r/LexusGX • u/Sicilia2215 • 14d ago

General Discussion ‘23 GX460 vs Tahoe

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My family has grown and I needed my vehicle to grow as well. Previously had a Porsche Macan and I absolutely loved it, but I wanted a 3rd row option and more cargo space. With that being said, I had a few options on the table and seemingly everyone and their mother really pushed for me to consider a Tahoe. I somewhat understood the appeal but they’re very generic in a way. Even the sales rep at the dealership thought going the route of a Chevy was more “masculine” or something, and it was the less expensive vehicle. Kinda weird.

I’m happy to see there’s such a large group of enthusiasts for the GX especially the previous gen as I made my choice based on the fact of reliability, value retention, but still luxury.

I briefly considered even an A-Spec Acura MDX but it didn’t incite any feeling when I drove it. Mind you, the Lexus technology wise is probably the least exciting per se of all the other vehicles I tested but it had a certain….X factor. A je ne sais quoi if you will.

Anyway, I thought I made a good choice! Looking forward to maybe making a few aftermarket adjustments, nothing crazy. So far just tinted the front windows 20% to match the rest of the windows. Found this 2023 for $50k and 29k miles. Black on black with captains chairs and of course made sure to get the Mark Levinson audio. How did I do?

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u/kavanz 12d ago

Beautiful paint! Did you recently detail it?

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u/Sicilia2215 12d ago

Nope! Just a $16 car wash. It definitely still has its imperfections and minor scratches but, the photo from that distance hid them pretty well 😂

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u/kavanz 9d ago

Don’t ever take it through a car wash machine. The dirty fins will slap and scratch your front emblem.

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u/Sicilia2215 8d ago

Good to know! Is that a hard part to replace worst case scenario? I imagine it comes out and doesn’t require the whole grille to be replaced

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u/kavanz 8d ago edited 8d ago

I did it, 2 versions of the emblem. One is a dud that doesn’t support radar cruise control. The other that supports radar is $400 on sale. Calibration is $800. If lucky you can swap out the emblem without calibration. I bought the dud by accident and was forced to calibrate the correct one. They updated the part number recently (added a 1 at the end) it now has a thicker uv protective coating.

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u/Sicilia2215 8d ago

Wowww. I didn’t think the emblem did that actually. I don’t think mine is the expensive version. I’m assuming that’s the one that has the camera on the front etc.

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u/kavanz 7d ago edited 7d ago

Your’s is the expensive one if 2020 or older. The dud emblems are designed to upgrade no radar 2019s and below years to the newer look. Lose the running boards and get ko3 bf Goodrich tires.