Southeast GX Broverlanding and BS

stock offset is 20mm

18x9” et0 would be great. That’s what size I’m going to be running.

 

That 5mm doesn't change much...

 

So much for that. The wheels and tires that I want are on national backorder. Apparently every decent sized (33ish) Blizzak is on backorder. WTF.

 

Why do you have to go with 18” for a winter setup? Seems like more money for tires.

 

I can't find anything bigger than a 32" equivalent. I think it's because winter tires don't want much sidewall.

 

Any ideas to keep the Weathertech cargo rubber mat from shifting around? It doesn't really make any sense because I have the spare tire back there that should be holding it down. The spare tire is anchored to the 3rd row seat attachment so it stands straight up and doesn't move. I have to lift the spare tire up to move that mat back into place. Plus I have a milk crate full of stuff bungied to the car seat anchor points. And yet the mat will move around and won't stay centered.

 

Drill through the mat and bolt it into the anchor points? Or maybe something like stick-on velcro on the underside of the mat?

 

Think I'm just going to have to do 265/70r17 Blizzaks despite how small they'll look. On a side note, has anyone on here done the Doug Thorley header install? Just curious if you went long vs short and if anyone has done the SAIS delete/bypass along with it.

 

Ah! I like the velcro idea. Thanks!

 

I’m planning to totally delete SAIS and do the LT’s. The trouble is getting the holes plugged in the head or getting DT to not cut them out on the header flange. 03/04 headers won’t work either.

 

You going with the Hewitt SAIS bypass to avoid check engine?

 

Tentatively, yes. I'm hoping Mat @ VFTuner can find a way to disable it within the ECU so I can do it that way, since support for GX will be in the next update.

 

Just a friendly PSA...check your tire PSI now that cold weather is here.

 

Don't forget your spare!

 

Kept wondering why my steering felt so damn heavy..

 

Good call, it will look like your GX skipped leg day but will be more practical for winter months.

 

Thanks for the reminder. I need to swap my tires summer air for winter air.

 

Make sure you change your blinker fluid as well. Don’t want it to freeze

 

It's not great, but not as bad as I had imagined...

 

Doesnt look bad at all!