It has been nearly a year since I bought my 2004 LX470 and I wanted to cover my restorative experience:
I drove up to Brisbane from Sydney for the truck and now live in the Vic high country. She had 85k miles and looked perfect with full Lexus books, now sits on 90k. It has been a very unexpectedly expensive year and I could not have done it without Mud.
The following has been done, both necessary and preventative;
1. Diff Fluids (Was pretty clean)
2. Transfer case fluid (dirty)
3. Transmission fluid
4. Power steering fluid (dirty)
5. Brake fluid
6. Coolant flush
7. New serpentine belt and pulleys
8. Front sway bar bushes and end links
8. Valve cover gaskets, both sides
9. Pads, discs & costly caliper rebuild
10. A/C air mixer servo motors (This was the most costly job and required an entire dash removal to change at a cost of $2k at Lexus as had to be done at the dealership) - If you are in an LX and the hot air is coming out when requesting cold or vice versa and you hear a grinding noise from behind the dash, walk away. Evaporator was also done at this time as well as re-gas.
11. Heater hose Tee's
12. AHC shocks removed and the lines capped off. 2.5" medium duty Tough Dog suspension installed with uprated Torsion bars and diff drop. Also costly and I was told to take a hike by x3 ARB outfitters. Opposite Lock boys took care of it no problem. My AHC shocks began to leak quite badly. I found the truck did not like the climate change from the QLD heat to the Mountain cold.
13. General Grabber AT2's installed.
14. Prop shaft greased
15. CV boots being done in a few weeks.
I was not expecting all this, it has been somewhat draining, especially financially but also rewarding. It kind of locks me into owning the truck for another 10 years too. (I used to be a car/truck flipper and change to something different every year) Some of it had to be done, some of it was preventstive and I hope spark plugs, MAF and ignition coils can wait because she has taken all I can throw at her for a long time.
Planned: Front seat re-upholster, TJM polished Aluminium bar, now that's "Ah-loo-min-ee-um" not "Aloo-min-um" lol and some ARB intensity spotties.
Loved LX's since we got one of the first in Aus in 1998. Here is mine as she stands and me out of the sunroof in 1998 at 10 years old.
I drove up to Brisbane from Sydney for the truck and now live in the Vic high country. She had 85k miles and looked perfect with full Lexus books, now sits on 90k. It has been a very unexpectedly expensive year and I could not have done it without Mud.
The following has been done, both necessary and preventative;
1. Diff Fluids (Was pretty clean)
2. Transfer case fluid (dirty)
3. Transmission fluid
4. Power steering fluid (dirty)
5. Brake fluid
6. Coolant flush
7. New serpentine belt and pulleys
8. Front sway bar bushes and end links
8. Valve cover gaskets, both sides
9. Pads, discs & costly caliper rebuild
10. A/C air mixer servo motors (This was the most costly job and required an entire dash removal to change at a cost of $2k at Lexus as had to be done at the dealership) - If you are in an LX and the hot air is coming out when requesting cold or vice versa and you hear a grinding noise from behind the dash, walk away. Evaporator was also done at this time as well as re-gas.
11. Heater hose Tee's
12. AHC shocks removed and the lines capped off. 2.5" medium duty Tough Dog suspension installed with uprated Torsion bars and diff drop. Also costly and I was told to take a hike by x3 ARB outfitters. Opposite Lock boys took care of it no problem. My AHC shocks began to leak quite badly. I found the truck did not like the climate change from the QLD heat to the Mountain cold.
13. General Grabber AT2's installed.
14. Prop shaft greased
15. CV boots being done in a few weeks.
I was not expecting all this, it has been somewhat draining, especially financially but also rewarding. It kind of locks me into owning the truck for another 10 years too. (I used to be a car/truck flipper and change to something different every year) Some of it had to be done, some of it was preventstive and I hope spark plugs, MAF and ignition coils can wait because she has taken all I can throw at her for a long time.
Planned: Front seat re-upholster, TJM polished Aluminium bar, now that's "Ah-loo-min-ee-um" not "Aloo-min-um" lol and some ARB intensity spotties.
Loved LX's since we got one of the first in Aus in 1998. Here is mine as she stands and me out of the sunroof in 1998 at 10 years old.
