corolla cruiser: 99 Land Cruiser build

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two days later tires showed up lol.
walmart.com with the quickness

should fit pretty nice.
super impatient, so i immediately went to the tire shop down the street

last shot with stock sized tires thankfully

lol
whatever works i guess

 

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OkAutoparts in Jackson is a good source for used parts if you need anything else for the cruiser. Take it easy.

good to know!
thanks for the heads up!
gonna have to see what they have.
i def need a few things

 

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tires mounted, and wasn’t happy with the sunkenness, so went ahead and ordered spacers for the front and rear.

went with 1.25” and i’m happy with the results.
still haven’t installed the rears yet tho

 

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that’s pretty much it so far.
just spent the last few months driving it all over and loving every second of it.
getting about 13mpgs isn’t the best on my wallet but the smiles per gallon is worth it

next up i need to do some basic things to get it ready to tow my drift cars around, fix the sunroof so it actually functions lol, and tinting the windows so i don’t get baked in this louisiana heat.
lift and new arms and such shortly after.

 

[Manhattan]

Damn impressive work bringing her back! I'm a fan.

 

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Damn impressive work bringing her back! I'm a fan.

Thanks bud!
I'm still way under what i would have paid for one not wrecked so i'm super excited about that lol

 

[generalli]

Front end looks great! The new headlights + bumper makes it look like a 06-07.

 

[OEMGUY0720]

Awesome to see transformation projects like this.

 

[McDuff123]

I’m diggin‘ Mr Pickles

 

[nissanh]

I went through all and everything you did are impressive.. brining a dying LC back to life!

Don't forget to get the heater T's replaced.

When I bought mine I did a trip to FL from west TX. It did 12.5 MPG at best, but after a baseline with all OEM filters (air, oil, fuel), used toyota coil packs (from sequoia/Tundra of the same era), diff fluid and with 265 75 16 I get 17.7 MPG at 75 MPH.

 

[Red Beard]

Dude this awesome. Thanks for spending the time to show your journey! Love the Gray 100 series. Seems like that corolla was a start to something awesome.

 

[thebeedeegee]

Nice work! Love that color and those tires look great.

Did you replace that core support yourself? I actually bought a core support at a junkyard after hitting a deer, but gave up after looking at what it was going to take to get it in and paid a professional haha

 

[CPC]

Nice job bringing this truck back to life on a budget. Looks great!

Pickle is a handsome boy! He looks pretty happy with his new ride.

 

[MountaineerLC]

Nice job saving an old cruiser! Love the Rock River Green Mica also.

JMO, but the best way to repair the sunroof is to seal it up and disconnect the switches. Of course I have an abiding hatred of them, so take my advise with a grain of salt!

 

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I went through all and everything you did are impressive.. brining a dying LC back to life!

Don't forget to get the heater T's replaced.

When I bought mine I did a trip to FL from west TX. It did 12.5 MPG at best, but after a baseline with all OEM filters (air, oil, fuel), used toyota coil packs (from sequoia/Tundra of the same era), diff fluid and with 265 75 16 I get 17.7 MPG at 75 MPH.

heater t's ordered and got a few spares! that was the first thing i was told to tackle haha

man im gonna have to do that too. squeezing out a few extra mpgs would be nice

 

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Dude this awesome. Thanks for spending the time to show your journey! Love the Gray 100 series. Seems like that corolla was a start to something awesome.

loved the corolla so much, but i knew this was a deal i couldnt pass up

 

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Nice work! Love that color and those tires look great.

Did you replace that core support yourself? I actually bought a core support at a junkyard after hitting a deer, but gave up after looking at what it was going to take to get it in and paid a professional haha

i actually still havent replaced it hahah

im prob gonna take it to a body guy i know and let him try and pull the lower corner out as well

 

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Nice job bringing this truck back to life on a budget. Looks great!

Pickle is a handsome boy! He looks pretty happy with his new ride.

he loves it so much lol

i drove a jeep patriot as a daily before this and barely fit in it standing up hahah

 

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Nice job saving an old cruiser! Love the Rock River Green Mica also.

JMO, but the best way to repair the sunroof is to seal it up and disconnect the switches. Of course I have an abiding hatred of them, so take my advise with a grain of salt!

hahah thats what i did for it currently!

i've just got a weird love for sunroofs so i want to get it working at some point, but not a priority of course

 

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sorry for lack of updates.
havent really been doing much besides enjoying it

have been towing a bit more,
and really surprised at how well it tows!

moved one of my buds from Louisiana to Dallas, somehow managed 12 mpgs towing lol.