Hello everybody!
A couple of months ago, in the throes of wanderlust and cabin fever that come with having a newborn at home, I realized that we needed a very capable beast for off-roading, roadtripping, and mountain adventures (as well as apocalyptic/natural disaster/zombie scenarios). I have three daughters ages 6, 4, and 10 weeks, and I wanted something to help create memories of a lifetime with my girls as they grow up. After much diligence, I landed on the Lexus LX 570.
Last week I bought a 2020 LX 570 with 36k miles, luxury trim (Levinson sound, HUD, cool box, rear entertainment, etc), dark blue exterior and black interior. The truck has a clean Carfax and appears in excellent condition. The prior owner seemingly kept it on pavement. It has the stock wheels and Dunlop tires. The tools in the rear tailgate, towing connectors, and rear entertainment headsets were in original packaging. I preferred not to have the rear entertainment (trying to get the kids' faces away from screens and towards the outdoors is the goal), but they will be useful on long roadtrips. I still might remove them eventually--I found an option to cover the holes. In any event, I paid about $68k for the truck with CPO (7 years, 100k miles on powertrain), plus TTL and a 5-year Toyota service plan, which I think/hope was a fair deal.
I want to make the truck ready for off-road adventures since we love going to the mountains. I connected with a shop (Tandem Off-Road) that specializes in Toyota and Lexus off-road mods to help me with the build. They've been great. We are planning to put on Method 701 bronze wheels with 275/70r18 Toyo A/T IIIs, as well as CBI Covert front bumper and sliders. I'm placing the order this week. I also picked up at a good price a complete used Harrop TVS2650 supercharger set in good condition, which I'm heavily leaning towards putting on the truck based on the good reports I've seen so far (though still researching potential effects on reliability). Also, planning to add a winch and light bar.
Eventually I may make additional upgrades/modifications, including roof rack, RTT, and/or rear bumper. The roof rack seems essential. It seems like the RTT would be a lot of fun with the kids, but I probably wouldn't want to have it on the truck all the time. Not sure how necessary the rear bumper is but maybe.
Anyway, this is the first time I've done a project like this. I'm really excited about the fun and memories we will have with the LX. I relied on a lot of information I gleaned from this forum while I was planning the project, so I thought I'd create a profile and post a hello and thank you here. I look forward to chatting with you all!
Here is a photo of our new addition.
Update: I brought the truck home from Tandem today with the new wheels, tires, custom tuned Harrop supercharger, and Powerbrake X-line kit.
It’s a monster. Pablo Moreno and his team at Tandem are excellent. This thing pulls effortlessly with great power throughout. Stops on a dime too.
I’m really excited about how this turned out.
Pablo posted a nice mashup about the truck.
Next step for this modified J201 concept build will be adding CBI bumper and sliders…
A couple of months ago, in the throes of wanderlust and cabin fever that come with having a newborn at home, I realized that we needed a very capable beast for off-roading, roadtripping, and mountain adventures (as well as apocalyptic/natural disaster/zombie scenarios). I have three daughters ages 6, 4, and 10 weeks, and I wanted something to help create memories of a lifetime with my girls as they grow up. After much diligence, I landed on the Lexus LX 570.
Last week I bought a 2020 LX 570 with 36k miles, luxury trim (Levinson sound, HUD, cool box, rear entertainment, etc), dark blue exterior and black interior. The truck has a clean Carfax and appears in excellent condition. The prior owner seemingly kept it on pavement. It has the stock wheels and Dunlop tires. The tools in the rear tailgate, towing connectors, and rear entertainment headsets were in original packaging. I preferred not to have the rear entertainment (trying to get the kids' faces away from screens and towards the outdoors is the goal), but they will be useful on long roadtrips. I still might remove them eventually--I found an option to cover the holes. In any event, I paid about $68k for the truck with CPO (7 years, 100k miles on powertrain), plus TTL and a 5-year Toyota service plan, which I think/hope was a fair deal.
I want to make the truck ready for off-road adventures since we love going to the mountains. I connected with a shop (Tandem Off-Road) that specializes in Toyota and Lexus off-road mods to help me with the build. They've been great. We are planning to put on Method 701 bronze wheels with 275/70r18 Toyo A/T IIIs, as well as CBI Covert front bumper and sliders. I'm placing the order this week. I also picked up at a good price a complete used Harrop TVS2650 supercharger set in good condition, which I'm heavily leaning towards putting on the truck based on the good reports I've seen so far (though still researching potential effects on reliability). Also, planning to add a winch and light bar.
Eventually I may make additional upgrades/modifications, including roof rack, RTT, and/or rear bumper. The roof rack seems essential. It seems like the RTT would be a lot of fun with the kids, but I probably wouldn't want to have it on the truck all the time. Not sure how necessary the rear bumper is but maybe.
Anyway, this is the first time I've done a project like this. I'm really excited about the fun and memories we will have with the LX. I relied on a lot of information I gleaned from this forum while I was planning the project, so I thought I'd create a profile and post a hello and thank you here. I look forward to chatting with you all!
Here is a photo of our new addition.
Update: I brought the truck home from Tandem today with the new wheels, tires, custom tuned Harrop supercharger, and Powerbrake X-line kit.
It’s a monster. Pablo Moreno and his team at Tandem are excellent. This thing pulls effortlessly with great power throughout. Stops on a dime too.
I’m really excited about how this turned out.
Pablo posted a nice mashup about the truck.
Next step for this modified J201 concept build will be adding CBI bumper and sliders…
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) but that one seems worth doing now.
