- Year
- 2004
- Vehicle Model
- LX470
- Mileage
- 207000
- Color
- White
Solid Axle Swap 20004 Lexus LX470
Exterior color: White with pearl
Interior color: Tan/Ivory
Mileage: 207,000
VIN: JTJHT00W643545569
Price $34,999 Negotiable
3 ½ Keys (3 button + valet + emergency original Lexus keys + 3 button white YotaMD)
Summary: I’m the second owner of the truck. I had the truck since 2005 with 10K miles. The truck has never been taken out for serious wheeling, only maybe twice since lift was installed. We do take it to the snow on yearly bases. It’s been a California car all its life so there is no rust. Its garage kept prior to lifting. 2 rear collusion accidents; one only requires bumper paint, and the other was a hole in the bumper caused by high lift jack (I made them replace the rear ARB). The truck has been meticulously maintained by local Lexus dealer until 120K then a local shop now maintains it. I have all receipts for all maintenance and repairs. No need to baseline the car as all maintenance is up to date.
Double-axle Swap Build:
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Stereo Build:
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Interior Mods:
Stereo Mods: (Finished 6/17)
Exterior Mods:
Summary: Paint is in good shape for its age, there is some scup marks typical wear. The front driver door has been keyed by some crazy lady, for the most part is very faint visible only at close distance. Front fender protector and roof rack starting to show some wear or clear coat peeling. Lexus cladding is starting to fade. This rig is my daily driver and there is not single day I drive it that I don’t get a thumbs up from other drivers.
Wheels, Tires and Brakes:
Summary: These tires and rims are huge. They like to grab road imperfections. Surprisingly they don’t hum as bad. Lexus does a good job keeping the noise out of the cabin. Ride quality is way better than expected. Brakes seem to perform better than expected.
Suspension Mods: (Finished 12/15)
Engine/Transmission
Exterior color: White with pearl
Interior color: Tan/Ivory
Mileage: 207,000
VIN: JTJHT00W643545569
Price $34,999 Negotiable
3 ½ Keys (3 button + valet + emergency original Lexus keys + 3 button white YotaMD)
Summary: I’m the second owner of the truck. I had the truck since 2005 with 10K miles. The truck has never been taken out for serious wheeling, only maybe twice since lift was installed. We do take it to the snow on yearly bases. It’s been a California car all its life so there is no rust. Its garage kept prior to lifting. 2 rear collusion accidents; one only requires bumper paint, and the other was a hole in the bumper caused by high lift jack (I made them replace the rear ARB). The truck has been meticulously maintained by local Lexus dealer until 120K then a local shop now maintains it. I have all receipts for all maintenance and repairs. No need to baseline the car as all maintenance is up to date.
Double-axle Swap Build:
Double Axle Swap Front SAS 100 Series LX470 to LX480 or LX105 UZJ100
After requested, I decided to post up a build of a double Axle swap on a LX470. It was an incredible amount of work. Would be a shame to not post up the documentation of the build. If I died tomorrow with the info, nobody would know what was involved. Here is a picture of it finished below. ABS...
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Stereo Build:
Successfully Moved Navigation Screen To Make Room Pioneer AVIC-8200
I successfully able to move my navigation screen to the center console in preparation to install a double din Pioneer AVIC-8200 stereo on my 2004 LX470. I will finally be able to ditch the Livingston System. I have been running Focals 3 ways on my stock speaker locations with aftermarket old...
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Interior Mods:
- Front Seats Reupholstered
- Navigation System Full Delete; replaced AC controls with Lexus OEM.
- Removed Lexus navigation brain, Levinston amp and cd shuttle.
- Factory rear entertainment is still in the car but not functional, remote control included. DVD player still in the car.
- Removed factory front cigarette lighter and aux power, replaced with 3 USBs chargers.
- Driver side Scosche magic mount wireless charger (to the right of the radio)
- Removed rear radio controls, replaced with 2 USB chargers.
- All Interior lighting switched to LED.
- Custom fiberglass bass speaker box on the rear driver side panel.
- Bass amp located on the tailgate.
- Mid/Highs amp located under the passenger seat.
- Tailgate cover replaced with wooden instead of carboard.
Stereo Mods: (Finished 6/17)
- Head Unit: Pioneer Avic-8200
- Bass Amp: Old school PPI A600.2, rated at over 600watts RMS at 12v.
- Mids/Highs Amp: Old school PPI Ax404 rated at over 200watts RMS at 12v
- Front Speakers: Focal 6 ½ 3-way Polyglass, located on the factory door speakers.
- Rear Speakers: Focal 6 ½ 2-way Polyglass, located on factory door speakers.
- Bass Speakers: JL Audio single 13” shallow mount speaker.
- Front and Rear BlackVue Dash Cams
Exterior Mods:
- ARB front Bull Bar with 4” Laser star round Endeavour LED lights.
- Comeup Seal 9.5RSI recovery winch
- Two 2” rigid industries LED square lights mounted under the front bumper.
- Two 2” rigid industries LED square lights mounted on the rear bumper (reverse)
- ARB Rock Sliders with Ramanthorn 10 LED owl p/p courtesy/puddle light replacement
- ARB Fender Protector
- ARB Rear Bumper with Jerry can and Tire Swing Arm. Red Jerry can is included.
- Rear camera and license plate and light moved onto the jerry can holder.
- Front camera installed to the right of the winch.
- JDM fender Kit, factory matched paint with Toyota’s rubber gasket.
- Frontrunner Slimline II full rack with Laserstar 50” Atlantis Light Bar.
- ABR Safary Snorkel SS86 100 Series
- Hi-Lift Jack X-treme 60”
- HID Headlights Conversion Kit (Morimoto universal unit) (12/17)
- All external lights converted to LEDs front, rear turn signal, side markers, tail, license, and ARB bumper lights
- All ARB front, rear bumpers, Jerry can holder, tire swing arm, fender protector and roof rack were powdered coated grey.
- Replaced Windshield (Lexus Brand/Replaced by Lexus dealership) due to golf ball strike 204K (9/24)
Summary: Paint is in good shape for its age, there is some scup marks typical wear. The front driver door has been keyed by some crazy lady, for the most part is very faint visible only at close distance. Front fender protector and roof rack starting to show some wear or clear coat peeling. Lexus cladding is starting to fade. This rig is my daily driver and there is not single day I drive it that I don’t get a thumbs up from other drivers.
Wheels, Tires and Brakes:
- Fuel Mavericks x 5 matte black 20x14 Rims
- Toyo Open Country M/T x 5 38x15.50x20 Tires
- Brakes upgraded to DBA 4000 Series T3 slotted/vented Rotor (I have brand new front and rear rotors replacement as spares).
- Pads upgraded to Hawks LTS Truck/SUV pads from the Tire Rack.
- New brake calipers, pads and turned rotors on all four corners as well bleeding all brake system. Done 7/8/2025 206,100 miles
Summary: These tires and rims are huge. They like to grab road imperfections. Surprisingly they don’t hum as bad. Lexus does a good job keeping the noise out of the cabin. Ride quality is way better than expected. Brakes seem to perform better than expected.
Suspension Mods: (Finished 12/15)
- Radflo shocks with external reservoir on all 4 corners.
- Bigger and taller springs design for 80 series LC with 8 inch lift.
- Manual front and rear lockers cable controlled. Controller located in front of the driver’s seat.
- Custom complete front and rear solid axle swap. Axle, differentials, lockers, brakes, knuckles sway bar, steering, pan rod and just about everything on the bottom has been swapped from a donor 1995 Lx450.
- Gears change to 4.88
- Custom front and rear drive shaft, includes double cardan joint on the front axle taken from rear Tacoma drive shaft. Additional 2 front drive shaft spares included. (6/17)
- Custom front and rear axle loop (6/17)
- Custom Hydrolic Steering Ram System (12/17)
- Steering bushings and rods replaced (12/18)
- Replaced front and rear sway bar with from SuperPro 30mm HD (Australia) 1/19
- Replaced Front Bearings, Front Knuckle seals, Rear Axle seals. Done (8/25) 206.1K miles
Engine/Transmission
- KN&N filter inside factory box
- Magnaflow Cat back muffler
- Replace Radiator with Lexus Part 193K miles (3/21)
- Replaced fan clutch with Lexus Part 193K miles (3/21)
- Optima Yellow Top deep cycle battery. Replaced 2/21 3-year full replacement warranty.
- Knuckle Seal Replacement 192K 1/21.
- Replaced Timing belt/water pump/seals/spark plugs/fuel filter/upper/lower radiator hoses, all Lexus Parts 175K.
- Replaced front fuse block box system Toyota Part (6/17).
- Replaced Alternator as a preventative measure with Lexus Remanufactured (I still have the original, functional when removed). (2/19)
- Replaced Heater-T with stainless steel and constant torque straps, replaced all hoses with OEM ones (8/18)
- Transmission replaced by Toyota dealer with Toyota remanufactured part. Trans was replaced due to a failed front driveshaft at 70mph. Double cardan seized due to lack of grease and damaged the transmission housing. (5/17)
- Replaced Lexus Thermostat and coolant (1/24)
- Oil and Lube done at 206,000 miles 6/21/25
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