Recent content by MobiusR

Limo tint. Not my favorite -- you couldn't drive it at night, though I appreciated the UV protection in a place like Puerto Rico. the ride was absolutely atrocious. Some trouble spots here or there but the interior and undercarriage are in great shape. The worst spot of the undercarriage is...

** Disclaimer - I knew exactly what I was getting into and knew about this issue before buying the LX ** First things first -- I had to tackle an issue with the instrument cluster. See if you can pick it out below. I had noticed the check engine light was covered when I bought the car. The...

Thank you! Its a lot of preventative maintenance mostly. My most ambitious goal is to restore the AHC. Will keep posting pictures shortly.

In case helpful, I followed this thread and that fixed it for me. The gasket was in pieces for me when I got the LX.

Best of luck with the build, will follow!

Hi All, After years of visiting the forum and wanting a project of my own, I picked up an LX from back home in Puerto Rico. Needs a lot of work but the fundamentals are there for a solid rig. Objective is to mechanically restore, perform a mild restoration/ build with the end goal to visit...

Hi - are these still available?

Similar question -- but has anyone heard of retrofitting a heated steering wheel if the factory option was not originally installed? Exploring this option for a 2011 that was purchased w/o heated steering wheel, and would like to install it.

Hi everyone Selling my beloved 2008 GX470. Vehicle is too nice for me and am looking to invest in my LX470 build. Stock vehicle with all preventative maintenance work done -- 85K miles. I am the third owner of the vehicle, spent most of its life in Florida and has been in the north jersey area...

Additional details throughout this thread. OEM LX are NLA. Folks (myself included) are going LC parts route.

I was at this for a while recently... the "OEM Lexus" parts are no longer available. I'm going the LC route for my setup -- will end up losing my side view mirror defrost function but should be worth it in the grand scheme of things :)

Completely agree.

Wow OK disregard... He changed the as and now it says 175K. He posted it as 65K.

Not Mine. Apparently 65K is real mileage according to seller but work validating -- hope it pans out for someone. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/731364651108432/

thanks all for the help -- I ended up passing for now. Someone will pay asking price but for what i'd like to do to baseline properly its too much I think. Not commenting on the value of the truck in the market, but more on where I'd like to invest my cash. Everything is original on that truck...