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KDJ120LC4, I am afraid that your garage is just guessing. One mistake could be tolerated to anyone, but this step-by-step replacement until you have a new car is an amateurish job. Please, check this page: Toyota Land Cruiser: Troubleshooting - Steering - [Leaving Land Cruiser Club] Clear...

I am having the same problem (2004. model). Sticking steering at any speed; start happening quite suddenly. At one repair shop, they told me they have to rebuild a hydraulic steering rack, at a place where they are fixing heavy trucks steerings they started to gently hammer (tapping) the...

Tnx, Goodoldboy! I love the wheels too... I still have to take it to wheel geometry be checked/set. It would be shame to destroy those tires quickly now... I’m curious how they will act on long run hard braking in corners; they have 30 mm positive scrub radius now… And the color; it is in...

Tnx, Stumog! It runs (and stops!) much better now. I havent test it off the road yet. Only thing that really bothers me now is clunking sound when I ride it hard uphill. I think it comes from forward right wheel, sounds like a CV joint... that will cost me ANOTHER arm and a leg, I'm afraid... :-(

Hi, guys Finally I have got my car back from repairshop! Here are some pictures of it that I promissed...

Good point, Shayne! I think that my personal conclusion will be - Original alloy rim nuts could be used on steel rims in emergency, but one should not rely on them. To be replaced with thick steel rim nuts ASAP. (I like to make such "memo" notes to myself!)

Here, I've found 4 main types of lug nuts - AFIK on 120 alloy rims Toyota is using "shank with washer" type...

Oh, I have ordered steel rim nuts - they are just not yet delivered... But in the meantime I'm testing this option. And, BTW, you said: "nut in your pic only holds the wheel on by its countersunk taper" - But, all steel rim nuts hold the rim ONLY by the countersunk taper, they dont have flat...

Original nuts have a conical (not rounded) shape at the bottom. And they fit perfectly into the conical cutout on the rims: So, I'm pretty confident that it would work - I was just surprised that they incorporate such a feature - "One lug to fit them all!!! (LOTR) :-)

Here is an outcome to this issue… After two months of tinkering and fiddling on my central reducer, my repair guy managed to fix it! (Since I was a cheapskate, not throwing 1.900 € for a replacing one). He rebuilt it, with new computer and some new levers, and now it works! If you get stuck in...

Steel rim story continues, to my surprise... Usually, the lug nuts for alloy rims doesn’t fit on steel rims – but it this case, they might! I thought that I’ll have to get me a new set of nuts, like those, to fit conical holes on steel rims, like those: But, I tried original nuts for alloy...

Hi, guys Just to put a end to this story: I've got YOKOHAMA Geolandar A / G015 275 / 65R17 115H TL RPB, 5 of them, on Black steel rim 17x8-XF 6x139,7 ET0 CB 106,1 They look nice, and I'm eager to test them out! ... especially regarding that 30 mm positive scrub radius... Thank you all for...

I had a interesting conversation with tire seller... well, interesting to me. https://www.ebay.com/itm/163299221108?ul_noapp=true After asking about DOT, it goes: They - The tire season has just started, and we sell them a lot. We should not have tires older than 1,5 years in our warehouses...

Thank you, uHu, for sharing this with me. Now I know more about winter tires - it will help if I deceide to have a dedicated winter tires...

Goodoldboy, could you be more specific: which dimensions are questionable? Comparing 17x8-XF 6x139,7 ET0 CB 106,1 (rim seller) and 17x7,5 6x139,7 ET30 CB 106,1 (Toyota specs), they are almost same; 0,5" wider rim, 3 cm offset outwards. I've ask seller about those additional markings: Could you...

It is one more "plus" to the Yokohama box against Falken, then. Thank you!

Thank you, Bruce Maybe, if one day my 120 “grows” into a full-fledged off-roader, I’ll get M/T tires too. For now I’m using it in quite softer role. But you are building my confidence in those Falken tires with your experience…

Thank you for sharing your experience with me, uHu I know that this Falken are not full-fledged winter tire, only all-season, but they have 3PMSF mark, and some decent sipes. You are saying that „The Falken would be useless for winter conditions” – sounds a bit harsh judgment for a 3PMSF mark...

Hi, Goodoldboy! Thank you for sharing your mind. Here is a reference I’m using for rim and tire dimensions: https://www.wheel-size.com/size/toyota/land-cruiser-prado/2009/ From there, this is related rim data: Center Bore: 106.1 mm dimensions: 7.5Jx17 ET30 bolt pattern 6x139.7 Rim...

Hi, guys! First; sorry on too many questions that I have. As it is obvious, I’m a newbie in 4x4; lot of passion for this game, but not much knowledge… I would like to make another set of wheels for my 120. Have a nice highway summer tires on alloys; have to travel often and long stretches on...

Hi, Simon. I am truly overcome by the size and depth of the manual you sent me. It's so much information that it's just scary. Thank you very much!

Oh, sorry! I tought that my e-mail address is visible thru my profile... It is [email protected] Thank you, Simon!

Hi! Could I bother you to send that manual for Prado 120 to me too? I'm looking forward to grease my hands again... :-) Thank you in advance!

Hi guys. I should have your thoughts on repairing my 120. The control panel is lit up with "VSC TRC" and "VSC OFF" and the center differential lever cannot be switched to a lower gear. Has been that way for a long time now. Center differential lock button, when pressed does nothing. My repair...

Primošten is beautiful and a great place to explore Kornati archipelago by boat. Tučepi is just infront two large islands; Hvar and Brač - fantastic roads for exploring. I'll try to upload one photo from Hvar; that small spot on the gravel road is my bike... There is over a 1000 islands on the...

Sorry, goodoldboy, I missed to answer about the photos: I dont have any at the moment! Car is at a repair shop on another end of Croatia; problem with gearbox / central differential; wont be back for another couple of weeks. As soon I'll have it back I'll take some of pics...

Thank you, stumog! Yes, that was a Croatia of my childhood; warm people with strong friend and relatives bonds. This is exact way my parents house has been build; hard work and joyful celebration hand-in-hand! Of course, now are much more modern times, but not all of that is lost... In which...

Thank you, clivehorridge! Yes, Croatia is a very nice country if you like exploring hilly forrests, rocky and wooded mountains, even some low-land marshes. All of that is within short reach, and when you have enough, it is easy to get on highway and go home. I love Gorski Kotar; mountainous...

Thank you goodoldboy, both for your welcome and tyres suggestion! Thing is, I may be using this car for highway drive too quite often - so becouse of fuel economy and lower noise level I've chose those summer tyres. I was planning to get another set for winter, mud, grass... but I'm open to...

Hi, iwan_t24, thank you for your welcome! Your girlfriend is from my neck of the woods? She speaks one of the Balkan languages? Please say "Bok!" to her for me...