Always been into cars, i have a supercharged s2000 with 410whp that i fully built myself etc, but was in dire need of a bigger car, i wanted to choose a car that I could enjoy wrenching on and treating as a family member (i get attached) so i decided on the lx470 for the 3rd row seat, the ability for offroading and because of the deal i got
i found the lx470 for 4100 (actually 5k but got it for 4100) with 373,000 miles on it
First thing i did was check it over, check suspension bushings etc, found everything to be in good order, checked compression 180ish across the board. so pretty amazing, 1 owner with a bible of service records all from lexus.
first thing i noticed was the headlights were TERRIBLE, i could barely see the road so i bought 2x 55watt HID kits for the headlights 2x HID kits 35watt for the fog lights and 2x LED for DRL and High Beams, absolutely 10x better.
Next thing i did was i noticed no aux input, did research found it difficult to fit aftermarket stereo so bypassed the magnetic head on the tape deck, fitted a kinivo BTC450 bluetooth to that, works perfect!
then the speakers were all shot, was goign to get new ones but the strange 8ohm setup required me to spend almost 2k in speakers so i checked the voice coils and decided to just repair surrounds.
after the speakers, i knew i shoudl do the timing belt so did that along with all bearings, water pump etc.
wanted a light bar so installed that, had to custom make a braket and use rivet inserts because i could not find proper brackets for this car, most people put it on the roof rack (which i have not made yet)
had to take it offroading
then i realized i absolutely needed some new wheels, got some and they are 10x better looking
suspension felt too soft so i checked ahc fluid and just decided to bleed it all out (took 5 liters @65$ each ) and it felt like a new car after that, luckily for me i was still getting 7 gradations on the res from low to high.
then came brake controller
then the air bag helpers
and of course a good tow hitch
so i have done this work over the course of about 2 months, just wanted to share and let everyone see this thing, absolutely love the car **it wouldnt let me put all pics, if u want to see any more of any one of these processes they are in my gallery**
i found the lx470 for 4100 (actually 5k but got it for 4100) with 373,000 miles on it
First thing i did was check it over, check suspension bushings etc, found everything to be in good order, checked compression 180ish across the board. so pretty amazing, 1 owner with a bible of service records all from lexus.
first thing i noticed was the headlights were TERRIBLE, i could barely see the road so i bought 2x 55watt HID kits for the headlights 2x HID kits 35watt for the fog lights and 2x LED for DRL and High Beams, absolutely 10x better.
Next thing i did was i noticed no aux input, did research found it difficult to fit aftermarket stereo so bypassed the magnetic head on the tape deck, fitted a kinivo BTC450 bluetooth to that, works perfect!
then the speakers were all shot, was goign to get new ones but the strange 8ohm setup required me to spend almost 2k in speakers so i checked the voice coils and decided to just repair surrounds.
after the speakers, i knew i shoudl do the timing belt so did that along with all bearings, water pump etc.
wanted a light bar so installed that, had to custom make a braket and use rivet inserts because i could not find proper brackets for this car, most people put it on the roof rack (which i have not made yet)
had to take it offroading
then i realized i absolutely needed some new wheels, got some and they are 10x better looking
suspension felt too soft so i checked ahc fluid and just decided to bleed it all out (took 5 liters @65$ each
) and it felt like a new car after that, luckily for me i was still getting 7 gradations on the res from low to high.
then came brake controller
then the air bag helpers
and of course a good tow hitch
so i have done this work over the course of about 2 months, just wanted to share and let everyone see this thing, absolutely love the car
**it wouldnt let me put all pics, if u want to see any more of any one of these processes they are in my gallery**
