D21FJ60
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Glad to see he's made friends here. His son and my kids go to school together, I saw his cruiser in the carpool line when he got it, instant besties
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Thanks TTviper for your help. Im glad I ran into ppl who know abundantly more about the Cruisers. Cant wait to get more mods and ask for assistance.
CakeMountain
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Too bad you guys weren't around to help these guys.
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I Helped That Detroit Toyota Land Cruiser Owner Who Was Trying To Fix His Rusty Suspension Before Winter But It Went Very Poorly - The Autopian
It seemed like an easy enough job. A random guy on Facebook Marketplace named Florentin seemed to be in dire straits, and came to me for a helping hand. “I was able to do front shocks, swap the torsion bars, and got stuck on the rear shocks,” he messaged me. “I took the AHC lines […]
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D21FJ60
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Too bad he didnt post real time help request, I found the best way to get rear shocks off a rusty 100 is to drop the spare, jack the back up, get sawzall and chop chopToo bad you guys weren't around to help these guys.
I Helped That Detroit Toyota Land Cruiser Owner Who Was Trying To Fix His Rusty Suspension Before Winter But It Went Very Poorly - The Autopian
It seemed like an easy enough job. A random guy on Facebook Marketplace named Florentin seemed to be in dire straits, and came to me for a helping hand. “I was able to do front shocks, swap the torsion bars, and got stuck on the rear shocks,” he messaged me. “I took the AHC lines […]
CakeMountain
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Gave the LX a booty lift.
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iptman
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Now that's some stinkbug!
Found a cheap Bronco rear cargo drawer on marketplace and it turns out it basically bolts right into the GX470 with a tiny bit of modification. I reused the cargo tie down holes and drilled and tapped them to M8x1.25 to reuse the factory Bronco drawer hardware. The front two holes line up perfectly with the predrilled holes in the drawer. For the rear, I had to mark and drill two new holes in the bottom of the drawer but then they bolt right in using the included hardware. I haven't seen a cheaper and easier way to get a rear drawer than this. Install took me about 2 hours including figuring all of this out.
kevin in okinawa
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very slick repurposing!
I saw that Greg's Restorations posted some thoughts on it:
One comment says it is 93,000 yen, which is under a grand! Granted, you'll increase that with shipping and fees, but that seems unreal!
As Greg says, maybe not the thing if you are trying to combine their panels with OEM stuff, but if you have a totally destroyed body and are replacing all of it...
D21FJ60
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maybe i missed it, but wouldnt there be some sort of copyright infringement? Or since the 40 has been out of production for almost 40 (heh) years, toyota isnt going to really care?
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Pieced together a OME 850/860 lift with L shocks, huge thanks to @matzell for the front springs and @S.CarolinaFZJ80 for the L shocks 
. Truck sits pretty level and overall im very pleased with the ride. With that said i think anything would have been better than the tired suspension i pulled out of it.
. Truck sits pretty level and overall im very pleased with the ride. With that said i think anything would have been better than the tired suspension i pulled out of it.
She's looking good Drew!Pieced together a OME 850/860 lift with L shocks, huge thanks to @matzell for the front springs and @S.CarolinaFZJ80 for the L shocks
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D21FJ60
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I mean look it never hurts to ask right?
ace10
Another one bites the dust!
C'mon. Those shocks had AT LEAST another quarter century of service left in them.
I think sometimes they drop the 000s when displaying the price in Japan. Good chance it’s 93,000,000 but under $10k is still a deal. Then add shipping/duty etc.
I'm not exactly sure where that line is drawn. I know that places like Dennis Carpenter have "Ford Licensed" parts. But you can also get Ford body panels from a variety of sources that make no mention of being licensed or otherwise "official." I don't see that Aqualu makes any qualifications about licensing (not calling them out or anything, just making the observation).
I wasn't aware of that, but it would make the prices more realistic. The prices on the website are in the format of ￥1,000.00, though.
They have a pretty large catalog of Toyota (and other) body parts: Products_Japanese_Toyota_JIANGSU JUNCHENG VEHICLE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. - https://www.carbody.com/index.php?s=store&c=search&sycx=fengtian&catid=1
Looking at this again, that (93 million yen) would make it $678,879.17...
Of course, the original (93 thousand yen) would make it $678.88 and that doesn't make sense either...
Further conversation on the Greg's Restoration Instagram says that $10K was what was being said at SEMA - presumably with costs to get it here.
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Nothing exciting but was feeling in the festive spirit....
Very cool. Wish someone would do a swing out like these for 100s
