build thread

No point in spoilers...I didn't sell it. You can come up with some pretty crazy ideas when you've been locked in a home for 16 months (I work remote). Here's how she sits today. I've got a few things left to do, but it's so very close after two solid months in the garage. So far, it's...

Hello all lovers of Land Cruiser ! I'm Nicolas from France. With my wife, we recently purchased an HDJ100. Some infos : first registration : 11/2001 2 previous owner 280k km no modifications (except a LED bar on the original front bumper) It seems that the car had good maintenance but with...

This is long overdue to document some of my progress. I will be updating this thread fairly frequently. For now- this is the picture of the day I picked her up. Purchased sight unseen with 102k on the clock. Bone stock.

Hello to anyone reading along here. Well where should I start... this is my first time posting pretty well anything of significance online so please bare with me while I figure this all out haha. 2 years ago I made the move from the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the magnificent coast of...

Hey Folks This is the start to what will eventually become GX 460 Build Thread, but before I get into the technical details and build photos, I'll capture a few thoughts here (mostly for my own sake as one day I'll look back on this forum)... I started "overloading" about 2-years back, almost...

Just getting around to posting some pictures of the past year, From bone stock to 35" tires, full armor, ditch lights, rear door table, Updating further since I blew my factory 8”, made the jump to 37” tires and added an LRA and a few other goodies along the way. Pictures are as close to in...

In this thread I will detail how I outfit our 2014 Land Cruiser 200 to overland with a family of 4 + 1 Adventure Pup (Basset Hound). We are avid tent campers who enjoy the outdoors. We regularly hike family appropriate trails (under 10 miles per day), canoe/kayak, bike, fish, enjoy maintained...

I moved the thread to the hard core section: 1-Ton FJ43 Build - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/1-ton-fj43-build.1253008/

Bought my first 40, she's a 12/78. Not a lot of great history from the PO except that the previous owner to him used it in Montana for hunting. I think I made a decent buy although when I got it home I found gas in the oil. There wasn't any I could see when I did the walk around so I'm hoping...

Howdy Mud, I'm back in the cruiser world! Around 2008 I bought a 69FJ40 out of a barn for 6k in Placerville. I got it running with a lot of advice from here (could not locate my old account to resurrect) some parts from @orangefj45, @Pighead in Sacramento, & username Luddite something? Put...

Well I'm usually the guy who figures out he wants a certain classic 5 years after they become popular and decent examples become expensive and the rest are a ton of work. I decided I wanted a 60 bad enough to take on a pretty big project. I doubt it's the most rusty but it's definitely going to...

Hi Mudders. So I have a VDJ200 (2013) and an FZJ80 (1993). But sadly, I have the Land Cruiser bug! I recently came across a 1996 HZJ75 troopy. It seems in good shape. Originally from Chile. The owner told me engine has been swapped to a 6 cylinder petrol Toyota engine from another LC. My guess...

I am starting this thread to document my journey with this 2001 LX470. I have unimaginatively named it as Blue. About a month ago while I was looking the MUD one last time in my bed I saw @CappyKD list his built up LX470 for unbelievably low price and jumped on it...

Feb. 1987 FJ60 Freeborn Red Name: Bean I’ve been putting this off for a while now, but I think the time has finally come to start documenting the continuation of the Bean’s journey. My wife and I were lucky enough to buy the Bean back in March of 2019 from Theron of ‘This Wild Idea’. It had...

Hey all. Im new here to the GX platform and first time Lexus owner. I recently sold off my Tacoma and wanted something different so I settled on this 2012 GX460 in Fire Agate Pearl ( it looks black in these pictures) with the F Sport Package. It had a pretty decent service history with 130...

Its a '93 model. 5 Speed and a factory part time case. Its apparently a GX model which i know nothing about except it has a working sunroof, the stupid climate control AC and a fancy factory sound system Ripped out the junk 1HD-T and put the FTE in, 1 million times better. Also fitted a 1300nm...

I recently started restoring my dads old 1988 Hj75 ute to its former glory. The body is extremely rusty, and currently doesn’t have a roof on it, but the engine is in surprisingly good condition, (nothing can kill an old 2H engine). Yesterday and today i got to work stripping the interior and...

Hello all, I'm a new member to MUD, but I’ve had a few Toyota’s in the last few years. My passion started when I test drove a base model 1986 Toyota pickup. Single cab, short bed, 5 speed. 4x4. 22r. I then moved on to a 3rd gen 4runner. I currently own a 1985 Toyota pickup Xtra cab 4x4 and a...

Just now starting to build out my GX since purchasing about a year ago. The goal is to go for more of an OEM + look and functionality as this will be 90% road/10% off road rig. It took me about 3 months to find exactly what I was looking for: 05' Non Nav - Darker Interior - 125k Stopped for...