What Did You Do With Your 120 Today? (11 Viewers)

[Ignignot]

Installed the rear luftmeister shocks. Originals were thrashed and blown. Test drive went great with the working shocks. Only took about an hour to do both sides. Ended up snapping the old top bolts off but that worked just fine. Fronts are next.

 

[Ignignot]

Picked up a used wheel from a Toyota Sienna and pit a "solid brown leather" loncky cover on it. Looks great and feels amazing. Makes me want to replace the cracked dash real bad.

Also called around town trying to find someone to do timing belt and water pump. Finding more mechanics who dont want to work on the "big Lexuses" (thier words) than ones who do.

 

[wrmathis]

Picked up a used wheel from a Toyota Sienna and pit a "solid brown leather" loncky cover on it. Looks great and feels amazing. Makes me want to replace the cracked dash real bad. View attachment 3771036

Also called around town trying to find someone to do timing belt and water pump. Finding more mechanics who dont want to work on the "big Lexuses" (thier words) than ones who do.

yours turned out better than mine but yeah, it does feel amazing. if it didnt take 3 hours to do, i would redo it but yeah eff that lol

 

[wrmathis]

so i got a box in the mail today and this was in it. can anyone tell me what its for and where it goes?

havent installed yet, just got it today and gonna paint and install later this weekend. also, anyone that has a diamond axle, did they send you a fill port bolt? and if not, does the stock one work? also, for the bolt that is used as a drain plug instead of one of the mounting studs, what size is that one too?

 

[Ignignot]

Changed the front differential fluid with mobile synthetic 75-90(about 1.7 bottles) and assembled the new oem front struts. First time using a spring compressor, worked pretty well. Glad I didnt get exploded. After the caps were on and the struts were assembled the compressors didnt want to fit between the now compressed coils. I found there was a space near the bottom of the spring where it tapers that the clamps would still fit through so i was able to get the clamps off. Also went out and got the 4mm allen bolts that hold the front actuators loosened to get ready for the swap. Just used a standard 4mm allen wrench and some PB blaster and they broke free pretty easily

Also the license plates finally showed up!

 

[wrmathis]

got the axle installed and wired up. however, while removing the stock housing, the driver side shock was completely collapsed. no rebound in it at all. It also was stuck on the housing and i ended up cutting the stud off and while i was pressing out the stud from the shock, I ****ed up the heim joint. so ordered new shocks for the rear.

I also need to touch up the housing with some paint. I scratched it up pretty good getting it in. also, ratchet straps are a god send. used them to hang the axle while i had to adjust the jack and jack stands at times.

 

[Hardazclay]

The Lexus did great getting me to a rainy spot to hunt and see not a single deer. She does look good a little dirty.

 

[DRANGED]

The Lexus did great getting me to a rainy spot to hunt and see not a single deer. She does look good a little dirty.View attachment 3775619

Becky tire carrier?

 

[Hardazclay]

Becky tire carrier?

JW Off Road.

 

[Ignignot]

Replaced the evap cannister with a used one. Used a 12mm impact socket, impact gun(loosen botls), 2 straight blade screwdrivers, long handled needlenose pliers , pliers and a socket wrench(tighten bolts).There is a frame crossmember exactly where you wish it wasnt that makes disconnecting the hoses a little tricky

Using the 2 straight blade screwdrivers to get the hose clips off sucked and was the most challenging part. The trick was definitely pulling the hose out-> while jimmying the tabs so it could unplug as soon as the tabs cleared the lock rim on the hose. This required some muscle but finesse as not to damage the plastic hose or connector. If there is a specialty tool for removing these hoses id be worth $20 just for this job.

Needed the long handle needlenose pliers to squeeze the tabs on the rubber hoses metal clamp. Then used another pair of pliers to twist and pull the hose off.
The bolts were stuck fast but using the impact gun and a 12mm 6 point impact socket they snapped loose. I started with a stainless socket and those very impressive 12mm toyota botls with the convave heads chewed it right up.

Wont know if it fixed me for another 2 days, i am attempting to solve the issue where its failing the overnight evap test and it takes 2 days to trigger the code. Used a 77740-35530 instead of the updated part # 77740-35531. Hoping it did the trick.



Drove around town a little to make sure CEL didnt come on and watched fuel trims. LTFT on both banks is 1.4~1.5%. Very impressive for a 220000mi truck

 

[Maxacceleration]

I put in a rear floor for sleeping inside when needed, and carry gear easier. Good for a 6 footer, I am 5’10”.

 

[DRANGED]

Nice!
@Maxacceleration Would you cross post your spare tire mounting over here? thx

33" Tire in Cargo Area?

there's a sweet rack too: 3rd Row Spare Tire Carrier - GX470 & 4th Gen. T4R - https://crossindustriesoffroad.com/products/3rd-row-spare-tire-mount-gx470

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[zzyzx85]

I took it on Ortega Hwy in SoCal lol. It was a drizzly night in SoCal so no one was really going that fast but I was not the one holding up traffic haha.

With the new suspension, the GX actually handles pretty well in the corners.

 

[zzyzx85]

Not GX related but maybe a little?

Worked on my dad's 2006 Tundra AC 2WD V8. Before I bought the GX, I had bought Bilstein 5100s with OME 2884 for it, thinking it would level it out.

It didn't lol. It looked a little ridiculous with the nose slightly up in the air and my dad quietly complained that it was hard getting in and out of it so back to original springs it went.

So now I've got a set of lightly used pair of 2884 springs and mounts for them.

 

[DRANGED]

Not GX related but maybe a little?

Worked on my dad's 2006 Tundra AC 2WD V8. Before I bought the GX, I had bought Bilstein 5100s with OME 2884 for it, thinking it would level it out.

It didn't lol. It looked a little ridiculous with the nose slightly up in the air and my dad quietly complained that it was hard getting in and out of it so back to original springs it went.
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So now I've got a set of lightly used pair of 2884 springs and mounts for them.

@zzyzx85

do you happen to have pix of the 5100s and OME installed? Did you have 5100s on lowest setting?
Those OMEs just that much taller eh (1.5 more coil winds)?

I'm about to install 06 tundra coils in 5100s in my GX...

This coil compressors are SO MUCH MORE comfortable to use than the janky loaners from parts stores!!

 

[zzyzx85]

@zzyzx85

do you happen to have pix of the 5100s and OME installed? Did you have 5100s on lowest setting?
Those OMEs just that much taller eh (1.5 more coil winds)?

I'm about to install 06 tundra coils in 5100s in my GX...
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This coil compressors are SO MUCH MORE comfortable to use than the janky loaners from parts stores!!
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those spring compressors are way better than the cheaper ones lol

Here you go:

Yes, they're on the lowest setting.
I think it's 2 more coils in length. I was hoping it would sag a little but nope. Stock coils are fine for what this truck does anyways.

 

[DRANGED]

Full length accordion dust boot too.

 

[zzyzx85]

Full length accordion dust boot too.

Did yours not come with it?

 

[DRANGED]

Did yours not come with it?

nope, rigid top boot

Different shock/strut models/configurations

 

[Ignignot]

Had to do 3 hours in a snowstorm between Jamestown ny and erie pa. Highway was "closed" but they werent stopping traffic from going through. Locked the center diff and the gx ATE the snow and ice. Passed about 30 cars in the ditch, maybe more. 0 sketchy moments, even leaving the rut to pass the car gobbled it up. Had the music up and was rocking out the whole way. Amazing truck.