Can you call it a build? (1 Viewer)

[EngEngr]

Last winter sold my wife's Ford Escape and picked up a clean 04 GX470 with great dealership records and 145k for her daily. We were officially an all Toyota family (88 pickup, 93 FJ80)

Fast forward a year and we have our first baby and I figured I should start a thread for whatever upgrades and maintenance happens along the way.

To date:
Chico keyfit 35
OEM air filter
OEM cabin air filter
New battery
OEM O2 sensor
Cooper AT3 4s 265/70R17
Fog light bulb
BPS B2 low beam and high beam LEDs
OEM outer tie rod ends
EBC pads and rotors
Cardone ultra premium front calipers
Metal tech coil conversion
Dobinsons C59-313 rear springs
Toyota secondary spring isolators
Diono x2
Method 701 17x8.5
Timing belt, water pump at 182k
Transfer case actuator leak at 182k
GX460 oem CVs
Dobinsons IMS 1" lift
Front wheel bearings
Falken wildpeak at3w

 

[z00t3ch]

Build? No. Publicly posted maintenance log perhaps.

 

[fastlane1000]

I got two car seats in mine. When you go to a convertible look at the Safety 1st Sportfit 65. It fits rear facing without having to slide the seats forward and works up to 65lbs.

 

[vwynn]

65lbs?!? thats a massive baby.

 

[fastlane1000]

65lbs?!? thats a massive baby.

LOL Well you got to keep them in car seats for a while so the goal is have your car seats last. So the head rest slides up and they can be used forward or rear facing. We have 6 of them lol. not kids, car seats. 2 kids.

 

[MaverickFiveO]

The Chico KeyFit was my first "mod" too. We're up to the Graco Milestone, and it fits great. It slightly limits the front seat, but my wife is 5'8" and doesn't have to move her chair in the passenger seat.

 

[lgrt]

Nice truck... and a good maintenance log is as good as a build any day in my book!

 

[EngEngr]

Ebc blanks, green stuff, cardone calipers as both sides had 1 seized piston, oem outer tie rods. Should help with the pulsing pedal and steering shakes

 

[EngEngr]

Leaking air suspension, riding on the bump stops after a 2 hour drive on the highway.

Dobinsons C59-313 stock height springs
Metal tech coil conversion kit
Toyota secondary spring isolators 48302-35040

My service tool was a funnel tip and instead of long nose pliers, the bent wire with a tug worked really well.

22" from the hub to fender both sides before and after

 

[HomersCanyonero]

If you get the driver side lean, you might need a trim packer.

 

[ADVFamilyHauler]

Last winter sold my wife's Ford Escape and picked up a clean 04 GX470 with great dealership records and 145k for her daily. We were officially an all Toyota family (88 pickup, 93 FJ80)

Fast forward a year and we have our first baby and I figured I should start a thread for whatever upgrades and maintenance happens along the way.

To date:
Chico keyfit 35
OEM air filter
OEM cabin air filter
New battery
OEM O2 sensor
Cooper AT3 4s 265/70R17
Fog light bulb
BSP B2 low beam and high beam LEDs
OEM outer tie rod ends
EBC pads and rotors
Cardone ultra premium front calipers
Metal tech coil conversion
Dobinsons C59-313 rear springs
Toyota secondary spring isolators

Planned:
Drive it until the next thing.
Maybe a touch screen


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Love that you added a car seat to your build. I should add them to mine.

 

[ADVFamilyHauler]

Leaking air suspension, riding on the bump stops after a 2 hour drive on the highway.

Dobinsons C59-313 stock height springs
Metal tech coil conversion kit
Toyota secondary spring isolators 48302-35040

My service tool was a funnel tip and instead of long nose pliers, the bent wire with a tug worked really well.

22" from the hub to fender both sides before and after

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Next up is to replace those shocks with something better.

 

[EngEngr]

How a Snomaster 72L dual zone fits

 

[ADVFamilyHauler]

How a Snomaster 72L dual zone fits

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You feeding a family of ten?

 

[z00t3ch]

 

[EngEngr]

Replaced the nasty Lexus chrome wheels with Method MR701 17X8.5 0 offset. Added a second car seat in 2020 and road tripped to SW Florida with a 2 year old and a 4 month old, clocked over 180k and ordered parts to do timing belt/water pump.

 

[ad27326]

Last winter sold my wife's Ford Escape and picked up a clean 04 GX470 with great dealership records and 145k for her daily. We were officially an all Toyota family (88 pickup, 93 FJ80)

Fast forward a year and we have our first baby and I figured I should start a thread for whatever upgrades and maintenance happens along the way.

To date:
Chico keyfit 35
OEM air filter
OEM cabin air filter
New battery
OEM O2 sensor
Cooper AT3 4s 265/70R17
Fog light bulb
BSP B2 low beam and high beam LEDs
OEM outer tie rod ends
EBC pads and rotors
Cardone ultra premium front calipers
Metal tech coil conversion
Dobinsons C59-313 rear springs
Toyota secondary spring isolators

Planned:
Drive it until the next thing.
Maybe a touch screen


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How do you like those bulbs??

 

[Rednexus]

Replaced the nasty Lexus chrome wheels with Method MR701 17X8.5 0 offset. Added a second car seat in 2020 and road tripped to SW Florida with a 2 year old and a 4 month old, clocked over 180k and ordered parts to do timing belt/water pump.

Awesome to see another GX getting heavy family duty - they really make a great dad ride and a family road-trip vehicle. My 3-y/o and 5-y/o love ours. Unlike a crossover with a high belt line, they can actually see out the windows from the carseats, and the OEM DVD player works just fine. When we ask the kids which vehicle they want to take somewhere, 9/10 times they choose the GX. Often times it feels odd to be using our 14-y/o GX as the primary family car when we have newer vehicles, but the GX just works better. We're planning to take ours to CO/UT this summer for vacation.

 

[EngEngr]

How do you like those bulbs??

They are definitely bright and haven't crapped out yet in 2 years. Fan noise is minimal, plug and play. I don't know what to compare them to though. With all LEDs, they wont melt headlight snow/ice. Debating getting sport headlights and trying HID conversion though

 

[ad27326]

They are definitely bright and haven't crapped out yet in 2 years. Fan noise is minimal, plug and play. I don't know what to compare them to though. With all LEDs, they wont melt headlight snow/ice. Debating getting sport headlights and trying HID conversion though

Where did you buy them? Any adjustments needed?