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I think a rear closer is needed. Get this, a friend was putting something in the back, and tried to shut the door. It didn't shut all the way, so instead of trying to open it and reclose it, she just pushes real hard on the metal. Now i have a dent. Maybe I'll push it back out in the summer.
Good find @Acrad35751 this is a fine mod IMO...I am starting to regret purchasing GX. Can already see myself dumping more money into this thing that I ever anticipated..
Originally Posted by John00
I think a rear closer is needed. Get this, a friend was putting something in the back, and tried to shut the door. It didn't shut all the way, so instead of trying to open it and reclose it, she just pushes real hard on the metal. Now i have a dent. Maybe I'll push it back out in the summer.
Did you tell her, that aint no barn door???...Think should be easy fix though, I've got couple dings on my GX, came with car when I bought it and was researching sprayless dent removal services in the area and was able to find couple reputable shops that do magic looking at their yelp reviews/pictures...
Good find @Acrad35751 this is a fine mod IMO...I am starting to regret purchasing GX. Can already see myself dumping more money into this thing that I ever anticipated..
Is it the purchase? Or is it reading forum posts? I got the GX in my quest for awesomeness, the same reason I do mods.
Originally Posted by konc3pt
Did you tell her, that aint no barn door???...Think should be easy fix though, I've got couple dings on my GX, came with car when I bought it and was researching sprayless dent removal services in the area and was able to find couple reputable shops that do magic looking at their yelp reviews/pictures...
It also could have been when I had a problem with the door, I don't know. But yes, I told her, and now only I close the door.
Good find @Acrad35751 this is a fine mod IMO...I am starting to regret purchasing GX. Can already see myself dumping more money into this thing that I ever anticipated..
I regret buying the base 2011 in 2013. $43500 OTD was a good price then. Wow, priceing has changed since and I keep spending money along with personal manual labor to improve my ride.
Lexus GX $ spiral with non stop modding
I have to sign off now so I can go to my garage and find a way for my rear gate to swing up......
My my other vehicle is an 07 4Runner and I was shocked when my 15 GX didn’t have the same soft close on the rear hatch.
It it would be cool to add one to the rear just like my 4Runner.
I'm pretty sure they've removed it from the 4Runner as well, unless its trim dependent. I had a 2017 or 2018 as a rental and was surprised that the rear hatch wasn't soft close like the previous generation.
Interesting... these Slamstops units apparently come from South Korea and he compares to the cheaper Chinese versions from Aliexpress/Alibaba and problems/quality with those units.
I have seen couple of YouTube videos for people who successful added soft close doors on the GX. Anyone here did the mod here as well?
I miss this feature in my previous X5 and thinking to do the mod but I don't know if it is worth the trouble or not since it is not OEM feature to begin with.
11-10-18, 04:10 PM
