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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    Yep, pretty much. If you look at the back of those panels in my photos you can see how they're attached. It's a combination of double sided tape, velcro in a couple of areas and clips. Just get some good plastic pry tools and it should work fine. My truck had no rust behind there which also helped.
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    For Sale Oakland, CA: LX470 2006-2007 OEM 18" wheels x4 with center caps & tires

    For sale are a set of four LX470 2006-2007 OEM wheels. They look fine but my plan was to refinish them and swap them out for the ones currently on my 2006 but just got a bit too busy and need to clear the space. Come with four center caps. All wheels are straight and have decent tires with...
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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    Some photos of the prepped panels. You can peel just a little away, put the panel in position and clipped in and then remove the tape covering to secure it down, that worked pretty well.
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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    I did, it wasn't to hard in the end but probably thanks to the lack of rust. I replaced just a few of the clips that had broken, spent a fair amount of time removing any remnants of the old tape and applied a lot of new 3M VHB tape (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B4MTX8RQ/?tag=ihco-20). It...
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    LX470 '06 headlight upgrade! Glass/polycarb and LED or HID

    I've done a couple of retrofits on LX470 headlights now and thoroughly recommend the full retro. It's a lot of work but well worth it. Most frustrating part is dealing with the sticky butyl sealant but the results are night and day even compared to just a HID/LED bulb. If you're going to open...
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    LX470 '06 headlight upgrade! Glass/polycarb and LED or HID

    They're direct plug and play I believe, the polycarb ones have a few retaining screws for the lenses but the glass only have the clips, otherwise they seemed to be identical. I didn't swap the lenses over, I used the new lenses with the new housings.
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    For Sale LX470 polycarbonate headlight covers (off an '06)

    Hi Tom, yeah I still have them and happy to ship although not sure of the cost. They're quite light but a little bulky. Drop me a DM and we can figure out the details.
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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    Would definitely have been easier for me! Couldn't find a good body shop that wanted to do it that way.. Hopefully it comes out looking like new!
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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    Took the rest of the cladding off today and here are a few photos in case they're useful to anyone. No rust on this rig and they all came off relatively easily with some plastic pry tools. Now they're off to the bodyshop to be refinished :) Took me ages to remove all the double sided foam tape...
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    Lx470 lower outer door cladding removal?

    Thanks for this thread guys! I finally decided to bite the bullet and start taking off the cladding on my 06 LX in Silver as the paint has faded and I'm going to get them professionally refinished. To my surprise, so far things have gone pretty well - wasn't too hard to pry them off. Next up, I...
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    For Sale LX470 polycarbonate headlight covers (off an '06)

    Yeah I think they have, and sprayed with clear coat by the looks of it. They're pretty good as they are compared to some of the lights I've seen on LXs
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    For Sale LX470 03-07 OEM steering wheel with grey trim in excellent condition, would be like new with new leather

    For sale is my 06 LX470's OEM steering wheel. It has the grey leather on it, although it has some wear. I ended up buying another steering wheel and sending it to Craft Customs to be re-wrapped (for $300)... This one is no longer needed. The wood grain and lacquer is perfect so it could be a...
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    For Sale LX470 polycarbonate headlight covers (off an '06)

    Hi guys, I recently retrofitted my headlights and replaced the polycarbonate covers. I removed these old ones from the lights and they're in good condition. No rock impacts but not perfect. Could be perfect if you're looking to replace one or more of yours and you could polish them up before...
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    LX470 '06 headlight upgrade! Glass/polycarb and LED or HID

    If you retrofit properly they should not. Before you seal up the lights you need to check the beam cut off height against a wall at 25' away. Beam should be 2" lower than the height of the projector, on mine around 34" on the wall and lower on the driver side.
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