I would have liked to have it on ours.

 

We have this package on the wife's GX. The lane departure warning is very nice as is the adaptive cruise control (though we very rarely use that feature because we're both somewhat anti-cruise control, excluding autopilot on the Tesla which I use pretty much any time it's enabled). The most valuable feature out of that package is the pre-collision system. It has saved our butts more than a few times, and the one time we did have an incident (deer darted out in front of the vehicle on a rural road and we could do nothing to avoid it), the car greatly minimized the impact and the damage. I highly recommend getting the package if you're special ordering a luxury model and agree that it would be nice if it was offered on the lower packages as well (getting that package was really the only reason we chose the luxury trim, which I guess means their strategy is working).

 

DLW is a waste of time. All of the rest is nice. The cameras could use a better birds eye view.

 

I think in other markets both sides have the cameras instead of just the passenger side.

 

Hear me out..... I was searching online and might have found something interesting. If someone can read Russian, your help would be greatly appreciated. Google translate can only do so much.

There is a Russian Club Lexus forum. It doesn't look like there is much activity but has something of interest. It looks like someone there added features of the driver support package onto his vehicle. The main post was about parking sensors, but I think the individual Dmitry_N may have added the front and side view cameras along with getting crawl control/ multi terrain to work. They mention a Driving support switch control (located above the glovebox) on page 3 of the forum thread. The part number when googled shows as a $200 item here in the US.

Link is below.
Page 1 has a bunch of part numbers for the modifcation
Page 3 and 4 have information that may indicate that he added the Driver support options.
https://club-lexus.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53823


There is another thread advertising a service with the installation of extra cameras and getting parking sensors to work. The OEM cameras are expensive (around $7-800), but aftermarket cameras on aliexpress or taobao are drastically cheaper.
https://club-lexus.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42398

This thread has part numbers for the GX and the 150 Prado.
https://club-lexus.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?t=72929

If (and this is a big if), the driving support switch module is added, does this mean we can have an a la carte choice of adding some additional features?

Note:
Those forum posts are dated around 2010-2012. I think they should apply to all years of the current generation though.


Quick Reference:
Driver support includes the following
Wide-view Front and Side Monitor system,
High-Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control,
Lane Departure Alert,
Crawl Control
Intelligent High beams
and... the moving lines on the backup camera???

 

Driver support includes the following
Wide-view Front and Side Monitor system,
High-Speed Dynamic Radar Cruise Control,
Lane Departure Alert,
Crawl Control
Intelligent High beams
and... the moving lines on the backup camera???

Without further insight on how they did this, I can say that at most of those features would require a sensor initiation/calibration from a person with the know and hardware. Dont know if this still exists but, 360 camera stitching back a couple years ago required the cameras and body modules to be installed and then manually calibrated to ensure picture quality. Same thing with LDA systems and DRCCs.

If this is possible with say Techstream and some plug and play modules then keep me updated.

 

impossible to add DS package.
Its integrated with everything on the suv and it requires knowing toyota codes, which no body can possibly crack.
Also, the Lexus symbol on front is different than all others due to the radar mechanism.

 

 

Agree with Acrad35751 that its not completely impossible, but alot of effort. For instance camera integration without the 360 stitching is possible I believe at least front view, with a beat sonic adapter.
The Radar Cruise,LDA tougher for sure

 

LOL....u must be smarter than lexus right?

BTW, the camera used above isnt even the actual camera on the DS package - its a knock off.

Do everyone a favor and just wait for next generation GX or whatever is coming. I would hate for some idiot to wreck their SUV and kill me in process because they 'added on' the DS package.
It would never pass state inspection here anyway.

 

I just want my crawl control... hopefully not too much of danger at 5MPH max speed :-)

 

Camera quality is meh, Its not like Lexus is using a 4K sensor thats proprietary to them, they source same 480p sensors found in the knockoffs. Its of course up to DIYer to understand the limits of off the shelf components tho

 

Dangerous and risky of course. If your going to, I`d pick up a shop manual or the online TIS to see what and how is need to integrate the modules, and switches

 

Hey all,

So I'm going to be getting a GX within the next twelve months as the family is growing and the e91 just doesn't cut it anymore. That being said -- a 360° camera system is essentially essential for a vehicle of this size so my wife feels comfortable manoeuvring it when space is tight.

I am looking on AutoTrader and the "Driver Support Package" on Luxury-trimmed models is basically non-existent. On all of AutoTrader -- nationwide -- there is only one available in PA with the 360° camera system under $40k.

Am I missing something here, bad timing, etc., etc., or is there a reason these (seemingly really useful and practical) options never came with these cars?

EDIT: Question 2: The GX460 is also available in the Russian market -- are the Russian GXs and American GXs built in the same factory?

Best,

Gat