What have you done to your 200 Series this week? (18 Viewers)

[smoothcruiser]

Excuse me for the delayed response.

 

[04UZJ100]

Added two new tools to the garage that will aid in my fight against winter road salt.

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WoolWax and don’t worry about it.

 

[sreyes1103]

Added ditch lights , bumper light bar, and winch today!

 

[NTV]

Added ditch lights , bumper light bar, and winch today!

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What ditch light brackets did you use?

 

[sreyes1103]

What ditch light brackets did you use?

CBI Lc200 ones, but the passenger side one aims down at an angle for some reason. I may have to heat up and bend it so its straight. Also the bracket is rubbing the plastic cover on the drivers side. Does anyone know if the SDHQ or if there are other brackets the may be better?

 

[lx200inAR]

CBI Lc200 ones, but the passenger side one aims down at an angle for some reason. I may have to heat up and bend it so its straight. Also the bracket is rubbing the plastic cover on the drivers side. Does anyone know if the SDHQ or if there are other brackets the may be better?View attachment 3149047

I believe these are common complaints about the "features" of the cbi brackets. I know on the driver's side, people use a heat gun to make a crease in the cowl cover to make room. There are a few threads on it.

Here's one, but there are a few. To summarize, most seem to say that both the SDHQ and CBI require similar work to make fit.

CBI Ditch Lights / A pillar light Bracket Installed

I got around to installing CBI Ditch Light bracket and Rigid D-SS PRO Driving LEDs. Pretty happy with the install, the brackets work great. Although I did have to trim the windshield cowling slightly. Total install time took less than an hour. When driving trails or step, mountain snow...

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[sreyes1103]

I believe these are common complaints about the "features" of the cbi brackets. I know on the driver's side, people use a heat gun to make a crease in the cowl cover to make room. There are a few threads on it.

Here's one, but there are a few. To summarize, most seem to say that both the SDHQ and CBI require similar work to make fit.

CBI Ditch Lights / A pillar light Bracket Installed

I got around to installing CBI Ditch Light bracket and Rigid D-SS PRO Driving LEDs. Pretty happy with the install, the brackets work great. Although I did have to trim the windshield cowling slightly. Total install time took less than an hour. When driving trails or step, mountain snow...

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lol its damaged already but lets see if it can be a little nicer with the heat gun. Thank you!

 

[777Gage]

Finally got around to the BudBuilt Slider install. Took much longer than I anticipated but mostly due to my going over their install video multiple times during the whole process. I wanted to make sure it was right the first time, and didn't have a shop that I would 100% trust with this. These are HEAVY and to do by yourself in the driveway, was very slow going.

My back is thanking me this morning......

 

[jivewalker]

Finally got around to the Budbuilt Slider install. Took much longer than I anticipated but mostly due to my going over their install video multiple times during the whole process. I wanted to make sure it was right the first time, and didn't have a shop that I would 100% trust with this. These are HEAVY and to do by yourself in the driveway, was very slow going.

My back is thanking me this morning......

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Looks great! Considering these very soon but having a hard time deciding on details.. For you, why did you choose dimple die down vs up vs diamond plate? Angled sliders vs steps?

 

[777Gage]

Looks great! Considering these very soon but having a hard time deciding on details.. For you, why did you choose dimple die down vs up vs diamond plate? Angled sliders vs steps?

I may not be of much help to your decision making, I didn't have much of a choice. I found a local guy that traded in his HE and never installed these, they were near me, less than brand new and zero shipping.
In all the offerings out there I like the Dissent Step Sliders best aesthetically and for my LC purposes, however they have been on back-order for a while now and didn't want to pass up the BudBuilts.

 

[Diff Kraken]

Looks great! Considering these very soon but having a hard time deciding on details.. For you, why did you choose dimple die down vs up vs diamond plate? Angled sliders vs steps?

And here's discussion on the angled vs straight:

200 favorite Rock Sliders

very helpful, thorough thank you. So i was just on BudBuilt's site and see they have 3 options. What is the difference between these 2: Bolt-On Step Sliders | Land Cruiser 200 | BudBuilt Off-Road and these?: Bolt-On Rock Sliders | Land Cruiser 200 | BudBuilt Off-Road are the "step sliders"...

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[foolforthecity]

Finally got around to the BudBuilt Slider install. Took much longer than I anticipated but mostly due to my going over their install video multiple times during the whole process. I wanted to make sure it was right the first time, and didn't have a shop that I would 100% trust with this. These are HEAVY and to do by yourself in the driveway, was very slow going.

My back is thanking me this morning......

I did it solo as well and was thinking oh this will take about 90 minutes..it's only 10 bolts right? Boy was I wrong..not difficult from a technical standpoint but it does take a while to do it right. The good news is it is worth it. I have hit mine hard on trail obstacles and they haven't budged.

 

[outlaw4shrt]

LiFePO4 (LFP) are far more stable that the contact that Li-ion name gives. The price paid is that LFP's are much lower energy density than full blown Li-Ion's. Auto 3 'Identical" that is not needed What you need in the engine bay is one that is heat and cold resilient. May now have built in thermal heaters to permit charging below 0C. Auto sizing, as you are not running off alternator no need to balance to main starter battery. with only 50amp charging capacity I would suggest wiring charger to a switch to charge one battery at a time.

As Julian stated, there really is no reason to chase "identical" batteries. Especially when you could put one big 200ah LiFePO4 in there and have the same capacity as all three of your current AGM batteries and still have an AGM battery under the hood.


The wiring in a switch with 2 batteries wouldn't be necessary as long as you used your DC - DC charger to control how much draw off the start battery/alternator you were using. This is a pretty standard feature, in fact any DC to DC charger that is over 50amps would get pretty expensive and be difficult to wire for that kind of load.

thanks for the feedback. My AGM in the engine bay is connected to the BCDC, and that battery is connected via bus to the other two in the trunk. The TEXU400 I have is a pretty neat piece of kit. I am certainly an amateur when it comes to these set-ups, but I am not inclined to change anything just yet, but I certainly welcome your thoughts on this. I'll be back in the states full time next summer, but while I am in Europe the LiFePO4s are cost prohibitive.

 

[Sinister]

Added heritage wheels to my 2011. Still looking for an exhaust shop for the muffler and resonater.

 

[DrLexus]

Added ditch lights , bumper light bar, and winch today!

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What year LX is this? Was the CBI bumper a difficult install? I want to install one on my 2016 but I can't find any info on if it will fit or not.

 

[MtnAddict]

Just a test fit, but solid stuff if you need a cargo liner for dogs.

Canvasback Custom Cargo Liners

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[jprovence]

Fixed my USB door. It was broke when I bought the truck.

 

[aptos]

Cleaned a slow retracting seatbelt and battery corrosion. Also discovered that my recirculating air door is busted and the glove box door latches are sticky, so I know what I will be working on next week.

 

[jprovence]

Cleaned a slow retracting seatbelt and battery corrosion. Also discovered that my recirculating air door is busted and the glove box door latches are sticky, so I know what I will be working on next week.
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Was that just cleaning the belts? My driver side is slow as well.

 

[aptos]

Was that just cleaning the belts? My driver side is slow as well.

Yes, only my driver's belt needed it. I removed it, vacuumed out under the interior panels, blew the seatbelt retractor out with compressed air, and soaked and cleaned the seatbelt. Pretty much took care of the issue!