Recent content by NY2LA

I sold my Land Cruiser 200 Heritage Edition and got the GX 550. I wrote elsewhere about the difference between the vehicles. Without question, the GX 550 represents a decline in terms of soundproofing and the robustness of the hood. But piece of s***? Well, that's ridiculous. First off, I get...

No vibration issue. Just road noise coming through the poorly insulated panels.

M18 tire inflator turns out to be faster than my Arb dual compressor (without tank) was for inflating my Bushranger X-Jack. So I'm very happy with my choice. (For anyone interested, can also confirm the X-jack is effective for lifting the GX550 via one of the Lexus rock rails plus adjacent frame...

I finally capitulated and bought a Milwaukee M18 to keep in my GX550. There doesn't seem to be any room under the hood for a compressor, and I suspect the Lexus compressor--when, if ever, it comes out--will be slower than the Milwaukee and use up the cubby space that I've come to enjoy in the...

Squeaky brakes here too. Took a few thousand miles before I noticed. Dealer replacing front rotors, pads, and shims. Lexus has a kit for this. It's a 2-part visit. One for confirmation of the issue. Another for the replacement once your individually ordered kit arrives. Lexus supposedly doesn't...

Is that one of the ECUs that's getting bolted onto the backside of the mount for the compressor? I have the GX550, so I'm not sure what happening here in the LC250. But I had this Arb unit on my 200, and I know how hard it vibrates. No way I'd bolt any sensitive computing components to it.

FYI--Radflo has a slightly longer-than-stock-travel shock they say is compatible with the 550. I've been thinking about it, but I really utilize and enjoy the AVS options of the stock suspension on the Overtrail. In fact, the Sport+ mode was very helpful the other day when I had to make a...

No KSDSS or disconnecting swaybar, apparently? I wonder if the AHC works in real time in a way that those things aren't needed. Would love to see some info on this. I assume there is some new tech at work for offroad articulation.

Same boat here. I've got the AVS, which works really great, but would love to bring the nose up a little bit.

Totally disagree with this. I literally stepped out of a 150 a couple weeks ago after driving several days in Iceland, and it was a completely different vehicle than my 200 and 550, each of which were/are also very different from each other. The 200 was a quiet tank that would be my #1 choice...

Noted. I stand corrected on the weight. Let's go with "lighter-feeling." What's at play there is another topic, though.

I really appreciate Kai's technical discussions, but I think this particular video represents a reduction in analytical robustness on his part. I'm not an engineer, but if the whole vehicle is lighter, surely many individual parts will be supporting less weight and can be thinner. And obviously...

The use case for me for this kind of magnetic armor would be a pre-planned drive through narrow trails where I knew I was going to be gouged heavily. That certainly happened in my previous 200. But from my reading (admittedly not my actual experience), these panels are a pain to put on, take...

Which Radflos are you running there, if I may ask?

@Jetboy Definitely a good sanity check for those of us with upgrade fever! And if any vehicle supports your argument the most, it would be the GX550 OT, I think. The AVS is damn good on that vehicle. In Sport+, you can fly around corners at highway speed and almost feel you're in a performance...