checked and topped off the water in my battery today.
What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (9 Viewers)
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LvCruiserNewb
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Lubed prop shaft and checked KDSS valve for rust. It's a 2018 and I live in the land of no rust. It looked brand new and the screws turned easily. Still cleaned it with some PB blaster and then coated with grease.
I'm the guy that has never done any of his own car maintenance but owning this truck and reading this forum inspired me to be a man and work on my own damn car. I'm very handy but have always preferred to throw money instead of elbow grease at my own cars. Buy there's no way I'm gonna convince the boss to let me build my giant dream garage out back if I don't start working on my own cars...
Next step is buying all the crap to do my own oil changes and seeing if I can convince myself to do the OEM front strut spacers.
I'm the guy that has never done any of his own car maintenance but owning this truck and reading this forum inspired me to be a man and work on my own damn car. I'm very handy but have always preferred to throw money instead of elbow grease at my own cars. Buy there's no way I'm gonna convince the boss to let me build my giant dream garage out back if I don't start working on my own cars...
Next step is buying all the crap to do my own oil changes and seeing if I can convince myself to do the OEM front strut spacers.
Got myself stuck in deep, sucking mud trying to pull out my dog kennel owners minivan. Then the 18k lb tow truck that came to winch me out got stuck. Then the F550 tow truck that came to pull out the 1st tow truck got stuck. The 1st tow truck managed to winch himself out, then took 3-4 tries to winch me out. Then he winched out the other tow truck and finally the kennel owners minivan.
The passenger side of the truck was down in the ditch, dug into mud up to the running boards. It took me 30 minutes with a pressure washer to clean the mud out of the wheels and there's still some in there...
The passenger side of the truck was down in the ditch, dug into mud up to the running boards. It took me 30 minutes with a pressure washer to clean the mud out of the wheels and there's still some in there...
AirbagMan HP kit and added 10mm rear trim packers
Totally redoing the front end. New axels, LCAs, UCAs, steering rack, and every piece of rubber/bushing up front. 2001 Lx470. Thank God I have a buddy at work who can do everything and loves working on trucks. I hold the light like a champ.
Thanks a lot. if you look close can still see where the chips were due to new touch up paint applies with a brush vs 9 year old OEM.I had my doubts when it looked like teenage acne before, but this looks
The real goal is to fend off the rust.
Sprinklering the undercarriage one section at a time to get rid of the salt and chemicals from a trip earlier this week.
7000ft
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I use this (On AMAZON) with a power washer with pretty good results after off roading.
M MINGLE Pressure Washer Undercarriage Cleaner, Under Car Wash, with 45 Degree Angled Wand
LINK: Amazon product ASIN B07RZYSL1Q
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What did you use for roof rack delete? What did you do to plug holes. I like the look.Big week for the LX. Roof rack delete, side molding delete, installed LC rocker panels (Slee sliders coming soon), and an oil change!
Nice job! What grit of sandpaper did you use to blend it?
1k then 2k then 3k. Made these set of wooden dowels, one set of 5 for each grit. Start with the smallest then move up wet sanding with a spray bottle. Be careful not to take off too much of the surrounding paint. If you give it a go a heads up it looks a lot worse in the process before it looks better. After that I buff with Meguiars, in the sanded areas will still look dull and obvious until after buffing.
Ceramic coating the repaired areas today with CQuartz.
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Finished install of LFD 200 series cross bars with integrated wind fairing. Also have LFD mounting plates that I will use to install Kaon folding max trax mounts in order to fit in garage. That’s next step. March madness is hurting my garage time.
Tommy Dwyer
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prharper
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Replaced my 4 year old OEM main battery today w Odyssey 31 AGM. Finally got around to installing my Slee battery terminals on main and aux. batteries. Added Slee accessory tray and relocated Redarc SBI. Mounted Noco onboard charger which is direct wired to AGM batteries. AC plug under Rhino bumper.
wow! that what I like about this forum. there are more annal people like me who are perfectionists.
kcjaz
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Drove around NM for the week just checking things out. It was a good test of my newly installed Dissent rear bumper and swing outs. Nothing shook lose and it all worked well. Also a good test of the Roam box I mounted to the accessory swing out. It saw rain, snow, and lots of dust plus a pressure washer when I got home. No dirt or water got past the seal.
turbo8
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Replaced the hood struts. Passenger side one lost all of its charge very quickly.
I originally bought some off amazon, which was a mistake as they didn't even fit into the ball joints that came with them.
Oem fit perfectly.
I originally bought some off amazon, which was a mistake as they didn't even fit into the ball joints that came with them.
Oem fit perfectly.
