How much do wraps go for these days? My ash Mica is very raggedy now
What Did You Do With Your 120 Today?
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I'd say 4-5K, I got taken care of by a shop I use at a heavily discounted industry rate. I also used a roll of vonyl they had on-hand that was ordered awhile back for a personal vehicle.
My GX is gonna need a re-paint within the next few years. The roof clear coat is shot (which I may wrap). The hood is not peeling yet but definitely degraded, while the sides are fine. I may certainly consider a wrap, but will also get quotes for a full re-spray in the factory color.
I had maaco paint the front bumper and asked about their top of the line respray in same color (for me black) and it was 2K and I wasnt opposed to it as I wasnt gonna spent 6k-10k painting this thing.
I have a cousin who owns a body shop, so hopefully I can get a decent-quality job with OEM-quality materials for <$5K. That's only a few months of payments on a new rig
. But I'll ask him next time I see him, or at least see if he can touch up the clear hood to postpone a respray for a few more years. It's probably not possible for any respray to match the OEM Lexus paint quality, considering that it still looks great over most of the body at 19 years of age.
Replaced the mid range driver door speaker with one from china from ebay. Its not blown at least, but it does not sound as loud as the other side.
It got rid of the blown speaker quiet kazoo sound i was hearing, but the window switch plate and the trim piece behind the door handle were vibrating with the bass up loud. Used some 1/2" window A/C sealing foam strips around where the window switches sit in the door and stuck some to the back of the door handle trim pieces and the vibrations are gone!
It got rid of the blown speaker quiet kazoo sound i was hearing, but the window switch plate and the trim piece behind the door handle were vibrating with the bass up loud. Used some 1/2" window A/C sealing foam strips around where the window switches sit in the door and stuck some to the back of the door handle trim pieces and the vibrations are gone!
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IYKYK. Black Gap road south to the old Mariclscal cinnabar mine is a favorite of mine. Looove BBNP
I wanted to do Black Gap, but it’s closed right now. They’ve had a good bit of rain here. Went down another trail in the State Park this morning only to get to a washout where the trail just disappeared. Had to turn back around. Still fun though.
My daughter went to the little college in Alpine. It's an area we always loved, but got to know it really well when she was studying there. If you are new to the area and want the intel on things to check out/eat, DM me. Enjoy!
Haven't been to BB since in over 15 years! I'd love to go back with the GX for actual exploring, as it's still one of my most favorite national parks. The state park looks cool but I've heard it can be overgrown with lots of washouts - what did it look like on the ground?
Well unfortunately today the starter decided to die. 2003 with 262K miles. First time I had to get a tow since our ownership of the GX of 5 years and 50k miles. Ordered Denso reman, lower intake gasket and cross over tube gaskets from RA should be here friday with rush delivery. Any pointers will be greatly appericated.
Before you start, power wash the engine (with the engine cool) around the intake manifold. As you remove the manifold, have a shop vacuum (big one) handy to suck up all the crap that will fall (or try to) into the valve train. I did this job on my '99 100 series and was amazed at how close I came to losing various bits into the cylinders by way of the open valves. Watch for small plastic bits from the wire loom, bits of mouse nest, etc. that are BEGGING to fall into your engine. You are really performing brain surgery. Not to scare you away, but you need to be hyper vigilant until the very last moment as you lower the manifold back down into the valley.
It’s been a great trip and we will definitely be coming back. A few trails and hikes are closed, unfortunately. Santa Elena is closed which really sucks. Apparently the road is impassable. Hwy 170 going through the park is breathtaking, though.
As far as the SP, the trail I took got completely washed out when I got about midway through; gaining a few more pinstripes on the way. There was literally a 6’ embankment where the trail picks back up. I also got a little nervous driving onto the riverbed. I would have sunk the whole truck back home!
Thanks, I definitely overlooked cleaning the engine bay.
