Drover
Adventurer
Hey, don't tell my friends in the land rover section! Lol! I've been a long time land rover owner, 3 range rovers and 3 discoverys. You could say my blood runs green. Those of you in this section who aren't familiar with my truck, I was recently on the front page in the article "winter challenge". This is my beloved 04' disco 
But I always have coveted the landcruiser, particularly the fj80. I wheel with a lot of guys who run 80's and I'm amazed at how capable they are.
So , I always surf the local craigslist ads (more or less , just to entertain myself) for 80's for sale, never really thinking I would buy one. For one, on the east coast , when you see one either it has 300k on the clock, or some guys wheeled the ******** out of it , and it's all roached out. Well this past Sunday , I'm flipping through the local ads and I come across this , with only 100k on the clock, one owner, and an elderly lady who never drove in the snow because she was afraid to, and kept it , garage kept it's whole life. One of those urban myths , I know.
Long story short, I got it for $5,000!!! I literally didn't make it home, and I was already calling cristo at slee and ordering a lift, had it 2day aired , called my friends at the tire shop , and order some new wheels, and mounted my old 33's on it, that used to be on the rover before I went to 35's.
Within 5 days of ownership, she looks like this
This will end up being a pretty mild build compared to the rover (6" lift , 35's etc) , the goal with this truck is to be more of a family friendly overland vehicle. My wife hates getting in the rover , with the lift. So , like I said pretty mild. I do want to do the slee shortbus, but am still undecided on sliders, and rear bumper. Any suggestions would be appreciated , also looking at doin lockers, have always done Ashcroft or arb , the two best for rover applications. But is there anything out there for 80's that I'm missing? E-lockers?
Like I said previously , this is my first toyota fj80, and I'm just not as familIar as I am with a rover platform. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. I'll try to keep thread updated with progress pics.
But I always have coveted the landcruiser, particularly the fj80. I wheel with a lot of guys who run 80's and I'm amazed at how capable they are. So , I always surf the local craigslist ads (more or less , just to entertain myself) for 80's for sale, never really thinking I would buy one. For one, on the east coast , when you see one either it has 300k on the clock, or some guys wheeled the ******** out of it , and it's all roached out. Well this past Sunday , I'm flipping through the local ads and I come across this , with only 100k on the clock, one owner, and an elderly lady who never drove in the snow because she was afraid to, and kept it , garage kept it's whole life. One of those urban myths , I know.
Long story short, I got it for $5,000!!! I literally didn't make it home, and I was already calling cristo at slee and ordering a lift, had it 2day aired , called my friends at the tire shop , and order some new wheels, and mounted my old 33's on it, that used to be on the rover before I went to 35's.
Within 5 days of ownership, she looks like this
This will end up being a pretty mild build compared to the rover (6" lift , 35's etc) , the goal with this truck is to be more of a family friendly overland vehicle. My wife hates getting in the rover , with the lift. So , like I said pretty mild. I do want to do the slee shortbus, but am still undecided on sliders, and rear bumper. Any suggestions would be appreciated , also looking at doin lockers, have always done Ashcroft or arb , the two best for rover applications. But is there anything out there for 80's that I'm missing? E-lockers?
Like I said previously , this is my first toyota fj80, and I'm just not as familIar as I am with a rover platform. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. I'll try to keep thread updated with progress pics.
