Recent content by RemyRunner

New front rotors, wheel bearings and flanges. Glad it’s done but damn, what messy job. So much new and old grease. Plus, getting that preload just right. Oh well should be good for awhile

Is that crack location the most common spot? I have a tick as well but haven’t seen anything on the manifold itself so not sure if it’s a crack or something entirely different

found a small leak on my LF calipers at the banjo and wasn’t sure what was causing it Also Had an intermittent issue that seemed like a caliper was sticking so decided to baseline and got OEM calipers and brake lines from IMPEX. Never done a full brake job like that before either but between...

That’s awesome. Good job

My factory JDM rear fog lights are not in the bumper but the rear lights on the tailgate

My 04 VX Limited had a cabin air filters in it when I replaced them 1-2 years ago so it may be trim specific. And yes, I can get 90% of the parts for the vehicle at a Toyota dealer. The dealers prices are so much higher than what I can order from Partsouq or Impex so I only get things from the...

Needed to practice my TIG aluminum skills and a friend had an 1/4” AL skid plate for a 5th gen 4Runner that he was not able to fit to his GX. Got it for $300 thought I would try to make it fit on the LC. None of the holes lined up exactly and had to make and modify mounts. Had to grind out...

I’m not a fan of dark blue but that looks great with the silver steelies.

This is the saddest time of year. Doing the inevitable swap from summer wheels to winter. As well as a fluid film spray down. As my friend has said, the Blizzaks on Tundra rims makes it look like the LC has skipped leg day.

Here’s mine About 83.5 cm bottom length, 85cm top and around 5.5cm high I don’t have the dexterity to use the tape measure and take a photo at the same time.

When I am feeling lazy and don’t want to put my rack on , I can fit any of my large mtn bikes (180mm travel fork ) in the back if I take the front wheel off. Fold one of the seats up and roll it in backwards and then all good.

So, while not technically my vehicle or a Landcruiser, a friend asked me if I could do his timing belt on his GX470. I will have to do mine in a year or so and thought I’d be able to get a “practice” run by doing his. Took a little longer than I anticipated. His rad was leaking so had to wait...

Had been chasing a knocking sound for a few months. Did the upper ball joints in June and didn’t have time ( who am I kidding…I was procrastinating) for the lowers. Finally did them last week thinking they were the culprits. Same process as the uppers: the first one took three times longer...

Interesting. What thickness of steel did you use? I bought some 1/8" sheets earlier this summer with the idea that this would be something similar I would like to do to practice my welding on. That way I can make some ugly ass welds and no one would be the wiser.

I have an 04 Land Cruiser that has the bolt holes in the frame member, but not the hole for the receiver, like the LX. I research this a couple years ago and bought an FJ 40 receiver from Cool Cruisers and bolted it in, because I needed something for my hitch bike rack. I’ve seen others who had...