Hi! I'm not new to EXPO but I am new to the TLC board [emoji1309]
1. 2008 LX570
2. tbisaacs
3. 1 week! First Toyota ever!
4. 94k
5. Bone stock
6. Plan to use it as much as possible
No build thread yet.
First mod was to ditch the third row:
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I'm a little surprised by the negative vibes in this thread to be honest. But hey, it's the internet.
There is one downgrade. Much of the usable cargo space in the Suburban is behind the wheels, so it's super wide (and rectangular). The LX is Tahoe-sized and the cargo area is sandwiched...
Correct. My exact setup is
Renogy MC4 to GZ MC4 to 8mm adapter.
I plug that into an 8mm extension cable and then into the yeti.
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The day that I had hoped would never come finally did.
I was on my way to work, tried to accelerate and the engine revved freely. My stomach sank. I was hoping that it was just pump, or torque converter.
But nope. Planetary gears. Catastrophic failure. Rebuild was about 50% of KBB for the...
More learnings / tweaks / optimizations come with every trip.
I spend a couple of hours getting packed up and ready to go every time we want to camp (which has been every weekend).
First step: get our stuff into labeled, organize that we can grab, plus one bin we fill at the grocery store...
One thing that is super frustrating. The drive-by-wire throttle in the 2004 and newer models. I could not modulate smoothly, even crawling along in 4-lo.
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This weekend we went to Wenatchee national forest to explore the forest roads and do some dispersed camping. The burb once again happily swallowed all of our stuff.
We found ourselves on a Jeep trail with much more capable rigs. We made it most of the way up thanks to careful spotting-but...
If you are just trying run a fridge, a 400 and 100w panel will be fine. Coincidentally, I'm currently pulling 70w off of my renogy. More than enough to keep my fridge happy.
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