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My 2000 LX470 had an annoying rattle, which turned out to be from rusted out heat shields. They were in pretty bad shape, considering that the vehicle has only 150,000 miles on it. Screws/bolts were rusted up, so had to rip them out with pliers. Pic attached. Here are the replacement part...

I just took off some rusted heat shields that were causing the most annoying rattle ... wondering if I should bother replacing them.

Oh .. sorry. Thanks for the clarification. I'll delete now ..

Hi all, thanks for all the info. My 2000 LX470 had an annoying rattle, which turned out to be from rusted out heat shields. They were in pretty bad shape, considering that the vehicle has only 150,000 miles on it. Screws/bolts were rusted up, so had to rip them out with pliers. Pic attached...

https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/lx470-mark-levinson-front-door-speakers-conflicting-info-on-ohms.1011398/post-13927615

Thanks all! I'm re-visiting this thread now, as I plan to do this all over again ...sold that 2000 LX470 in Vermont, then moved to Denver and bought another identical LX470. :) . Any good LC/LX mechanics anyone can recommend out here?

At those speeds, if it happens immediately after you brake, it could be the brake fluid reservoir, but that's right behind the steering wheel in the engine bay.

It could be the bracket holding the anti-sway bar. Its rusts out from AC drip at about 125-175k miles. More info on my post here. Most shops will miss it unless they have it up on a lift.

Ha, since @cdoglesby and @X5TOLX asked, here goes: TL;DR: DO NOT REFOAM! Buy new Visaton speakers for about the same price! Listen to @Pucker5 :) ! Full Story: 2002 LX470 here with the Mark Levison system. - Bought it in Sept 2020; almost no sound coming out of most speakers. - Found this...

I never did get around to installing those speakers that @Pucker5 recommended. It started snowing in Vermont, and then snowboarding takes over my world. :) And, then what do you know .. those re-foamed speakers sound terrible now, about 6 months in .. I should have bought these speakers instead...

Good to know about the Muffler shops. I guess I'm lucky to have a good guy in charge of service at the local Toyota dealer. So, did you end up using that Tundra bracket? And how is the ride quality after?

Anyone else have one of these? Or any of you guys have a change of heart and want to sell it? Pls DM me. Thanks.

Thanks! Good catch on that usable frequency; I had not noticed. Opening up the Subwoofer area tmrw to use my the last of my refoam kit. Will check out Ohms, cables, etc. and then probably order the entire Visaton set. Thanks!!

I have a 2002 LX470 with the Mark Levinson Audio and navigation. DVD-based Nav died a while back, but the head unit was working fine .. until today. Even when the audio is powered off, it acts as if someone just inserted a tape, which sets off the tape player into search mode. It then realizes...

Would this work? https://www.parts-express.com/visaton-w170-8-65-woofer-8-ohm--292-582