From Japan to my garage: RHD UZJ100 LC- my first post and first Cruiser

[frawstme]

@frawstme, I share your frustration with the non-telescoping column. I didn't even know that was a thing until we got this one, and then I assumed maybe it was a pre-'03 thing, but apparently not. I'm tall, but not crazy tall, so it doesn't bother me all that much.

Other PO mod I remembered today was pretty bad LED headlights--fortunately no wire butchery, and I was able to remove them and put some nice bright halogen bulbs in so I could stop blinding traffic.

One other thing I love--the passenger side mirror dip when in reverse (only works when right or left on the mirror adjuster is selected--having the selector in the middle cancels this out).

And one other thing I hate--the hilariously pointless interior backup beeper. I suspect those are required by law in Japan, and originated when most transmissions were manual and it was a little tricky to know if one was in first or reverse, but now they're a little ridiculous. I have looked up how to delete the beep but just haven't gotten around to it. Like about 4000 other things. . .

The seller removed the LED lights for me but didn't remove all the wiring, I took care of that a few weeks ago. Must be pretty common in japan.

I'll have to check out the reverse mirror thing, I actually didn't know about that lol

I think you can pull a fuse for the backup chime? Not sure which though. The easiest is to unplug and remove the black rectangular box that is to the upper left of your left foot when you're sitting in the drivers seat. It's kind of tucked behind some wires that are all disconnected (meant for power steering column i think).

In other news I got my wolfbox installed yesterday, then my windshield button fell off. So now I'm letting it cure for longer this time and hoping it sticks. The issue i'm currently having is that the ODBII on these cars provides continuous power and the mirror doesn't know to go into park mode, so it just stays on 24/7. Think im gonna have to get a fuse kit or something