Hi all,
Long time mudder, first time posting in this section. We recently picked up a '14 GX460 for my wife, which is an excellent companion vehicle to my 100. ITT, I'm just going through it and getting little items squared away.
First thing's first, here are some pictures from the day we picked up. Houston (my Ms) was ecstatic, visible from the first pic.
The truck is nice. 1 owner (2 if you count the lease before buyout), Florida truck, 102k on the clock. Houston didn't want gray, black, silver, or white, so this was pretty serendipitous to find it on the other side of Atlanta from us. I like the brown interior, it's a nice departure from the tans and black/charcoal.
Before we got her (name still pending) home, I ordered new turn signal housings. Both of the originals were cracked and had water in them. Pretty gross, but an easy and cheap fix. Knocked this out this morning, took about 10 minutes to do both sides.
Next up, we knew the PO had installed some of those chintzy chrome handle covers. They didn't look hugely terrible, but they were installed backward, with the rear on the fronts. Meaning, the touch to lock/unlock didn't work. Well, unlock worked by touching the inside of the handle, but lock didn't work because the cover for the rear didn't have the thumb hole cut in it. So I yoinked those off, discovered ugliness underneath, so I've ordered a set of new handles to harvest the chrome trim from.
Front door with lock area covered by the accessory chrome.
What's left underneath the chrome covers.
So that'll be fun to finish fixing when new parts arrive.
I also ordered a new HVAC blower motor, set to arrive any time now, as the existing one has the not-uncommon high pitched whine when in use. It's obnoxious enough that music doesn't fully drown it out.
We've got a set of OEM all weather mats en route. I can't believe people run carpet mats with no protection on top. Will likely order new front carpet mats as well since the originals has foot wear.
And the last thing I've done so far, is to replace the high beam bulbs in the headlight housings. The HID lowbeams are OK as they are, but the halogen highs were a waste of time. Tossed in some Auxbeam bulbs and now we have weapons. Funny thing, maybe some of y'all can shed some light: when I removed the DS bulb, it was sitting virtically in the housing. The passenger side was cocked. As far as I can discern based on the locking tabs, the passenger side bulb can't really sit upright. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe it doesn't matter in a reflector housing.
So that's what I've gotten done in the week since we picked her up. All else appears to be very good. We may need some outer TREs and UBJs soon as the boots have split and are greasy, but that's about what I could find. I would be open to some help on one item:
The front passenger door has some performance issues. I can lock/unlock the door from the PS controller, but I can't use the window at all. Additionally, the window doesn't work from the driver's controller either. And on top of that, the PS mirror has no power features to speak of, including adjustment and power fold.
I checked the 30A fuse under the dash this morning and that appears to be fine. Even swapped with another fuse in the block with no change. I have pulled the PS door panel and found nothing obviously disconnected or damaged. No, window locks are not turned on. It just seems like there's something not connected, but if that's the case, it's elusive. Debating swapping the outer mirror control ECU from the DS to the PS to test that, but I think it would be a really big coincidence if the mirror and windows are 2 totally independent issues. What does the braintrust think? FWIW, the windshield has been replaced, although I haven't seen any evidence of water intrusion during the last few days of rain.
Plans for the truck aren't huge. I offered her a set of wheels and 33s for Christmas but she may decide against that. At the very least, it'll get some nice ceramic tint and something other than the Chineseum tires it has now. She'll be the new 'house vehicle', which takes the onus off of my built 100. 37s on that truck seem more feasible now!
Long time mudder, first time posting in this section. We recently picked up a '14 GX460 for my wife, which is an excellent companion vehicle to my 100. ITT, I'm just going through it and getting little items squared away.
First thing's first, here are some pictures from the day we picked up. Houston (my Ms) was ecstatic, visible from the first pic.
The truck is nice. 1 owner (2 if you count the lease before buyout), Florida truck, 102k on the clock. Houston didn't want gray, black, silver, or white, so this was pretty serendipitous to find it on the other side of Atlanta from us. I like the brown interior, it's a nice departure from the tans and black/charcoal.
Before we got her (name still pending) home, I ordered new turn signal housings. Both of the originals were cracked and had water in them. Pretty gross, but an easy and cheap fix. Knocked this out this morning, took about 10 minutes to do both sides.
Next up, we knew the PO had installed some of those chintzy chrome handle covers. They didn't look hugely terrible, but they were installed backward, with the rear on the fronts. Meaning, the touch to lock/unlock didn't work. Well, unlock worked by touching the inside of the handle, but lock didn't work because the cover for the rear didn't have the thumb hole cut in it. So I yoinked those off, discovered ugliness underneath, so I've ordered a set of new handles to harvest the chrome trim from.
Front door with lock area covered by the accessory chrome.
What's left underneath the chrome covers.
So that'll be fun to finish fixing when new parts arrive.
I also ordered a new HVAC blower motor, set to arrive any time now, as the existing one has the not-uncommon high pitched whine when in use. It's obnoxious enough that music doesn't fully drown it out.
We've got a set of OEM all weather mats en route. I can't believe people run carpet mats with no protection on top. Will likely order new front carpet mats as well since the originals has foot wear.
And the last thing I've done so far, is to replace the high beam bulbs in the headlight housings. The HID lowbeams are OK as they are, but the halogen highs were a waste of time. Tossed in some Auxbeam bulbs and now we have weapons. Funny thing, maybe some of y'all can shed some light: when I removed the DS bulb, it was sitting virtically in the housing. The passenger side was cocked. As far as I can discern based on the locking tabs, the passenger side bulb can't really sit upright. Maybe I'm missing something. Maybe it doesn't matter in a reflector housing.
So that's what I've gotten done in the week since we picked her up. All else appears to be very good. We may need some outer TREs and UBJs soon as the boots have split and are greasy, but that's about what I could find. I would be open to some help on one item:
The front passenger door has some performance issues. I can lock/unlock the door from the PS controller, but I can't use the window at all. Additionally, the window doesn't work from the driver's controller either. And on top of that, the PS mirror has no power features to speak of, including adjustment and power fold.
I checked the 30A fuse under the dash this morning and that appears to be fine. Even swapped with another fuse in the block with no change. I have pulled the PS door panel and found nothing obviously disconnected or damaged. No, window locks are not turned on. It just seems like there's something not connected, but if that's the case, it's elusive. Debating swapping the outer mirror control ECU from the DS to the PS to test that, but I think it would be a really big coincidence if the mirror and windows are 2 totally independent issues. What does the braintrust think? FWIW, the windshield has been replaced, although I haven't seen any evidence of water intrusion during the last few days of rain.
Plans for the truck aren't huge. I offered her a set of wheels and 33s for Christmas but she may decide against that. At the very least, it'll get some nice ceramic tint and something other than the Chineseum tires it has now. She'll be the new 'house vehicle', which takes the onus off of my built 100. 37s on that truck seem more feasible now!
? Usually it is slower than using your own two legs 
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