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So I found this mysterious lines related to braking, can anyone identify them? It connects to the diff housing, but there's another part of it that goes no where. Discovered after I removed the tray.

Hi, I recently picked up a 75 series to restore and use as my daily. It has a 2h, it is ex-mines so one of the compliance plates is missing. Is anyone able to point me in the right direction to locate the chassis number, so I can get a new one done?

Finally got repairs done on the new to me 570. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/new-2011-lx570-issues.1213545/ Now on to the build. Going with custom front bumper with the APEX Badland 12,000lb winch, sliders, and rear bumper with tire carrier and 2 jerry cans. I plan on building some sort...

Well looks like I'm finally getting around to this. To start, I'm 19 and have owned my cruiser around ~1 year now. My dad has owned and sold upwards of twenty 40s, 60s, and 80s series so that's where my passion comes from. Anyway, last year I found this clean 1996 FZJ80 in Texas and hopped on...

Whether it is a good or bad idea has yet to be seen, but I was able to purchase an old 1992 75 Series 1HZ troopy. Mechanically seems legit at first glance, body and interior are a bit rough but those should be easy fixes as the interior is pretty sparse to begin with. I am rookie with dealing...

So I picked up my '78 40 with the F55 engine and the 4 carbs about a month ago and trailered it back from Idaho. From the mountains to the sea. So far I've: - Replaced horrible skull shifter knobs with OEM - Repainted the emblems - Rebuilt rear drum brakes and wheel cylinders - Installed points...

I bought a new white 2018 LC200 (Stigr) to travel with family in North America, South America, and maybe overseas. I have two kids, and my significant other has two kids. Stigr is my chosen means to create experiences with them. I needed to figure out how to carry as many as 6 people and their...

While I have never really thought about doing a build thread, I have recently had a couple of requests to compile one and figured that I'd oblige. Also, I have exhausted other ways to spend my free time these days. Hopefully something I post in here will be as useful to somebody as the many...

80 Series Adventure Rig Build! Well, after selling my 100 Series (see my other build thread) a couple of years ago, I decided I wanted a return to the Cruiser Life. Here in New Zealand, a lot of our back-country areas are laden with braided river beds, deep river crossing, and large...

Hey all, I started here with my FJ80 build but then recently picked up a GX 470 for the fam: This is mostly going to be an ownership project thread, but I figure the more info collected here, the merrier! Just getting this thread started because otherwise all the stuff I'm doing just piles...

Hey everyone! I’ve been lurking the forums for a long time now, and made my account a week after picking up a totally babied 100 series from my best friend. I’ve actually migrated to ih8mud from T4R.org where I had my build thread for my 3rd gen 4runner. If you are interested in that rather...

Its honestly kinda crazy how long its taken me to start this build thread of my 80, But better sooner then never right? A little back story about me and the 80. Dad bought the 80 back in late 2007 early 2008, honestly too young at the time to remember exactly when from a doctor who bough it for...

I purchased a 2000 kdj95 with 149000kms from a japanese auction house through PacificCoastAuto and I imported it in Vancouver. It was a fun process. It was ready to pick up from the docks on Dec 25. One of the best days ever. Car started no problem. Drove it home in the thickest of Vancouver...

My kids named it The Turtle, for the half-gone and faded out Marlin Crawler sticker on the back. I picked it up a few weeks ago from Kentucky. The truck lived some or maybe all of its life in GA. It's a woods truck, for sure, and well suited as such. Body is rusty, but frame is solid. Drivetrain...

I purchased this 2015 LX about a year ago after searching for about 6 months. It was a single owner (60 year old female executive) that never saw dirt with 55k miles on it for $40k. I went from a '95 Grand Cherokee (2" lift on 31" shoes) to a '06 IS350, to a '13 GS350, and now this beast. It's...

I should have started this thread last year, but here it goes: After owning two Land Rovers, it was time to throw in the towel. I found a 3x locked ‘97 in Steamboat Springs last year and pulled the trigger. The previous owner had already outfitted the truck pretty well with ARB and Slee...

Hi all, after lurking and voraciously consuming all the amazing content in these forums I'm taking the plunge to do my first forum post as what I hope turns out to be a build thread :poof: While new to MUD I'm not new to overlanding, having traveled a lot of Africa in an old Series iii 109...

This is to capture my 2nd and true off-road built car. I have been "off-road" in my subaru FXT 18 with locker and enjoying few thou-shalt-not-do in AWD in Death Valley (Ascending Lippincott, Mengel Pass), Joshua Tree (Old Dale rd); Oriflame, and few others around California, AZ. Through this...

Hello everyone, Wanted to start a build thread for a while and being stuck at home because of COVID-19 seems to be a good reason/excuse. I bought my 97 Locked FZJ80 on June 16,2018. It was my graduation ceremony day for my bachelor's, but whos gonna spend money and waste a day for that? not...

I found this 60 over a year ago, where it sat for the last 16 years. It took a while to cut the trees and brush around it before it could be pulled out. Since then, I've gone back and forth so many times as to whether it is even worth saving or if I should part it out. I've decided to at least...