YOU NEED A LEXUS LX 470 AS A DAILY DRIVER

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[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

The magic number was 247,020! Our winner guessed 246,683! Thank you to everyone who guessed!

[@jessetakesthewheel]

It was that LX 470 ASMR TikTok that gave it away!

[@josephpagee3977]

Great truck, theres a few weak links specifically the heater core tees and radiator degrading due to time. Otherwise pretty buletproof motor! Looks clean. Im planning on putting a 2 inch lift and 33 inch tires on mine. Good vid

[@hectoraguilar4464]

Those 4.7s last forever!

[@flexapex9801]

They really do Toyota really knows what they’re doing

[@PantheonLongboards]

My wife's got one with about 240k miles on it, and I liked it so much that I have a 100-series LC with 252k on it. Mine is built. Hers is closer to OEM but we added a bumper. Absolute tanks.

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Love mine! I’ve been trying to convince my wife to let me buy her one haha

[@Nick.Pizano]

Dude, beautiful. Previous owner had some good taste

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Agreed! I would have done the same things to it. I do want to add bumpers and a rack to it down the road but I definitely don’t want to this thing to get too crazy.

[@Nick.Pizano]

I’d say go with Gobi roof rack. They’re built extremely well compared to other slim profile brands. Only issue is they’re pricey and built to order

[@KG-rt7wm]

At 9 min you mention you wish it had cup holders in the arm rest. However it should be in the center console near the floor. It’s a pullout rectangle and that’s where the cup holders are for the back seats are.

[@maynardrlogan]

I love how much you love your old truck

[@jwiggs82]

You should look into attending Cruisers On The Rocks 4 coming in autumn, it’s held at Windrock ORP would love to see that clean SOB in person. 🤙🏾

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

I’ll have to look into that!

[@jjuarez83]

Have had my 05 LX for almost a year and it nice. Figure out how to properly use the 4WD, get off the pavement, and test out the CDL and 4L just to make sure it is working properly. I had to change a switch on the CDL because it would not properly unlock and the A-TRAC was not kicking in. Do keep in mind they are old and some things will start to fail of just need to be replaced. My alternator failed on me and that was not cheap. I did swap out some of the door weather stripping because they would cause so much noise. Parts are expensive so just be aware of that. But I do like it and when my daily got totaled recently the LX is now my main ride.

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Good to know! I will be replacing the radiator soon. It’s the original one.

[@brkbtjunkie]

My 06 LX just crossed 245k. With gas being as expensive as it is, I cannot daily it but I do go out to the mountains up 4x4 trails a fair amount with it. My personal advice: the load leveling hydraulic height control is much better than what you can replace it with. It’s the best of both worlds. Good highway performance and 2” lift when needed (2.5” if t case is in low range). You are going to want to follow YotaMDs video on doing a AHC health check. I got replacement accumulators from Japan for much cheaper than you can get in the US. Now it rides like new again. The ride quality on the AHC system is hard to beat for something that size. Maybe a Range Rover? By the way mine has grey interior too. I love it. Also - setting the t case in low automatically locks the center differential and turns off VSC. Since yours is a non vvti, it might not sound great but mine when the vtec kicks in yo - it sounds gnarly. Also watch out for heater t leaks and every 90k miles do the timing belt, pulleys, tensioners, water pump, drive belt and bobs your uncle, the engine will far outlast the body. Oh and there are cup holders in the back at the rear of the center console. None of the 98-07 100 series were triple locked. The 98/99 models had optional rear diff locker but it was all replaced by A trac which is pretty good.

[@davidtodd3144]

Love this video! Great purchase. Welcome to the LX fam! So for 100 series. Only the very early model land cruisers had a rear locker with the center locker. 98-07 LX470s never got a locker option I believe. The 80 series land cruisers were the ones that you could get “triple locked.” A center locker really isn’t anything crazy, it just puts it in true 4hi as opposed to being in awd. You can also buy the “part time kit” from cruiser outfitters which allows you to have manual hubs and make the truck 2wd (rwd) which can help with fuel economy and be useful on the trails. Definitely a solid find dude. Stoked to see the progress on this

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Interesting good to know all of that. Make total sense now haha. I appreciate the knowledge!

[@2x_Sol]

The Australian delivered models like mine came fitted with the rear locker and the sub tank from factory

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

@2x_Sol that’s really cool actually

[@dillonlboyer]

Toyota ATRAC kind of replaces the need of solid lockers, it's the system that "breaks" a spinning/popped wheel sending power to its sister wheel. Not as good as triple locked, but it should take care of anything but the most severe rock crawling. I think this is the compromise they struck when they decided on IFS

[@CoachKramer1]

Just got one this week 2003 LX470 204K

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Nice!

[@reincarnated_as_a_slime]

200,001 miles awesome daily man i hope it will be a good daily for you. As always have fun

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thank you!

[@oztjwrangleradventures5916]

Great vehicles. Very popular here in Australia. Im guessing 278k miles

[@asplmn]

Beautiful! Wait ‘til you check out the 200 series… ;)

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

I already want a 200 series haha

[@oneproudchump8457]

263,578 miles on that baby.

[@MS-mr4zm]

You could stick those fogs in the slits in the bumper right above em, why not?

[@jessetakesthewheel]

246,011 miles. Great choice on the daily man!

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Very happy with it!

[@dylanmontalto5035]

Your rear cup holders are in the center console

[@Montanaoffroad1]

236,584 🙌🏼 Nice daily man 💪🏼

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thanks dude!

[@MS-mr4zm]

I think a gen1 f150 Raptor would be a good candidate for DD off-roader as well

[@brkbtjunkie]

Too big for most trails where I live unless you don’t care about the paint

[@LivingRetirement]

Where did you find this Lexus in such nice condition?!?! It is in great shape; my guess is that it spent most of the time down South! I am jealous.

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Southern owned all its life and I will keep it that way haha.

[@brkbtjunkie]

I had to look for three years in Virginia to find one in very good condition

[@andrewedie9117]

1 mile Bob!

[@fjnomad]

I have lx470 as my daily driver but sometimes I get only 8mpg in the city , the max I get on highway is 16mpg.

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Could be worse! Haha

[@nolanc3769]

229,627 miles. Great looking rig man

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thank you!

[@romaellodfranco72]

Great truck. 277,023 miles.

[@OverlandExpertWannabe]

274,458 love the videos

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Thanks!

[@hectoraguilar4464]

DT headers make these 4.7 Toyotas sound amazing

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Don’t tempt me hahaha

[@samplasterer4603]

I’m guessing 256,000. That’s where my XJ is so it must be good luck!

[@HELUVJEEPS]

267,963 miles on that gem!!

[@yamhammer]

Same platform as Sequoia?

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

I believe so. That’s another one I’d like to own since owning this LX. They are MUCH cheaper.

[@yamhammer]

@@BuiltDifferentGarage 232000 miles

[@davidtodd3144]

Different platform than sequoia. Sequoias are quite a bit longer and have Coilover ifs. These also have a larger rear 9.5 diff compared to sequoias which I believe are 8”

[@solarforfuture]

grab a limited for same-ish trim. sr5 still has sun roof and center/rear lockers. mine has no air ride. $3500. 360K miles never looked back.. new hitting 80K???

[@epicgamer2516]

246,386 baby

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

The person who is closest to the magic number will be decided one week from the day this video was posted!!

[@jasonmejia1338]

266,493 miles

[@brandonhenriquez3918]

285k miles

[@markblandford9346]

238,540 miles

[@StagnantMizu]

182k miles

[@wdmgarage1178]

215,015 miles

[@verywella1281]

Shooting low at 192,654 miles.

[@lukewalker1116]

216400

[@jasonmears4393]

278,000 miles

[@EddieDiggz]

269,969 miles on that Lexus

[@sneakyzz6260]

240,000 miles

[@vstyle1990]

245750 miles

[@GRINGOf10]

ya but 8mpg around city aint a good daily bro lol

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

It gets better than 8mpg haha. My Jeep on 40s and tons gets 8-10mpg.

[@mjohnson4391]

287,000 miles

[@MS-mr4zm]

200k miles probably @ 12mpg on premium gas? Yeah don’t need that as a daily lol😂

[@Rafa_guitars]

This isn’t the car for you if you’re broke.

[@MS-mr4zm]

@@Rafa_guitars b/c it’s antiquated & CAN break & parts are $$$$

[@mariopadilla1294]

279k

[@kekeperez7374]

246,683 miles

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

You're the winner!!! The mileage to guess was 247,020! Send me an email or DM on IG with a name and shipping address. [e-mail] or @Built.different.garage

[@Yasssi]

225,000

[@qgwueirbtbyo]

213,450

[@MrSloanball]

241,321

[@chrisjames177]

227,000

[@vladimirtalijan]

With the gas prices today, no :)

[@BuiltDifferentGarage]

Good thing they aren’t bad where I’m at in TN😎

[@MrCuzincancer]

267,000

[@jeepinwithjake646]

277,777

[@riccosmooth481]

Anything UZ can take an abusing…..daily.

[@erickcarrillo7112]

267,356 miles

[@kyletaylor9774]

264362

[@MarineX]

217,000