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Slee Off-Road Solid Axle 100 Series 1998 UZJ105 
- AKA BlueBerry
Close to 200 hours of labor, a shop full of parts and 7 days of brutal testing later and we made one of the first UZJ105's
LINK TO COMPLETE GALLERY.
Specifications:
SAS with Diamond housing using 80 Series Land Cruiser 9.5" rear diff and 80 series front knuckles. Custom chromeoly axle shafts and Newfield Heavy duty birfields.
Marks 3:1 low range gears in transfer case.
5.29 gears with ARB lockers front and rear.
Slee Off-Road 6" lift components as needed.
32 Spline rear axle shafts were converted to 6 on 5.5" lug pattern.
Hi-steer using Slee Off-Road arms and hydraulic assist steering Including a PSC hi-pressure/volume pump and ram.
Prototype front bumper - Warn M12000 winch with 3/8" MasterPullrope. Wired with interior winch controls.
Slee sliders and modified rear bumper.
Enlarged front and rear wheel wells to accommodate 39" tires.
Interior cage that fits behind the dash.
Custom belly pan.
African Outback touring drawer in the rear.
Heavy duty rear control arms.
Double Cardan front shaft.
Adjustable front and rear panhards.
Two new Yellow top Optima batteries connected in parallel. No management system, but there is an interior fuse box and outlets in the rear that is always hot (for a fridge).
Since we did not get the 100 Series Land Cruiser with a solid axle, we decided to do a solid axle swap on a 100 Series US Spec Land Cruiser. The search for a suitable donor took some time, but we eventually found one. A customer of ours had a 1998 that he drove into a ditch and tipped on it's side. The two side doors were damaged as was the front IFS parts. We bought the truck and had it shipped to CO.
This is what it looked like when we rolled it into the shop.
Took a good deal of time to cut all the IFS parts off. We initially thought we could save the motor mounts but after cuting all the cross members off, we decided to remove them as well.
This is the view of the bottom of the truck after all the parts were removed.
The new motor mounts were attatched to reinforcing plates welded to the inside frame-rail.
The frame rails were cleaned up and plates attached to the outside. This was done to have a cleaner area to work with as
well as strengthen the frame rails.
A fabricated Diamond Axle housing was ordered from <a href="http://www.diamondaxle.com/index.htm">Diamond Axles</a>. This housing uses the rear 9.5" 80 Series Land Cruiser diff, with stock 80 balls and knuckles. The axle is 5" wider than a stock 80 series front axle. We choose this axle for it's strength and easy of installing. We did not have to spend hours cleaning a junkyard axle. The width was set up to match the rear axle housing.
We also modified the rear axle shafts to a 6 on 5.5" bolt pattern to allow us to run matching wheels front and rear. The rear suspension was modified using adjustable upper control arms, relocated bottom shock mounts and heavy duty lower links.
The choosen springs lifted the vehicle about 7"over stock.
The suspension was to be similar to the radius arm setup found on 80 Series Land Cruisers. We are aware that this is not the best option for ultimate flex, but it does have a lot of good characteristics. This vehicle was a test to see what is involved with the swap, the drive train requirements and if the proposed front axle would be a good candidate. We did not set out to build a rock crawling articulating monster but an aggressive, driveable, expedition vehicle. We felt that the proven design, stability, and road manners of the 80 series setup would eliminate at least some of the uncertainties of the build.
It also meant we could use a lot of stock parts that we already had in stock or manufactured. We sourced stock coil and shock buckets from Toyota and fitted them to the frame.
- AKA BlueBerryClose to 200 hours of labor, a shop full of parts and 7 days of brutal testing later and we made one of the first UZJ105's
LINK TO COMPLETE GALLERY.
Specifications:
SAS with Diamond housing using 80 Series Land Cruiser 9.5" rear diff and 80 series front knuckles. Custom chromeoly axle shafts and Newfield Heavy duty birfields.
Marks 3:1 low range gears in transfer case.
5.29 gears with ARB lockers front and rear.
Slee Off-Road 6" lift components as needed.
32 Spline rear axle shafts were converted to 6 on 5.5" lug pattern.
Hi-steer using Slee Off-Road arms and hydraulic assist steering Including a PSC hi-pressure/volume pump and ram.
Prototype front bumper - Warn M12000 winch with 3/8" MasterPullrope. Wired with interior winch controls.
Slee sliders and modified rear bumper.
Enlarged front and rear wheel wells to accommodate 39" tires.
Interior cage that fits behind the dash.
Custom belly pan.
African Outback touring drawer in the rear.
Heavy duty rear control arms.
Double Cardan front shaft.
Adjustable front and rear panhards.
Two new Yellow top Optima batteries connected in parallel. No management system, but there is an interior fuse box and outlets in the rear that is always hot (for a fridge).
Since we did not get the 100 Series Land Cruiser with a solid axle, we decided to do a solid axle swap on a 100 Series US Spec Land Cruiser. The search for a suitable donor took some time, but we eventually found one. A customer of ours had a 1998 that he drove into a ditch and tipped on it's side. The two side doors were damaged as was the front IFS parts. We bought the truck and had it shipped to CO.
This is what it looked like when we rolled it into the shop.
Took a good deal of time to cut all the IFS parts off. We initially thought we could save the motor mounts but after cuting all the cross members off, we decided to remove them as well.
This is the view of the bottom of the truck after all the parts were removed.
The new motor mounts were attatched to reinforcing plates welded to the inside frame-rail.
The frame rails were cleaned up and plates attached to the outside. This was done to have a cleaner area to work with as
well as strengthen the frame rails.
A fabricated Diamond Axle housing was ordered from <a href="http://www.diamondaxle.com/index.htm">Diamond Axles</a>. This housing uses the rear 9.5" 80 Series Land Cruiser diff, with stock 80 balls and knuckles. The axle is 5" wider than a stock 80 series front axle. We choose this axle for it's strength and easy of installing. We did not have to spend hours cleaning a junkyard axle. The width was set up to match the rear axle housing.
We also modified the rear axle shafts to a 6 on 5.5" bolt pattern to allow us to run matching wheels front and rear. The rear suspension was modified using adjustable upper control arms, relocated bottom shock mounts and heavy duty lower links.
The choosen springs lifted the vehicle about 7"over stock.
The suspension was to be similar to the radius arm setup found on 80 Series Land Cruisers. We are aware that this is not the best option for ultimate flex, but it does have a lot of good characteristics. This vehicle was a test to see what is involved with the swap, the drive train requirements and if the proposed front axle would be a good candidate. We did not set out to build a rock crawling articulating monster but an aggressive, driveable, expedition vehicle. We felt that the proven design, stability, and road manners of the 80 series setup would eliminate at least some of the uncertainties of the build.
It also meant we could use a lot of stock parts that we already had in stock or manufactured. We sourced stock coil and shock buckets from Toyota and fitted them to the frame.
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, nothing less would be expected of you guys...!
hey as for the roll bar i have only seen a few rolled 100's obviously you have seen more; the ones i have seen only a small portion of the a pillar collapsed; much more on the back end (the new 200 has thicker back section i think for this reason). As you stated in slow roll overs do you think its a weight issue of the collapse and not the actual force from the impact?????
