Elmhurst, IL - 2018 Land Cruiser "Tiny" - Build Thread

[varun bhargava]

Winter setup is all bolted up and ready for some cold and snow. I'll be adding the TPMS sensors using TechStream as a second set.

I went with the following:

• Tires: Nokian Hakkapeliitta LT 3 LT275/70R18
• Wheels: Black Tundra Steel Wheels
• TPMS: Denso Tire Pressure Monitoring System Sensor - 550-0106 (normal 2016+ TPMS sensors)

 

[CharlieS]

Unless my memory is mush, Techstream doesn't allow for a second set of TPMS. To run two sets of TPMS, it may be worthwhile to write down the sensor ids, or screenshot the TPMS config pages in Techstream, before overwriting your summer set.

 

[Eric Sarjeant]

Unless my memory is mush, Techstream doesn't allow for a second set of TPMS. To run two sets of TPMS, it may be worthwhile to write down the sensor ids, or screenshot the TPMS config pages in Techstream, before overwriting your summer set.

Yep, Charlie is right.. You will want to get aftermarket TPMS sensors that are cloneable. We like the NAPA ones, You can program them with any of the mid-level Snapon tools. Good advice. write those sensor IDs down first too

 

[varun bhargava]

Yep, Charlie is right.. You will want to get aftermarket TPMS sensors that are cloneable. We like the NAPA ones, You can program them with any of the mid-level Snapon tools. Good advice. write those sensor IDs down first too

Good info. Thanks. I'll add this to the winter tire thread too.

 

[varun bhargava]

So far had a couple of small snowfalls and the tires have been amazing.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

So far had a couple of small snowfalls and the tires have been amazing.

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I love winter tires on cruisers, make them a almost unstoppable. Let us know how they do in the really nasty stuff.
I recently put a new set of Blizzards that have been phenomenal so far. And they are much quieter and smoother than the Ridge Grapplers I use in sunmer

 

[Julian73]

Iv got mine directly connected to the battery. I need to find a cut-off switch that I might be able to incorporate that fits the rest of the electronics.

Look at battery disconnect switchs such as from Blue Sea and BEP

 

[timjax]

Nice work! Unfortunately, it's not that easy (on a 2016+ because of the variable voltage), we have to grab the signal from all the doors/hatch and use diodes / solid state relays to make that door light trick work.

Very interesting, would love to do this.

@varun bhargava did you ever figure it out?

 

[varun bhargava]

Very interesting, would love to do this.

@varun bhargava did you ever figure it out?

Unfortunately not, other priorities took over...

 

[AnyMal]

Very interesting, would love to do this.

@varun bhargava did you ever figure it out?

Unfortunately not, other priorities took over...

Nothing interior is drop in on 2016+ LX. Sigh... Let us know if you do work it out. Although recently i found even more discrepancy between this range LX and LC.

 

[varun bhargava]

Installed a Midland MXT575 and took the rig out for some outdoor fun.

 

[ClassyJalopy]

Looking good!

 

[varun bhargava]

Just installed @drkdss's trackbar correction kit. What a huge difference in cornering body roll and movement. For two years I just assumed it was an annoying LC trait and normal, wish I had known about this sooner. 100% would install again.

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[ClassyJalopy]

Wait, did you escape WI?

 

[varun bhargava]

Wait, did you escape WI?

haha. I did. We left a year ago for Chicagoland.

 

[varun bhargava]

Spent time this weekend getting to know the LC offroad in upper Wisconsin. Such an easy truck to drive!

 

[varun bhargava]

Hit a 100,000 miles so it was time for some serious pro-active maintenance. Nice reset after owning "Tiny" for 20,000 miles

• Coolant
• Spark plugs
• Serpentine belt
• Engine oil
• Drive shaft and other lube
• Automatic transmission fluid
• Diff fluid
• Power steering fluid
• Brake fluid
• Fluid film
• Alignment

Any some fun parts

• ARB upper control arms - SPC UPCs had started to fail
  
  UPDATE after a couple of days of driving it: My old SPC UCA lasted about 40 thousand miles and had started making a little noise. What I didn't expect is that the ride significantly improved with the switch to ARB. I think it has to do with the ARB UCA not being maxed out to get proper alignment.
  
  
• Dissent Offroad sliders

 

[nbraun18]

Love your build! I’m not to far from you, over by Park Ridge

 

[DanielW]

I'm in NW Chicago not that far from Park Ridge and have family in unincorporated Elmhurst.

Did you do the Fluid film yourself? Did you use the cans or a compressor? I need to do my wife's LX before it gets cold.

 

[varun bhargava]

@nbraun18 Nice to meet you.
@DanielW Nice to meet you. I had Chitown 4x4 do the fluid film. Was $159. Their team was great to work with. I left impressed.