Recent content by andymmiami

Gotcha. I presently am still running my bilstein 5100s with Moog 81108 springs which allegedly are 650 ish lb/in so I am right there too. My current setup isn't bad by any means but upgrades get you looking further and further down the rabbit hole. My only beef is that I still get some brake...

Did you ever decide which shocks you were going to get? I'm kind of torn between the Foam cell Pro and Dobinson IMS too.

I did do the front gx460 conversion. They solved the shuddering issue I had. Hard to say how I like them. You for sure need to paint the calipers before installing them or they will rust instantly so I painted mine black. To be honest though, if I had to do it again I think I would buy new oem...

And that worked fine without the need to do anything else and it didn’t get excessively hot? If so I think I might just grab a few resistors off of Amazon and do the same thing.

Can someone clarify what they meant by stating that using the 12 pin to 8 pin adapter affected towing? My 7 pin towing connector still works fine with 4 pin lights. Also I am still looking for a solution so that I have working DRL's again. I didn't want to have to take apart the oem flasher...

Fwiw. I recently upgraded my door speakers because my oem ones were failing. The parts I used are linked below. The speakers are 6x9 and are 8 ohm so they are the same resistance as stock. For the subwoofer I bought the skar 6.5 subwoofer that’s a dual 4 ohm coil and plan to bridge them...

I ran into a strange issue that I am curious to know if anyone else has had. Today while driving to work my Vline just wouldn't boot up. It was in the correct audio mode but I had a black screen. When I got to work I peaked into my glovebox and the lights on the Vline are on. I tried unplugging...

Noted. I guess I will play the wait and see approach. In the meantime, I did buy brand new valve cover gaskets and spark plug tube seals from the local Toyota dealership and I was planning to replace those as the first line of defense.

Thanks for the follow-up. I'll see about throwing in some kind of additive then that takes the place of high mileage oil. I just did a fresh oil change with normal synthetic oil.

Sorry to bump an old thread but I have the exact same leak leaking onto my ac compressor and making my mess of my various hoses in the area. What ended up being your issue? I too am speculating that it is the valve cover gasket which I have yet to replace. I've only tried tightening it up a bit.

@RuggedBound Would you be able to provide some measurements for us for the distance between the sliders installed on the gx470 and the distance they have when the door is closed between the sliders and the door panel itself?

Question. Do rear cargo metal nets such as the Ragofabrications one work with your drawers or would they collide? https://www.ragofabrication.com/collections/gx470/products/02-09-lexus-gx470-rear-door-pocket-panel The reason I ask is because I think those do work with the dobinson drawers.

I think condition is the most important variable. More important than any features the car has or if it has vvti or not. Vvti isn’t that big of a deal and most people would be hard pressed to notice it. If a backup camera is what you want then you are looking for a navigation gx from 04+. i...

Pictures would help but my understanding is every single gx 470 has a transmission cooler. If you face your engine bay and open your hood it’s behind where the grill would be right in front of the radiator.

To run LED lights for the turn signals you have a few options. You can run a bulb that claims to have resistors built in (they don't really work), you can run an inline resistor, or you can replace the flasher relay with one designed for leds. If you run the inline resistor the resistor will...