The way I see it, people drive these across Eastern Europe and Asia, granted they could have a different ECU tune, but I don't think the quality of gas is necessarily consistent. I used premium a few times and as others have said I didn't feel/hear/notice any difference so I decided to run reg...
~6 months. If premium was required it would say so, like on my other car. It's a luxury car the GX so they put "Premium Recommended" just so people feel special. Do a search and see what others have said if you need further proof.
you can use premium if you really want to but for my 2005 it's just "recommended" so I don't use premium. Same engine as Toyota Sequoia and 4runner v8 those don't say anything about premium fuel.
I just picked up a 2016 navigation map update for my 2005 GX470. It previously had the factory one from 11 years ago. It cleaned up the navigation map interface a lot and actually seems to run faster, also updated all maps as well.
Just gonna guess it's something like:
Remove wheel
Remove brake caliper
Remove brake disc
Remove steering knuckle (connection to tie rod end, upper & lower ball joints)
Remove CV axle (inspect retaining ring, AKA snap ring which keeps axle inside differential... this will either need to be...
Pre-purchase inspection is definitely a good idea.
I know what you mean about the soft wallowing way the GX rides. It is 100x better ride than my '90 Mitsubishi Montero, so I really like it.
In my mind, the ride of GX would be hard to beat from any other offroad-worthy 4x4 (maybe LX would be...