Good afternoon from down under.
I have owned an 2017 LX570 since new and it has mostly served as the wifes daily hauling our kids around and then on longer trips when we head out to Mullewa/Pindar to see family. While we have done a bit of off roading in it (mostly some rocky stuff/red dirt/etc) it has remained 100% standard. I am looking at slowly decking it out more as a few mates are keen to do a few off road trips/go camping and all that stuff.
I have been enjoying reading a fair bit on here as there seems to be a decent amount of LX owners. Not to sure how many Aussie LX owners are on here but hello to you! I'll no doubt have a stack of questions for you.
Few things I plan to do over time:
Expedition style roof rack setup.. I have the low sportsline factory rack mount on there and looks like I'll have to remove that (seems the cross bars for this setup around limited to 70kg load that I can find) and either mount direct or the other factory rack system then fit cross bars and U bolt an expedition rack onto that. Cross brace + U bolting seems to be the better option so I can unbolt it when not in use to minimise concerns of underground carparks.
270* awning and lightbar.
headers/full exhaust.. everything I can find seems to be for older LX's or for diesel models :/
set of smaller wheels to accomodate better tyres for offroading.
Lots of inspiration on here and thanks for your time!
I have owned an 2017 LX570 since new and it has mostly served as the wifes daily hauling our kids around and then on longer trips when we head out to Mullewa/Pindar to see family. While we have done a bit of off roading in it (mostly some rocky stuff/red dirt/etc) it has remained 100% standard. I am looking at slowly decking it out more as a few mates are keen to do a few off road trips/go camping and all that stuff.
I have been enjoying reading a fair bit on here as there seems to be a decent amount of LX owners. Not to sure how many Aussie LX owners are on here but hello to you! I'll no doubt have a stack of questions for you.
Few things I plan to do over time:
Expedition style roof rack setup.. I have the low sportsline factory rack mount on there and looks like I'll have to remove that (seems the cross bars for this setup around limited to 70kg load that I can find) and either mount direct or the other factory rack system then fit cross bars and U bolt an expedition rack onto that. Cross brace + U bolting seems to be the better option so I can unbolt it when not in use to minimise concerns of underground carparks.
270* awning and lightbar.
headers/full exhaust.. everything I can find seems to be for older LX's or for diesel models :/
set of smaller wheels to accomodate better tyres for offroading.
Lots of inspiration on here and thanks for your time!
