GX460 & GXOR B.S. thread

[Hiluxforever]

While pad life isnt great, I can hang with the sports cars in the canyons with my EBC yellow stuff pads and brembo blanks with motul 5.1

Pads last about 35k with aggressive use.

Other than during bedding in i have never experienced fade.

 

[Banandalorian]

While pad life isnt great, I can hang with the sports cars in the canyons with my EBC yellow stuff pads and brembo blanks with motul 5.1

Pads last about 35k with aggressive use.

Other than during bedding in i have never experienced fade.

I never had fade in the GX until I boiled the 2 year old fluid coming down Hayden Pass in Colorado last month. I know it's mostly a fluid maintenance/water absorption thing, but I did not enjoy that

 

[Hiluxforever]

I never had fade in the GX until I boiled the 2 year old fluid coming down Hayden Pass in Colorado last month. I know it's mostly a fluid maintenance/water absorption thing, but I did not enjoy that

Yea, just swapping to 5.1 will prevent that.

Its wet boiling point is higher than oem brake fluids dry boil point.

 

[Banandalorian]

Yea, just swapping to 5.1 will prevent that.

Its wet boiling point is higher than oem brake fluids dry boil point.

Well that ship has sailed and been replaced with a much more expensive ship lol. My OEM calipers are looking very rusty...I'm sure its a safety issue.

 

[Hiluxforever]

Well that ship has sailed and been replaced with a much more expensive ship lol. My OEM calipers are looking very rusty...I'm sure its a safety issue.

Yea, but fancy new hardware wont help if you have wet dot 3

 

[iwashmycar]

I plan on nerding out on this.

I'm not sure there's much more room for rotors in a 17 inch wheel since the 460 brakes are pretty big anyway. I have Stoptech street pads and slotted rotors all around right now which are definitely better than stock. I don't expect to go from truck brakes to Porsche brakes. I do expect the new setup chops a little bit from a one-off panic stop. The bigger difference will be heat management and keeping that brake capacity longer.

I think you’ll like it then. When you do get into them they seem to really clamp down in a way I don’t think OEM could ever do. Not to the point of ABS. It brakes much harder before getting to that point.

Yeah, no way to go larger in 17s. Thicker would be nice. There’s some width left in these calipers.

Lastly curious what you do with the brake line connection. I had to fab offset brackets as it was asking me to bend the OEM hard lines more than I was comfortable doing. I’ve got some photos in my thread.

 

[r2m]

Well it's out of my hands now

Ok'd 3 hours of diag. Gave them a full rundown of the timeline and what has been happening and the troubleshooting I (poorly) attempted.

Here's to hoping this doesn't bankrupt me

 

[Roody]

You and me both brother

 

[Wildcat Walker]

. If I was a betting man, I would bet your issue would be an issue similar to this.

 

[Roody]

. If I was a betting man, I would bet your issue would be an issue similar to this.

I’ll mention it to the dealer, but we both had suspicions of one of the mentioned sensors being the culprit

 

[MeefZah]

Undercoating in the rust belt, how late is too late?

My 2020 has lived it's whole life in NY and OH and it has what I would call visible but not functional rust underneath. Frame is totally solid with hardly any rust but a lot of bits and bobs under there have a lot of surface rust.

I just bought a manual Honda Fit for $2800 to use as a commuter with intent to keep the GX just for trips, which will keep the mileage nice and low. I'd like to get it undercoated now just to have that done before I park it in the garage, but I honestly have never had a car undercoated before and I don't know if that needed to be done 5 yeas ago or if it's okay to undercoat it now with the above described rust.

Thoughts on if I should undercoat it or just leave it be? It'll probably never see salt again either way.

Undercoating will be done by this Amish guy near us who has a good reputation locally and who uses some home brewed concoction.

 

[BigSwede]

I'd hit it with Fluid Film, stops the rust from progressing. You don't want a rubberized coating over rust, it will keep going (dunno what your Amish guy is using).

 

[Rednexus]

Once the rust chemical reaction starts it will continue as long as it has access to air and water. Driving the rig in the rain or even humid conditions with condensation is enough to keep it going, although it's certainly not as bad as driving it in the winter. So, yes you need to undercoat it to keep the rust from getting worse. You should also extend your AC drip line if you are serious about rust-proofing the rig, so it's not dumping water on the PS framerail all the time.

I use Fluid Film inside the frame and Woolwax Black outside the frame on my rig. Both products are easy to DIY apply with a air-powered sprayer that Woolwax sells. I respray mine every 3 years, but touch up the wheel wells about once a year as some of the product can be blasted off when pressure washing the rig.

After a few applications and some mixing with road grime/dirt the Woolwax Black turns into a nice, thick black coating that looks just like textured undercoating but is still soft, somewhat self-healing, and totally encapsulates the steel to keep rust isolated from air and water. You will get the stuff on you when you work on the rig but it's nontoxic lanolin lotion so it will leave you with soft skin .

 

[Hiluxforever]

Undercoating in the rust belt, how late is too late?

My 2020 has lived it's whole life in NY and OH and it has what I would call visible but not functional rust underneath. Frame is totally solid with hardly any rust but a lot of bits and bobs under there have a lot of surface rust.

I just bought a manual Honda Fit for $2800 to use as a commuter with intent to keep the GX just for trips, which will keep the mileage nice and low. I'd like to get it undercoated now just to have that done before I park it in the garage, but I honestly have never had a car undercoated before and I don't know if that needed to be done 5 yeas ago or if it's okay to undercoat it now with the above described rust.

Thoughts on if I should undercoat it or just leave it be? It'll probably never see salt again either way.

Undercoating will be done by this Amish guy near us who has a good reputation locally and who uses some home brewed concoction.

Never to late to give proper care. Only use lanolin base like woolwax, fluid film or NHOU.

Be careful of anything you dont know what it is. Is just as apt to trap in the rust.

Auto armor is notorious for inducing rust even when installed brand new. Its hot garbage.

 

[Wildcat Walker]

I dont live in the rust belt but we do have salted roads here sometimes. Sometimes these idiots salt just to use up their alloted salt so they can get more salt. Government is awesome, not. Anyways, if I end up on salt, I always wash under the truck ASAP, I roll around on a creeper with a stubby pressure washer wand and blast everything I can. Scrub with a wash mit too. What else can a guy do. FYI I call fluid film sheep sauce, cause that's what it is.

 

[Hiluxforever]

I dont live in the rust belt but we do have salted roads here sometimes. Sometimes these idiots salt just to use up their alloted salt so they can get more salt. Government is awesome, not. Anyways, if I end up on salt, I always wash under the truck ASAP, I roll around on a creeper with a stubby pressure washer wand and blast everything I can. Scrub with a wash mit too. What else can a guy do. FYI I call fluid film sheep sauce, cause that's what it is.

Yea, to be fair, its not the same stuff used up north. That stuff up north is a lot more caustic because it has to be good to a significantly lower temp.

 

[Wildcat Walker]

Yea, to be fair, its not the same stuff used up north. That stuff up north is a lot more caustic because it has to be good to a significantly lower temp.

Youre right, these idiots spread pea gravel with the salt to cut costs. Makes for a lovely mess to clean up once the snow melts. Ive lived up north and up north, people and goverment is equipped. Here, they dont even drop the plow down enough, they scrape the snow off to the hard pack, and its worse when they are done than when they started. So much waste.

 

[Hiluxforever]

Youre right, these idiots spread pea gravel with the salt to cut costs. Makes for a lovely mess to clean up once the snow melts. Ive lived up north and up north, people and goverment is equipped. Here, they dont even drop the plow down enough, they scrape the snow off to the hard pack, and its worse when they are done than when they started. So much waste.

Only time my street was cleared when I was in Des Moines was when there was a triple homicide. No joke. They salted the **** out of it and it was pristine. But that was after cops responder at speed and almost died because it was the usual 2-3 inches of ice.