What have you done to your 100 Series this week? (42 Viewers)

[VinylSeats]

Finally got to use the sleeping platform in a real setting near Salida, CO. Slept like a baby.

We'll be doing a three night trek to Utah in a few weeks so it was nice to get a test run in.

 

[bozncsurf]

Used it to winch a 620 lb land scaping rock into the backyard

 

[a_traut_man]

Installed a set of Dissent Offroad aluminum skid plates. Fit right up the way they were supposed to and don't look half bad ha. @benc did an awesome job planning these out, still easy access to anything underneath you would need and the craftsmanship was top notch again.

 

[gee314]

I did all this a few weeks ago, pre-moving. Changed oil, changed front-diff oil due to newish gears, complete transmission fluid exchange following a thread found elsewhere on this forum (worked great!), flushed coolant system using Prestone kit, replaced cracked T's, and replaced valve cover gaskets.
Everything was fairly straightforward. Cleaning valve covers took a while.

 

[bluesquirrel]

We put a baby in it!
Everett's first drive was in a Hundy!

 

[FxFormat]

130K miles, this is on my new hundy i just got, it broke when i squeezed the clamps, not even touching the hoses yet. Could be disastrous on a road trip.

 

[ADVNZ]

We put a baby in it!
Everett's first drive was in a Hundy!
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Us Everetts also had our first ride home from the hospital in a hundy in May!

 

[IceStorm]

Putting in a new diff lock.

 

[brizzle]

Installed my dissent roof rack! Stoked! Thanks Ben!! Great product!
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damn those racks look good!

 

[sleepycruiser]

GOT HWM??????

I asked @yotasavg to come up to the shop for a HWM (hidden winch mount) build day as he is the closest "stock" 100 in the area I know of.... These mounts are becoming more and more popular and since I sold all of my bumper designs.... might as well make a new product.

The stock cover is re-installed using 100% of the stock bumper tabs. I had to add the two center tab brackets and will supply the hardware to attach these points as well as new 10.9 grade frame/HWM bolts with the kit.

He also asked if we could take a ride in my old Esme rig as its here for a custom front and misc R&D items for the 100. He was interested in what the Tough Dog and TourFlex system was all about. I'll let him express his opinions on this and the HWM and working with me.

It was a pleasure working with you today. You and Dewey are welcome anytime.

I'll let @yotasavg comment from here..

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What is the time frame on these to go live? Any idea on price point? I need this like yesterday.

 

[Greenbean]

Nothing to spectacular but it needed a new Toyota blower motor,

Original was clicking badly on low speeds and me trying twice to take it apart but the bearings I couldn’t get to.

Worth the 130 bucks to me!

Original had 455K and 18 years on it.

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

What is the time frame on these to go live? Any idea on price point? I need this like yesterday.

I'm cutting and bending a few this morning. Andrea will have them up later today on the website.

J

 

[fisherman978]

Oddly enough, I also did this this last weekend.

LX470 plastidipped

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Lexus Plastidipped

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Lexus Plastidipped

Lexus Logo Plastidipped

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Lexus Logo Plastidipped

I also did the grill. I really love how this turned out.

Grill plastidipped

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I also finally got around to doing Land Cruiser Phil's mud flap delete.

Before:

mudflap1

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After:

LCP's mud flap delete 1

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LCP's mud flap delete 1

LCP's mud flap delete 2

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LCP's mud flap delete 2

what color is that titanium? what kind of dip did you use? thx!

 

[fisherman978]

I replaced my rear gold emblems with the newer-style nameplate. Details in this post: What have you done to your 100 Series this week?

You can get different colors of nameplate too. I chose black.
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where did you buy the emblems? and the landcruiser badge

 

[lt1fire]

A few months back our key broke in the ignition. YotaMD hooked me up with a new key. Since the. The key has been harder and harder to turn. Got some blanks and went to yota dealer. They wont cut your keys and will only sell you the whole shebang transponder set up for around $300 no thanks. Took it to a local LS and they cut it by VIN look up. New key didnt solve the hard turn. Asked toyota..... new ignition is around $400. Ok back to the LS with the ignition in hand. Fixed in an hour total $28 for the ignition fix.

 

[fisherman978]

A few months back our key broke in the ignition. YotaMD hooked me up with a new key. Since the. The key has been harder and harder to turn. Got some blanks and went to yota dealer. They wont cut your keys and will only sell you the whole shebang transponder set up for around $300 no thanks. Took it to a local LS and they cut it by VIN look up. New key didnt solve the hard turn. Asked toyota..... new ignition is around $400. Ok back to the LS with the ignition in hand. Fixed in an hour total $28 for the ignition fix.

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i am having the same issue. i bought two spare keys as my plastic ring on my two have split and broke. Ace hardware said they won't cut it im in MA any suggestions on where to get the keys cut for my 98 cruiser

 

[lt1fire]

Some dealers will do it if you tell them you dont care if they accidently break it. My amazon blanks were only $9 so I wouldn't have cared. The one I went to wouldn't but one I went to yesterday to get another part would have.

Many lock Smith's can cut it from vin you just have to call around. Removing the ignition is easy any any lock Smith should be able to replace the pins for fairly cheap.

 

[Ayune]

where did you buy the emblems? and the landcruiser badge

I bought both off of eBay: GENUINE TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PLATE BACK DOOR NAME BLACK OEM 75441-60500-C0 | eBay

GENUINE OEM TOYOTA *LAND CRUISER* (1998-2007) PLATE, REAR BODY NAME 75471-24131 | eBay

 

[68W65D]

what color is that titanium? what kind of dip did you use? thx!

Emblem and Grille Kits

I went with the Anthracite Grey (True Metallic)

It is a pretty easy reversible mod you can do.

 

[sleepycruiser]

I'm cutting and bending a few this morning. Andrea will have them up later today on the website.

J

Please let me know....hopefully I can squeeze it into the budget today. Will it come with everything to mount it?