What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (30 Viewers)

[SFROMAN]

I ordered seat bottom for driver’s side from MegaZip and covers from Covercraft (carhartt canvas). Do I need to cover the seat bottom in leather or cloth before putting on the Carhartt covers?

I don’t know how the carhartt covers work, they look like they are full covers which in my mind makes them a better choice if you don’t want to replace the torn factory leather on your seats. I had already replaced my seat leather a few years ago but now that the seat leather is new I notice every little stain, scratch on them. I covered my seats with the Duluth covers because they are not designed to be a complete cover and I think the Duluth color goes very well with my new Lseat leather. From having used them on my tow rig leather seats I already know they work and the canvas is super durable and can rert, mud, grease stains, sweat stains very well. I do not use anything between the Duluth covers and the seat bottom leather. They are placed directly over them.

Hope this helps.

 

[Roketdriver]

Met up with some other 80 owners for a morning of wheeling.

 

[bonestock]

OEM front calipers, rotors and pads. Avid rear bumper.

 

[txfzj80]

I’m on the fence about buying this Ironman roof rack. Anyone have this rack?

 

[fjbj40]

Had a good 2 days of wheeling in the Cape Breton Highlands. I running 33’s with no lift. I went everywhere the lifted ones went with one exception!

 

[Stiles]

Drove from ATX to SW CO.

 

[nigelsiam]

I've been happy with my Carhartt covers from Covercraft so far, they might be of interest. Fitment is nice, no issues in the sun and heat, and I slide around much less.

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Added these Duluth seat covers. I have had them in my tow rig for a few years and absolutely love them.
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They are not completely installed yet. Have to pull the seats first to redo the stupid gears for the seat adjustment.

https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-trailgear-low-back-bucket-seat-cover

The Cabela seat covers in tan is what I have used for over 7 years and they have held up amazingly well. And they are only $20. I think you can't go wrong with these.

 

[Overlanderson]

Added these Duluth seat covers. I have had them in my tow rig for a few years and absolutely love them.
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They are not completely installed yet. Have to pull the seats first to redo the stupid gears for the seat adjustment.

would you mind doing a write up on that gear replacement i need todo the same where did you source the parts?

 

[91FJ80FD]

I had an exhaust leak that sounded like an import. So I took off the cats and no more exhaust leak.
No it doesn’t sound like a V8 but has a rumble. Wasn’t going for performance but wanted to fix the leak and not pay for new cats. View attachment 3327945View attachment 3327947View attachment 3327946

I had very similar issue... NICE!

 

[SFROMAN]

would you mind doing a write up on that gear replacement i need todo the same where did you source the parts?

seat parts — Gamiviti

80 series Land Cruiser power seat caps and gears

www.gamiviti.com

This is where you buy the gears. I bought 6 of them a few years ago to have as spares just in case.

Land Cruiser 80 LX450 Seat Gear Cap Guard

Land Cruiser 80 power seats gear caps experience a lot of axial load when you bottom out the seats travel. Overtime they will eventually strip and work themselves out. This will lead to the inside gears getting misaligned and a complete failure of the seat fore and aft movement shortly after...

solvefunction.com

These are the new reinforcement plates from solvefunction I will be adding this time around.


I honestly would just use the multiple YouTube videos and write ups that already exist here on mud.

If you do a simple search here on mud and on YouTube you can find a few very good how to.

 

[fjbj40]

From after trip to after wash

 

[txfzj80]

Found a way to mount my AuxBeam on the drivers side firewall. Rivet nuts work great and very sturdy. The rest of the install to be continued.

 

[pace it]

Ordered the last few things to get this installed.

 

[High Lander]

Rebuilt my entire hand brake / ebrake with new shoes, fittings, bell cranks, equaliser and cable

All genuine Toyota parts and adjusted correctly to FSM spec

Was totally useless...

Ordered the Superior Engineering hand brake lever modification + Terrain Tamer extended dog bones from Australia. Fitted today. Now the ebrake works better than factory

 

[jcardona1]

Took kiddo to the local fishing hole

 

[93yotasr5]

Changed out the old broken connector to the distributor. Going to replace the one for the IAC once it gets delivered and hope that solves my electrical demon issues!

 

[Samuel642000]

Pulled the 1st and second row seats to lay the foam/rubber sheets down in preparation for the new carpet showing up this week.

 

[93yotasr5]

Pulled the 1st and second row seats to lay the foam/rubber sheets down in preparation for the new carpet showing up this week.
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Nice!
Who’d you order the carpet through?

 

[Samuel642000]

I also wired my old hazard switch to control my garage door using this thread.
Stole Joey's pics as they were better than the ones I took

Quick video for proof of concept:

 

[DirtyPepper]

Pulled the 1st and second row seats to lay the foam/rubber sheets down in preparation for the new carpet showing up this week.
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How difficult was the removal of seats? How long did it take?

Looks great!