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I have been wanting to start this for a while now and just haven't gotten around to it yet so I am a little behind. Here is the rundown on the ole girl.

Icon Shocks, OME Torsion Bars, Nitro UCA's, Duiser 1" body lift, 35" Goodyear MTR's on TRD Rock Warriors, LabRak Roof Rack with axe/shovel & hi-lift mounts, LabRak Cutting Board, LabRak Antenna Mount, Ham Radio KG7NYC, CVT Tent & Awning, Modified Bump-it-off road rear bumper for body lift, Dissent Off-Raod Front Bumper, Runva 11XP winch.

January of 2012 I traded the wife's Tahoe in on a 2004 Toyota Land Cruiser. She was bone stock but not for long.



I first changed out the crappy Toyo’s for some A/T’s slightly bigger and added OME 865’s to keep it level when loaded down with gear. I also removed the running boards and added a LabRak roof rack with shovel mount, axe mount & hi-lift mount. After months of searching I finally got a set of Tundra Rock Warrior 17’s and added 285/70/17 A/T’s.



I then got a CVT Mt.Hood tent to go on the LabRak roof rack. Summer of 2013 I swapped out the generic A/T’s for Goodyear DuraTracs in 285/70R17 and built a customer set of slider steps with a member of the Cascade Cruisers.

Spring of 2014 I sold my 80 series after having our second kid and got the wife a 2004 sequoia and was able to really start modifying the 100 series.

I jumped in on the Bump-it-off road group buy and got the rear bumper. I then got the Icon 2.5 non reservoir front shocks and aluminum rear shocks, OME Torsion Bars, OME 866 rear springs and Air Lift Bags, Nitro Gear Upper Control Arms, Dusier Off Road 1” body lift and 315/70R16 Goodyear MTR’s with kevlar.



Fall of 2014 I ditched the step sliders for custom high clearance sliders from Monarch Metal Design. Finally got my ham license and installed a radio in the center console where the CD Changer was. I modified the LabRak antenna mount to accept the ham antenna. I also installed the LabRak cutting board in the tail gate.

Summer of 2015 I got in on the Dissent Offroad front bumper, I added the Runva 11XP winch and E-Vision Led lights to it with LabRak ARB light pod housings and turn signals all custom to the bumper. After finishing the rear bumper and adding the tire swing out I switched rear springs again to the OME 863's and that's how she sits now.




You'll notice the rack missing cause we are installing the all new LabRak state of the art modular rack system here shortly.
 
Nice. You've got a great looking LC. I like that front bumper.

What's your call? NE5U here. As soon as I change the rear bumper on the LC my FT100 is going into the LC and an ATAS100 is going on the rear bumper. I have the remote head setup so all I'll have is a mic and control head on the console.
 
very nice
 
Since wheeling a few weekends ago I have had a crazy drivability issue. Felt like the front end couldn't decide where to send the power and every once in a while the Trac light would come on. I have had this issue a little bit since replacing the rack bushings with the poly but not anywhere near this bad. After checking and rechecking everything on the truck we were able to trace it to the aftermarket poly rack bushings and a slight amount of play from the driver side inner tie rod end. I replaced the rack bushings with the whiteline brand bushings and a new moog tie rod, did another alignment and I am very happy to report that she drives great again. I found the major difference between the poly bushings and whiteline is how soft the poly is vs. the whiteline. The poly allowed for too much flex under acceleration is all I was able to determine. I am headed to Hundreds in the Hills next week so I'll have a 2200 mile report after that.
 
Here is one I snapped real quick before leaving work for the day. I will eventually get them moved up a little bit tighter to the body but this should give you an idea of the design.

 
Thought I'd share some photo's and info on the cutting board install on my 2004 I finally got around to doing this weekend.

It is designed to use the existing holes that your carpet is attached with. For whatever reason Mr. T decided that those would change at some point so on mine I had to drill new holes.

First remove the carpet pad using a pry tool, it is held on by purple plastic clips.

Next line up the cutting board and tape it down with some painters tape.

Next using a punch mark all your holes and remove the board.

I used a step bit and drilled a 7/16th inch hole so it would fit the stainless recess screws & toggle nuts.





Next install the hardware on the board.



Flip the board over and insert the toggle nuts and lift up on the board and tighten them down.





Pretty cool mod for camping/overlanding.
 
Love mine! But I also had to drill new holes in my 2000, what year will it work with the existing holes?
 
Hey there! Missed meeting you at HIH5 but am in the market for a bior rear bumper. I also run a body lift. Can you post some pics of the bumper on your truck and the mods you made to it?

Where do you hail from by the way? (Sorry on my phone and can't see but some of those pics look like the Oregon coast by me...)
 
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