The Toyota Landcruiser Owners Club

[exlandyfreak]

I have a SWB 2003 LC2 120 series Prado I suppose, although its branded only as Land Cruiser, the new shape that came out in 2003.

As it is the LC2 version it only has tiny 225/65x17 tyres on it, anyone upgraded to larger tyres? If so how big and did you need to extend the wheel arches as they are about 5cm narrower than on the LC3-5's??

And any insurance issue?

Thanks

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[stjones(R1)]

I dont know about the LC120 but on my Amazon LC 100 I have fitted 16" rims and 285/75 16 tyres  BFG MT.  £118 each from Camskill online.  £15 each to fit onto the new rims.  The spare literally just fits underneath now.  My wheel stud spacing is 5 x 150.  Standard Jap is 5 x 139.  Getting decent AT or MT tyres may be an issue with 17" rims, thats why I had to buy 16s and obviously being 5 x 150 they had to be sourced from Toyota but a scrappers would be fine.

I was told 16" rims wouldn't fit but Toyota invrestigated for me and they do.  So if you have 5 x 150 stud spacings get some scrapper Landcruiser alloys, but just check you have over 1" clearance all around the calipers first.

Tyre size is easy, just check the clearances at the front and back inner edges to see how many mm you can go up by.  Usually you can go up 10 to 20mm each side without cause for concern.  Just remember that if you go wider by 40mm you will need to lower the aspect ratio.  That's the ***/60 or 70 etc/Rim Size

You can find tyre sites with calculators on them.

My speedo is now dead accurate +/- 0mph

Roadnoise in a straight line at 70, what roadnoise.
Grip in the wet during hard cornering is awesome.
The only noise I get from the tyres is round corners at 40+, which is when the huge side cleats dig in.  With the window open and no stereo on.  With the windows closed you can hardly hear them.

I was told that I couldn't have 16" rims because the brakes were too big but I purchased a set of 16" steel rims from Sandhurst Toyota in Berkshire and plumped for the biggest tyre I could fit.

I have about 15mm clearance from the steering arms.  They BFGs are about 2 to 3 inches taller than the standard AT23s on 18" rims.

They look awesome and give the car a more aggressive appearance.

I could do with a body lift now, about 2" would be fine.  Anybody know a place around Surrey and Hants borders that can do this for me and what is it likely to cost.

[jvoelcker]

[stjones(R1)]

Yeah just a body lift really.

I do want to fit a winch, but I am going to try and find out if you can put a pto on the gearbox to drive an hydraulic pump, then I can have an hydraulic winch.

If you want to give me a quote for a body lift please do.  And it would be worth letting me know about the suspension lift too, but you can only  do so much with suspension and body lifts, because you are always hampered by the diffs.

[jvoelcker]

Hi,

For the winch, I fit the MileMarker M12, it can be modified to get it running off the power steering pump - it is slow, but does the job.

The PTO route is possible, but will be a lot more expensive wit major changes to the transfer case etc.  If you are wanting more speed another option is to get a 3rd party pump and run it off the fan belts or aircon belt - the main tricky bit will be putting together a bracket to mount it on - even so will be cheaper than the PTO route.

What height of lift are you after?

Body lifts are more hassle than suspension, personally I would go for suspension first and then think of body lifts.  You can do a fair bit with a suspension lift if you go the diff drop kit route - a good place to check out is the forums on IH8MUD.com for inspiration.
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Julian
1994 HDJ80, with loads of mods without looking too obscene
1997 KZJ95 - Gilly's - plain black and muddy on BFG ATs.