Got a new to me 2008 GX with 227,000 mi. No serivce history from the private dealer, one owner, looks like he took good care of it. Fluids all look ready to replace but coolant is real toyota stuff and none of the fluids look neglected.
I will only do 4,000 mi a year on the car tops, but need it to be reliable and eat snow for breakfast over the winter. I want to do all preventative maintainence on or ahead of schedule and put in the work to make the car drive like new. I have done the brakes and fluids but am not confident enough to do the bigger jobs. Since there is no history, the plan is to do the timing belt, water pump, shocks, control arms & tie rod ends. I also have a crack in my exhaust manifold and am planning on replacing it with OEM lexus parts.
I am taking the car to an exhaust shop to do the manifold replacement. I am getting the L and R manifolds and the L and R manifold gaskets. I want to get the exhaust studs pre emptively in case any break, and if im buying them all im inclined to just replace all studs. I have a couple questions:
1.Will it save any time to do timing belt/water pump at the same time as the exhaust or should i treat that as 2 jobs?
2.is there an exhaust stud kit or part # list somewhere? Is there a way to upgrade to a brand like ARP?
3.I hear the used catalytic converters are worth some $$. Should I use them as a negotiating chip with the exhaust shop, and if so what would they be worth to him?
Thanks all!
I will only do 4,000 mi a year on the car tops, but need it to be reliable and eat snow for breakfast over the winter. I want to do all preventative maintainence on or ahead of schedule and put in the work to make the car drive like new. I have done the brakes and fluids but am not confident enough to do the bigger jobs. Since there is no history, the plan is to do the timing belt, water pump, shocks, control arms & tie rod ends. I also have a crack in my exhaust manifold and am planning on replacing it with OEM lexus parts.
I am taking the car to an exhaust shop to do the manifold replacement. I am getting the L and R manifolds and the L and R manifold gaskets. I want to get the exhaust studs pre emptively in case any break, and if im buying them all im inclined to just replace all studs. I have a couple questions:
1.Will it save any time to do timing belt/water pump at the same time as the exhaust or should i treat that as 2 jobs?
2.is there an exhaust stud kit or part # list somewhere? Is there a way to upgrade to a brand like ARP?
3.I hear the used catalytic converters are worth some $$. Should I use them as a negotiating chip with the exhaust shop, and if so what would they be worth to him?
Thanks all!
