Hi all!
Gonna use this thread to document my journey with this build. This isn't the first Toyota Land Cruiser I've driven - I learnt to drive on an old diesel 4spd manual 70 series - but it is the first one I've owned. I love this truck so much, and in my 1 year of ownership it's already given me so many memories!
This is how I brought it home: fully stock, 212k miles on the odometer, mismatched highway tires, and a severe lack of service history. I didn't care though, because there was no rust on the undercarriage (California vehicle for its first 5 years, then Texas 'till today) and the Imperial Jade Mica had me falling in love at first sight. I'm technically the 3rd owner on paper; the 2nd owner (who bought it in 2005) passed the truck down to his son in 2016 but never transferred the title, soooo.... yay me I guess?
The $7500 price tag was a big factor too, I'll admit. Not the riskiest purchase I've ever made, but kind of up there.
The first thing I did to it was its timing belt - it was still on the original belt from its assembly in December of 1999. Once that was out of the way, a new set of tires-
...nevermind, I took it out to some local trails on the mismatched highway trails. Silly me. I also waited on tires and got the windows tinted:
Anyone who's lived in the south knows that a good window tint is worth every penny for both privacy and interior cooling. Two months of ownership had passed by this point
and my partner and I had decided that we were gonna have our first ever road trip; we chose Colorado. To that end, I needed to address a lot of things, mainly maintenance. I knew my rack-and-pinion was leaking bad, but money was tight, so I instead decided to throw money at an upgraded head unit for Carplay/Android Auto.
Gonna use this thread to document my journey with this build. This isn't the first Toyota Land Cruiser I've driven - I learnt to drive on an old diesel 4spd manual 70 series - but it is the first one I've owned. I love this truck so much, and in my 1 year of ownership it's already given me so many memories!
This is how I brought it home: fully stock, 212k miles on the odometer, mismatched highway tires, and a severe lack of service history. I didn't care though, because there was no rust on the undercarriage (California vehicle for its first 5 years, then Texas 'till today) and the Imperial Jade Mica had me falling in love at first sight. I'm technically the 3rd owner on paper; the 2nd owner (who bought it in 2005) passed the truck down to his son in 2016 but never transferred the title, soooo.... yay me I guess?
The $7500 price tag was a big factor too, I'll admit. Not the riskiest purchase I've ever made, but kind of up there.
The first thing I did to it was its timing belt - it was still on the original belt from its assembly in December of 1999. Once that was out of the way, a new set of tires-
...nevermind, I took it out to some local trails on the mismatched highway trails. Silly me. I also waited on tires and got the windows tinted:
Anyone who's lived in the south knows that a good window tint is worth every penny for both privacy and interior cooling. Two months of ownership had passed by this point
and my partner and I had decided that we were gonna have our first ever road trip; we chose Colorado. To that end, I needed to address a lot of things, mainly maintenance. I knew my rack-and-pinion was leaking bad, but money was tight, so I instead decided to throw money at an upgraded head unit for Carplay/Android Auto.
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