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Ahhh! I see the two small ports on the side. Is that something that just CSF does for GX radiators? Do other aftermarket radiators, specifically for GX have that too? Or does one needs to take care and check, when replacing OEM with aftermarket.

Pics would be awesome. For CSF- they state the following on their website: Built in Heavy-Duty High-Performance 5 Plate Transmission Oil Cooler in left side tank. Since the trans cooler is on the left side, and from the pics there are no...

The radiator has an internal cooler for the transmission on the driver side if I recall. Mounts vertically inside the plastic cap and only has a few fins. I'll grab pics when I have some time to dissect. I would guess the CSF included an...

I am still too intimidated by the prospect of rock crawling, but I finally got off-road. Spent a weekend camping in the GX and exploring fire roads around NW Wisconsin, beautiful area.

I thought I was an infallible engineer till testing my device broke it... :frown:

I had to replace the radiator a few years ago and wished I had gone with an all aluminum one instead of OEM, just for the sake of it being all metal. An honest question: how does engine cooling (with a larger/better radiator) translate to...

Yep and it was already borked.

Was that YOU tearing up your front bumper?

My OEM steelies got some serious rock rash. Another reason to leave the alloys at home.

That's what my furious internet scouring says. If I was building a hard-core crawler where driveline tear-downs are regular maintenance then the ARBs would be my pick (or even if the GX was my 3rd car and my garage was big enough to fit it)...

Yep, if I was heavier, I would but I am lighter than stock, still, and most of my driving is much slower now i shifted my commute route. I am cool with drain and fills every 4th oil change or so.

Gotta buy more lights...lights for safety!

I too was getting close to wanting to dip into the additional trans cooler pool also. Now I think I'll just keep what I have and save my play money for something I'd find more useful, like rims with spinners! 😆

I too have had my share of lockers on various vehicles. In my 100 series LC I had TJM air lockers, basically the same as ARB. My old F350 crewcab had ARB's. In our old '89 Toyota pickup, I installed lunchbox lockers myself in both the front and...

I have experience with ARB lockers from previous vehicles 10-20 years ago. I did have to pull the third members a couple of times to replace the seals, which is a PITA that an electric locker won't have. These days I have a rear Eaton e-locker...

My counterpoint to the transmission and offroad shops saying not to worry about temps and just do fluid maintenance is that Lexus added the external cooler to the 20+ 460s with the off road package in the US and I think that was an option...

Glad I'm spending the extra coin for the maintenance.

IMO: He is just referring to the loop that goes through the radiator. Only time trim factored into external cooler in US market was with the '20+ Luxury and "off-road package". All other years and trims have the same stock setup without an...

If you have the third row HVAC you get an Aux fan for the radiator. Not quite the same, but does help with cooling capacity.

Yep that was from Amory. He has been solid for advice.

Interesting. I wonder if all GX's with factory hitches have this additional cooling? Or maybe my hitch was a port added option because I do not see a trans cooler on my rig and the little hitch cover panel is still attached and the hitch is...

Check another one for opting out of an external trans cooler! Slee is another vendor with outstanding credentials.

Guy at Slee basically said the same thing. Just do fluid maintenance, no need for AUX cooling.

Its about 2.5in. On 35s + the hi clearance rear i think add some visual lift :-D

Funny you mention that. I had to have my front ARB locker replace about a year into it. Apparently there were some defective lockers coming out of China that had a certain color ring. I found out I happen to have that locker when show wheeling...