TheLoyale

I am not going to make this another "Opinion based" thread, but I will say, your EA82 will love running Conventional 10w-40 year round. You could run a higher grade of gear oil if you wish, that really won't hurt anything, Royal Purple or Lucas is good for gear oils. And for an ATF, I like to run something for higher milage trans. Just my two cents. Cheers, -Tom

Finally, after long awaiting, I have found someone with a set of the door panel switch trims and clear corner lights. All for $50 out of Canada eh hoser! Now I will have a complete interior and the clear corners will give it the non-USDM look!

Here is an pretty cool link to some offroad/modified Toyotas. http://toyota.4x4offroads.com/

I agree with both of your posts, It will be a long running project as are my other two cars I will need to fix the CD player and LCD display if I were to keep the original HU. The CD player does not read discs and ejects them right away (Stuck/sticking Laser eye) nothing a little rubbing alcohol won't fix. As for the Screen, I don't know, might be a loose connection, I dunno if it has a ribbon connection or if its soldered onto a board. I will discover that when I remove the radio I'm sure. Anyway, sorry I haven't really taken any pictures for the updates like I normally do, just kinda busy with a relationship and such. Never fear all, this thread will pick up very soon!

So, that thread does really help a lot. Yes, an aftermarket HU will work, you just need to bypass the AMP which has a "White" Plug, then use a wire adaptor "Scoshe" and connect it to both of the Gray connectors. I guess in doing this, the rear most speaker (In the cargo area) will not work (As the amp powers that so I've read) In that case, I can always run power from one of the door speakers to power the 9th speaker and voila! Done. My plan on a speaker set up is: Run 4-ways in all 4 doors Replace Dash tweeters with better tweeters (Maybe super tweeters) Replace the roof tweeters with the same and either run another 4-way in the cargo area or maybe just a sub. Now if I ever run into the money I think shocks and tires are a high priority

I find this odd, the Clock should keep in memory when the battery was pulled (Power was lost) How can it keep accurate time with no other 12v backup? My '92s Clock still works right and proper.

"Almost Genuine"

Yeah that makes sense, I just found out that the system does have its own AMP thats not built into the radio. So, I guess I will have to pull the radio and see just whats what. The way the speakers are in the vehicle are as follows: 2 Dash tweeters, 2 Mids Front Doors 2 Mids Rear doors 2 Tweeters in rear cargo ceiling 1 Sub in cargo area

I have put a little TRD goodness on it as of recent. Main two things I need to do is Tires and Shocks. Tires will run close to $1,000 and shocks will be about $140ish. Not enough play money as I once had, I haven't been able to get things done on the rig that I wish I could've. One thing I need is a new Head unit and some speakers which aren't blown (I have a stock 9 speaker system) so I wonder what'll happen if I replace the radio with a Pioneer? Is there most likely a built-in equalizer on the stock radio to control all 9 speakers? I really don't want to have to run an AMP to still use all 9 factory speakers. Thoughts?

Looks nice! I would know that Yamaha blue anywhere!

Is that a Yamaha in the garage?

This video makes me laugh at the end

Yeah, the west coast is your best bet, although, a few clean ones pop up on craigslist around the mid-west/east coast time to time. Good luck and happy hunting!

This is what I'm looking at. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=60373

I think I will stand by that too, (Should have listened to Dad again lol) Only thing these RS5000s have are, 10 proportioning Valves so it stiffens up on rough roads, but there still isn't anything pushing the tire to the ground besides the spring, I just don't get why the RS5000 has been the leader in the offroad shock market since 1985 (Baffled) :-\

So, I got the rear shocks in today (Rancho RS5000) and I am VERY displeased with them, They are not Gas charged, so they basically do nothing other then cushion the ride, they don't push the wheel to the ground (Which is what you'd want to improve handling) Plus they are 1/2" shorter then the stock Gabriel shocks which ARE Gas charged. My plan now, is to purchase all 4 shocks, but in Monroe Magnum-Charged (Which is a Gas charged shock) and at a cheeper price. On the positive, I did replace the rear marker lights, with ones I found at the Flying-Js truck stop. These are about the same sign and style, except they are LED and look much better. Almost looks stock!

Oh yah, eh hoser!?

Probably a type-o, but if someone wanted to swap vins onto a cleaner (Possibly older) shell, all they need is the dash bezel and the door jam plate (Thats it) no one would be the wiser.

Looks to be an '85 to '86 GL with that honeycomb grill and interior color. All Loyales will be SPFI not Carb'ed. That rear wiper is also up side down :-p

This is what a base price of $69,000 will get you

That would be kind of you, tell him thanks! Well, I went to a Pilot/Flying-J's truckstop in search of some new side markers, found a nice set that will look BOSS on the Toyota! I just need to tap into thr 12V and ground it out and she'll be good to go. LEDs FTW.

If you have the ambition to Wax it by hand, totally use Mother Calif. Gold (Awesome Wax, I will not use anything else)

I would LOVE to do something like this with the Landcruiser! I originally wanted to do this with the Loyale, but I think I got the look I wanted outta that car.

KM2s are a Mud-Terrain tire made by BFGoodrich which replaced the original KM-Mud Terrains. Thanks for the link! Will check out.

Ah, those would be cool (They are also 16" IIRC)