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[kreiten]

about 3 years ago we bought an LX470 to add to our fleet of LC's

 

[Kabanstva]

Fleet of Land Cruisers. This sounds amazing already!

 

[kreiten]

mission one was to get rid of the gold pkg, 10 bucks worth of plastidip solved that problem real quick

 

[kreiten]

Fleet of Land Cruisers. This sounds amazing already!

by fleet I mean 3

 

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step 2 was make sure my dog Kona approved of the new addition

 

[FxFormat]

First order of business, get rid of those wheels. They belong on Snoop Dogg's hood chariot, not a cruiser.

 

[kreiten]

GoldieHahn became an Ocean Cruiser and back-up trail rig to my 200 series at this point, some 33's and a little love was all she got.

 

[kreiten]

First order of business, get rid of those wheels. They belong on Snoop Dogg's hood chariot, not a cruiser.

sooooo true, I plastidipped them out also until I could slap some new dubs on the ride!

 

[kreiten]

Planning a Rubicon trip for this summer we called GoldieHahn off the bench, bulked her up a bit and put her in the game for our Rubicon run, first order of biz was to get some new tires and wheels for her, 17 inch Methods wrapped in 35 inch Treps!

 

[kreiten]

Full @sleeoffroad skids, Coastal Offroad rear bumper, front and rear ARB air lockers, Metaltech sliders etc.. it was a 2 week power build!

 

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Final product ready to head south for Rubicon..

 

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GoldieHahn walked through Rubicon with no issues, no pulls, no winching, walked that s***! Super happy with the build, upcoming mods after Rubicon, transfer case gears, front bumper etc..

 

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more pics from the Rubicon adventure...

 

[LEX]

Those tires look nasty!

 

[BadReligion]

Does tires look nasty!

Yes. Have a set of 37" trepadors on my 80 and those things are tough. First time I've seen them on a 100. Look like the bias ply version too. @kreiten How was traction of the Rubicon?

Always cool to see 100s (and 200s) on the Rubicon. What section took out the DS corner light and fender?

 

[kreiten]

Yes. Have a set of 37" trepadors on my 80 and those things are tough. First time I've seen them on a 100. Look like the bias ply version too. @kreiten How was traction of the Rubicon?

Always cool to see 100s (and 200s) on the Rubicon. What section took out the DS corner light and fender?

traction was dialed in with the Treps and lockers, no issues there at all, walked the entire trail with this rig! I just swung a little too wide coming out of SawTooth I think it's called and caught the fender. The light didn't break I just unplugged it and threw it in the backseat cause it popped out.

 

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No lift? Just AHC? Sorry if I've missed it somewhere else.

 

[kreiten]

No lift? Just AHC? Sorry if I've missed it somewhere else.

yep no lift just AHC for now, felt like I might have been rolling the dice a little bit doing rubicon with the AHC as my buddies AHC failed in his 2015 LX570 during the trip. I'm going to remove it for next years Rubicon and put on a regular suspension, proly Kings..

 

[LndXrsr]

yep no lift just AHC for now, felt like I might have been rolling the dice a little bit doing rubicon with the AHC as my buddies AHC failed in his 2015 LX570 during the trip. I'm going to remove it for next years Rubicon and put on a regular suspension, proly Kings..

Impressive. What are the exact specs of your 35s? Did the fenders need a little remodeling or do you rub at certain flex/steering combos with the OEM suspension?

 

[kreiten]

Impressive. What are the exact specs of your 35s? Did the fenders need a little remodeling or do you rub at certain flex/steering combos with the OEM suspension?

Treps are 35x12.50's, wheels are Methods 17x8.5 zero offset! I put 2 small washers on the front bumpstops, proly 10mm and then 1.5 inch homemade rear bumpstop extenders. No rubbing through the entire trail, if they don't rub on Rubicon proly ain't gonna rub