size spare
(Came with unmounted OEM 460 18" wheels)
Accessories:
Smitty Built 12K Winch with steel line
Kaon Rear Door Table
Peddle Commander
Red Arc Brake Controller
Ironman Roof Platform
Ironman 6.5ft Awning
Ironman Snorkle
Rubber OEM mats all around
Probably a few other things I'm forgetting
Maintenance:
All the good stuff done in the last 20K- Secondary air injection pump and injectors replaced under Lexus extended warranty 92k -Water pump, thermostat, temp sensor, and serpentine belt was done at 97k, Oil changes every 5K
The BIG PLAN: Suspension first, the rest in time.
- Suspension: Swap out the medium-duty springs for C59-354 in the front and C59-677V or the 701s in the rear
- Upgraded links and PHB, maybe the PHK to relocate the PHB
- Already purchased a Canvasback Cargo liner for the third and second row.
- The ARB skids are only 1/8 wall, so I am going to use them as a template and design my own in 3/16 steel or 1/4 aluminum. I've used both for skids, the aluminum is strong enough and lighter but is a little gummy over rocks.
- Design and build a rear diff skid
- Bumpers: Not the biggest fan of the Ironman on the front, plus it appears to negatively affect the approach angle. After a little time, maybe next spring I'm going to build a hybrid tube/plate bumper. Rear: Already planning and designing a rear high clearance plate bumper with a hitch and 1 possibly 2 swing outs, hopefully, finish before winter.
- I want to make some rooftop assesories mounts for the platform to mount Max tracks, spare tire, shovel etc.
- Planning an aggressive BMC and some inner fender messaging maybe pinch weld mashing
- Wheels/tires: Undetermined at the moment but something in the 17" -12 offset area. Would like to try and fit some 285/75/17s. Hoping I can get some info from the forum on people that run that size and what they have done to fit. Don't want to trim the wheel wells just yet... but eventually as I don't like glass fenders.
- ARB lockers front and rear
- Re-gear to 4.88s... maybe something else depending on the research
- Air manifold/holding tank
- Built-in compressor: have small Vivair may go ARB twin
- Dual battery set up/Redarc charge controller/Auxilary fuse block-debating on building it all in the rear under a covered panel on the wall below the third window.
- Eventually remove thrid row and build a drawer system.
Heres an image of it on its way home from Georgia to New York.