What've You Done With Your GX470 Lately?

I haven't seen much of a following for Lexus GX 470's. I'll get it started with what I've done recently. Feel free to add yours though. What've you done with yours lately?

When I first purchased...


Random fun...


A little snow fun...




Roof top tent install...



Loving the auto leveling rear suspension...



LED interior and reverse lights...




Recent purchases. Winter wheel set, recovery gear and first aid kit...

 

Did a little exploring yesterday and hit up an abandoned mercury mine...


Installed the winter wheelset today...

 

Been looking at rear bumpers lately and have my eye on the coastal kit or the 4x4labs kit.

Coastal...


4x4Labs...


@Nimitz
What brand rear are you running? Saw this pic of your rig in the NW BS thread and was curious...

 

ive watched mine sit in front of the house for about 2 weeks. need to fix my mastercylinder and havent felt the need to spend the money

 

I have a metaltech pegasus with a custom ladder. Good quality overall and i got it for a steal

 

I finally started the timing belt/water pump replacement.

Confirmed that all the parts and were present and accounted for...


Got the tools and factory service manual assembled...


Popped the hood...


Removed engine covers...


Removed skid plate...


Drained coolant and removed the intake tube...


Time to drink beer and relax. More to come tomorrow or this weekend.

 

So been having issues with my brakes. The electric motor on the master cylinder was going bad. Cheaper to replace that then the whole assembly. Toyota/Lexus wants $2300 just for the part. Found the motor for $425.

 

Nice. Just saw that you are in Yelm. I grew up in WA and bounced all around. Grew up on Whidbey Island, went to college in Bellingham and lived in Enumclaw for 10 years. Down in Central Oregon currently. Glad to see some GX470 action. Was starting to think I was alone here.

 

@w.adventures also has a gx.

I’m only in yelm till hopefully July 2023. After that I should be retired out the army and be heading back to Colorado.
Here is a pic of my gx so far

 

Nice. Love the white, SO CLEAN! If they made the Sport model in white, that's what I would've gotten. That Demello bumper is clean AF too. What are you running for suspension?

 

Clean looking GX! I have been looking at rear bumpers and have been leaning towards the 4x4labs. Hurry up and ditch the rear airbags before they blow on you in the middle of nowhere on a trail. Looking forward to seeing it progress!

 

Must resist getting a dorkel

 

I really want to keep it OEM for the suspension and am considering replacing it all to avoid unforeseen failures. Not ruling out ditching the bags, but want to weigh my options. My cargo varies quite a bit between different combinations of the RTT, motorcycle/carrier, two 130+ dogs and a random assortment of gear. I like the self leveling option for all the possible combos, but also want to clear some bigger tires. I'm assuming you are lifted or on aftermarket suspension? How does your ass end respond to varying loads?

 

I have Icon coils in the rear with firestone airbags. I had the bags hooked up to the stock compressor but it never worked for me so now I just manually inflate the bags when I am carrying a lot of stuff. I know others have had success using the auto leveling with the firestone bags.

 

Awesome, thanks. Will look into it.

 

I have radflos w/ 700lb springs up front and spc ucas. Rear is metaltech’s long travel coils with radflo shocks. Rokmen rear lower control arms and icon rear upper control arms

 

Removed fan clutch assembly and radiator hoses...



More to come tomorrow.

 

I’ll join in here...... haven’t done much but drive mine the last few weeks. Ended up doing my spark plugs, ignition coils and driver side valve cover gasket last month. My water pump/timing belt is due fairly soon. Not looking forward to doing that one. lol

Recent photos:

 

Slowly but surely moving forward. Removed the thermostat housing, upper/middle timing covers, belt tensioner, idler pulley and alternator. Should get the water pump off and timing belt removed/installed tomorrow, but we'll see considering the football playoff schedule. I would prefer to knock the entire job out in one day, but only having an hour or two of free time each day is limiting the progress...

 

How many kids do you have? This is like how I work on vehicles now. Just swapped over one wheel and had to take a break to play with the kiddo