Recent content by GXOutlaw

I recently moved to the Des Moines IA area and my engine light is on. Looks like it's the oxygen sensor and I fear that it's the exhaust manifolds agains. I replaced the driver side about 4 years ago, then passenger 3 years ago or so. The job is just too big for me to do on my own. I'm new to...

I have the same lift on mine but with the nitro shocks. I can't remember which side it was, but one was way harder than the other. I used a similar method of a jack and the largest flathead screw driver I own to get it to line up, then slid the bolt in. Took all of the strength I had but it can...

Last summer I upgraded my spring/shocks to an IronMan 4x4 nitro lift and JBA UCA's. It's been nice so far but in doing the front, I stripped the passenger sway bar bolt to the frame. It was a clean clut right at the frame level. I tried heat, oil and to drill it out with an easy-out tool...

I just took apart the door and found that the key lock was not sitting in the actuator. It was a simple fix and only had to loosen the t30 bolt from the door. Once loosened I could pull the lock and slide the + end into the actuator. I guess if that doesn't line up, the GX must open all the...

Now if I lock from the inside, all the windows open and the car unlocks... it only locks if I click the keyfob once... any thoughts?

My driver door lock actuator failed and I just replaced it 2 days ago. It unlock/locks with keyfob fine initially, but yesterday when we were away from the house I found a weird issue. When I hit the lock button, there was a weird beep and all the windows and sunroof opened. I closed the windows...

No KDSS on mine. I do have the sway bar off and I wonder how much that affects it. Plan is to get an alignment today (I’m thinking Firestone lifetime)... amazon has 1/2” spacers and I think I’ll throw 1 of those on when I reinstall the sway bar (gotta fist the broken bolts). I also bought some...

I found part of the problem was that the drivers side front sway bar bolts broke. After removing the sway bar it was more level. Today after finally having time to change out my rear shocks to the ironman nitros that I bought, well the lean is back. The front discrepancy is about 1/2-1” Lower on...

Im day 3 into this experiment and gona put it back on. Too much sway/tip for New Jersey

I have an NE GX. Mine was a 1 owner from PA. It looked clean but every bolt I've had to change has been socked in with rust. Maybe it's the 14 years of use, but try to find as clean of a rig as you can.

In my process to 'upgrade' my suspension to an Ironman nitro performance 2" lift, I found that some of my front sway bar bolts were not good. The passenger side bolts seemed ok, but blew out and the swaybar was sagging on that side and totally disconnected from the chassis today. I cut the...

Also, my LCA bushings are near shot. Could these be contributing to the issue? I’ve been looking at options and it seems like replacing the whole unit is better/easier than just swapping bushings. Seems like its between MOOG, Super Pro then Total Chaos, in order of cheapest to most expensive.

My 06 GX has a bad case of the yota lean (towards driver). I originally attributed it to the 165k mile old suspension component, but O changed the shocks, springs and UCAs out to 2-3” Ironman performance nitrogas and JBA UCAs. That in mind I have not had an alignment yet. It was perfect at...

I just installed the front Ironman struts and the JBA UCAs. It took me 7 hours but I was fighting a fair amount of rust and for some reason thought I needed to take of the top main strut bolt, instead of the 3 top bolts, which wasted an hour... Either way it's on, torqued and greased. All that...

Wait Ironman is made in China? I thought it was Australian... Either way, I just installed my stage 1 nitro gas performance kit with JBA UCA's. Rides way better than the 165k mile old stock shock it had on it.