Maintenance Cost/Expensive of GX470 vs 4th gen 4Runner

[GTEASER]

My mainteance and repair cost so far with 16 months of ownership. Bought with 130k miles, now have156k. I pretty much daily drive her. Not including oil changes or the 1 set of tires that I put on which will probably go 60k miles before they need replacement. This was a well cared for truck with a pretty good service history.

1. Battery upgrade to AGM - $180
2. Front Centric premium rotors and Akebono performance pads - $160
3. Diffs and Transfer Case fluid change - $120
4. Trans fluid exchange with filter - $340
5. Wheel well splash guard rubbers - $60
6. OEM Denso reman Alternator and belt - $240

This was the minimum to keep her running well and to be assured that it has good fluids. Of course I've spent about $1400 on some small cosmetic fixes, upgraded HID headlights, wheels, hitch and such to make it useful for my purposes.

At 160k I'm going to do the timing belt, water pump, etc which will be about $400 in parts.

 

[TejasRunner01]

Those prices don't seem UNreasonable by any means. Sure you bought some high end parts but I'm sure you did that because you wanted high end parts. Thanks for everyone's replies, feel free to comment more!

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[TejasRunner01]

I apologize, my last message said "reasonable", I meant to say "unreasonable"!

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[Drizzie88]

Totaled my 3rd Gen T4R and just bought an ‘04 GX470.

Dude, Even if the maintenance is more, it’s worth it. This thing is so much nicer to drive. I have one with equal miles to my T4R and the ride quality is 10x better. My girlfriend loved my T4R but she is so impressed with this rig. We are driving down the highway right now and she caught herself going 90 mph and we couldn’t even tell.

It’s stock, minus the rear coil conversion, but I’m going to start the build on it. Gotta do some research on the best way to maintain this driving comfort.

 

[Drizzie88]

When you changed out the suspension, did you notice much difference in the way it rode? I’d like to lift mine ASAP, but I like the comfort of the way it rides stock. My T4R, even with a $2k Sonora Steel lift, didn’t ride nearly as comfortably.

 

[TejasRunner01]

When you changed out the suspension, did you notice much difference in the way it rode? I’d like to lift mine ASAP, but I like the comfort of the way it rides stock. My T4R, even with a $2k Sonora Steel lift, didn’t ride nearly as comfortably.

Sorry for a very late response. But hopefully for others this is helpful.

I immediately felt it firm up, no more loose suspension, made the truck honestly feel like new again. It wasn't as dampening as I hoped, but regardless definitely refreshed. I am happy with the Moog and kyb combo for the money.

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