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I picked up my KZJ95 in early 2019. She was a gorgeous example freshly imported from Japan with a single previous owner.
1998 Toyota landcruiser prado TX 3.0td 1kz-te
Factory 5 speed manual
75,000 kms when I purchased her.
When I picked her up, I was in love with having my first "real" 4x4. Here's a photo of her the day I brought her home.
The first thing that I HAD to do - was upgrade my head unit from the Japanese band stock unit. In comes a JVC Android auto head unit. There is something very neat about driving a 20 year old truck with Android auto.
I left her as she was for a good two years, just slowly rolling the kilometers on as I got to know the new truck.
Some 33 inch wheels and tires popped up locally for $400 - and while they were on 15" wheels and people say you can't run 15s... I picked them up, and set out to prove you can fit 15s.
You can run 15s.. you just need some big ass spacers... Also, stock height? Not gonna happen... So the modification bug bit me..
I said to a mate "I'm not going to do much of a lift, maybe 1.5" tops" two weeks later I had picked up a set of 80s springs to run in the rear and a 2" front lift from dobinsons. She looked pretty damn good.
With the 2" front lift and 3" rear lift, I could easily run my 33s with no issues. However, I really HATE spacers, they just make me nervous. So after proving the naysayers wrong and running 15s, I decided to sell them off and get some wheels that fit without spacers. So I picked up some 16x8 -22 steelies and I'm so much happier.
I've reached the photo limit for this post, I'll update further soon!
I picked up my KZJ95 in early 2019. She was a gorgeous example freshly imported from Japan with a single previous owner.
1998 Toyota landcruiser prado TX 3.0td 1kz-te
Factory 5 speed manual
75,000 kms when I purchased her.
When I picked her up, I was in love with having my first "real" 4x4. Here's a photo of her the day I brought her home.
The first thing that I HAD to do - was upgrade my head unit from the Japanese band stock unit. In comes a JVC Android auto head unit. There is something very neat about driving a 20 year old truck with Android auto.
I left her as she was for a good two years, just slowly rolling the kilometers on as I got to know the new truck.
Some 33 inch wheels and tires popped up locally for $400 - and while they were on 15" wheels and people say you can't run 15s... I picked them up, and set out to prove you can fit 15s.
You can run 15s.. you just need some big ass spacers... Also, stock height? Not gonna happen... So the modification bug bit me..
I said to a mate "I'm not going to do much of a lift, maybe 1.5" tops" two weeks later I had picked up a set of 80s springs to run in the rear and a 2" front lift from dobinsons. She looked pretty damn good.
With the 2" front lift and 3" rear lift, I could easily run my 33s with no issues. However, I really HATE spacers, they just make me nervous. So after proving the naysayers wrong and running 15s, I decided to sell them off and get some wheels that fit without spacers. So I picked up some 16x8 -22 steelies and I'm so much happier.
I've reached the photo limit for this post, I'll update further soon!
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