Weakness

[Synjar]

Reading the lower radiator support is a weak area on the LC250.

What options are available for strengthening this component?

I see the Slee RCR and the FK support.

Any I am missing?

Any experience with these or others? Pros/cons?

Lou

 

[BMFS33]

I use the Slee - and I've taken some shots to the front. Bulletproof.

 

[Synjar]

I use the Slee - and I've taken some shots to the front. Bulletproof.

Thank you.

 

[Mopper]

you can use search too...

 

[Synjar]

you can use search too...
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Thank you Mopper.

What makes you suspect I did not use the search function?

Perhaps I did a search and had additional questions of the search results did not provide all the information I was looking for.

Maybe if we all simply searched the internet there would be no need for forums like this.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Now Mopper do you have anything ON TOPIC to add?

 

[Blue Sky]

Thank you Muppet.

What makes you suspect I did not use the search function?

Perhaps I did a search and had additional questions of the search results did not provide all the information I was looking for.

Maybe if we all simply searched the internet there would be no need for forums like this.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Now Muppet do you have anything ON TOPIC to add?

Don't be lame.
There is a huge thread on here regarding the SLEE support.
Here ya go: Slee Heavy Duty Radiator Crossmember Reinforcement
The owner is actively engaged on the thread.
I have the support on my '58 and am glad I mounted it. It's 7 gauge so about ~4.5mm thick, about 14lbs and made in Golden, CO.

No experience with the FK industries but it is a 3mm chromoly bracket that is make in China. I mention China as I have a harder time trusting the alloy quality and claims.

Another great option would be the victory 4x4 steel or aluminum engine skid that reinforces the radiator bracket using the same tow mount location:

Land Cruiser Engine Skid Plate | 250 (24+) - Victory 4x4

Offering quality steel and aluminum goods for Toyota and Lexus 4x4s.

www.victory4x4.com

 

[grandsons]

What options are available for strengthening this component?

Almont4WD. Spanish-made, 10mm high-strength aluminum sheet, multi-folded construction, integrated recovery point. Nothing equivalent on the US market so far.


Almont4WD builds protection for 4WD, defense and agency vehicles. Every UNHCR and Red Cross Land Cruiser shipped from Spain to international agencies, mostly headed to Africa, runs Almont4WD skid plates. These people know what they're doing.


Look at the design: the multi-fold sheet geometry is what gives it strength, not just raw thickness. The recovery point is sandwiched between some sort of chassis feet and the skid plate itself, which bolts to the chassis at multiple points. That design spreads load across the mounting points and cuts down on torsional stress to the chassis.

 

[Synjar]

Don't be lame.
There is a huge thread on here regarding the SLEE support.
Here ya go: Slee Heavy Duty Radiator Crossmember Reinforcement
The owner is actively engaged on the thread.
I have the support on my '58 and am glad I mounted it. It's 7 gauge so about ~4.5mm thick, about 14lbs and made in Golden, CO.

No experience with the FK industries but it is a 3mm chromoly bracket that is make in China. I mention China as I have a harder time trusting the alloy quality and claims.

Another great option would be the victory 4x4 steel or aluminum engine skid that reinforces the radiator bracket using the same tow mount location:

Land Cruiser Engine Skid Plate | 250 (24+) - Victory 4x4

Offering quality steel and aluminum goods for Toyota and Lexus 4x4s.

www.victory4x4.com

I read that thread.

Thank you.

Oh and I used the search function to find it prior to creating this thread.

 

[Synjar]

View attachment 75128Almont4WD. Spanish-made, 10mm high-strength aluminum sheet, multi-folded construction, integrated recovery point. Nothing equivalent on the US market so far.


Almont4WD builds protection for 4WD, defense and agency vehicles. Every UNHCR and Red Cross Land Cruiser shipped from Spain to international agencies, mostly headed to Africa, runs Almont4WD skid plates. These people know what they're doing.


Look at the design: the multi-fold sheet geometry is what gives it strength, not just raw thickness. The recovery point is sandwiched between some sort of chassis feet and the skid plate itself, which bolts to the chassis at multiple points. That design spreads load across the mounting points and cuts down on torsional stress to the chassis.

This looks interesting.

Not sure if it will function with the FE style skid plates or not.

Thank you.

 

[DubDub]

Thank you Mopper.

What makes you suspect I did not use the search function?

Perhaps I did a search and had additional questions of the search results did not provide all the information I was looking for.

Maybe if we all simply searched the internet there would be no need for forums like this.

Maybe we shouldn’t be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Now Mopper do you have anything ON TOPIC to add?

I tried to be direct/overt with you on this forum etiquette back when you were starting new threads for every phase of awaiting your LC’s delivery. Searching the forum is excellent, but there is a second part of this you are missing. I am being direct here, and hopefully you don’t take offense as I am actually trying to help you, and the forum out.

Forums like this are a resource for many, and a social outlet for some. Threads build up over time and dilute the resourcefulness the forum provides for those looking for valuable information. When you search the forum and find threads that exist on the subject you are curious about, then you have found the destination and should contribute, comment or ask in that thread. If there isn’t a thread, you then create the destination by starting a new thread.

You start threads for things that should not be separate threads all the time, sometimes just to make a statement that is of no long-term value to the forum, and sometimes to re-ask already answered questions. I would guess at least 15-20 of you 129 posts are independent threads, and I’d bet at least 80% of your remaining posts are on you own threads.

Again, take that for what it’s worth. I don’t like being an a$$, but also wonder half the time if you understand why many of us lightly poke fun and consistently direct you to the search bar.

EDIT: I won’t do post count association, but I went ahead and fact checked my thread start estimate. You have started 27 threads in 129 posts. That means that 21% of all of your content has been starting a new thread.

 

[Synjar]

I tried to be direct/overt with you on this forum etiquette back when you were starting new threads for every phase of awaiting your LC’s delivery. Searching the forum is excellent, but there is a second part of this you are missing. I am being direct here, and hopefully you don’t take offense as I am actually trying to help you, and the forum out.

Forums like this are a resource for many, and a social outlet for some. Threads build up over time and dilute the resourcefulness the forum provides for those looking for valuable information. When you search the forum and find threads that exist on the subject you are curious about, then you have found the destination and should contribute, comment or ask in that thread. If there isn’t a thread, you then create the destination by starting a new thread.

You start threads for things that should not be separate threads all the time, sometimes just to make a statement that is of no long-term value to the forum, and sometimes to re-ask already answered questions. I would guess at least 15-20 of you 129 posts are independent threads, and I’d bet at least 80% of your remaining posts are on you own threads.

Again, take that for what it’s worth. I don’t like being an a$$, but also wonder half the time if you understand why many of us lightly poke fun and consistently direct you to the search bar.

EDIT: I won’t do post count association, but I went ahead and fact checked my thread start estimate. You have started 27 threads in 129 posts. That means that 21% of all of your content has been starting a new thread.

Ok. Thank you.

Point taken.

I am truly sorry and sincerely apologize if I disrupted or degraded y’all’s forum. Perhaps this is just not a place for me as I see my curiosity and approach to learning does not fit in here.

I will stick to using the search function to locate the information I seek from now on.

It’s all good. Thanks for the honest feedback.

 

[DubDub]

Ok. Thank you.

Point taken.

I am truly sorry and sincerely apologize if I disrupted or degraded y’all’s forum. Perhaps this is just not a place for me as I see my curiosity and approach to learning does not fit in here.

I will stick to using the search function to locate the information I seek from now on.

It’s all good. Thanks for the honest feedback.

That is so obviously NOT what I said, but I suspect you are aware of this and are instead leaning hard into the victim response. Manipulative overreactions (aka “Splitting”) are what my young children do when under criticism. I went from trying to help and wanting to provide insight, to not giving half of a darn what you do here. Soft as soft can be Luis.

 

[Synjar]

I suppose I was over-reacting. Thanks again and I am sorry.

Nevertheless, I fully understand and I will rely upon the search function for my future inquiries.

 

[GR8Santini]

I just installed the SLEE - took 10 minutes w/ Milwaukee impact & torque wrench. I like that the SLEE system fits a bit tighter across the bottom of the radiator support, & you mount your recovery hooks on top of its structure.

The Almont is a work of art from what I see, but don’t prefer that it mounts on top of the recovery mounting points, & bridges between those mounting points. Still, it’s remarkably better overall structural component as a skid plate system & provides a different league of protection. Just an observation.

 

[LCOceans]

I have a question about the Slee radiator reinforcement piece....does it reduce the ground clearance at all?
It appears to be another layer before the skid plate is attached.