Definitely looks like a resistor
What Did You Do With Your 120 Today? (11 Viewers)
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Most hobby stores that do rc cars should have it. Mines from horizon hobby. Hell I think Demello off-road sells them too
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to having him buy it for me!!been on break and I finally installed the DV8 cargo net replacement.
Should be a nice QOL upgrade. Looks much better than the old saggy net.
I wanted to also replace the reverse light bulbs with LEDs but the ones I bought were too long for the housing. Once the new ones come in, I'll also throw on new foam for the speakers too.
Should be a nice QOL upgrade. Looks much better than the old saggy net.
I wanted to also replace the reverse light bulbs with LEDs but the ones I bought were too long for the housing. Once the new ones come in, I'll also throw on new foam for the speakers too.
Over the last 2 days I replaced the shocks in my wife's 05' with OEM replacements. Man, were those things expensive! Managed to get them on a Christmas sale.
Getting the 2 tiny crews off that hold on the sensors on top of the front shocks was a huge pain in the ass. Immediately stripped the drivers side one, and had to get creative to both get them out and put them back in. Fortunately, the original shocks lasted 200k miles, and I doubt I will ever have to do that job again!
The improved ride is worth all the trouble!
Getting the 2 tiny crews off that hold on the sensors on top of the front shocks was a huge pain in the ass. Immediately stripped the drivers side one, and had to get creative to both get them out and put them back in. Fortunately, the original shocks lasted 200k miles, and I doubt I will ever have to do that job again!
The improved ride is worth all the trouble!
)Replaced front struts and upper control arms. The ride is much much better on the new shocks. In particular, the active roll dampening is now working much much better and the body roll (or now, lack of) reminds me more of the gx460 i had with kdss. The luftmeisters in the rear are very obviously not as good as the lexus oem fronts but they are at least better than the previously blown shocks. Ill probably cave and buy OEM rear shocks soon.
replaced the old seat heaters. New ones actually work, and they get toasty!
Replaced the seat bottom with a $50 replacement from Amazon. It isn’t leather, and it isn’t a perfect color match. Super happy with the quality for $50. If I want “like new”, then I’ll take it to an upholstery shop.
Seat heater: Rostra 250-1870-TOY ($130)
GXARTS seat bottom ($50)
Disassembly was far more work than reassembly.
The only part that looks pretty rough is the inside of the seat. Not gonna see this side ever. So who cares?
Replaced the seat bottom with a $50 replacement from Amazon. It isn’t leather, and it isn’t a perfect color match. Super happy with the quality for $50. If I want “like new”, then I’ll take it to an upholstery shop.
Seat heater: Rostra 250-1870-TOY ($130)
GXARTS seat bottom ($50)
Disassembly was far more work than reassembly.
The only part that looks pretty rough is the inside of the seat. Not gonna see this side ever. So who cares?
How was the wiring? were you able to just use the factory or did you have to run the wiring it came with instead?
Unfortunately could not re-use the factory harness and switches. Testing with the multimeter showed the two harnesses were just too different.
Wiring was easy though. Needs constant 12V, ACC, illumination (triggered by the dimmer switch / headlight sensor), and ground. All of that can be found around the footwell and center console. Will get pictures tomorrow when I put the seat back in place.
What about the switches... will the ones that came with it fit into the same spots?
They won’t. They’re Toyota dial switches, but they’re shorter than the stock GX ones.
I’m looking into the 3D printed ashtray switch panel from blue dog designwerks. See if they can cut blanks to fit the switches. I’ll just leave the OEM switches in place.
What's the wiring routing to those heater blankets look like?
I'd like to use a set to heat my second row...
Sorry for the delay.
The harness for them is pretty long. The blankets have the same harness style as OEM: the seat back blanket plugs into the harness for the seat bottom blanket, and that plugs into the actual wiring harness.
The switch has 6 pins, and the harness goes to a black box that I think is a relay. A separate harness with 4 wires (ground, constant 12V, IGN 12V, and headlight power signal) also terminates in that box. A harness with 4 wires exits the box and plugs into the seat blanket harness.
I ran constant 12V (inline fuse right by the battery) from under the hood. I ran it through the fire wall and clipped it into the bundle of wires that goes from the interior fuse box under the trim panel by the door, then under the driver seat.
IGN 12V, ground, and the headlight / illumination power all ran from the center console area. I pulled the whole console except for the head unit. Spliced into the cigarette lighter power for IGN 12V, spliced into the illumination power that goes to the OEM seat heater switch, and used a bolt near the emergency brake for body ground.
Those wires all got wrapped together and zip tied to the OEM harness that runs along the driver side of the center console area, under the carpet, and then up under the seat.
Since the main harness is so long, I bundled it up and zip tied it, then plugged it in and re-installed the seat. It sits just behind the amp under the seat.
Everything is long enough you could probably reach the second row seats. You’ll have to extend the constant 12V line if you want to run it to the battery. You could fuse tap, but I didn’t want to do that for seat heaters.
Went up and over Otay Mountain Truck Trail. Going up from the North is narrow with few turnouts and traffic coming down. The GX allowed breeder hip Broncos and G Wagons to squeeze by on the cliff side 
Going down on the South side was wider with compacted gravel.
Mexico USA
Going down on the South side was wider with compacted gravel.Mexico USA
did an oil change, and I found out my 6-month old cv axle is already torn. No idea why my passenger side has chewed through two in the 30K miles since lifting the truck, but the driver side is fine.
Note: the exaggerated angle is because the truck is on jack stands. Front end is full droop.
Note: the exaggerated angle is because the truck is on jack stands. Front end is full droop.
OE or aftermarket?
