I mean to get to this sooner, but now that it's no longer a low-mileage truck, I'm making a post about the 2005 HDJ101 I imported from Japan to Canada. This is mostly just to flex on the Americans who can't get these yet.
I bought it through a dealer in Japan with the help of Forthright Trading. This particular truck never went to auction, which is nice because I was able to get much more detailed information on it and feel more comfortable about paying more for a vehicle than I ever have without ever getting to see it. When it showed up, it was every bit as clean as the photos showed. Nearly every flaw it'll have will be entirely my fault. Mechanically it's almost perfect, just requiring a tire balance and routine maintenance.
Specs:
- Dec 2004 build date. It had to be registered in Canada as a 2004, but I still call it a 2005. Don't ask me why I care. I don't know.
- Registered in Canada Oct 15th 2022 with confirmed 96,000 km. Just rolled over 100,000 km a few days ago
- Diesel engine, 1HD-FTE with the same 5sp auto as the gasser trucks. The first appropriately powered diesel Toyota I've ever driven!
Super bare bones options, even as far as JDM LC's go.
- No ATRAC, locker or LSD as far as I can tell. This one was an unfortunate surprise when it arrived, but can be fixed with lockers
- No AHC. Part of me wanted AHC, but in reality the lack of it will be nice in the future
- No vent windows
- No sunroof. I think 4? sunglass holders instead. None of which my sunglasses fit into!
- No center console fridge
- No roof rack
- No tire carrier
- Cloth interior with manual seats
Options it was equipped with:
- Navigation. All in Japanese, of course. Using Google Translate, my wife was able to mute the nice Japanese lady who talked at us every few minutes. I never knew what she was saying though.
- "Cold weather package", which I think means factory dual batteries (parallel wired, still all 12V) and a "power heater" viscous coupler for heating the coolant. We had a cold snap a couple months ago, and in -10C, without that running, the coolant temp wouldn't get over 60C idling in traffic.
- 18" alloys, tinting, spoiler
I think that's it for options? I'm not 100% sure though.
And to make this thread a bit more interesting, some differences I know of between the JDM and NA market 100's:
- Window flares. I'm not sure if these were actually standard, but they seem to be on most JDM cruisers. Other than being cool because they're rare, they're nice for leaving windows cracked open while sleeping in the truck, or
- The funny little mirror on the fender. It basically has two small mirrors on it, one looking at the front bumper, one down the left side of the vehicle. Perfect for parking where you only have about 3" more clearance than the size of the truck. Also shown are the headlight washers. They're activated by a little button beside the steering wheel and squirt for about 2 seconds. Unless I'm missing something, there's only one washer bottle for both windshields and the headlight washers
Mini disc player, because those were cool for a short time. Still has 6cd changer in the center console. The FM frequencies only go from 76-90 MHz, in 0.1 MHz increments. I don't know if there's anything else weird about the radio.
Manual cloth seats. I'm very happy to have these because I have to go from "almost all the way forward" to "all the way back" every time after my wife drives. The little button is lumbar support. They are heated though, same buttons as everything else.
Roadside flare. The little red thing hiding in the passenger's footwell. Unfortunately, the flare was removed before I got the truck. The little clips are still there though. I might have to get another flare to put there
Factory dual batteries, part of the cold weather package. You can also see the small viscous coupler in front of the intake manifold here. The pulley is a clutch, just like A/C. Bonus points, as this doesn't have the infamous heater T's. Also bonus points for the engine being so clean I could eat off of it. I got it dirty once since I got it, but cleaned it to almost this nice again.
Aside from the lack of spark plugs and AHC globe, I'm not sure if there's anything else unique in here. You can just see the fins of the little black intercooler to the left of the hood latch here
I bought it through a dealer in Japan with the help of Forthright Trading. This particular truck never went to auction, which is nice because I was able to get much more detailed information on it and feel more comfortable about paying more for a vehicle than I ever have without ever getting to see it. When it showed up, it was every bit as clean as the photos showed. Nearly every flaw it'll have will be entirely my fault. Mechanically it's almost perfect, just requiring a tire balance and routine maintenance.
Specs:
- Dec 2004 build date. It had to be registered in Canada as a 2004, but I still call it a 2005. Don't ask me why I care. I don't know.
- Registered in Canada Oct 15th 2022 with confirmed 96,000 km. Just rolled over 100,000 km a few days ago
- Diesel engine, 1HD-FTE with the same 5sp auto as the gasser trucks. The first appropriately powered diesel Toyota I've ever driven!
Super bare bones options, even as far as JDM LC's go.
- No ATRAC, locker or LSD as far as I can tell. This one was an unfortunate surprise when it arrived, but can be fixed with lockers
- No AHC. Part of me wanted AHC, but in reality the lack of it will be nice in the future
- No vent windows
- No sunroof. I think 4? sunglass holders instead. None of which my sunglasses fit into!
- No center console fridge
- No roof rack
- No tire carrier
- Cloth interior with manual seats
Options it was equipped with:
- Navigation. All in Japanese, of course. Using Google Translate, my wife was able to mute the nice Japanese lady who talked at us every few minutes. I never knew what she was saying though.
- "Cold weather package", which I think means factory dual batteries (parallel wired, still all 12V) and a "power heater" viscous coupler for heating the coolant. We had a cold snap a couple months ago, and in -10C, without that running, the coolant temp wouldn't get over 60C idling in traffic.
- 18" alloys, tinting, spoiler
I think that's it for options? I'm not 100% sure though.
And to make this thread a bit more interesting, some differences I know of between the JDM and NA market 100's:
- Window flares. I'm not sure if these were actually standard, but they seem to be on most JDM cruisers. Other than being cool because they're rare, they're nice for leaving windows cracked open while sleeping in the truck, or
- The funny little mirror on the fender. It basically has two small mirrors on it, one looking at the front bumper, one down the left side of the vehicle. Perfect for parking where you only have about 3" more clearance than the size of the truck. Also shown are the headlight washers. They're activated by a little button beside the steering wheel and squirt for about 2 seconds. Unless I'm missing something, there's only one washer bottle for both windshields and the headlight washers
Mini disc player, because those were cool for a short time. Still has 6cd changer in the center console. The FM frequencies only go from 76-90 MHz, in 0.1 MHz increments. I don't know if there's anything else weird about the radio.
Manual cloth seats. I'm very happy to have these because I have to go from "almost all the way forward" to "all the way back" every time after my wife drives. The little button is lumbar support. They are heated though, same buttons as everything else.
Roadside flare. The little red thing hiding in the passenger's footwell. Unfortunately, the flare was removed before I got the truck. The little clips are still there though. I might have to get another flare to put there
Factory dual batteries, part of the cold weather package. You can also see the small viscous coupler in front of the intake manifold here. The pulley is a clutch, just like A/C. Bonus points, as this doesn't have the infamous heater T's. Also bonus points for the engine being so clean I could eat off of it. I got it dirty once since I got it, but cleaned it to almost this nice again.
Aside from the lack of spark plugs and AHC globe, I'm not sure if there's anything else unique in here. You can just see the fins of the little black intercooler to the left of the hood latch here