IMS are rebuild able. Not worth a rebuild?
How many miles? They supposed to last a lot longer than other with spherical bearing bushing.
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How many miles? They supposed to last a lot longer than other with spherical bearing bushing.
I had about 50k on them, a good amount of that off road. They recommend service at 30k so I’m not upset, they rode pretty good, even tho I was slightly over sprung in the front.
When I got the IMS my goals were more of an overland build, but I’ve got the rock crawling bug and have different goals now
I had to change a diaper in the middle Oklahoma on a random dirt road. I thought it made for a good shot.
The rear-door, drop-down table on the GX has way more diaper changes than meals prepared.
Oh yea, its beautiful there. I can just picture myself in the middle of that giant field. Great shot of the 470 though, I'd work on getting it out of that state asap, to avoid the random tornados or softball size hail stones.
The storms are the fun part!! I don’t think they’d let me in Muskogee though.
Consider yourself lucky.
Wheels and tires today….. Scored nearly new (12/32 tread depth) 285/70 17 BF Goodrich Trail Terrains for $200 from a fella that bought a new Jeep and had just installed a lift kit and 35s
This. Ghost antenna. Radio was delayed and didn't show up with it, so @ 50%
Midland MXT575
Midland MXT575
Part 2. The radio showed so installed it today.
More bumper trimming to get rid of these corners, and also added some silicone license plate frames
I need that hood reflector. Where did you get it? I need to hide my rock chips.
LEX GX470 (03-09) Premium Hood Protector | HD24D03 - Parttera.com - https://www.parttera.com/detail/441/HD24D03/
Was the main reason I got this one, my nose looked sandblasted.
Today was all about water drainage: A/C condenser drain and Sunroof drain.
AC drain extender- this was easy. I purchased the Cruiser Garage kit and this took about 2 mins. Worth it simply for the simplicity and not having the make multiple trips to the hardware store (see below)
Next, the sunroof drain-
The backstory here is that my GX is now a Pacific Northwest ride. The move from Southern California over the winter was rough on the GX which spent its entire life in the warmth. So now, being in constant wet, rain, and snow, I’ve discovered all the flaws including this sunroof drain.
I kept getting extremely fogged windows in the mornings. Recently, I took out the WeatherTech mats and found…wet carpet in the front passenger seat.
Some steps to fix:
1- Fished some weed whacker line down the drain from the top.
2- shot some compressed air down it.
3- tested by pouring water down. Success, the water drained.
But, the carpet got wet again. Not fixed.
I pulled apart the lower trim pieces to see where the water was getting to the carpet. I found the culprit:
The pvc drain tube disintegrated to about 3” above the drain hole (right behind a bunch of electronics). So it technically wasn’t clogged, it was just draining into this carpet/wiring zone. Not good!
Off to the hardware store.
Basically, I ended up cutting out the bad PVC and replacing with new, clear PVC.
Parts:
5 feet of 3/8 1D X 1/2" OD PVC tubing
One brass coupler (1/2” each side…this fit the OEM tubing better and was very tight on the 3/8” ID new tubing. Fine by me!)
One 1/2” hose clamp
Beer
I pulled the A-pillar trim off and started the surgery up here. I cut OEM tubing (which is slightly bigger than 1/2” ID tubing btw) and plucked out the bad portion. Then I fished the new PVC tube down into the drain hole, behind the wiring and computer stuff. This sucked- there is zero room here and I wasn’t going to remove 10 wiring harnesses- that looked harder anyway. I connect the new to the old with that brass coupler and put the hose clamp around the OEM tube side since it was slightly bigger than the coupler.
The hardest part was ensuring the new tube went into the correct hole and deep enough to stay and drain properly. Tested and observed carefully- NO WATER in the cabin now!
Pictures:
I still think it’s strange that Toyota/Lexus drains water directly into the frame; the AC drains right above the frame rail. The sunroof drains into this unreachable cavity of the frame (I guess). I would have preferred to extend the new pvc beyond so it can drain directly out like the new AC drain. But alas, I couldn’t find the way to do it before the beer and the enthusiasm ran out.
AC drain extender- this was easy. I purchased the Cruiser Garage kit and this took about 2 mins. Worth it simply for the simplicity and not having the make multiple trips to the hardware store (see below)
Next, the sunroof drain-
The backstory here is that my GX is now a Pacific Northwest ride. The move from Southern California over the winter was rough on the GX which spent its entire life in the warmth. So now, being in constant wet, rain, and snow, I’ve discovered all the flaws including this sunroof drain.
I kept getting extremely fogged windows in the mornings. Recently, I took out the WeatherTech mats and found…wet carpet in the front passenger seat.
Some steps to fix:
1- Fished some weed whacker line down the drain from the top.
2- shot some compressed air down it.
3- tested by pouring water down. Success, the water drained.
But, the carpet got wet again. Not fixed.
I pulled apart the lower trim pieces to see where the water was getting to the carpet. I found the culprit:
The pvc drain tube disintegrated to about 3” above the drain hole (right behind a bunch of electronics). So it technically wasn’t clogged, it was just draining into this carpet/wiring zone. Not good!
Off to the hardware store.
Basically, I ended up cutting out the bad PVC and replacing with new, clear PVC.
Parts:
5 feet of 3/8 1D X 1/2" OD PVC tubing
One brass coupler (1/2” each side…this fit the OEM tubing better and was very tight on the 3/8” ID new tubing. Fine by me!)
One 1/2” hose clamp
Beer
I pulled the A-pillar trim off and started the surgery up here. I cut OEM tubing (which is slightly bigger than 1/2” ID tubing btw) and plucked out the bad portion. Then I fished the new PVC tube down into the drain hole, behind the wiring and computer stuff. This sucked- there is zero room here and I wasn’t going to remove 10 wiring harnesses- that looked harder anyway. I connect the new to the old with that brass coupler and put the hose clamp around the OEM tube side since it was slightly bigger than the coupler.
The hardest part was ensuring the new tube went into the correct hole and deep enough to stay and drain properly. Tested and observed carefully- NO WATER in the cabin now!
Pictures:
I still think it’s strange that Toyota/Lexus drains water directly into the frame; the AC drains right above the frame rail. The sunroof drains into this unreachable cavity of the frame (I guess). I would have preferred to extend the new pvc beyond so it can drain directly out like the new AC drain. But alas, I couldn’t find the way to do it before the beer and the enthusiasm ran out.
That was a big undertaking. Definitely wet up here in the PNW. Nice write up on the fix.Today was all about water drainage: A/C condenser drain and Sunroof drain.
AC drain extender- this was easy. I purchased the Cruiser Garage kit and this took about 2 mins. Worth it simply for the simplicity and not having the make multiple trips to the hardware store (see below)
Next, the sunroof drain-
The backstory here is that my GX is now a Pacific Northwest ride. The move from Southern California over the winter was rough on the GX which spent its entire life in the warmth. So now, being in constant wet, rain, and snow, I’ve discovered all the flaws including this sunroof drain.
I kept getting extremely fogged windows in the mornings. Recently, I took out the WeatherTech mats and found…wet carpet in the front passenger seat.
Some steps to fix:
1- Fished some weed whacker line down the drain from the top.
2- shot some compressed air down it.
3- tested by pouring water down. Success, the water drained.
But, the carpet got wet again. Not fixed.
I pulled apart the lower trim pieces to see where the water was getting to the carpet. I found the culprit:
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The pvc drain tube disintegrated to about 3” above the drain hole (right behind a bunch of electronics). So it technically wasn’t clogged, it was just draining into this carpet/wiring zone. Not good!
Off to the hardware store.
Basically, I ended up cutting out the bad PVC and replacing with new, clear PVC.
Parts:
5 feet of 3/8 1D X 1/2" OD PVC tubing
One brass coupler (1/2” each side…this fit the OEM tubing better and was very tight on the 3/8” ID new tubing. Fine by me!)
One 1/2” hose clamp
Beer
I pulled the A-pillar trim off and started the surgery up here. I cut OEM tubing (which is slightly bigger than 1/2” ID tubing btw) and plucked out the bad portion. Then I fished the new PVC tube down into the drain hole, behind the wiring and computer stuff. This sucked- there is zero room here and I wasn’t going to remove 10 wiring harnesses- that looked harder anyway. I connect the new to the old with that brass coupler and put the hose clamp around the OEM tube side since it was slightly bigger than the coupler. View attachment 3635201
The hardest part was ensuring the new tube went into the correct hole and deep enough to stay and drain properly. Tested and observed carefully- NO WATER in the cabin now!
Pictures:
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I still think it’s strange that Toyota/Lexus drains water directly into the frame; the AC drains right above the frame rail. The sunroof drains into this unreachable cavity of the frame (I guess). I would have preferred to extend the new pvc beyond so it can drain directly out like the new AC drain. But alas, I couldn’t find the way to do it before the beer and the enthusiasm ran out.
Hauled 80 bags, or 6 cubic yards of mulch, home from Lowe’s in 3 trips. Somehow cheaper than buying the same mulch in bulk from our local landscape supply store. Can fit about 30 bags (2 cubic feet each) in this thing!
Gotta say, I really like how this drives with some weight in the back. Feels more planted.
Didn’t realize the difference it makes with the third row seats deleted + icon springs and shocks back there. Guess it’s much lighter in the rear than I thought.
This may be the push I needed to get a set of drawers installed.
Gotta say, I really like how this drives with some weight in the back. Feels more planted.
Didn’t realize the difference it makes with the third row seats deleted + icon springs and shocks back there. Guess it’s much lighter in the rear than I thought.
This may be the push I needed to get a set of drawers installed.
I always have my packout gear in the back and prefer the way it drives this way as well. I did upgrade to Medium springs in the rear as the lights were occasionally bottoming out on the Durobump bumpstops.
