Not mine, but supposed 2016 Land Cruiser Double Cab Pickup for sale...

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Agreed!

Beno -- I threw you a softball. Talk to me about 4 wheel disk brakes. I get a swing and a miss, not even a hint of being willing to enter into a discussion about performance or safety or anything. And I guess if I can't get you to jump in to discuss something as basic as disk brakes, I'm not going to have much luck with anyone else with a similarly straightforward question.

It just took me far too long to figure it out.

Welcome to the world of Chat
 
Phil -- Can you please remind me what vendor you represent?

Land Cruiser Products - top of the page on a google search:flipoff2: Im sure my boss would love to hear form you
 
Again, I was trying to start a discussion on why we would not want to upgrade older drum brake technology with newer disk brake technology. Again, whenever we have had the option in the past to replace drum brakes with disk brakes -- on older Ford Bronco or Scout or Jeep or FJ -- they get changed out for safety and performance reasons. I was just not understanding why the brakes on these trucks would be any different. Regardless, we have only ever been looking at the 2017 and newer trucks. They come with front disk and rear drum brakes.

You and your brother just LOVE Cruisers sooooooo much....yet you know next to nothing about them...

You're modifying/manufacturing brand new Cruisers so they can be federally legal for US import...yet you know next to nothing about them...
 
Before you start modifying a brake system do some reading on drums vs disc brakes. and for the love of everything Toyota its disC not disK.
 
I just wanted to bring this back up. From page 14 post 265. If this doesn't scream scam to those who don't want to read it all I have no clue what will.

 
And I am sorry, but I've not insulted anyone on this forum. And if I have, it was not my intent and I offer my sincere apologies.

No worries, here is what you need to do is you want to shelter this from the jaskasses in chat. You have definitely fund the mecca of Cruiserheads and people that will definitely offer support of you can make what you are claimning true.

Where this has gone sideways, there is the old saying, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Claiming that you can bring in new LC-79s for a decent price ($40K) is a pretty bold claim, and with the recent carnage in the Rover Community where a bunch of grey market trucks got sent to the crusher, people will be wary if there is a chance of anythng like that happening.

So, here is my recommendation if you want to get traction here and get this out of the bowels of Chat.

Get a vendor star, IIRC $10 a month for the basic and gets you all set up in the vender section.

Once you do that, re-hash what you are trying to do.

Start with what are you bringing in, years, models, what market, options, etc...

After that, people will want specifics on how you plan on circumventing the Customs/DOT/NHSA, etc...

More than this:

We stated that we had a means to make the 1VD-FTV V8 Turbo Diesel engine EPA certified.
We stated that we had a means to make the LC79 DOT/NHTSA compliant.

The current thread is a 50pg behemoth. I’m too lazy to sift thru the wheat and the chaff

People will be interested on how you are getting around the guberment. Cruiserheads have been trying to get around that stuff, and details about your process im sure has people interested.

Then, update as new information comes available and blast an update to this thread if you want people to visit the vendor section when you have new info.

Juat my $0.02:cheers:
 
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No worries, here is what you need to do is you want to shelter this from the jaskasses in chat. You have definitely fund the mecca of Cruiserheads and people that will definitely offer support of you can make what you are claimning true.

Where this has gone sideways, there is the old saying, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Claiming that you can bring in new LC-79s for a decent price ($40K) is a pretty bold claim, and with the recent carnage in the Rover Community where a bunch of grey market trucks got sent to the crusher, people will be wary if there is a chance of anythng like that happening.

So, here is my recommendation if you want to get traction here and get this out of the bowels of Chat.

Get a vendor star, IIRC $10 a month for the basic and gets you all set up in the vender section.

Once you do that, re-hash what you are trying to do.

Start with what are you bringing in, years, models, what market, options, etc...

After that, people will want specifics on how you plan on circumventing the Customs/DOT/NHSA, etc...

Mure than this:



People will be interested on how you are getting around the guberment. Cruiserheads have been trying to get around that stuff, and details about your process im sure has people interested.

Then, update as new information comes available.

Juat my $0.02:cheers:

Very reasonable and well thought advice. This has been suggested at least a few times in the previous 50 pages.

@John Papp do you have any photos of your crew AT SEMA? Not in a hotel, but at the show? Just curious. I talked to a few people who wondered why you brought 8+ people to the show (allegedly) rather than just bringing the truck down to the parking lot for people to see.
 
Very reasonable and well thought advice. This has been suggested at least a few times in the previous 50 pages

I hope he takes that advice to heart.

Many would definitely be interested and offer support if his claims are legit and have a chance to come to fruition:meh:
 
Let me see if I understand this correctly.

There are now

*****53*****

pages of maybe-there-is-a-sexy-as-fxxx truck for sale that I bet everybody would give their left nut for.

Or is it 53 pages of losers losering it up? I see Beno up in this. So I am leaning toward the latter.
 
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Actually, at risk of something slightly edifying, I was looking at their pictures (not that I could afford it even if it were real, I'm just curious what a new 79 looks like) and saw this sticker:

Screenshot from 2017-11-06 18:04:01.webp


Beno, any clue as to where the dynamic duo found this truck, based on the Arabic on the sticker?
 
@CatskillsRunner it got moved to chat. So 53 pages of "I can bring this" but never follows through. :meh: I do feel bad for the guy and I really hope he listens to @phrogg4evr advice.
 
You and your brother just LOVE Cruisers sooooooo much....yet you know next to nothing about them...

You're modifying/manufacturing brand new Cruisers so they can be federally legal for US import...yet you know next to nothing about them...

I simply said that we were not Land Cruiser experts like many of the folks on this forum claim to be.
 
No worries, here is what you need to do is you want to shelter this from the jaskasses in chat. You have definitely fund the mecca of Cruiserheads and people that will definitely offer support of you can make what you are claimning true.

Where this has gone sideways, there is the old saying, when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Claiming that you can bring in new LC-79s for a decent price ($40K) is a pretty bold claim, and with the recent carnage in the Rover Community where a bunch of grey market trucks got sent to the crusher, people will be wary if there is a chance of anythng like that happening.

So, here is my recommendation if you want to get traction here and get this out of the bowels of Chat.

Get a vendor star, IIRC $10 a month for the basic and gets you all set up in the vender section.

Once you do that, re-hash what you are trying to do.

Start with what are you bringing in, years, models, what market, options, etc...

After that, people will want specifics on how you plan on circumventing the Customs/DOT/NHSA, etc...

More than this:



The current thread is a 50pg behemoth. I’m too lazy to sift thru the wheat and the chaff

People will be interested on how you are getting around the guberment. Cruiserheads have been trying to get around that stuff, and details about your process im sure has people interested.

Then, update as new information comes available and blast an update to this thread if you want people to visit the vendor section when you have new info.

Juat my $0.02:cheers:

Great advice, but just to clarify: We never said we could do this for $40k and we will not be circumventing ANYTHING. 100 percent by the EPA and DOT/NHTSA book.
 
Are you able to import other non-U.S. market vehicles as well with this system, or is if for some reason unique to the LC 70?

For the vehicles you are building, if you aren't LC experts, I'm not confident you are going to provide the quality/dependability/durability I have come to expect from owning Toyota Land Cruisers. But perhaps you can convince me otherwise.
 
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