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I agree with @MongooseGA. A 1.5" lift is 21" front, 22.5" rear. All of the diff drops are the same - they are all likely made by Trail Taylor and sold under a different name. Buy the cheapest one you can find. You don't need it if you only...

I'm not a GX expert, but google tells me it used the VVTI engine, so it should be good. You will need to swap over the 100 series specific accessories.

From a great trip this weekend in the NC mountains. First time seeing the Milky Way like this.

made new front skid, tweaked centre skid, painted / coated them both, refreshed the lower front arms with new bushes and BJ'S, cleaned and coated the lower arms!

When the lower hose blew you lost ALL of your coolant, except the quart in the reservoir. Think about it, you essentially knocked a hole in the bottom of a cup. The residual left in your curly straw is not an indicator there is anything left in...

Check to see if your rotor backplates are tweaked and rubbing. Could also have something broken or rubbing in your emergency brake drums.

Over the weekend, I replaced the SPC UCA Upper Balljoint Assemblies with the new sealed version, put OME 863 coils in the back to reclaim some of the lift that the RTT took from me, and tightened up the TB's to get back to the 22.25" I was after...

Wheeled it

Definitely done this before. It didn't leak.

Well, all done now. I had to cut off 4 of the 12 dust caps. Those suckers are very hard. For me, half the hobby is maintaining the truck. It’s not my only LC, so I’m rarely in a rush, and my street cred on fixing things will make me that much...

So, the new ujoints made it better, but not solved. I’ll regrease them next weekend after they settle in and we’ll see what happens. I’ll make a trip to Discount Tire and have the balance checked, it can’t hurt.

New ujoints in the driveshafts, replaced output shaft seal on the transmission (leaking trans fluid out of the transfer case/trans mating surface), and new rear brakes and rotors.

Any 4.7 VVTI will work - LC, LX, Tundra, Sequoia, GX. The good thing is you have the original engine with the correct accessories to swap over. I passed on a low mileage LC a while back because it had no engine - as you’re finding it’s hard to...

I say make the kid ride an electric bike until he can "mature up" a bit on vehicle treatment. But fix the 100 maybe as a graduation present.

That’s rad! I’ve still got my dad’s 78 Duraflex Splinter. It’s fun to carve on, but I mostly ride 8.25” popsicles still. I’ve got my daughter (17 months) starting to roll around on her butt, she loves it! Anyway back to your regularly scheduled...

Swapped a leaky power steering pump out and grabbed a serpentine belt as well. I plan to rebuild the OEM steering pump and keep for a back up. Ran out of day light last night to bleed the system. Quick work this morning.

SOLVED!!!!! I wanted to update everyone on the fix for this issue, the dealer replaced the L4 Switch and the car drove fine after this. It wasn't cheap as it was at a dealer rate and dealer parts prices. However, I did not have a choice as I was...

I've used the factory foam gasket, and it only lasted a few years before it leaked again. The last time I used rubber window screen spline, and its held up great.

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Nice to have another late model in the Fort Worth area. If you ever want to bring it out to Azle and throw it up on the lift and give it the once over, DM me.

A chaotic first day with my new to me LX470 Drove from Fort Worth to pick it up in Austin. Previous owner had last replaced the tires in 2018, but they installed tires from 2015, so the tires on it were bald and dry rotted to hell. I bought a...

And then there is the redneck suggestion... I'd knock down the high spots with a file or emory cloth. Then I'd put JB weld in the low spots, let it harden, and then smooth it with emory cloth and slap it all back together. I'd bet it would not...

In Texas I regularly see factory wheels for the 03-05 on FB marketplace asking around $100 a piece. I have an 07 that had the wheels chromed, and they are starting to go bad. A lot harder to find the 06/07 wheels in decent shape, though. If...

Then I bolted everything down tight and ran the wiring. Reinstalled the bumper cover Showing the clearance for the freewheel lever