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We bought a 2013 GX 460 a little over a year ago and have slowly been modding it to suit our needs as an adventure vehicle. This will be a thread to catch up where I am currently on the vehicle and I will add to it as I do more on this truck.
Here it is the day we brought it home.
One of the first things I did was install a Rhino Rack Pioneer. We needed the extra storage space for when we are not pulling our trailer. The rack fits great and adds so many options when it comes to carrying things on the roof.
The next project was mounting a fridge slide and installing the wiring for the fridge and future electronics that would be needed in the rear of the vehicle. I will add some pictures of the wiring that I did but here are a few shots of the fridge installed. I mounted the slide to a piece if plywood so it can be removed when its not needed. My wife drives this every day and there are times when the rear seats are needed.
I picked up some SSO Sliders around Christmas time and got them powder coated. They really look good and I am very happy with the quality of there work.
After much searching I decided to do a hidden winch mount since a steel front bumper was not in the master plans. I made a few phone calls to bud over at budbuilt and I picked up the one they advertised for the GX460. I am not sure if they had sold or installed one of these on a 460 yet but it was not a direct fit. I did have to do some modifications to get it to fit. I have a thread here on Mud that goes into a little more details. I picked up a Warn Zeon 10S Platinum. I did order a remote solenoid kit for it due to the space constraints in the front end. Aside from making some modifications to the mount I bought from Budbuilt I was very happy with the install.
Around Christmas time I picked up some lights that were discounted due to the holidays specials everyone was running. I picked up a 30" Baja Designs OnX6 and a pair of the Baja Designs S2 Sports. I wanted to keep everything as slim as possible so I mounted them to the underside of the rack. I picked up a Feniex Typhoon to use as the controller for the lights. I also picked a fuse panel from Shrockworks, the one they have for the 5th gen T4R fits the GX460 perfectly. I will add more pictures of this when I can get them transferred over from my phone.
My plans to not add steel bumpers didn't last long. On our way up to our cabin in Oklahoma I hit a deer and the damage was not as bad as it could have been it still needed to be fixed. A few weeks after this Metal Tech did a group buy on Bumpers with freight credits if they hit so many purchases. I went ahead and picked up both front and rear bumpers from them. I just recently installed the rear bumper before our trip to Colorado. I wanted to have the rear recovery points along with the storage and ability to carry a full size spare tire.
I have purchased a Dobinson suspension and plan on installing that before doing the front bumper. This is a great truck and we are very happy that it is able to get us to the places we enjoy to explore. I will update once I get the rest of the pieces of the build installed here in the next few weeks.
Here it is the day we brought it home.
One of the first things I did was install a Rhino Rack Pioneer. We needed the extra storage space for when we are not pulling our trailer. The rack fits great and adds so many options when it comes to carrying things on the roof.
The next project was mounting a fridge slide and installing the wiring for the fridge and future electronics that would be needed in the rear of the vehicle. I will add some pictures of the wiring that I did but here are a few shots of the fridge installed. I mounted the slide to a piece if plywood so it can be removed when its not needed. My wife drives this every day and there are times when the rear seats are needed.
I picked up some SSO Sliders around Christmas time and got them powder coated. They really look good and I am very happy with the quality of there work.
After much searching I decided to do a hidden winch mount since a steel front bumper was not in the master plans. I made a few phone calls to bud over at budbuilt and I picked up the one they advertised for the GX460. I am not sure if they had sold or installed one of these on a 460 yet but it was not a direct fit. I did have to do some modifications to get it to fit. I have a thread here on Mud that goes into a little more details. I picked up a Warn Zeon 10S Platinum. I did order a remote solenoid kit for it due to the space constraints in the front end. Aside from making some modifications to the mount I bought from Budbuilt I was very happy with the install.
Around Christmas time I picked up some lights that were discounted due to the holidays specials everyone was running. I picked up a 30" Baja Designs OnX6 and a pair of the Baja Designs S2 Sports. I wanted to keep everything as slim as possible so I mounted them to the underside of the rack. I picked up a Feniex Typhoon to use as the controller for the lights. I also picked a fuse panel from Shrockworks, the one they have for the 5th gen T4R fits the GX460 perfectly. I will add more pictures of this when I can get them transferred over from my phone.
My plans to not add steel bumpers didn't last long. On our way up to our cabin in Oklahoma I hit a deer and the damage was not as bad as it could have been it still needed to be fixed. A few weeks after this Metal Tech did a group buy on Bumpers with freight credits if they hit so many purchases. I went ahead and picked up both front and rear bumpers from them. I just recently installed the rear bumper before our trip to Colorado. I wanted to have the rear recovery points along with the storage and ability to carry a full size spare tire.
I have purchased a Dobinson suspension and plan on installing that before doing the front bumper. This is a great truck and we are very happy that it is able to get us to the places we enjoy to explore. I will update once I get the rest of the pieces of the build installed here in the next few weeks.
