Hi all, happy to be a part of a new community!
Long time Subie owner -- the Forester was nice, but couldn't handle jeep trails and was not very comfortable. The wife didn't like the size of the Landcruiser, and they are absurdly expensive here unless you buy a sketchy one. So we did some research and decided the GX would be the best fit for the money here in CO. Took a $40 flight out to Salt Lake City to pick this beauty up, and drove her back to Denver. 2006, dealer maintained, 94k miles, non-nav, no white paint flaking (yet), and has brand new 265/65 BFG K02s (thank you prior owner). Exterior/interior is in near perfect condition.
I figured I would combine my new member post and "build thread" into this, even though it will probably start off as just a "maintenance" thread.
Short term plans:
Long time Subie owner -- the Forester was nice, but couldn't handle jeep trails and was not very comfortable. The wife didn't like the size of the Landcruiser, and they are absurdly expensive here unless you buy a sketchy one. So we did some research and decided the GX would be the best fit for the money here in CO. Took a $40 flight out to Salt Lake City to pick this beauty up, and drove her back to Denver. 2006, dealer maintained, 94k miles, non-nav, no white paint flaking (yet), and has brand new 265/65 BFG K02s (thank you prior owner). Exterior/interior is in near perfect condition.
I figured I would combine my new member post and "build thread" into this, even though it will probably start off as just a "maintenance" thread.
Short term plans:
- Surface rust remediation - GX spent a few years in NY after living in FL for most of its life. As expected, a small amount of surface rust had accumulated underneath. I have already hit most of it with the wire brush on a drill, and most of it came off. Will be undercoating it this week, evaluating products.
- Timing belt/water pump service - dealer gave us a $500 credit for it not being done yet.
- An axle boot clamp appears loose, will evaluate both for possible re-boot or replacement.
- Replace factory head-unit, add back up camera. Priority #1 for the wife, have ordered all parts and a Pioneer AVIC w8400NEX unit.
- Retrofit source H11 HIDs - 5500k, ordered along with LED fogs and interior LEDs.