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...
In my opinion, DAC/HAC is so standard in so many vehicles now a days, those things are mostly controlled by ECU. Probably would never have issues with those.
AHC may require maintenance once or twice in life-time, but after first fail, most people would just swap in springs, and forget about...
Yeah that kind of answers my question, I wasn't sure how it swings out (but could tell it swings out same way as door). I was asking if it will "push" the regular door shut if you are on an incline, or if it will stay open when the door is also open.
You kind of answered my question saying...
Don't have FJ, but the V8 on GX has instant torque low in the rev range. It will really wake up and growl when you want it to, but nice and quiet for putting around.
I just picked up a 111K mile '05 GX for about $15k (had all services including 90K timing belt on the dot). Like others have...