Hokie LX
SILVER Star
Hi all,
I wanted to start a build thread for my 2003 LX470 I picked up a couple of weeks ago. This thread will serve as my build thread as well as a detailing journey with the truck for those who may be interested. First off, a little background on the truck.
2003 LX470
164k miles
Maintenance records since new
Southern truck
100% stock when I purchased it
First thing that I did was check it over after it's long drive from ATL to New York. Fresh oil change and filter was done. Replaced the filter with a M1 M209 high cap filter and M1 5W-30 oil. The records showed that all the fluids were flushed within the last 5-10k miles and after checking them all, that was true.
Once I checked over the truck and realized it didn't need anything, I started doing the first modifications. First up was removing the running boards. Simple task, took around 30 minutes.
Before:
After:
I'm digging the no-boards look and am happy I did it.
Next up was new tires as I had an old plug work it's way out of one of the tires and realized that the tires had quite a few plugs in them. I went with (5) BFG K02 275/70/18 courtesy of Dunn Tire. They look great to me at stock height and I have no clearance issues in N or Low. Spare fits as well with the larger tire.
Low:
N:
High:
I wanted to start a build thread for my 2003 LX470 I picked up a couple of weeks ago. This thread will serve as my build thread as well as a detailing journey with the truck for those who may be interested. First off, a little background on the truck.
2003 LX470
164k miles
Maintenance records since new
Southern truck
100% stock when I purchased it
First thing that I did was check it over after it's long drive from ATL to New York. Fresh oil change and filter was done. Replaced the filter with a M1 M209 high cap filter and M1 5W-30 oil. The records showed that all the fluids were flushed within the last 5-10k miles and after checking them all, that was true.
Once I checked over the truck and realized it didn't need anything, I started doing the first modifications. First up was removing the running boards. Simple task, took around 30 minutes.
Before:
After:
I'm digging the no-boards look and am happy I did it.
Next up was new tires as I had an old plug work it's way out of one of the tires and realized that the tires had quite a few plugs in them. I went with (5) BFG K02 275/70/18 courtesy of Dunn Tire. They look great to me at stock height and I have no clearance issues in N or Low. Spare fits as well with the larger tire.
Low:
N:
High:
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