🛠️ What Have You Done To Your LC250 Today?

[skeptopotamus]

Installed armrest elbow pad

🛠️ Member Build - BigCat goes Underground

Successfully installed :LOL: [URL='https://www.ebay.com/itm/286906223439?var=588930446100']this arm rest[/URL] pad today. I set my seat pretty...

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I got this too a couple of months ago. Huge difference.

 

[TimHerald]

Wrapped mine up for the next 3 weeks. Headed to Austria, Hungary and the Czech Republic to do a bit of hunting. Hope to get to use some LC’s while over there.

 

[t3lcfe]

Treat / love my FE with overland use:
Interior Starlink Mini setup with highest quality American made Veritas Vans kit.
It is mini Starlink super security mounted interior and exterior. Also, quickly removed / transferred from 1 to another vehicles or places.
There are many Chinese made stuffs in Amazon. However, it is the BEST in my opinion

Sounds like an advertisement for Veritas Vans, but NOT. Paid my own $

 

[ultane]

Treat / love my FE with overland use:
Interior Starlink Mini setup with highest quality American made Veritas Vans kit.
It is mini Starlink super security mounted interior and exterior. Also, quickly removed / transferred from 1 to another vehicles or places.
There are many Chinese made stuffs in Amazon. However, it is the BEST in my opinion

Sounds like an advertisement for Veritas Vans, but NOT. Paid my own $

So, just to be clear, that thing is suction cup stuck to your sun roof, and allows internet connectivity, without cell phone coverage?

 

[t3lcfe]

So, just to be clear, that thing is suction cup stuck to your sun roof, and allows internet connectivity, without cell phone coverage?

Yes.
Make sure nothing covers above the sun roof like roof rack, RTT, etc.

Alternate, If someone has no sun roof, just lay it on the roof with magnetic “mount”. Man, that thing is super strong ! Very hard to remove without the handle
For my Gwagon, if the roof filled up with RTT and boxes, I have that magnetic mount on the engine hood

 

[PixelMagic]

So, just to be clear, that thing is suction cup stuck to your sun roof, and allows internet connectivity, without cell phone coverage?

Starlink mini allows internet connection and via internet you can make phone calls on the WhatsApp app!

 

[Jersey Skier]

Installed these TRD wheels & Toyo Open Country tires that I purchased off another member here. Will post up installed photos after I paint and install my center caps.

 

[hdx]

ARK Micro Flares installed

 

[LandCruiserJ]

With a shout out and thanks to @EOD Guy, I undertook the Great LC250 Airbox Critter Prevention Project.

When I recently checked my air filter (while doing some routine maintenance), the cotton candy bottom pad from the air box was shredded into a queen-sized mouse bed, replete with a stanky, pee-stained mattress. YUCK.

So I picked up a new airbox and cabin filter from the dealer, and set about procuring materials to create an impregnable (to all but cool air) fortress of airbox solitude.

Curiously, Home Depot had nothing in the way of wire mesh, or anything particularly good to create a “bottom pad” (which, annoyingly, Toyota does not sell). So I shifted into home-scrounging and materials improvisation.

I found some leftover rubber material we used for home gym flooring; along with an extra small, wire mesh steel grate from an old Hibachi grill (I’m happy this improvised part was actually Made in Japan!)

Then time to measure twice, cut thrice, and wiggle-fit.

I used some kind of vinyl Super Gorilla Tape to affix the mesh grate to the inner side walls of the airbox, completely covering the snorkel entry point. Then I drilled holes in the rubber bottom mat so I could reuse the “push grip” fasteners to hold it down.

Finally, I put in the fresh, clean OEM air filter.

And then buttoned it all up.

I’ll be checking the airbox periodically to see if there are any attempted break-ins (especially throughout fall, when the meece go looking for winter quarters). But I’m hoping this little hack does the trick.

Thanks again @EOD Guy for the tip!

 

[Bad1975]

With a shout out and thanks to @EOD Guy, I undertook the Great LC250 Airbox Critter Prevention Project.

When I recently checked my air filter (while doing some routine maintenance), the cotton candy bottom pad from the air box was shredded into a queen-sized mouse bed, replete with a stanky, pee-stained mattress. YUCK.

So I picked up a new airbox and cabin filter from the dealer, and set about procuring materials to create an impregnable (to all but cool air) fortress of airbox solitude.

Curiously, Home Depot had nothing in the way of wire mesh, or anything particularly good to create a “bottom pad” (which, annoyingly, Toyota does not sell). So I shifted into home-scrounging and materials improvisation.

I found some leftover rubber material we used for home gym flooring; along with an extra small, wire mesh steel grate from an old Hibachi grill (I’m happy this improvised part was actually Made in Japan!)
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Then time to measure twice, cut thrice, and wiggle-fit.

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I used some kind of vinyl Super Gorilla Tape to affix the mesh grate to the inner side walls of the airbox, completely covering the snorkel entry point. Then I drilled holes in the rubber bottom mat so I could reuse the “push grip” fasteners to hold it down.

Finally, I put in the fresh, clean OEM air filter.
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And then buttoned it all up.

I’ll be checking the airbox periodically to see if there are any attempted break-ins (especially throughout fall, when the meece go looking for winter quarters). But I’m hoping this little hack does the trick.

Thanks again @EOD Guy for the tip!

Nice work, I haven't done this nor do I foresee the need for me but if so I'd put the mesh screen at the entrance to eliminate the entire problem at the red circled area below inside the fender. Not as easy a solution but they could easily just nest there until it can't breathe at all. Probably could get to this by removing the fender liner?

 

[LandCruiserJ]

I thought about that but it’s a bigger production, and I’m not sure that plastic snorkel is particularly hospitable for them. The airbox is in the engine bay, it’s warm, enclosed, and (thanks to Toyota) has perfect material to chew and shred into a nest. Out in the cold black plastic snorkel tube, not so much.

But that’s also why I’m gonna keep an eye on it.

 

[EOD Guy]

I thought about that but it’s a bigger production, and I’m not sure that plastic snorkel is particularly hospitable for them. The airbox is in the engine bay, it’s warm, enclosed, and (thanks to Toyota) has perfect material to chew and shred into a nest. Out in the cold black plastic snorkel tube, not so much.

But that’s also why I’m gonna keep an eye on it.

I feel the same way, I may be moving to the country in a year or so and I'll be looking at the air tube screen with more earnest.......

 

[ultane]

Nice work, I haven't done this nor do I foresee the need for me but if so I'd put the mesh screen at the entrance to eliminate the entire problem at the red circled area below inside the fender. Not as easy a solution but they could easily just nest there until it can't breathe at all. Probably could get to this by removing the fender liner?

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What a great idea!!

 

[ultane]

When I recently checked my air filter (while doing some routine maintenance), the cotton candy bottom pad from the air box was shredded into a queen-sized mouse bed, replete with a stanky, pee-stained mattress. YUCK.

Thanks again @EOD Guy for the tip!

Does anyone know what the purpose of that ‘Cotton Candy Bottom Pad is?

 

[Bad1975]

Silencer pad

 

[AlDuss]

Has anyone installed these? I am intrigued but a fear of the rivets.

https://plomor.com/cdn/shop/files/plomor-lc250-gx550-d-pillar-grab-handle-modular-utility-system..jpg?v=1790144609&width=1100

Looked all over the sight and could not find any mention of them.

To stay true to this thread, I did put 275/65 20 Bridgestones on with 1in space at the 560 mi mark. Here are some not so great pics. The ride is awesome though!

 

[ultane]

Silencer pad

Thx Bad1975. That’s what I thought. I just had to be sure, before I made a makeshift one.

 

[riley]

^^^ Looks like a smart add. Do you use the zipper compartments for anything?? How do you cope with sags???

Hey sorry for the late reply…I’m really liking the net so far and it’s been holding the same tension since I’ve installed. All four corners have buckles and strap to pull it tight. I like to keep my headlamp and phone in the little zipper compartments when I’m sleeping in the back. For $25 it’s been a really good mod.

 

[riley]

Just finished adding the rear tailgate light. Very much needed! Simple install and kit came with extra wire with plugs so no need to cut wires. Just plug and play. Fishing the wires wasn’t too bad until I got to the black grommet. Pushing through with a wire hanger helped with that area.

 

[ultane]

Just finished adding the rear tailgate light. Very much needed! Simple install and kit came with extra wire with plugs so no need to cut wires. Just plug and play. Fishing the wires wasn’t too bad until I got to the black grommet. Pushing through with a wire hanger helped with that area.

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I love it when a plan comes together..