GX460 & GXOR B.S. thread (23 Viewers)

[Acrad]

WARN on all of my quads. My father still has a nearly 45 year old WARN on an old Chevy pickup …IIRC.. it is a M8274 that he still uses all the time and works perfectly.

Looks like model in this article

Rebuilding the legendary Warn M8274 electric winch step by step

Legendary status is bestowed upon someone or something when actions or performance far surpass the norm, so when the name is mentioned there’s instant recogniti

www.motortrend.com

They use magnesium chloride in the mountain passes here in WA state during the winter. Not as bad as salt but still corrosive.

New one

M8274 10,000lb Winch with Steel Rope - 106170

The M8274–Warn Industries’ most iconic winch—is evolving. It will maintain all the things buyers love about the product: speed, durability, and its famous shape, but we’ve added more performance and more features. Comes with 125’ of 3/8” diameter aircraft-grade steel cable.

www.warn.com

 

[Hiluxforever]

Road salt. But even the Smittybilt crap on my 83 pickup, that never saw salt was rusty.

 

[Beachfront]

I just picked up a 2023 GX460 with 13k miles and I'm digging it so far. I'm glad to see people are enjoying their OTT Tunes because I had one on my 4runner and loved it so I was hoping I could expect the same with my GX. Cheers

 

[Ohio Nori]

I just picked up a 2023 GX460 with 13k miles and I'm digging it so far. I'm glad to see people are enjoying their OTT Tunes because I had one on my 4runner and loved it so I was hoping I could expect the same with my GX. Cheers

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Nice to see another Nori.
Early days with my OTT tune, but I’d say it’s nothing earth-shattering. I also had a dual pulley supercharged Audi S4 previously, so I don’t have high performance goals with this.

 

[Rednexus]

when I bought my winch last year, the 90 day warranty for HF deterred me. I understand you can get extended warranty, but once that cost was added, it was the same cost as the Superwinch 10k winch with synthetic rope, which is what I ultimately choose.

HF definitely has a crappy warranty. I've found that most "big" things they offer are really very good for the price (my shop press, drill press, metal cutting bandsaw, tool cabinets, and welder cart all came from HF). Many of the small/cheap things (cordless tools, lower-tier hand tools) are junk as are some of the bigger and more complex things (their welders suck - had one brick on me), while the top tier hand tools (Icon) are excellent. So, I shop selectively there, and it's only for things where I don't want the extended warranty.

The Badlands 12,000 is $400 to $450 on sale, which makes it attractive. At $600 full price, it's definitely a bit less attractive. That Superwinch does look nice though, considering it's only 61 pounds.

 

[Hiluxforever]

HF definitly has a crappy warranty. I've found that most "big" things they offer are really very good for the price (shop press, drill press, metal cutting bandsaw, tool cabinets, welder carts). Many of the small/cheap things (cordless tools, lower-tier hand tools) are junk as are some of the bigger things (their welders suck), while the top tier hand tools (Icon) are excellent. So, I shop selectively there, and it's only for things where I don't want the extended warranty.

The Badlands 12,000 is $400 to $450 on sale, which makes it attractive. At $600 full price, it's definitely a bit less attractive. That Superwinch does look nice though, considering it's only 61 pounds.

I agree about most HF stuff not being great.

I seriously considered Super Winch but wasn't impressed by any of their specs and it bent doing a capacity pull.

 

[Banandalorian]

Nice to see another Nori.
Early days with my OTT tune, but I’d say it’s nothing earth-shattering. I also had a dual pulley supercharged Audi S4 previously, so I don’t have high performance goals with this.

Yea anyone who thinks the OTT is going to wake up a sleeping giant v8 monster is going to be very sad.

The transmission tuning within the OTT is what really matters. The improved throttle response is a nice bonus but having the car kick down 1 gear on a rolling hill without having to mash the throttle or slow down is what makes it worth it.

 

[llm]

Yea anyone who thinks the OTT is going to wake up a sleeping giant v8 monster is going to be very sad.

The transmission tuning within the OTT is what really matters. The improved throttle response is a nice bonus but having the car kick down 1 gear on a rolling hill without having to mash the throttle or slow down is what makes it worth it.

what do you mean by kick down one gear? do you mean shifting up or shifting down? i wished the gx was more aggressive in downshifting during descents. I frequently finding myself having to manually downshift on most of the hills in my area.