Charles4x4

The reflective coating on the reflector part of my OEM headlights was flaking off (yellowing), so I spent a couple weeks trying to find a replacement set. The more I searched, the more I felt I was just going to spend hundreds of $ on a set that...

New AC Compressor installed and r-134a recharged! Got a few more small things, but it’s really close to being100% done. 😅

Beautiful

Before this truck went to the paint shop, I had recharge the AC system and had it working great. Unfortunately, I think the compressor went out on it while driving to the tire place yesterday, so add that to the list. Luckily the Katzkin Degreez...

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And here’s the final result as of yesterday:

Finally, it was time for tires and wheels. Unfortunately, my Dobinson‘s 3 inch lift yielded more like 4 inches of lift. I ended up putting 30mm coil spacers from Slee on the front because the rear set much higher and I really want this truck to...

I forgot to mention that I loved the sound and performance of the new OEM/magna flow Exhaust set up on the green Land Cruiser, as documented earlier in this thread, so much that I went ahead and repeated the exact same thing for this land...

More carpet install pics. PITA!!! While this is happening, I began noticing a gear oil leak below the transfer case and immediately suspected the rear output seal. This is a super simple project on my old forerunners that I restore, but through...

Also, knocked out the passenger door small windows - a bit of a pain honestly! Then tons of cleaning and a few small repairs on the door panels. Then, next up was my least favorite interior job, new ACC Carpet. I went with the same Dark Brown...

Then the other half of my work begins again! To start, I put in 100% OEM seals for 100% of Doors and Windows. Looking back, this was probably overkill as some of the seals weren’t that bad but I was getting them shipped from Japan/UAE so figured...

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Finally got the Antique Sage Pearl LC out of the paint shop: