Off Road Power Products Land Cruiser 200 Series

[nitro-gear]

Check out the new Offroad Power Products 2013 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 series. It will feature our Nitro Gear & Axle 4.30 Ring & Pinions, TJM USA Rear Pro Locker, ICON Vehicle Dynamics Billet rear Lower control arms, ICON 2.5" remote res Coilovers & Piggybacks with compression adjusters, and ARB USA/Old Man Emu rear progressive coils.


We started off with a brand new 2013 Land Cruiser 200 series:

Some parts from ICON Vehicle Dynamics, check out the skids on the LCAs:

Tight quarters in the shop but we make it work:

Some of the rear ICON parts installed:

Installing some Nitro Gear & Axle 4.30 gears. This will put the truck close to stock gearing with the 33-34" tires. We also added TJM USA Pro Locker in the rear:

Getting started on the front end:

More to come!

 

[RangeBrover]

Awesome cant wait to see the final product.

 

[p nut]

So clean and fresh. Can't wait to see it get dinged, dented and dirtied up.

 

[RangeBrover]

All that money for suspension and no upgraded UCA'S? You're probably going to want to invest in them if you want to be able to get the alignment back to factory spec.

 

[nitro-gear]

Part of that would depend on who is doing the alignment, and how much lift you have over stock.

All that money for suspension and no upgraded UCA'S? You're probably going to want to invest in them if you want to be able to get the alignment back to factory spec.

 

[Eric Edwards]

Anything over 2.0 of lift and it is strongly recommended to get the Total Chaos upper control arms. This has been discussed at pretty great length on the Ih8mud LC200 boards. I tried running my LC200 without the Total Chaos uppers for about 2 months after my Radflo lift, and had some mild vagueness in my steering. Might want to consider it. = D

 

[Jwestpro]

Part of that would depend on who is doing the alignment, and how much lift you have over stock.

You statement implying that one person could do "more" or better alignment than another. While an incompetent tech may not be able to it correctly, there is no magical alignment to be found that can allow factory parts to account for too much lift. Therefor, you guys, no matter how great you may be, are not going to find extra room that does not exist.

According to Slee, and others with experience in this area, at 2" +, revised arms are really the smart thing to do whereas only up to 1.5" is ok to stay within proper alignment specs.

 

[Mauka2Makai]

Nice to see a 200 being built here, looking forward to the progression. Does Icon not build UCA's for a 200? It would seem only natural to offer one or include it with such a high quality suspension set-up. Keep the updates coming.

 

[bjowett]

I'd rather run stock arms and less lift... or if the lift is required, modify the upper mount or stock arm a bit to get the required caster.

 

[RangeBrover]

As of right now Total Chaos is the main supplier for UCA'S, Icon does not manufacture a set. You don't need to upgrade the UCA'S, but it is highly recommended. I was just curious as to why they decided not to buy aftermarket UCA'S since they're going with such a high quality suspension setup. Just doesn't make sense to cheap out on a part like that.

 

[daveyboy]

I'd rather run stock arms and less lift... or if the lift is required, modify the upper mount or stock arm a bit to get the required caster.

Why? Build quality, geometry?

 

[bjowett]

The build quality on some of them is excellent... they allow the geometry to meet required spec. for some apps. IMO, open race style spherical bearings are best left to race vehicles, where years of wear endurance is not required. That's not to say there won't be some folks that get a decent amount of life from them, but I promise you they don't run them in what some consider real world conditions.... mud, snow, salt, dirt. Poly bushings, can be great for mounts that don't require rotation. One rarely, if ever, will find OEM and OEM race programs using them. Google polyurethane bushings and stiction for plenty of reading. :ylsmoke:

 

[daveyboy]

The build quality on some of them is excellent... they allow the geometry to meet required spec. for some apps. IMO, open race style spherical bearings are best left to race vehicles, where years of wear endurance is not required. That's not to say there won't be some folks that get a decent amount of life from them, but I promise you they don't run them in what some consider real world conditions.... mud, snow, salt, dirt. Poly bushings, can be great for mounts that don't require rotation. One rarely, if ever, will find OEM and OEM race programs using them. Google polyurethane bushings and stiction for plenty of reading. :ylsmoke:

I didn't realize that they used poly bushings.

I hear exactly what you are saying. I have WRX that I occassionally track and am replacing all of the bushings--with rally-spec Group N rubber bushings as opposed to poly.

 

[nitro-gear]

More pics

Some more pics. We supplied some Hutchinson RockMonster 17x8.5" double beadlock wheels in black. Running Goodyear MTR 285/75R17 tires. Removed the running boards. Next up, Sliders, bumpers, winch.

 

[SmoothLC]

Now that's just plain sick!

Nice setup.