Man thats the kinda car people dream about, a little old lady never drove it sold it cheap. Thats like a fairy tale. LOL Very nice.
What made you go with the Icon vs the OME? Who did your suspension install?
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Man thats the kinda car people dream about, a little old lady never drove it sold it cheap. Thats like a fairy tale. LOL Very nice.
What made you go with the Icon vs the OME? Who did your suspension install?
Thanks. I thought I wanted a 99 with rear locker but now I think I'll be OK with a 2003ish with the 5 speed trans and ATRAC
Lol, unfortunately it wasn’t cheap, her daughter sold it after she passed away and they did their research. It is in amazing condition though and was dealer maintained for 20 years.
I went with the Icon/Slinky kit because of the adjustability of the remote reservoir shocks, they ride like a dream. I have ridden in a few Hundys with OME suspension and The ride quality not that great, really stiff ride. I also went with the SPC upper control arms, diff drop, Trail-Taylor upper and lower rear adjustable control arms and sway bar links, Slee 1.25” spacers to clear the hubs for the Tundra wheels.
For all of my upgrades for the Cruiser as well as both my Wranglers we use Baker Off Road in Alpharetta. Sean is the best in the business and will treat you fair. He specializes in Jeeps but will work on anything and has built a lot of Landcruisers and GX’s.
Eeks I can only imagine how much you had to pay if that was the case.
Where did you order your parts from? It seems like OME and maybe Ironman are the kits most people go to for like a budget friendly entry level kit but I have seen lots of recommendation for Icon. ACC which is a big Toyota shop in Atlanta recommends Icon. My goal is ARB front and rear bumpers, Slee sliders, SPC UCA, Slee diff drop and undecided on wheels. I was thinking OME for lift but I will look into Icon. Ultimately I just want a 2.5" lift. I don't know anything about lift kits or truck suspensions, never own a truck before only SUVs so the adjustability factor would be lost on me. At this stage I'm a set it and forget it kinda guy.
Yes, so when I bought my rig the first thing I did was took it to ACC for the timing belt 90K service and just a front to rear inspection from the experts at ACC. They will be my go to shop for maintenance and all mechanical related maintenance. Since the old lady didn’t drive it much the last few years they never had that service done so I was able to use that as a bargaining tool when negotiating the price. The owner of ACC Bryan is the one who made the recommendation of Icon for my lift. He says it’s the classic story of “buy once, cry once” if you plan on keeping the rig for a long time go with the better suspension the first time instead of doing it twice.
It sounds like you have a great mod list, I bought my lift parts from Treaty Oak Off-road, great guys to work with. I have an Ironman Front Bumper and Slee Rear bumper on the way. That will pretty much round out my build.
I don't follow 100's enough to know how this compares but this seems pretty decent...
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/d/atlanta-2004-toyota-land-cruiser/7048884365.html
https://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/cto/d/atlanta-2004-toyota-land-cruiser/7048884365.html
Ad is gone. Do you remember the price and miles? I'm hoping to check one out tomorrow in Kentucky
Wow, it was listed a little after 8 am this morning. 2004 or 05 in ATL for $11,500, 175,000 miles, dark grey, California car, driven cross country 2 times in last few months, timing belt done, had what looked like BFG K02's with plenty of meat, looked clean but seller said there were a few small cosmetic issues built into price.
UGH! I shouldnt have asked for details. LOL!
Yeah that sounds like it was my unicorn, a charcoal grey, good miles, timing belt already done. LOL
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Dawgbrain
this wasnt it was it?https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/matthews-2004-toyota-land-cruiser/7039897382.html
