Recent content by 128keaton

Finally months later, I've replaced the upper/lower front control arms, lower control arm frame side bushing (what a bitch), hub flanges, and the CV axles. I got the UCA/LCAs, bushings, and hub flanges through impex since that was the cheapest option. Highly recommended. Got the CVs through a...

Good call. I ran all the parts I needed through it and ended up with the following breakdown: The UCAs/LCAs are pretty heavily discounted, even with shipping included. UCAs are light and can more or less fit together when shipped, I'd imagine IMPEX is creative with their packing as much as...

So front UCAs are shot again. Not sure if I received counterfeit parts or just bad COVID parts—these were supposedly Beck-Arnley which are _supposed_ to be OE/M. Video of the truck on jackstands: Almost 3 years of wear and tear. Going to purchase OEM/upgrade arms I think. Does anyone know...

Its either bearing somewhere or related to exhaust booming TSB, I do not have the flux capacitors

I did the rear brake pads and rotors around 228k I think, but I got my money's worth: Next, I need a replacement CV for the driver's side

Did a nice ~4000 mile road trip out to Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma to visit a few friends and relatives. Car did fine enough, A/C was nice and cold. I have about ~3 annoying noises/vibrations to find but she just hit 290k! On the way out of Colorado, I noticed a rotational grinding: Had...

Ended up swapping compressor and condenser and lol, found the leak! Very slow small leak, happy to find it. Pulled off compressor too and then flushed all the lines with a few liters of A/C flush and compressed air. Honestly, I expected the compressor to be difficult to remove, but if you move...

Did some more work on the truck today. I’ve been dealing with an intermittent popping noise while turning/going over small bumps/braking/accelerating. Replaced front sway bar bushings and end links which mostly solved the issue but I am wary. Previously I’d replaced the control arms with...

Same here, they look factory. So the only two holes I needed to drill were the upper 2x. I fully bolted it to the back with the bottom holes. You just have to punch through the leather/vinyl but the holes are there for the lower portion. Wish I snapped a photo, I was worried about the alignment...

Thank you for making an actual solution! I ended up having two spare clips and I got the other side done within 15 minutes. Really easy and worth every penny! I was worried about the pockets not sitting flush after install but that wasn’t an issue—also made the seat backs super rigid!

Might be different on pre-03 but it’s one of the options inside of the customization section I believe. There are like 25 different panes inside of Techstream—I just ended up click through all of them until I found it (sorry, I should’ve taken a picture)

Since day 1 my seat back pockets were pretty much trash. The bottom dowel piece on both were snapped and the elastic material was just too stretched. Found this great product by @plaidwagon and it was pretty easy to install. Only had to drill 2x holes since the holes for the LC style pocket are...

Finally got around to fixing up the wrecked ‘04. Sold it to my cousin, a former LR enthusiast so we finally have turned him from the dark side. I got a used door, we swapped glass, trim, handles, etc, and ended up doing a little bit of work on the body just to get the door opening, closing, and...

I have made a questionable financial decision but I think it is for the better. A friend was involved in an accident with his 2004 LX470, and I happened to be able to purchase it after it was totaled. Just now need to find some small things and get it fixed. Car has ~229k, pretty much stock...

Honestly it’s been a few years since I’ve done it and I can’t really remember, all I did though was take it apart and put it back together in the same order. Cleaned everything with new ATF. Used the FSM to some degree. Bought a seal kit, used them when needed. I don’t recall anything being too...