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Then the snow came
Wannabe Rock Crawler/Camping Rig Build
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Took the tent off for winter and then went romping in the snow some more
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This is one of the cheapest AND best things one can do to an 80 from a drivability standpoint - windshield washer nozzles from a Honda Odyssey.
Part# 76810-TK8-A01
Forget the 3 nozzle units from a 100 series, they are just like the garbage 80 ones but with an extra squirter for 2% less garbage. These Honda ones actually have a spray pattern that works so well and the fit right up to the 80's hood. Where the rubber tubing fits onto the nozzle is orientated the opposite direction to that of an 80 nozzle, but the hose is plenty long enough to compensate for it.
The Honda jets are slightly shorter and taller than OEM
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Part# 76810-TK8-A01
Forget the 3 nozzle units from a 100 series, they are just like the garbage 80 ones but with an extra squirter for 2% less garbage. These Honda ones actually have a spray pattern that works so well and the fit right up to the 80's hood. Where the rubber tubing fits onto the nozzle is orientated the opposite direction to that of an 80 nozzle, but the hose is plenty long enough to compensate for it.
The Honda jets are slightly shorter and taller than OEM
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Spray comparison
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The valve cover then suddenly started spewing out oil. Once I took it off, I quickly found out why.
Everything was cleaned and a new gasket went in.
Everything was cleaned and a new gasket went in.
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We're almost up to date now! This is January 2023 now.
New leather from Land Cruiser Heaven came in along new foam for the front seats on the bottom, a new upper foam for the driver's side, and seat heaters.
I got dark brown leather with tan stitching. It matches the oak trim quite well and the leather quality is fantastic.
Before and after
Pretty much all the wrinkles have been worked out by now.
New leather from Land Cruiser Heaven came in along new foam for the front seats on the bottom, a new upper foam for the driver's side, and seat heaters.
I got dark brown leather with tan stitching. It matches the oak trim quite well and the leather quality is fantastic.
Before and after
Pretty much all the wrinkles have been worked out by now.
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Seat Heaters:
The heater elements were cut out for hog ring access.
The top and bottom elements were joined with the supplied Y harness. The Y harness was cut, High and Low were pinned to the plug on the bottom of the seat and the ground was tapped into the ground on the same plug using a Posi-Tap.
On the plug as you see in the picture from left to right - Ground, Low, High (pretty sure, don't quite remember).
Once the seats are sorted out, all you need to do is plug the OEM switches (Part# 84751-60010 and 84751-60020) into the existing plugs under the centre console.
94ish+ 80 should have these plugs just laying there, Lexus peeps are out of luck.
The heater elements were cut out for hog ring access.
The top and bottom elements were joined with the supplied Y harness. The Y harness was cut, High and Low were pinned to the plug on the bottom of the seat and the ground was tapped into the ground on the same plug using a Posi-Tap.
On the plug as you see in the picture from left to right - Ground, Low, High (pretty sure, don't quite remember).
Once the seats are sorted out, all you need to do is plug the OEM switches (Part# 84751-60010 and 84751-60020) into the existing plugs under the centre console.
94ish+ 80 should have these plugs just laying there, Lexus peeps are out of luck.
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Now we are in this month!
New tires came in - Toyo RT Trail 37x12.50R17 along with Apex rapid deflating valve stems.
New tires came in - Toyo RT Trail 37x12.50R17 along with Apex rapid deflating valve stems.
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Tires were mounted. The main reason I got these tires when I did was for better winter traction and safety. On my way back from getting them mounted I got rear ended. The irony is unreal. No damage on my car though, just a barely visible black mark on the back of the frame. Their car was pretty smashed though.
suzuguru
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Not trying to be a hater, just an observation.... those valve stems look like they stick out pretty far. looks like they would be susceptible to getting ripped off under some wheeling circumstances.
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Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. They stick out further than a thought and are definitely best used with beadlocks.
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The plan is to get beadlocks at some point, but we'll see how many valve stems I shear off in the meantime 
suzuguru
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The plan is to get beadlocks at some point, but we'll see how many valve stems I shear off in the meantime
Hopefully, none.
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The plan is to get beadlocks at some point, but we'll see how many valve stems I shear off in the meantime
It's a whole new world running single digit pressures. Take the plunge.
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Oh I plan to, but I already run single digit pressures regularly
Please update how these work for you on the trail. I was leaning toward these after seeing a couple videos on them but hope I have a simpler solution in mind.
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To add insult to injury, when I tried to go home from work the day the tires went on, the front pass. side tire was completely flat. Filled it and found that it was leaking from the valve stem. I took it in the next day and they kept having issues with it so I just had them throw a normal valve stem in that tire. There's nothing wrong with the valve stem; as it turns out, the tire shop could not figure out that the hat seal that seals the valve stem to the wheel was folded over onto itself. So aggravating. There's another reason to only use these valve stems on beadlocks - you can put them in yourself.
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Then this happened. Woohoo!
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Put in a Bell Fabrication tire carrier. Amazing quality and will keep the spare from smashing the hatch again.
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Found a pothole big enough to ding the wheel
