Spent the weekend on Cape Lookout (southern section of the Outer Banks, NC). No paved roads and over 20miles of 4WD accessible beach. Went with a local Land Cruiser club so the GX had some good company.
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Yep, that's a head turner.1.75“/1.5” lift installed. Love the stance and look. Drives amazing.
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LOVE the OBs. Ive been scheming on an Ocracoke island trip for a while now.Spent the weekend on Cape Lookout (southern section of the Outer Banks, NC). No paved roads and over 20miles of 4WD accessible beach. Went with a local Land Cruiser club so the GX had some good company.
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Okracoke is great. Plenty of beach to drive on and the little town and marina is nice with good bars and restaurants.LOVE the OBs. Ive been scheming on an Ocracoke island trip for a while now.
Are there interior trails on the island? Or just beach wheeling.Okracoke is great. Plenty of beach to drive on and the little town and marina is nice with good bars and restaurants.
Ocracoke has 1 paved highway down the middle from hatteras ferry to the town and marina. The beach is accessible by several ramps off that road.Are there interior trails on the island? Or just beach wheeling.
Koni lift with 1.75” in front and 1.5” in back. Dealer installed. 2 alignments since and I still don’t think it’s right.Which lift did you go with? Dealer installed?
When considering all the things, I appreciate the mild lift.
Looks great!
Koni lift with 1.75” in front and 1.5” in back. Dealer installed. 2 alignments since and I still don’t think it’s right.
Did you measure the lift before and after or are you just going off the company’s numbers? I’ve found most will lift you more than reported, especially until it settles, or sometimes doesn’t.Koni lift with 1.75” in front and 1.5” in back. Dealer installed. 2 alignments since and I still don’t think it’s right.
Your point about, "...until it settles." is so often missed by folks new to suspension lifts.Did you measure the lift before and after or are you just going off the company’s numbers? I’ve found most will lift you more than reported, especially until it settles, or sometimes doesn’t.
Also some aftermarket UCAs are a good bet.
Looks awesome. I planned all winter for my OBX trip to cape lookout last year and got cancelled by a late spring nor’easter. Glad you made it out, props to you because it’s not a simple trip to plan and executeSpent the weekend on Cape Lookout (southern section of the Outer Banks, NC). No paved roads and over 20miles of 4WD accessible beach. Went with a local Land Cruiser club so the GX had some good company.
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I had to coach my Lexus dealer mech through the alignment with some YouTube videos. Problem I had at Firestone was they wouldn’t accept imperfect camber to reach a moderate caster. And they have to do more work to achieve this than your regular old alignment they charge $165 for less than a half hour. They even had to test drive mine and come back and correct. At least I got my money’s worthKoni lift with 1.75” in front and 1.5” in back. Dealer installed. 2 alignments since and I still don’t think it’s right.
My last alignment in new tires was great, drove awesomely.I had to coach my Lexus dealer mech through the alignment with some YouTube videos. Problem I had at Firestone was they wouldn’t accept imperfect camber to reach a moderate caster. And they have to do more work to achieve this than your regular old alignment they charge $165 for less than a half hour. They even had to test drive mine and come back and correct. At least I got my money’s worth
I couldn’t find a reliable alignment shop in my area for lifted vehicles but this would have been my preference for sure.
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These were my numbers on second try fyi drives pretty well, still wish for a bit more stability than i have but I think it’s a decent compromise. Tires have 20k miles on them and they’re wearing quite evenly.
Pics nowHmm, pics not showing for me?
Looking at your dash nav, I believe we've done some "snow-wheel'n" around there also! Lots of fun and the best part, all the fun of mud but no mud to clean afterwards.Yesterday, I took my daughter up to see snow for the first time this year. I think we were a day early though, because all we could find was some month-old, crunchy, iced-over patches above 7,000ft. Apparently it's dumping up there right now. Oops.
We explored a fun little trail that I'd never driven before just as the storm rolled in. I wasn't expecting it to be a through road, given that I know the area pretty well and would've seen the other side at some point. But nevertheless it was disappointing to hit a locked gate within sight of the highway.
So I turned it around at the bottom of the hill, with the sun setting and a storm rolling in. We picked up the pace on the way back, but I had to stop for pics a couple of times.
At the top of the trail there's a little extra credit that gave me a chance to exercise the transfer case and diffs.
Fun trip, but not the winter wonderland we were waiting for.
Yeah, this storm seems like it missed it's potential around these parts. I've been up there in serious blizzard conditions, but this one turned out much lighter than the forecasts had promised. Better luck next time.Looking at your dash nav, I believe we've done some "snow-wheel'n" around there also! Lots of fun and the best part, all the fun of mud but no mud to clean afterwards.