OK so I have come full circle on this whole thought Process. I have an 05 GX470 with 100k miles on it. Brand new Michelin highway tires and my wife drives it. I need to replace the shocks in the next 12 months and want to accomplish 2 things:

1: Retain plush ride
2: Run the stock tires for now but upgrade/futureproof suspension so the transmission is easy to lift it.

So here is my Idea.

1. Replace the electronically controlled shocks with new electronically controlled shocks
2: Place a spacer under the air bag
3: Install adjustable toytec front spring set like this
Front adjustable coil over kit with Bilstein 5100's

The idea is to set the front springs to their lowest setting and electronically set the rear springs to low so that for all intents and purposes it sits stock. My wife can use the soft setting on the e-shocks for a nice ride and then eventually when the tires need replaced I can go with a larger size, adjust the front toytecs accordingly and then just set the rear air bags to normal or high to match.

Is that crazy or awesome? I can't tell.

 

Typcially "Sleeper" means a performance upgrade in the realm of speed and performance, but I get what you are saying.. Basically, pre-fit the rig for it's next life. I've thought of that for mine, but decided that in the world of GX's I'd rather have it be as stock as possible, or if I'm going to Overland it, I'm going whole hog and changing out all the components to a new system.

In between, will be cheaper, but doesnt really make sense. I'd just stick some more agressive tires on it, maybe consider a spacer kit, wait for the E-shock system to die and replace it with struts and be done with it.

 

so i'm not the only one... i came in here thinking someone retrofitted a TRD blower or went turbo on their 1GX

 

Yeah I was going to say "SIGN ME UP!"

 

I like where this is going...


Not opposed to a supercharged 1GX.

 

Someone on here or mud is working on a turbo kit for their gx, haven't seen that thread in a while hopefully he didn't blow up his GX trying to boost it.