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Hey guys, I'm a bit late in the game, but I thought I would start a build page for my LX470. A little bit of backstory - my old man purchased the vehicle in 2022 with about 180, xxx miles on it. Many maintenance items needed to be addressed, and I took it upon myself to learn how to work on a...

Hey all, Figured it’s time to start a proper build thread now that I’ve finally picked up a Land Cruiser I can really dig into. Just picked up this 1996 FZJ80 from a Facebook. It’s a bit of a project—about 85% finished per the previous owner. This thread will serve as a way to track progress...

Hello all, somewhere to keep a catalog of my 73 LC journey. I've got some backdated content to post up first... I've had a chequered history into 4x4's due to what's been available locally at the time, but I've been trying to build a daily 4x4 rig that can go anywhere for sometime now. From a...

Guess it was time I wrote down what this thing has on it. I've owned this thing since new, when it was delivered to the dealer with 3 miles on it in August 2021 . It's currently at 61,000 and about to put another 1,000 on it this weekend. I've wanted an LC for a while but as prices spiked during...

Hey all, relatively new to the 80's series platform, but I've always been a fan and wanted one for years. Then I made a terrible mistake, I started researching builds and which way I wanted to take my LX450. Then I really made a mistake and started reading through @jomelo and @SNLC 's builds...

Now that the Beast is gone, I can concentrate on other projects. My FJ40's electrical wiring is an absolute mess and it drives me crazy. Grounding issues, wires sliced / diced, dead wires just hanging around. I am also considering adding an electrical heater & USB ports; so I need some extra...

Purchased our factory triple locked FZJ80 in 2019 for $6000 with 160k miles. It has been through several changes over the years. It will go through major transformation in 2025. I will document the build here.

Hi, here's a build thats chewed up 4 years but pretty happy with finished truck. I'm a small time cropping farmer in Canterbury, NZ, and have destroyed a couple of FJ45s we used as sprayers for 25 odd years, 1979 thru 2005. They never died, the old 2Fs with a ton and a half of spray and rig...

Back story upcoming, but this trailer is being built locally this winter by Kamparoo for spring delivery, and will live behind my HJZ77... For now, the "foundation", as it were... Galvanized frame, 5x8 tub, will sit on leafs and shocks, and probably weigh in around 900 lbs all told. This is...

hi everybody ive been reading this forum quite some time ago but now when i have hilux i became regular reader and found lot of infos about good old 2Ls and 2LT i will post some photos in future when i will be painting the frame and some other touch ups, first thing i did was front axle seals...

Hey Everyone! This is my build thread of my 2nd 1989 Toyota Landcruiser that I have owned. I had one of the same year and color about 12 years ago that I sold and regretted ever since. (1st FJ62 I owned) Fast forward to about a year ago where I was able to find and purchase another one. Found...

I got back this weekend from the road trip to Houston to get our new (to us, anyway) 1984 FJ45. Before we get into all of that, here are a couple of pics.

After years of combing over MUD Classifieds, craigslist, marketplace, and whatever else... I finally commited to buying an FJ62. I have wanted one of these for years, and finally found the one for me. Pretty excited to get a few little things up to par, but overall its a clean cruiser and...

I’ve been waiting to chronicle my rebuild of a 1997 FJ80 I purchased over Labor Day weekend. The weekend started out as a road trip to Austin to check out a rig @ Yota Ranch and then Hot Springs AR to check out two rigs @ Safari Classics. Beau was a wealth of info, but his two rigs were not...

👋 Longtime IH8Mud lurker, first time caller. Was hunting for a LX570 or GX460 that fit the bill for over 10 months. I was searching for a 2008-2014 with zero rust and less than 150,000 miles. That "no rust" feature was a tall ask! My morning routine was to hit Autotempest, Facebook, etc...

Hey all. I have been lurking forever and learning so much. Really appreciate this forum and all the posts. I figured I should probably help contribute for all the others committed to their FJ80 and 3FE. I will probably need to do some corrections as I go. It has been a while on some of these...

Our ‘77 FJ40 has seen better days - it needs mechanical and electrical work, seats and wheels need to be replaced, and much more, but most of all the tub needs a complete rebuild. In that my personal Cruiser work rarely stays on the top of the family to-do list for long, and because I wanted to...

So having avoided making a build thread for quite some time, I think I need to now. I have always had at least one 4X4 since I was 15, which was typically a Land Cruiser or 4Runner with the occasional extra cab pickup making an appearance. So in 2016, I had a car problem. I had a 97 4Runner, an...

. Guetä Morgä mitenand! (Swiss-German expresion to say "good morning everybody") I would like to present you my 23' Hilux LN80 with 2GD-FTV engine (4 Cylinder Turbo-Diesel 150cv) '][/URL] NO mods yet, but it is time to start to doing that. Don't expect anything extreme, because in Europe we...

So decided it would be fun to document my build on my 84 fj60 with a California legal LM7 swap. I purchased it off CL and like to tell myself I got a great deal, but in reality the amount of work this rig needs, its not a good deal at all... I bought it with the intent to make it a family...