Installed these bad boys.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (48 Viewers)
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Installed these bad boys.
hamishpotter
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not sure if I'm following this right but I think retrofive is referring to the TEQ grill on the snorkel.
RS6 great set of mods, can't wait to see them all set up. and the 315s were great on the trail new year's day
happy new year!
Rolled up on this FJ that slid into a snowy ravine at Four Peaks. Lot's of ice, slush FJ's and cute Jeeps. A 4x4 tow truck with chains pulled up and winched the front while I anchored the rear. After the FJ was taken out the tow truck driver yelled out, "Gotta love those Land Cruisers." That was cooo, the ATV, Jeep and FJ crowd looked up.
We didn't make it up to the top due to at least six (6) stuck vehicles all within a mile and the Forest Rangers shutting the mountain down, but it was a beautiful day--gotta love AZ.
Zona
We didn't make it up to the top due to at least six (6) stuck vehicles all within a mile and the Forest Rangers shutting the mountain down, but it was a beautiful day--gotta love AZ.
Zona
LS1FJ40
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I just ordered the DigiCamo version of these today!. How do you like them?
westafari
Sand Cruiser
I took mine wheeling on the Potts Mountain Jeep Trail near where I live in VA. It's a 7 mile trail that takes about 3 hours to get through. I hadn't really tested my 80 off road and was a little nervous. Now I know why they are called Land Cruisers because it CRUISED IT. The first solid hit I took on the newly installed sliders made me cackle. I am super impressed with how the Duratracs hooked up on steep, slick rocky terrain. Didn't get many pics because I was driving but here's one of a nasty little climb. The guys I was with told me that it takes most people several tries to get it the first time they encounter it...then when I made it up first try they were like "damn! That truck ate that thing up!!"
Great fit. They feel great. The passenger side took a little bit longer to install because of the heater. Took about an hour to the front and rear.
LS1FJ40
SILVER Star
Cool. I hate to hide my brown tweed seats but my front seats are just falling apart. Breaks my heart.
Yeah I don't blame you. The po had all the leather redone so after my first off road trip I decided the covers would be the way to go to keep the seats looking good.
Ha! I Pulled my buddy out couple of times as well....
And this one if he did not have the kick outs he would have destroyed his back sheet metal...the 80 squeezed through there believe it or not.
New owner and this weekend was my first time actually getting to work on something. I pulled the DS seat to replace the seat gear, thanks Gamiviti for the walkthru, buttoned it all back up and installed only to find put that the gear on the other side of the seat is stripped as well, so only the left side wanted to slide. So...still no power seat until my next gear arrives.
Shoe string leather seat fix.
It was a busy weekend pulling out FJ's--luckily no one had anything more than their pride scratched!
What I see behind that FJ looks like one hell of an 80--can you upload some pic's or PM them to me directly. Looks very cooo. Also, do you have a winch? Let me know what kind you've got if you please señor?
Thanks in advance,
Zona
What I see behind that FJ looks like one hell of an 80--can you upload some pic's or PM them to me directly. Looks very cooo. Also, do you have a winch? Let me know what kind you've got if you please señor?
Thanks in advance,
Zona
The tread on those Duratracs opens up on the larger 315 size... nice.
What rim size & offset do you have and lift?
See post 8388. And yes it has engo winch on it.
I finally working on my 1997 lx450 during my Christmas and New year time off. I bought the 2 1997 lx450's my dad had from the family when he passed a few years ago. He rolled over one and put it in his garage and left it , and went out a bought one just like it . So the roll over one only has 50,000 miles on it with damage to to roof , It caved in the metal just in front of the sunroof glass . I stacked up 3 blocks and ran a 4x4 across the inside to give me something to use my jack stand and bar to bend up the metal . I took off the roof liner it came out easy and I did it by my self . I didn't take out the sun roof . I bent up the metal I could get to with it in place for now . I'm just getting it ready for the next snow . I let my oldest Daughter take the other lx450 for the winter till she can save up enough money get her own car . I got it bent up close enough for now and put a bead of silicone around the glass and metal and closed the sunroof . I took it out side and did a water test with the hose and no water leaks so I put the liner back in . The front add on grill guard really did its job . It bent but it protected the hood and the front end . I loosened up the bolts that held it on the frame and hooked my hand crank around a tree and the other end to the guard and bent it back best I could ,Its not perfect but good enough till it warms up . I also popped out the rubber end part of the bumper thats in front of the tire by putting the car's tire jack base in the tire grove and the other end on the plastic and turned it till it popped it out . again not perfect but okay for now . The passenger side turn signal in the front was very dim and you could hardly see it was on ,so I though it might not pass inspection so I took it out to see what was wrong , the inside looked like water had got in and the inside of the plastic was dull so I sprayed some deep wood bug spray on the plastic and stuffed a paper towel in there and it cleared it right up . The part the holds the bulb was rusted really bad it looked like water got in so I silicone where the yellow meet the black plastic . I had to bend the metal part of the bulb out it was rusted into the part that holds the bulb in place .I finally got the new bulb in and it works great . The windshield guy is coming this Monday to put in a new windshield if I have the metal bent back close enough so the new one fits . Once I have the windshield in I'm ready for to get it inspected and licensed next week . This will be the first time since 2005 that it has been tagged and on the road . I have been driving it around off road in my neighborhood for the last 2 years to keep gas moving through it . I can't wait to get it on the road , I think my dad would be proud its back in action . One other thing I found out on the inside by accident. I had this little bottle of smell good liquid that goes in the home plug in things with the wick sticking out . It turned over and the wick was touching the black trim around the 4x4 shifter and I noticed it was wood trim look to it so I took the wick and added more to the black part and sure enough it was wood color under it so I got out my paint brush cleaner and a towel and started wiping off the black .For some reason Toyota painted over the wood trim . I took some pictures . So If you have black trim around the shifter and you want it to match the wood trim you have next to it just wipe it off . I also added a dual cup holder .
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MrMoMo
That's not rust, it's Canadian patina...
Did the leaky windshield fix (finally) pulled the roof rack off, and got a little more TIG work done on my new aluminum rack. All cut and fit, and about 50% welded... (Bucket is helping to reduce warping)
A few of my decent welds... Still need more practice but that's what this is all about!
Should be about 25-30 lbs once it's all done.
A few of my decent welds... Still need more practice but that's what this is all about!
Should be about 25-30 lbs once it's all done.
Took my 80 out to scout some elk hunting areas this morning and ran into a couple of pretty nice full curl + Rocky Mountain Bighorns. Unfortunately, the second one is right behind the passenger rear view
mirror. Could not resist doing the tourist photo!
hamishpotter
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Yeah v happy with them. Backspace on rims is 3.5". They're 16" SCS F-5s. Great rims, very light. Talk to Vin at SCS he's on point.
Lift is OME mediums f/r. It could use some .25-.5" spacers all around. Will put OME Poly's in for a little margin and less clunk on pavement sections
