Went on a week long trip around Crested Butte. Shout out to @Killacaviar for the route advice.
General direction:
Buena Vista
Mt. Antero
Hancock Pass (we were here the day before Williams Pass opened)
Tomichi Pass (ran out of time and skipped)...
First off thank you everyone who have contributed to this thread, y'all are amazing. Just finished replacing all four globes and could not be happier. Little back ground. 2010 LX570, original owner with 190k miles on vehicle. Had always been...
Finally got around to doing a headlight refresh on the LX! Put in a fair amount of labor, but very pleased with the results! Firstly, new lens and I painted the interior chrome black. New DDM 35W 4300k low beams, vLEDS 5K V50 high beams, vLEDS...
For anyone interested, tire rack has new old stock 2022 pirelli scorpion at plus LT285/55r20 for $217 a piece including shipping and road warranty. For me that was enough to take off the rock warriors. Pictures in neutral and high.
Long time lurker, first time poster... Finally got my hands on a 2008 JDM LC200 (with a 4.7L V8 (2UZ-FE) engine, cloth interior, no sunroof, no KDSS, just gen1 crawl control) with 51K kms! ~4 months after winning the auction, it finally got...
Surely triple lockers is the ultimate. But it's arguable just how much more capability being triple locked actually is in a 200-series versus say an 80-series. The 200-series front axle does not act open because it's augmented by a highly...
Other notes from completing the fix:
- Pulling the exhaust and the spare helps massively with getting into things. Even still, the underside is deceptively tight to work in. There's always a bracket or a frame member right where your wrench...
I had the gears and lockers installed this week. Took the backroads about 120km to home, working on the break-in. Going on a camping weekend trip to shake things down with the new gears and also the new dual zone fridge that I traded for my...
For a lifted rig, this comes in handy. Or just a great multipurpose step / bench for home and camping. Folds down super compact.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG2Z17CF