- Overview -
Wanted to do a build thread for my Alaskan UZJ. I made two YouTube videos to go along with this and have been putting off making a mud post about it for a bit.
Up front, my goal for my 100 is to have a vehicle that can get my wife, dog, and I to scenic Alaskan locations. This includes the ability tackle moderate wheeling trails in Alaska, being car camping friendly, and traveling further comfortably on-road to get to these places. This also includes some local winter driving. No build is perfect obviously, but I've aimed at making my 100 streamlined without fluff. Even my 1 aesthetic upgrade (grille) had the *definitely intended* bonus of leaving more space to reach my winch plug.
Probably most would call my use "overlanding", but I don't like that phrase because of all the marketing BS and it includes people who drive vans on pavement. To borrow from the Australians, I think the accurate term for my use would be "offroad tourer". My 100 is also not a daily driver FWIW.
Main 3 Build Sections:
1. Exterior Specs
2. Cab / Interior Specs
3. Storage/Camping Layout (trunk and roof)
If you prefer video, I cover sections 1 and 2 here on my YouTube Channel:
And section 3 here:
Otherwise, it's all listed out below.
1. Exterior Setup Goals:
Summer trails in AK generally involve small to medium sized rocks, steep descent / ascents, occasional ruts, mud, and water crossings that can be over the hood. For my use, touring is mostly summer oriented, with longer trips in Alaska both on and off the road.
Off-roading in the winter includes driving in the dark, so lighting is more important here in the winter than most places #lightbarsbeforelockers. The flip side is they don't get used at all in the summer unless conditions are dusty. Tried to organize this list front of the rig to back.
- Summer Tires: 285/75R18 Yokohama G003 MTs on ~2012 200 Series wheels.
- Winter Tires: 295/70R18 Falken Wildpeak AT3W on OEM 100 Series wheels
- BORA .75" Wheel Spacers (front only)
- Regeared w/ Nitro 4.88s
- Eaton E-Lockers F/R
- OME Nitro Sports ~2" front lift w/ 2864 Rear Springs lifting ~3"
- Wheelers offroad extended bumpstop F/R
- ARB Front Bumper (PO installed)
- Smittybuilt 9500 Winch
- Upgraded X-Bull Synthetic Rope from Amazon with one spare since it's a cheaper line
- 2x ARB Solis Spotlights
- Southern Powersports Hi Lift jack Mount on ARB hoops with 60" Hi Lift Jack
- Alamosa Antennas, 1x UHF and 1x VHF
- LandCruiserGrilles Grille, powdercoated locally, letters painted matched
- Some LED headlights from a friend's shop, don't recall the brand
- 2x Baja S2 Sport Ditch lights (pointing down and out) on Massive Metal Works hood mounts
- Ebay Snorkel (PO gave to me uninstalled)
- Snorkelupgrade.com precleaner
- Trail Tailor Diff Drop
- Trailer Tailor Extended Sway Bar End links F & R
- White Knuckle Offroad DOM bolt on sliders with top plate
○ Spray painted black, with Herculiner for grip on the top plate
- ASIFR full set of skids, slight cut on front to fit ARB bumper
- Dissent Offroad v3 Rear Bumper with jerry and tire swingouts
○ Powdercoated black locally
- KC Overland MCL w/ 2x Amber and 1x white Baja S2 Sports
- Upcoming
○ Panhard drop from Eimkeith
○ Trail Tailor Recovery points up
2. Cab Setup Goals:
Being setup to be space effecient for off-roading and touring travel while being able to hold my wife, dog, fair amount of camera gear, system to charge camera batteries, and having people in the second row occasionally.
- Viper Two-way remote start (PO)
- PX6 Head Unit (PO)
- Scangage 3
- Midland MXT 575 UHF Radio, Nite Ize Ball Mounts
- Yaesu FT-2980R VHF Radio, Nite Ize Ball Mounts
- Phone magnet mount
- Desertdoesit Seat Jackers + element fire stick on molle panel
- Escape Gear / Equipt1 Seat covers
- WeatherTech mats front, rear, and trunk
- Amazon front seat barrier with storage
- Auxbeam 8 gang Switch Panel on Cruiser Manufacturing ash tray mount
- Yeti 200x with 12V car charger
- Land Cruiser Phil transfer case know extension
3. Storage and Camp Setup Goals:
Being able to efficiently access needed items for offroad recovery, camping, and trail repairs. I like my storage setup to be versatile, quickly going from day trip friendly to multi day trip friendly. All roof items must be easily removable to the OEM crossbars so I can pull into the garage when I get back home. Generally, I don’t need to put anything on the roof for a day trip, everything that goes on the roof is more suited for multiple day trips.
Dissent Offroad Rear Bumper:
- Pelican 1510 with air-down / air-up gear in Dissent Triple Jerry holder
- Primary Recovery gear bag ratchet strapped on top of Pelican 1510
- Crashpad Gear Wheel Bag for trash
- Krazy Beaver Shovel on Dissent's hilift mount via mini quick fists
- Sometimes: Jerry cans for extended trips
Trunk Items:
- HFAB Tailgate used for supplemental recovery gear / various helpful items
- Bison Gear Storage net
○ Blankets
○ First aid kid
○ Electronics bag
○ Inclement weather clothing bag
○ Paper towel holder
○ Hanging light
- Fluids / Spare Parts / Emergency Box
- SafeJacks General 8 ton jack kit
- CV Axle
- Cooking Box
- Dish cleaning / drying bins
- Jetboil Stove
- Cast iron pan
- Cooking grate
- Goal Zero Boulder 100 Solar Panel
- Tools Box
- Yeti 45 Cooler
- Freeze Dried Food Storage
- Jetboil Flash + Coffee Bag
- 5 lbs Ignik propane tank
- Wool blanket
- Cot (single or double depending if Wife is with)
- 2x Klymit Chairs
- Coleman collapsible table
- Dog gear bag
- Misc. camp supplies bag
- 5 gallon collapsible water jug
- OEM Bottle jack with Landcruiserphil Extension
- Handle light
Roof Items:
- Yakima Skinny Warrior Basket w/ extension
○ Yeti Go Box 30 for Shower
○ Drifta mesh shoe bag for wet shower gear
○ Kickass shower awning
○ Crashpad Swag, single or double
○ Splitting Maul
○ Cargo Net w/ carabiners and zip ties to secure
- 4x Maxtrax on semi-DIY roof mount (also on my YT channel), quickly removable for garage height restriction
- Yakima SlimShady 6.5' Awning, also quickly removable to fit in my garage
If you read to the end, that's a lot of reading
! I'll post replies to this thread below as I change the little things here and there. Thanks for reading!
Wanted to do a build thread for my Alaskan UZJ. I made two YouTube videos to go along with this and have been putting off making a mud post about it for a bit.
Up front, my goal for my 100 is to have a vehicle that can get my wife, dog, and I to scenic Alaskan locations. This includes the ability tackle moderate wheeling trails in Alaska, being car camping friendly, and traveling further comfortably on-road to get to these places. This also includes some local winter driving. No build is perfect obviously, but I've aimed at making my 100 streamlined without fluff. Even my 1 aesthetic upgrade (grille) had the *definitely intended* bonus of leaving more space to reach my winch plug.
Probably most would call my use "overlanding", but I don't like that phrase because of all the marketing BS and it includes people who drive vans on pavement. To borrow from the Australians, I think the accurate term for my use would be "offroad tourer". My 100 is also not a daily driver FWIW.
Main 3 Build Sections:
1. Exterior Specs
2. Cab / Interior Specs
3. Storage/Camping Layout (trunk and roof)
If you prefer video, I cover sections 1 and 2 here on my YouTube Channel:
And section 3 here:
Otherwise, it's all listed out below.
1. Exterior Setup Goals:
Summer trails in AK generally involve small to medium sized rocks, steep descent / ascents, occasional ruts, mud, and water crossings that can be over the hood. For my use, touring is mostly summer oriented, with longer trips in Alaska both on and off the road.
Off-roading in the winter includes driving in the dark, so lighting is more important here in the winter than most places #lightbarsbeforelockers. The flip side is they don't get used at all in the summer unless conditions are dusty. Tried to organize this list front of the rig to back.
- Summer Tires: 285/75R18 Yokohama G003 MTs on ~2012 200 Series wheels.
- Winter Tires: 295/70R18 Falken Wildpeak AT3W on OEM 100 Series wheels
- BORA .75" Wheel Spacers (front only)
- Regeared w/ Nitro 4.88s
- Eaton E-Lockers F/R
- OME Nitro Sports ~2" front lift w/ 2864 Rear Springs lifting ~3"
- Wheelers offroad extended bumpstop F/R
- ARB Front Bumper (PO installed)
- Smittybuilt 9500 Winch
- Upgraded X-Bull Synthetic Rope from Amazon with one spare since it's a cheaper line
- 2x ARB Solis Spotlights
- Southern Powersports Hi Lift jack Mount on ARB hoops with 60" Hi Lift Jack
- Alamosa Antennas, 1x UHF and 1x VHF
- LandCruiserGrilles Grille, powdercoated locally, letters painted matched
- Some LED headlights from a friend's shop, don't recall the brand
- 2x Baja S2 Sport Ditch lights (pointing down and out) on Massive Metal Works hood mounts
- Ebay Snorkel (PO gave to me uninstalled)
- Snorkelupgrade.com precleaner
- Trail Tailor Diff Drop
- Trailer Tailor Extended Sway Bar End links F & R
- White Knuckle Offroad DOM bolt on sliders with top plate
○ Spray painted black, with Herculiner for grip on the top plate
- ASIFR full set of skids, slight cut on front to fit ARB bumper
- Dissent Offroad v3 Rear Bumper with jerry and tire swingouts
○ Powdercoated black locally
- KC Overland MCL w/ 2x Amber and 1x white Baja S2 Sports
- Upcoming
○ Panhard drop from Eimkeith
○ Trail Tailor Recovery points up
2. Cab Setup Goals:
Being setup to be space effecient for off-roading and touring travel while being able to hold my wife, dog, fair amount of camera gear, system to charge camera batteries, and having people in the second row occasionally.
- Viper Two-way remote start (PO)
- PX6 Head Unit (PO)
- Scangage 3
- Midland MXT 575 UHF Radio, Nite Ize Ball Mounts
- Yaesu FT-2980R VHF Radio, Nite Ize Ball Mounts
- Phone magnet mount
- Desertdoesit Seat Jackers + element fire stick on molle panel
- Escape Gear / Equipt1 Seat covers
- WeatherTech mats front, rear, and trunk
- Amazon front seat barrier with storage
- Auxbeam 8 gang Switch Panel on Cruiser Manufacturing ash tray mount
- Yeti 200x with 12V car charger
- Land Cruiser Phil transfer case know extension
3. Storage and Camp Setup Goals:
Being able to efficiently access needed items for offroad recovery, camping, and trail repairs. I like my storage setup to be versatile, quickly going from day trip friendly to multi day trip friendly. All roof items must be easily removable to the OEM crossbars so I can pull into the garage when I get back home. Generally, I don’t need to put anything on the roof for a day trip, everything that goes on the roof is more suited for multiple day trips.
Dissent Offroad Rear Bumper:
- Pelican 1510 with air-down / air-up gear in Dissent Triple Jerry holder
- Primary Recovery gear bag ratchet strapped on top of Pelican 1510
- Crashpad Gear Wheel Bag for trash
- Krazy Beaver Shovel on Dissent's hilift mount via mini quick fists
- Sometimes: Jerry cans for extended trips
Trunk Items:
- HFAB Tailgate used for supplemental recovery gear / various helpful items
- Bison Gear Storage net
○ Blankets
○ First aid kid
○ Electronics bag
○ Inclement weather clothing bag
○ Paper towel holder
○ Hanging light
- Fluids / Spare Parts / Emergency Box
- SafeJacks General 8 ton jack kit
- CV Axle
- Cooking Box
- Dish cleaning / drying bins
- Jetboil Stove
- Cast iron pan
- Cooking grate
- Goal Zero Boulder 100 Solar Panel
- Tools Box
- Yeti 45 Cooler
- Freeze Dried Food Storage
- Jetboil Flash + Coffee Bag
- 5 lbs Ignik propane tank
- Wool blanket
- Cot (single or double depending if Wife is with)
- 2x Klymit Chairs
- Coleman collapsible table
- Dog gear bag
- Misc. camp supplies bag
- 5 gallon collapsible water jug
- OEM Bottle jack with Landcruiserphil Extension
- Handle light
Roof Items:
- Yakima Skinny Warrior Basket w/ extension
○ Yeti Go Box 30 for Shower
○ Drifta mesh shoe bag for wet shower gear
○ Kickass shower awning
○ Crashpad Swag, single or double
○ Splitting Maul
○ Cargo Net w/ carabiners and zip ties to secure
- 4x Maxtrax on semi-DIY roof mount (also on my YT channel), quickly removable for garage height restriction
- Yakima SlimShady 6.5' Awning, also quickly removable to fit in my garage
If you read to the end, that's a lot of reading
! I'll post replies to this thread below as I change the little things here and there. Thanks for reading!
