Just bought a 2009 GX 470 with 91K miles (base); live west of Colorado Springs, and I want to be able to do moderate off-roading with the vehicle and to use it as a base camp for accessing remote trail heads and areas to mountain bike.
Already impressed with the truck as my wife was able to drive it up my steep, icy drive from a dead stop on the steepest part of the drive. Same area had snagged a friend's Ram 2500 4x4 and he slid off the drive into a snowbank from which I had to recover him from (my drive is 500+ feet long). We get a lot of snow (36 inches in the last week alone).
Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to do much for a while as immediately after I bought the truck I tore my Achilles tendon from the bone and just had surgery to fix it (16 week recovery). Oh, and did I mention I had back surgery 3 days before the Achilles repair?
This said, this forum has been a wealth of information, so in the last few weeks I have learned a great deal about the GX.
My question is this: given my plans, what would be the single biggest bang for the buck I can get once I am able to start working on the vehicle? I do most of the work on my vehicles and I have put a lift kit on a Suburban, installed an engine in the same, and can with a bit of effort, do most mechanical tasks. Electrical, beyond simple wiring is a pain. My suspension seems to be in good condition, and the truck is under an extended warranty for the next 24000 miles, so I am not in a rush to replace the suspension right now, so again biggest bang for the buck?
Thanks.
Already impressed with the truck as my wife was able to drive it up my steep, icy drive from a dead stop on the steepest part of the drive. Same area had snagged a friend's Ram 2500 4x4 and he slid off the drive into a snowbank from which I had to recover him from (my drive is 500+ feet long). We get a lot of snow (36 inches in the last week alone).
Unfortunately, I am not going to be able to do much for a while as immediately after I bought the truck I tore my Achilles tendon from the bone and just had surgery to fix it (16 week recovery). Oh, and did I mention I had back surgery 3 days before the Achilles repair?
This said, this forum has been a wealth of information, so in the last few weeks I have learned a great deal about the GX.
My question is this: given my plans, what would be the single biggest bang for the buck I can get once I am able to start working on the vehicle? I do most of the work on my vehicles and I have put a lift kit on a Suburban, installed an engine in the same, and can with a bit of effort, do most mechanical tasks. Electrical, beyond simple wiring is a pain. My suspension seems to be in good condition, and the truck is under an extended warranty for the next 24000 miles, so I am not in a rush to replace the suspension right now, so again biggest bang for the buck?
Thanks.
