Aloha! I live in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Been back here since 2012. Moving to Idaho later this year. Just discovered this site / forum randomly today through a craigslist post of all places (a story for another time). Funny thing is my last car was a tesla model 3 (super fun to drive, nice to not buy gas for almost a year!). Had it for 10-11 months. Sold it for $1k less than I bought it for so I could use the funds towards buying an investment property in Idaho. My very first car was a 1970 Ford Bronco (paid $500 for it in 1994). Have since had about 30-40 cars over the years, but never a Cruiser, til now. Been driving the Landcruiser since December 2020, when I sold the Tesla.
Purchased my 2000 100 series with about 127k miles for $10k, from my parents actually (they bought it new for $51k). Since they no longer have any property in Hawaii, they were trying to decide what to do with the Landcruiser, which they kept here to use during their visits. In recent months I've been doing some research, watching videos, learning about overlanding, etc, and realizing that this is an epic vehicle and that I don't want to see them (my parents) let it go to some random person. I've LOVED driving it and can't imagine driving anything else right now. It's awesome.
Anyway, it is pretty much all stock, except some new tires. No mods have been done yet.
Before I ask the question, my intended use is:
Daily driver, take it to Idaho (I'm moving there within the year), explore as much as possible, go on some trips / overlanding expeditions, with or without my family (haha; don't know yet if they are game for these adventures; my wife gets super motion sick in cars; bummer!). Bottom line is I want it to be a functional daily driver, but also have the ability to be a solid badass offroad rockstar when I want it to be. While I look forward to learning and doing what I can, much of the work will probably need to be done by others, til I figure out what I'm doing and how to do it. I just don't want to mess anything up in the process.
Question:
If you were in my shoes, and knowing what you know so far about my intended use, what would you suggest as being the top 3-5 things you would do within the next 3-6 months, and why? Would be great to know what you guys consider to be the ESSENTIALS that I need to get done. After that I can focus on the non-essential niceties.
PS- it has been in Hawaii for a good 14 years or so (was in Cali prior to that); on the dry side of the island, but still. No "major" rust visible, but I do see a couple small rust areas right above the windshield along where the molding is. Planning to have windshield removed and to address that rust asap. Not sure how best to check for rust elsewhere, but I do intend to look into that to help mitigate any issues with that.
Thanks in advance! Glad I found this site. Seems like an amazing resource and I'm sure I'm going to learn a ton. I've already started searching the past threads to find out more about what recommendations have been given to other newbies like me.
Purchased my 2000 100 series with about 127k miles for $10k, from my parents actually (they bought it new for $51k). Since they no longer have any property in Hawaii, they were trying to decide what to do with the Landcruiser, which they kept here to use during their visits. In recent months I've been doing some research, watching videos, learning about overlanding, etc, and realizing that this is an epic vehicle and that I don't want to see them (my parents) let it go to some random person. I've LOVED driving it and can't imagine driving anything else right now. It's awesome.
Anyway, it is pretty much all stock, except some new tires. No mods have been done yet.
Before I ask the question, my intended use is:
Daily driver, take it to Idaho (I'm moving there within the year), explore as much as possible, go on some trips / overlanding expeditions, with or without my family (haha; don't know yet if they are game for these adventures; my wife gets super motion sick in cars; bummer!). Bottom line is I want it to be a functional daily driver, but also have the ability to be a solid badass offroad rockstar when I want it to be. While I look forward to learning and doing what I can, much of the work will probably need to be done by others, til I figure out what I'm doing and how to do it. I just don't want to mess anything up in the process.
Question:
If you were in my shoes, and knowing what you know so far about my intended use, what would you suggest as being the top 3-5 things you would do within the next 3-6 months, and why? Would be great to know what you guys consider to be the ESSENTIALS that I need to get done. After that I can focus on the non-essential niceties.
PS- it has been in Hawaii for a good 14 years or so (was in Cali prior to that); on the dry side of the island, but still. No "major" rust visible, but I do see a couple small rust areas right above the windshield along where the molding is. Planning to have windshield removed and to address that rust asap. Not sure how best to check for rust elsewhere, but I do intend to look into that to help mitigate any issues with that.
Thanks in advance! Glad I found this site. Seems like an amazing resource and I'm sure I'm going to learn a ton. I've already started searching the past threads to find out more about what recommendations have been given to other newbies like me.
