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What Did You Do With Your 120 Today? (14 Viewers)
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Just scrolled through a few weeks' worth of updates from everyone. You guys are doing some damn cool updates to your rigs!!!!
Me? Just compiling an ever-growing "to do" list..... :-(
And a big fat F to whoever is sawing out cat converters (Tempe, Az.). Cattle thieves were once dealt with appropriately, seems fair to me.
Me? Just compiling an ever-growing "to do" list..... :-(
And a big fat F to whoever is sawing out cat converters (Tempe, Az.). Cattle thieves were once dealt with appropriately, seems fair to me.
NIce work, there's some willpower behind getting that one done for sure.
Any update on the ride after these were replaced? Any noticeable (measured?) reduction to rolling resistance? Meaning does it just glide better when off-throttle?
I don’t notice a decrease in rolling resistance but the ride is a bit quieter. I don’t think my bearings were very bad, it was sort of a “while I’m in there” as I had to take them off to do the CVS, and figured it couldn’t hurt with 165k on the originals.
the hardest part of the job was getting the old wheel hubs out of the bearing. If I do it again I might just buy aftermarket wheel hubs (OEM nla) with a press putting them together is pretty easy.
My neighbor in central Phoenix was hit a month ago. It seems to be never ending here.
Is your intent to install these on the 470? Didn't think 5th gen sliders worked for our application. Pretty sure 4th gen did as long as no KDSS.
Yes, although it will require some drilling and rivnuts, per this website: 2005 Lexus GX-470 | All-Pro APEX Rock Sliders | POLY PERFORMANCE GARAGE - https://www.polyperformancegarage.com/2020/02/15/2005_lexus_gx-470_all_pro_apex_rock_sliders/
Did a 13.5hr day in it and unloaded after five days in the Kalahari Desert in the South African side of the Kgalagadi TransFrontier Park...
New tires about a week ago, 265/70/17 with a little heat gun work. Then today I did a quick leveling spacer kit. Project went well, done fast enough the wife never knew and was able to drive and pick the kids up from school.
lifted the 470 so my wife can stop talking s***. lol. She was actually a huge help in this job.
DOBS heavy springs
RR5-V wheels 16's
Cooper Muddys 315/75r16
some new heavy duty axles
Timing belt and water pump(previously done at 120k).
DOBS heavy springs
RR5-V wheels 16's
Cooper Muddys 315/75r16
some new heavy duty axles
Timing belt and water pump(previously done at 120k).
What offset are those wheels??? I'd love to get 16's to fit.
they're -25
Finished today, but I’ve been working at this on and off for a 2 weeks as parts got here from Amazon, parts express, and crutchfield.
finished the following:
figure the black and white camo vinyl will have a range of opinions, lol, but I have my reasons...would have preferred black, but I didn’t think I’d color match the dash black 100% and the different tones would drive me nuts. That left me with
1) a different color (didn’t want to have a tri-color interior)
2) a pattern
Really dig the brushed metal look, but was hesitant to use it for my first time with vinyl since the direction of the wrap matters (brush strokes). That led me to the camo I used, and I love it. Feels like the life size tonka toy I wanted as a kid. I never ever want to vinyl wrap again. My finger tips are sore as hell.
finished the following:
- Replaced all interior lights and the reverse lights with leds from Alla Lighting. Saw a post on ClubLexus from @MrTorgue of the Alla light output, and it convinced to go with Alla. They’re stupid bright. I love it. Whole car illuminates at night on unlock.
- Replaced the rear hatch interior handle with Bartact paracord handles. The black and gray match the interior surprisingly well. Snagged 2 beefy metric bolts, 2 nuts, 2 cap nuts, and 4 washers at ace. Washers + nuts keep the bolts locked in place on the door frame. Cap nuts just secure the handle. I want to paint the cap nuts black and cut a piece of black rubber to fill in the gap in plastic trim.
- Replaced the 2 speakers in the rear hatch door with this little celestion full-range driver. Fits almost perfectly in the OEM bracket. Needed to drill out the holes on the speaker plastic just a bit. The plug on one of brackets was bad. So I got this harness from Crutchfield, a 22uF 100V capacitor, and busted out the soldering iron for the first time in a long time. No more buzzing from those speakers!
- Vinyl wrapped all the wood trim. I hated the wood trim since day 1, wish it was the black wood trim. Alas. The vent covers were a nightmare. Pulled them and then removed the actual ac vent from the wood trim to make wrapping easier. Most proud of the shifter knob. I basically rebuilt that thing. Heated it with the heat gun to soften the epoxy and sloooowly removed the wood trim from it. Wrapped it, cleaned the epoxy off the shift knob, and then JB Welded it back in place. Wrapped the whole thing in a microfiber cloth then super tightly with tape to keep pressure while the epoxy dried.
figure the black and white camo vinyl will have a range of opinions, lol, but I have my reasons...would have preferred black, but I didn’t think I’d color match the dash black 100% and the different tones would drive me nuts. That left me with
1) a different color (didn’t want to have a tri-color interior)
2) a pattern
Really dig the brushed metal look, but was hesitant to use it for my first time with vinyl since the direction of the wrap matters (brush strokes). That led me to the camo I used, and I love it. Feels like the life size tonka toy I wanted as a kid. I never ever want to vinyl wrap again. My finger tips are sore as hell.
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MrTorgue
Grizzly Clint
Glad those Alla’s worked for you! I strongly believe in that brand and I especially like these types (the tower) of their bulbs below. I have them in the front and back of both my GX’s and they are stupid bright. The brake lights in the 470 are especially bright with 2 per side. The rear turn indicator bulbs in the 470 face straight out unlike my 460 who has the turn indicator bulb in the back pointed ... up.
Amazon product ASIN B07H6TDYZR
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Your camo vinyl is amazing, I love it.
Huge fan of Alla now. Real glad I stumbled across your post. Their customer service was great, too.
MrTorgue
Grizzly Clint
Yea their customer service is great.
Quick tip, these 168/194’s despite being ugly:
Amazon product ASIN B07G5VWS5R
are MUCH better than these despite being aesthetically pleasing:
Amazon product ASIN B01KXY8UKE
phishtaco
Cincinnati
New tire day. Toyo AT3 285/70/17 C
Lift specs? Nice!
