New 2006 LX in Virginia (2 Viewers)

[trdcorolla]

Did you need a wiper puller to get the old arm off? When I was trying to reindex my rear wiper, I got scared I would break something when trying to get it off, so I stopped.

 

[Luke111]

Did you need a wiper puller to get the old arm off? When I was trying to reindex my rear wiper, I got scared I would break something when trying to get it off, so I stopped.

The wiper puller was a can of PB blaster, a Lexus tech who wiggled it and pulled it right off.... the benefits of working at a Lexus dealership

 

[LXstatic]

Installed ..looks good

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Looks real good, ordered!!

 

[Luke111]

So I was unsuccessful with the GX460 wiper arms... they were to big so I decided to swap out the blades with a clean modern blade. Took the measurements of my old blades and walked back to the parts department and found two that matched. Lexus does offer a similar blade that’s a budget blade but I wanted the OEM quality and they look much better.

 

[Luke111]

Picked up a set of Radflo 2.5 with Remote reservoir from a local member but could not find a local shop that could charge the shocks with 182 psi of nitrogen.. I thought about buying a small tank to get the job done but decided to buy a larger tank.. Sourced all the accessories and built my own power tank running nitrogen.
During my search I found Scuba Cool which offers different images and designs that you can wrap your tank with. I sent them the Builtwerks logo
They sent the design print and a clear shrink wrap tube ... using a heat gun I shrink wraped the tank.

 

[MongooseGA]

Nice.

All those pics of the tank set up but... what about those Radflos, though?

 

[Luke111]

Haven't mounted them yet....a local mudder ran them on his 100.. I cleaned them up and had them painted. brackets are in and will try and get them installed this week. The nice thing is they can be rebuilt so should last for a while. Prior to paint

 

[Luke111]

Was under my LX removing the fog lights and noticed a huge amount of fluid which appeared to be coming from my power steering .... I was not a happy camper knowing I was going to spend almost $1000 to replace it only to get the good news that it was my valve cover gaskets ended up replacing both sides. Afterwards I had the details guys clean my engine

 

[jerryb]

post a bigger picture of the lower right, where the relays are. That plate thing underneath them.
please

 

[Luke111]

Picked up a set of the JDM crystal clear corner lights from @ranma21... Added the correct connector making them plug and play and decided to run the orange bulb.

 

[Luke111]

Added Sipertax spacers and really like the new stance.

 

[Flipped Bezel]

Did you put LED bulbs in those clear corners?

Tell us more about that high beam & is that fog lamp sporting a projector conversion as well?

The LX looks great Lou!

 

[Luke111]

Surprisingly I'm not running an LED it's a standard #7507 amber bulb and it's bright. The standard LX fog lights have a small projector but I retrofitted the Morimoto Match Box projector using a small bracket I initially cut out of sheet metal but replaced it with a aluminum laser cut version. The high beam is the Morimoto LED Hi-Lens that can be wired with two connectors .. one as a low output DRL and the other connects to the OEM high beam connector with a splitter that also fires the High Beam of the Morimoto D2S HID projector. Fittting it into the HB location with a shroud required cutting off the threaded shaft it came with and attaching a longer stainless one extending the lens in the reflector providing the space to add a trimmed down Iris shroud for a clean look. The Hi-Lens D2S combo firing as high beams produces an amazing down the road output.

 

[Luke111]

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[Luke111]

Working 3 days a week due to the Covid gave me time to finish a couple of projects. My sub woofer blew a few weeks ago so following LX470 Levinson Subwoofer repair step by step - ClubLexus - Lexus Forum Discussion I repaired the subwoofer in a few hours and will say this was pretty easy and my sub woofer sounds perfect
Next up was to mount the fuse and relay box for the A-pillar Pods using a bracket that bolted into existing holes. Going through the firewall was a PITA,, cutiing the hole with a step bit was really easy but it required removing all the electronics that bolt to the firewall to expose that area. Laying on your back to get under the dash was no fun. With the hole cut I spray painted the bare metal and used silicone to seal the firewall grommet and fished the connector up to the A-pillar. I still need to connect it to power and connect the lights i plan on running to it. I followed @Ramathorn15 thread linked below but used the same location that @jtb517 used in the same thread

Running wires through the firewall

Hey everyone. I've tried searching with no real definitive answer. How is everyone running wires through their firewall for lights, accessories, etc. I anticipate having to run at least 10, 16gauge wires through my wall for roof lights and a switch panel I'm making. Do you guys holesaw the...

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[Luke111]

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Used pliers and pinched the metal together

 

[Luke111]

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[Luke111]

The A-pliiar switch

 

[Luke111]

Just completed wiring the Apollointech A-Pillar POD which will run the switch back halos, demon eyes, XB Bluetooth controller for the demon eyes and fog lights which I retrofitted with the Matchbox HID projector allowing me to just run my fog lights.
The switchback halos can run amber or white, replacing my DRL. I also found that ever elusive fuse that’s ignition hot.... I tried multiple fuses in the drivers side kit panel fuse box only to find it in the main fuse box... NV-IR
It’s the infrared night vision fuse which my truck doesn’t have. A pillar pod works as advertised

 

[Luke111]

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