What Did You Do With Your 120 Today?

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I installed a gear bag that hangs on a tire, on the exterior generally.
My tire rides in the interior, thus a great way to utilize vertical space.
I sleep in the left area…

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Nothing exciting this week. Finally able to walk again after like 8 weeks (right foot/leg surgery). Had to jump the truck off, practiced driving a bit and charged it up. Swapped the reverse lights out for some Diode Dynamic LEDs. Also found that my driver turn signal amber reflector broke off in the HL, so i guess thats just gonna stay for now. Changed the PCV valve. Old one was pretty gunked up but still moved a bit, went ahead and replaced it. Still got spark plugs, dash cam, diff breather and AC drain to do this week. Have a repair kit for the subwoofer but dont feel like dragging the gear and rear drawers out in an apartment complex to deal with that. Just feels good to not be stuck in bed any more lol.
 
rwhockey29 said:
Nothing exciting this week. Finally able to walk again after like 8 weeks (right foot/leg surgery). Had to jump the truck off, practiced driving a bit and charged it up. Swapped the reverse lights out for some Diode Dynamic LEDs. Also found that my driver turn signal amber reflector broke off in the HL, so i guess thats just gonna stay for now. Changed the PCV valve. Old one was pretty gunked up but still moved a bit, went ahead and replaced it. Still got spark plugs, dash cam, diff breather and AC drain to do this week. Have a repair kit for the subwoofer but dont feel like dragging the gear and rear drawers out in an apartment complex to deal with that. Just feels good to not be stuck in bed any more lol.
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That leg surgery will get you, had a similar experience early fall of this year. Heal up.
 
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Got the front cam installed. 4k, wifi works on the phone, just need to run the rear camera. Really happy wit hthe video quality.

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Also, while replacing the PCV and checking filters I noticed this wire/module mounted to the side of the air box. never thought anything of it but got curious today. Purple wire runs up the core support up the driver fender before i lose sight of it. Is this an SAIS bypass kit? Seems to match the Hewitt gen 1 pretty close.

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That's definitely a Hewitt kit. If it ends up running weird (high or low fuel trims, engine cutting out, or MAF codes), the Hewitt would be the first suspect I'd investigate. The kits splice into the MAF wiring which is very sensitive and they can cause all sorts of issues.
 
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That's definitely a Hewitt kit. If it ends up running weird (high or low fuel trims, engine cutting out, or MAF codes), the Hewitt would be the first suspect I'd investigate. The kits splice into the MAF wiring which is very sensitive and they can cause all sorts of issues.
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No issues so far, previous owner installed it but didnt mention it. Him doing preventative maintenance tracks though, he kept receipts all the way down to taking the truck to Lexus to replace a key fob battery.
 
my driver side CV axle went out completely while doing a k turn in a parking lot. I would guess it had something to do with either its positioning or being pulled out too far while i was changing out my LCAs back in November. Either way, grateful i had them installed with a lifetime warranty when i first had them done 70k ago right after i purchased the car, as this was second time I’ve had them replaced. This was the first time she left us stranded! Not bad for 190k.
 
I put on the JW rear swing out tire carrier a few weeks past and I finally finished up the electrical. Extended the license plate light and extended the rear back up camera. Works like a champ and the wiring wasnt that bad (just had to draw out which color to what and make sure I took picts of stock wires compared to pigtail and wire extension colors).
 
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Sold the GX470 to an auto enthusiast. Hopefully he joins here to share updates. Gurl Bye.

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sad to see you go. glad to hear it went to an enthusiast.

a little bit of action with the project car (and it was my first time towing anything):
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My 03 just recently hit 262K miles. I'm going to be replacing all the coil packs (Denso) as preventative maintance. It got me thinking if there is any advantage to replacing the upstream 02 sensors and fuel pump too. At the moment no codes. Any thoughts? Apart of me says don't fix what ain't broken.
 
AmericanKing said:
My 03 just recently hit 262K miles. I'm going to be replacing all the coil packs (Denso) as preventative maintance. It got me thinking if there is any advantage to replacing the upstream 02 sensors and fuel pump too. At the moment no codes. Any thoughts? Apart of me says don't fix what ain't broken.
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I recently replaced the rubber boots and seals on all my factory coil packs and picked up 2 Denso units to keep in the GX as backups. I plan on sticking with them until they fail. I got a great price and free shipping from Home Depot of all places.

I'm all about preventative maintenance and having that peace of mind but doing that also gets real expensive. For the O2 sensors I'm waiting until they fail. If it's safety related or will leave me stranded then I'll do preventative replacing. But if I can get home then I'll let it ride. The starter is the big item that worries me as it would leave you stranded but also substantial job for preventative maintance.
 
Fixed the oddest issue I've had on this rig so far. After driving through the snow last week, an odd grinding sound started when coming to a stop and while stopped at a light. No noise in Park or Neutral, but Drive and Reverse this sound would appear. Never noticed it over bumps or while driving, it was only while coming to a stop and while stopped. Got under the car and nothing was obvious while it was running. Let it cool down a bit and started poking around and sure enough the exhaust heat shield had cracked around the rear mounting bolt, and it was just flopping around. Fixed with a fender washer and a new nut and all is silent again!
 
I recently bought an 06 in Reno with 138,000 miles on it in primo condition, and had a metal tech front bumper with winch, rear bumper with tire carrier by Metal tech, a Westcott roof rack, a 2' lift with pizza cutter 255 Wildpeak AT 4's added and topped it off with the OTT mild tune. I LOVE the way this thing drives- I'm not too heavy on the throttle, but with that being said I often find myself going 75-80mph on I80 to and from Reno. The powerband is awesome, when I need throttle I just drop the throttle a little and I'm off.... and the best thing is I am getting almost 17 miles to the gallon (which is guess is pretty good for these things). All and all, I couldn't be happier; I am a seriously hooked Lexus guy now

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Sunman said:
I recently bought an 06 in Reno with 138,000 miles on it in primo condition, and had a metal tech front bumper with winch, rear bumper with tire carrier by Metal tech, a Westcott roof rack, a 2' lift with pizza cutter 255 Wildpeak AT 4's added and topped it off with the OTT mild tune. I LOVE the way this thing drives- I'm not too heavy on the throttle, but with that being said I often find myself going 75-80mph on I80 to and from Reno. The powerband is awesome, when I need throttle I just drop the throttle a little and I'm off.... and the best thing is I am getting almost 17 miles to the gallon (which is guess is pretty good for these things). All and all, I couldn't be happier; I am a seriously hooked Lexus guy now

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Info on the OTT mild tune.......was it an ECU flash?
If you don't mind the cost...thx
 
Swapped to summer tires. Rotated in an X pattern. Will be doing the dashboard and the hvac flaps this summer.
 
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