Hey everyone,
Former FJ62 owner here. I just won a J78 Wide (KD-KZJ78W) on the USS Tokyo auction. It's got 99k km (62k miles) on the 3000cc turbo diesel. I paid for an in person inspection and the car looks great. Minor surface rust on the undercarriage, exterior and interior look near new. I'm stoked, and it's in my favorite color combo, 26Z - emerald and oyster. All I have are crappy auction house pics (and pics of the engine, door jambs, etc. from the inspection).
I've been reading all of the threads about the 78 and it seems to be more maintenance intensive than the 60-series. The car is still in Tokyo. I'm thinking it might be prudent to have some work performed on it in Japan where these cars are more common. I'm having routine maintenance done before it gets on the boat. I have an agent helping me who knows a good shop that he has used before.
Is there any other work I should have done on the car while it's in Japan?
And is there anything else I need to know about this car? Any good general threads on it? Are there any other J78 brothers out there reading this who want to tell me how they like theirs?
Bonus question: What's the optimal, subtle lift/tire combo for a lean, mean, aggressive grocery getter? Just something a little bit more exciting than standard. Not a loud "I'm going crawling this weekend" but more tasteful "I better give this guy the parking spot at Publix".
Thanks in advance, everyone.
Former FJ62 owner here. I just won a J78 Wide (KD-KZJ78W) on the USS Tokyo auction. It's got 99k km (62k miles) on the 3000cc turbo diesel. I paid for an in person inspection and the car looks great. Minor surface rust on the undercarriage, exterior and interior look near new. I'm stoked, and it's in my favorite color combo, 26Z - emerald and oyster. All I have are crappy auction house pics (and pics of the engine, door jambs, etc. from the inspection).
I've been reading all of the threads about the 78 and it seems to be more maintenance intensive than the 60-series. The car is still in Tokyo. I'm thinking it might be prudent to have some work performed on it in Japan where these cars are more common. I'm having routine maintenance done before it gets on the boat. I have an agent helping me who knows a good shop that he has used before.
Is there any other work I should have done on the car while it's in Japan?
And is there anything else I need to know about this car? Any good general threads on it? Are there any other J78 brothers out there reading this who want to tell me how they like theirs?
Bonus question: What's the optimal, subtle lift/tire combo for a lean, mean, aggressive grocery getter? Just something a little bit more exciting than standard. Not a loud "I'm going crawling this weekend" but more tasteful "I better give this guy the parking spot at Publix".
Thanks in advance, everyone.