I did a thing pt. 2

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audi2nr

audi2nr

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Hey guys, recently did another "thing" 😁. Not new to cruisers but I am new to the 200 platform and am excited to be here! Just picked up this immaculate starfire pearl on black 14' LX570. One owner, zero accidents, full service history from beginning till now with lexus of bellevue here in washington, currently sitting at 116k with the 120k service just performed before purchase. Truck has a full ppf kit from the previous owner and is immaculate through and through, I cannot believe how perfect this leather still is. I have been shopping for approximately a year now and finally pull the trigger. Looked at many trucks but all were very rough around the edges for what they were asking. Not sure how far we will be taking this truck, probably not too far as my 80 is highly modified and is setup for adventure duty. It is a 97 lx450, fully built forged engine, turbo charged and manual swapped making just over 400 wheel/550 ftlbs.
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Well i did a thing.. my 97 lx build. distributorless/turbo/h151f

So after being a lurker for 7 years or so and spending oh I'd say 2 years searching on and off for an 80, I'm happy to announce I officially get to join the pink panty club! No stranger to lexus this is my 5th. I've had a 3 SC300's (still own one) and a 2008 GX470 which my family dearly misses...
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Anyway.. here's a picture from delivery, with more to come! Cheers! 🍻
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Congrats and welcome!

PS: no one here has done forged internals and turbos on their 200… just saying..
 
Congrats! White is the best color!

I followed your 80 build and your attention to detail is commendable sir!

Look forward to following the madness with this one!
 
Picked up some Bradley V's and the new yokohama geolandar AT-4's in standard load! They offer these tires in e code but these sl rated tires just came out. Wheels are 18x8.5 +50 in SBC color, tires are 275-70-18. What an absolute night and day difference in ride quality over the dumb 20s and michelin latitude hp's.. not to mention i dropped 8 lbs per corner with the new setup. 75 lbs was what the 20s weigh and the yokos are 43 and 24 for the wheels so 67lbs. It's nice to see more all terrains in this size and standard load. I also have some 5mm spacers i will be installing as well in conjunction with longer wheel studs, as the ones are way too short with the spacer. I will have an effective offset of 45mm at that point which is perfect for my needs.

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Looks great. Congrats. Did yours not have the roof rack cross bars or am I just blind? Mine didn't have them either. You have a roof box installed so they have to be there?
 
It's been slow around here lately been on vacation, went to japan and the philippines December and February, got to see many many many 200s diesel and gas as well as many 300's as well. Definitely made me jealous of the forbidden fruit we do not get here. Miraculously though i found some time a week ago to install my parts I've been hoarding. It feels good to knock all this maintenance out. AHC globes and flush ✅️ transmission filter and full fluid flush ✅️ radiator replacement w/updated part ✅️ water pump ✅️ fan bracket/pulley ✅️ serpentine belt and idler ✅️ power steering fluid flush ✅️ I also rinsed out the condenser and a/t cooler with simple green coil/condenser cleaner. To my pleasant surprise but some what waste of money i verified that the service history at lexus was indeed accurate because when I got the trans fluid drained and the strainer out everything looked basically new, the transmission fluid was flushed at 116k and the serpent belt also looked fairly fresh and was replaced at 100k and i am currently at 136k. Per the carfax when i bought it every single service was listed as done on time or just before by one dealer (lexus of bellevue) and the single owner who owned it before me. Nothing more to do now except drive it.. or upgrade ? 😂 I've been busy looking at 21's so now all I gotta do is convince the boss, but I don't think that will be a tall task..

Quick tip on the trans fluid flush when you are by yourself. use auto start to help fire the rig up so you can measure out how much atf you drain and not over/under shoot how much you remove. Otherwise you'd need someone behind the wheel to assist. The flush is a very simple process as well.
#1 Drain and remove atf pan, replace strainer, clean pan and magnets, replace gasket and reinstall pan.
#2 Refill pan with fluid and pin open thermostat. Remove atf cooler hose and place in a bucket.
#3 fire up rig and let it drain 2 quarts. Refill 2 quarts and repeat the process till the atf comes out clean. In my case it was clean basically after the first round.
4# Hook everything back up, make sure you refill atf, fire up rig, heat up atf till around 41c-46c using a scan tool or the built in method to observe atf fluid on the instrument cluster.
#5 once atf is hot drain excess atf via the stand pipe plug not the atf drain plug.
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The ahc globe and fluid flush is also incredibly easy, biggest thing i observed was to make sure you have a large enough breaker bar to get the globes off they are tight and yo can possibly strip the hex head if you are wreckless. But the service was as follows.
#1 remove protective cages on left and right sides to access ahc globes and bleeders. Set vehicle to low. Shut off vehicle.
2# hook up a 1/4 inch tube to one of the bleeder ports open bleeder and drain out fluid. Close bleeder and do the other 3. Note the vehicle will drop further in height past where low is every time you open a bleeder.
3# remove and replace all 4 globes, open ahc fluid tank and refill, I filled it passed max on the tank.
4# fire up rig and set height to normal, make sure all doors are closed or system won't operate. System might take some time to pump up. Run system to high then normal then low a few times.
#5 set vehicle to low and shut off vehicle. repeat the bleed sequence at all 4 corners, open and let fluid out. Vehicle will drop passed low! Refill ahc tank again and perform suspension raise sequence, low >normal > high a few times. Continue bleed/refill sequence till you bleed out clean fluid.
Note: you may get ahc faults and the system won't want to operate, I have a scantool to clear faults to get the system operating again. I highly suggest having access to a scantool.

All in all these things are very easy to work on and maintain with fairly simple hand tools and knowledge.

Ugh.. seeing lc's in asia was like seeing corollas or camrys here.. they are everywhere..
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Good updates and solid progress! Having done two transmission fluid exchanges, I can say I had never thought about using my remote start capability for this. The only drawback is that you're not able to keep shifting through the gears while the old/new fluid is being exchanged.
 
gasman4u said:
Good updates and solid progress! Having done two transmission fluid exchanges, I can say I had never thought about using my remote start capability for this. The only drawback is that you're not able to keep shifting through the gears while the old/new fluid is being exchanged.
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Yeah, I thought about that when I was doing it but with the condition of the old fluid and strainer being what they were I didn't think it would be super critical. Either way this will work in a pinch. You can also shift through gears before the draining process to get clean fluid in all the different passages. But yeah im just glad its done.
 
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