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Yo Platinum, There are plenty of people on this site who will give you a whole bunch of sound Landcruiser advice; I am not quite in that league and I have yet to be shot down for asking too many questions. Finding the right 80 takes time. But once you have one your driving experience changes...

TESLA have just announced that they are to produce a pick up truck, (slightly bigger than the F-150). Never knew the pick up truck market in the US was so profitable. Quite a contrast to us poor saps living in Europe, who are being forced to shun diesel and ditch the heavy vehicle.

I think the pictures distract and I would imagine the majority of LC owners wouldn't drive around with a picture of someone else's LC stuck on the side/back of the car. Maybe play around with just the font/colour and wording of Landcruiser Club.net as that's what is being promoted. Thanks.

Over on aliexpress I am about to order one of these Seems to tick most of the boxes and not too delicate or complicated.

Considering I bought my 80 off this forum and have stolen 101 ideas from various members, its my number one GOTO site for anything Landcuiser related. All I need to do now is attend some meets back in the UK.

I was in their garage (Wink4x4) last week, and I must admit the turbo unit certainly looks the part. I also went for a spin in the blue one! Now on my list of things to change.

To think we can send a monkey into space, build an international space station and plan to send humans to Mars, yet alone all the technology SETI uses to look for ET, and we cant invent one small gadget to retrofit to a diesel car to knock out NOx. I have no trust in politicians, mayors and car...

They look impressive. Someone passed me the other day that had these LED lightbars installed all over their 'Jeep'. It's a German company, called Lightpartz. Prices look reasonable and the quality of build was A+.

Russia is on my list again... 1. Kola Peninsula (as per Lorin's post) 2. Road of Bones 3. Then there is the Baikal-Amur Mainline or BAM (railway service road) that is the mother of all Russian overland routes.

Not that I have been to a UK Overland Show (yet), the organisers might want to take a look at the Overland Expo East in the USA which is currently running. Seems well organised, caters for the whole family and has loads of exhibitors, granted it's a much bigger 4x4 market, but there are some...

Sometimes vehicles get 'deliberately stuck'..makes the doco more interesting, if you know what I mean. I am not sure the brand of car makes for serious editing. Looking forward to seeing the other two parts.

Just seeing if anyone knows the owner of this 80 spotted near Ware at the weekend, at a tractor ploughing competition. I wasn't there.

I recognised the badge on the grill. Latest Special Ops Vehicle taking the best of 4x4 & 6x6.

Thought I might share a couple of pics from a friend of mine who was offroading in Georgia recently. Details are a little sketchy, but was a group travelling from Russia in August and the route they were on was a little dangerous. Anyway a large rock landed on the bonnet of one of the 80s. Bit...

Did anybody else read about the smart box device that claims to reduce fuel bills and emissions? Called Ezero1 from CGON It came from the Daily Mail.

So I'm down in Port Stanley and I have seen more Landcruisers in one day than in any other part of the world! With a residential population of 3000, there are about 100 80/100 series and none are for sale! They command same prices as in the UK and all are keepers. Looks like they have been...

As I neared the Portuguese/Spanish Border last week on a minor road, trying to avoid any arm of the law (technical reasons), I was flashed by an oncoming driver, warning me of a GNR police check point up ahead. There they were on the roundabout and duly pulled me over. After the usual morning...

I am definitely in the market for a set of drawers. Some of the designs and builds coming out of the USA are really impressive including sliding kitchen/sink sets. However the cost of importing/shipping them into the UK is on the expensive side. Considering the larger 80/100 series market in...

Saw these on FB as well a few days ago. Someone offered GBP100 cash for them, so guess they were pulled.

For some background reading and ideas, it might be worth reading over this link

When you compare this chap being walloped by a tyre and the young girl in Wolverhampton getting hit on the head by a chunk of wood, a lot comes down to the area of skull that has taken the traumatic blow. It might only be a matter of cms between living and lights out.

After heavy rain, I used to get the same damp patch on the same bit of carpet. Shoving some absorbent paper around I traced the leak to the lower corner of the windscreen/rubber, even though it 'looked' as though it was perfectly sealed. I haven't removed the screen yet..its on my to do list...

Sorry to hijack your thread, but it wasn't long ago that I reversed into a lamp post that had been badly sited in a marina car park. On making contact the 80 was covered in glass, thinking I had smashed the rear windscreen. After getting out i quickly noticed that i had 'lightly touched' the...

Channel 4 are commissioning a new series called Escape '...in which a group of highly skilled engineers will be put into a catastrophic scene and left to find a way to escape. Inspired by real life events, the series will follow a small group of skilled people stranded at a crash site in a...

I recently enquired with Caetano/Toyota Portugal into getting 2 x Toyota Batteries. They didn't give any details into the actual units other than quoting a price of Euro 141.10/battery +IVA 23%. The code numbers are 28800-YZZJE &YZZJF

Would you mind sharing your Spanish elocution lessons with us, mind you it's normal in Spain to unleash diatribe on those that deserve it.

Before my blind falls off..does this pic help?

There is a similar situation at a beach site in the Algarve - Praia do Barranco. Infested by camper van travellers from all over Europe, with zero facilities. And I mean zero. Not even a shack. Beach and countryside littered with refuse. Makes the Ghanges River look like a sparkling spring...

Hi and welcome to the club. I guess you might be based in Luzon? You will have plenty of places to go and practice. The lower slopes of Mt. Pinatubo, might be a place to start offroading. Find an active friendly club and tag along.

If anyone is going to Paris, take note of the new anti-pollution laws and your vehicles. I think there will be a few grey stickers for this club.

Mark, this might be of general interest when it comes to watching the rally and some of the pitfalls & advice.

MPG? Not sure anyone in the club bought a LC to worry too much about fuel consumption. This club's members probably keeps the Middle East and its oil supply ticking over. Welcome to the club. FYI I get about 26 mpg

Hi..can I just check to see if I read correctly that you recently'ish converted the 24v starter to 12V? Was it an easy operation and did nyou follow the guidelines on the forum? Thanks

Wasn't sure if this has been covered under rust busting, but maybe in the near future we could have a drive through laser treatment for the Landcruiser.

You can also try this company over in Holland that sells the Kut Snake Fender Flares as well.

I get the impression that he hired the LC in Beijing. G. There is quite a big difference between hiring a car in China and driving your own on foreign plates. So long as you have a Chinese driving license (which doesn't actually involve any physical act of driving), then you can be let loose...

I wonder if they will take overland vehicles in the future. Would make exploring Mongolia and SE Asia more open, saving the long drive from Europe.

Probably not applicable to camping in the UK, but I wonder if there is some insect empirical formula that states the higher the brighter the light the greater the range of attraction? Along with the guys, buy a couple of catch nets and see what rains down when you next overland on the Continent...

In Portugal, The Salvador Caetano Group started its car business in 1968, with the importation and representation of Toyota and does indeed have a plant in Ovar (District of Aveiro) for the production and assembly of the Toyota Land Cruiser 70-Series (probably for the African Market). Maybe...

Getting ahead of the competition for the 2018 LC calendar are we? Anyway the shot is ruined by the wind turbine on the horizon...

And just to partially hijack the thread, across the border in Portugal, the GNR (aka road police) have issued over 3,000 fines to drivers who flout the '2014' roundabout' rules. http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/three-thousand-fined-for-driving-incorrectly-at-roundabouts/40397 To be expected...

Hi Johannes, Welcome to the club. We won't help you unless you post some pics of your 24V...also you don't need to fly all the way to the USA to find Cruiser parts. Quite a few people on here will help, and we are just across the Channel, and the UK is a nice place for a holiday.

Dave, If I might suggest, when you do meet the Toyo Rep have a firm idea of what kind of compensation/rectification you want. Best not to be too 'wishful'. So I reckon (as you stated) go for a replacement tyre, and you never know they might view your case with some degree of...