Unstoppable Land Cruiser 80 Build Episode 6. Budget Offroad Build.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2023
- What a crazy two weeks!
It took many long days to get this ready for the ONX Build off but as you will see in the video... it moves!
I'm so excited to get this on the trail and use it instead of working on it.
This Land Cruiser 80 isn't done. We still need a few things like hydro assist and transfer case gears but it's so nice to wheel a little in the meantime.
Enjoy the video!
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The level of professionalism here is evident. Nate and Dave have approached this build like the pros that they are. And while the truck’s name is Dumpster Fire, it is anything but. Beautiful work.
Absolutely! Not sure how his vote count is so low. This thing is insanely capable and the build is unreal!!!
Nate, great work sir. Got all my votes for sure.
Absolutely perfect timing. Just woke up on a nice Sunday morning sipping my coffee. Then you upload a video. Great start to the morning
Literally same
Exactly, I barely started my coffee and scratched my sac when I saw it on 👍
I run 40s for 4 years all stock axles rock crawling and mud bogs and I still drive it on the road weirdos I been doing this for 18 years when people use to scoff at us with a lift on a 80 lol
My vote is to keep it like a solo camp rig setup kinda like we all had before wife and kids! I miss the easy days of camping and just throwing in a cooler, tent, sleeping bag and a bag of clothes!
Out of the three competitors, I believe your build is the most repeatable for the "average builder." I think this is a HUGE benefit to most and I'm excited to see the end result.
Win or lose, great job sir!
Yup. I feel like the other builds aren’t in the spirit of the competition as much.
No way I could replicate that level of attention to detail in the bodywork
@@TheAnimal191 the body work is time consuming but not that complicated really
of the 3 builds this one is the one I'd want! Very capable but also very daily driver!
Factory gets it done Yota wasnt playing with the 80 series.And the beef up on LCAs is spot on.
As an 80 owner, I love what you are doing with this LX. Re storage, the interior of the tail gate is perfect for recovery gears because it is so easy to get to. I keep my rear seats since it is my daily driver, but I built a platform at the same height as my rear seats when seat backs are folded down, then place plywood over the platform and rear seats; with a 4" memory form on top, it is a very comfortable bed when I take it for camping trips.
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Nate, I have an 05' Nissan Xterra.
What I love about it's seats is both, passenger and driver seats fold ALL the way down with the rear bench removed.
So what I've done is bought a stock bucket driver seat and installed it in between the driver and passenger seat.
So now it can sleep 3.
The 3rd seat fully reclined still gives me enough room to build a horse shoe shaped storage, fridge, battery etc...
area while giving me a line of sight out of the rear window.
I'm not a Toyota guy, but after spending 2 weeks driving one of these around San Diego recently, I fell in love. I think this is probably the best 4x4 Toyota has ever or will ever make, and the best all-around do it all 4x4 that one can build.
That drop down tailgate has a bunch of room for recovery gear. Some laser cut templates, a few hinges and rivnuts and you get a nice place to store recovery gear.
Several on the market, mine is a huracan from Oz
Huracan Fabrication has a kit to make that tailgate into a storage compartment with a latchable, hinged door. I also use it for recovery gear
Great video! It was awesome seeing Mr. Muddy Beards and his truck on this video. Definitely digging the build! :) I hope it wins!
Love this build! In my 80, I built a drawer system with the top as a sleeping platform. You can leave the 2nd row seats. Just set the drawer platform height to match the height of the folded over 2nd row seat backs. I release the bottom latch and put a 3" block under each one so they're nice and level. Throw in a self inflating camp mattress and boom, sleeping platform. I'm 6'1 and have room for days with the front seats slid slightly forward. Packs up and back to a 5 seater in a few minutes (including deflating the mattress)!
Finally a wheeling video of the @muddybeard WJ! Lol
Great job teaching the kiddo! Great dad! ! !
The crew cab S10 is cool.
loving the build man.. so I kept my 80 back seat in tact to the family could ride with me.. I have full drawers in back for storing parts, recovery gear, etc. The beauty of my drawers is that when I fold down the middle row, they have a platform that folds out and rests on the middle row seats, turning it into a sleeping platform. Best of both worlds.
Love the Steve Irwin toyota Commercial 😂😂 he always made things entertaining 2:30
You have two family offroad builds...the Gladiator and the Land Rover. I say make this a solo rig and build a platform with drawers all the way to the front seats so you can store all your stuff. I built a drawer for the back of my Sequoia and I love it. Great build.
Great video! You had us all over, in the garage, out on the trails, in the garage, out on the trails and back in the garage. Good times and good luck on your competition!
Of the three builds this is easily the one I would want most, blown head gasket and all!
Thank you Nate. Regardless of the outcome of the "competition", this has been entertaining, enlightening and informative. Your demeanor, your ability to articulate the process, and the skills to get it done, throw waste to the adage "those who can't...teach". You have demonstrated the ability to do both. Thank you, and good luck in all you do (not just this challenge). 👍👍
I would say builder for a single. You have the Land Rover to do family trips with.
But I will say this. You can do a 3 seat setup for the regular and still have a bed platform. You could even make the rear (3rd) seat removable and have the rest of the platform fold flat so you can do a platform for father son wheeling trips.
I've been using Frontrunner Wolfpack boxes for years. We use 3 - one for dry food storage, one for the camp kitchen, one for other misc camp gear (flashlights, TP, etc). We usually through them up on the roof rack to make more space inside, but they fit easily in the cargo area of my 4Runner. I like them because they are weather proof and they are very stable when stacked.
I have 94 that’s built out pretty good. Been a shop potato since I got my RZR. This vid has gotten me to finish the small amount of work and get it out.
Dude love the rig. I don't know why you are not you are not winning the onx challenge. Always love all your videos. Keep up the great videos.
Nate, you may want to consider upgrading the steering shaft to a 105 series shaft. It's much beefier, but fits in the regular 80 series steering box. All the part numbers are available through Toyota, and a whole kit is available through Wit's End.
I know the vid has been up for a while so you may not come back to this comment. For a rear storage setup that keeps it a family wheeler, gives you a platform for sleeping and will fit all the junk: I built a plywood box that took every available inch of rear cargo space with the second row of seats installed. Just like any cargo boxes on the market more or less. Then i removed the second row of seats and utilized the seat bracket bolt holes, with pedestals, to build more boxes for that space and were removable. The second row were accessible from the top with lids while the rears had a standard drawer. In my 80 i could have up to 4 people and a little storage or from the back of the front seats to the tailgate was all flat space. Your land cruiser build is my wet dream, thank you for sharing it.
As an 80 owner, this is friggin awesome. Can’t wait for more wheeling footage
You are a Samurai sword-making master for cars.
Ditch the rear seats, build dual full length pull out drawers with sleeping platform on top. Or make one of the drawers shorter and put a drawer fridge accessible from the one of the rear doors for cold beverages.
I'm a land rover owner but I really love the 80 series... great video!
I remove the rear drivers seat when I camp and sleep in the back, tailgate down and tailgate top door closed. It works!
Okay, 2 seats up front, big drawer "base" (like a sliding shelf) with a shelf that can raise and lower from the interior roof to be a sleeping platform if you need it, not a bunch of extra solar this and that, just a badass multi use minimalist cool wheeling first, road duty second build... You said you wanted ideas 😁👍
Seriously Nate, I dig it as much as I dig his Red Second Gen S10 build
One of the many things I appreciate about you Nate, is, you paint all your undercarriage suspension components, unlike some other channels who throw parts together covered in mud, rust and grease, and just send it, Nothing drives me crazy more than that.
I love watching you and your son together. That's the reason I started our channel. To spend time with my son doing things he loves to do and to hopefully encourage more dad's to find time to do things with their kids.
I wish more people voted for you!!! I’m a Jeep guy but I love this Toyota!
You are so incredible talented! As a mechanic, engineer, host/presenter and in many more categories.
Also seeing your work makes me cry in german TÜV.
Powerstop rotors and pads are amazing In water and Help eith brake fade love them on all my 4runner rigs
I was thinking about the whole solo sleeping in the back thing. I don't know why but, I had a rescue litter come to mind. They typically weight around 30lbs, but you really could setup a sleeping bag and you're done. Possibly mount it to a roof rack or turn it into a cot.
Congratulations, you’re the next Fred Williams! I love your content, keep it up.
Good to see you have your son involved
I am hoping to do something similar to my 83 Toyota pickup. 2 inch lift, high steer, and IFS box. Flat bed on it, and chop the front. Hoping for 35-37's with lockers, and gear it for the 22r. Dual cases and gear it to piss for the tires :) Thank You for some inspiration and motivation :)
I grew up wrenching on everything I could. I took apart my dad lawn mowers when I was 5 yo just to see how it worked. Spent my teens fixing up GM square body trucks with my grandpa. I have watched every car show you can think of! Most of them I have watched multiple times. I love Dave Chappelle and started watching your channel because of him. You are awesome! You take pride in your work and want to do things right and not just film content! I learn a ton watching you and have always wanted to do metal work but you have inspired me to get a welder. Keep it up my friend!!
Man, I would love to have you as my neighbor 😂 love your content, the way you present things, and always super envious of the trails you drive 🫥
I had a 96 FZJ80. Absolutely loved it. Turd of an engine but was an all-round bitchin rig. Air lockers? Hate em! Always repairing them for buddies.
I have an 80-series. I built rear drawers that are the same height as the back edge of the folded 2nd row seats. I can put down a sleeping pad and sleep comfortably, and still have rear seats if I need them. Alternatively, build a height-matched platform for one or both rear seats. Gives you lots of flexibility. The only downside to drawers is if you ever need to transport something heavy. I needed to transport a motorcycle engine and getting it onto the tailgate was hard enough. Getting it the extra ~10 inches onto the drawers was really tough.
Hey Nate. If you use prevailing torque locknuts and proper washers on all you suspension and steering joints. They will not, absolutely will not come loose. You will never have to retorque them. If for some out this world reason they were to loosen up the slightest bit they will never vibrate loose. I have 40+ grade 8 bolts on my jeep throughout my suspension and Steering and not one has ever come loose and I’ve never retorqued them. And nobody thrashes on their rig as hard as I do. If there’s a week point in anything, I find it lol
As a fellow 80 owner, the tailgate offers a good amount of storage. There are a lot of videos on how to do it. Basically you remove the carpet on the tailgate and cut a big hole on the inside and install doors. There are several companies that make the doors or you can DIY some.
My vote is to keep the rear seats. Actually keep one rear seat for your son. Then do storage on one side and the rear. Build drawers in both places. Also stock 80 rear seats fold pretty flat. A lot of people keep them and do a platform over both of them.
Absolutely love this build!!!
Awesome that it is done, has been tested, has the bugs worked and most importantly by far... You love it. Awesome build. Hope you have a fantastic time win, lose or draw. Thanks for the great build videos sir.
For the rear you can make tailgate storage. In my 80 I have a full Baltic birch sleeping platform with a big drawer and cubbies where the 2nd row was. All bolted to the factory holes.
I put my compressor over the left rear wheel arch behind that plastic panel then just have the manifold or plug poking through the panel, I run two drawers side by side from the tailgate to behind the rear seats, only about 100mm tall so I can still have the fridge on top and be able to reach and see inside it. You could also make a false panel to continue the floor height from the drawers to the front seat backs to sleep on. I also strung bungee cord like a web up below the headliner in the back so you can store pillows, sleeping bags etc up high on top out of view. There are companies also that sell a kit to make inside the lower tailgate a storage compartment, quite easy to replicate.
As a long time Toyota guy, I had one of those sack in the 80’s. (Except yours looks like the Lexus version of the actual Toyota Land Cruiser) I’ve built numerous Toyota pickups, starting with a brand new 1982. I built all to remain daily drivers but off-road as well. Brand spanking new. I’d built a couple of new Toyotas and was always dreaming about getting a Land Cruiser, which I eventually did in the late 1980’s. Sold as King of the off-road vehicles, the actual Land. Raiser was drained specifically for hard 4 wheeling and really needed no mods to do a respectful job offroad. (Brand new) At the time, (early to late 1980’s) that was before the “SUV” craze. People still drove station wagons, but minivans were starting to get popular. But the Toyota Land Cruiser was never a “luxury SUV”, or sold as such. The early ones were marketed and sold as off road workhorses. By the 1990’s SUV’s were coming on the scene at the Land Cruisers started to change and get luxury features in them. Something the 4 wheeling guys at the time didn’t want. Then Lexus had their version that was loaded with luxury gadgets and crap.
I worked for Toyota for years back then so that was an advantage for me.
An interesting side note for Land Cruiser lovers! Toyota still makes the original series, stripped down Land Cruiser, with all of Toyotas offroad options already installed. Like front and rear lockers, differential geared down, and it’s sold with a standard radio and A/C is an option. 5 speed manual or optional automatic. V6 gas engine or Toyota diesel engine available.
It has all the basic vinyl interior, hand crank windows and push button door locks etc..
Absolutely NO fancy computers or electronics.
And Toyota still makes them and sells them all around the world. But they will NOT sell to the US!! Grrr🥵🥵🥵
Toyotas excuse is “Americans want all the bells & whistles”, so we get a Land Cruiser that’s more like a luxury car and costs $100 grand!! While these beauties sell for something like
$30 grand.
If you’re a true fan of the Land Cruiser, knowing this information about brand new first generation models still being built by Toyota, but not to America, is enough to break your heart!!
Internal ceiling drawers, pull the rear side windows and make storage drawers in their place, and/or bed floor drawers
Love the "Simple Suzy " aspect of this build I'm really digging it comfortable capable &reliable 👊🏽
Your episodes are great!!! beautiful work culture in filming and working in the workshop. Can't wait for the next episodes!!!! this Lexus is wonderful.Greetings from Poland 😀👍
Love that there is an S10 in your convoy
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You already have family rigs I would keep it solo. I’d love to see a platform build like overland bounds 80 series. Great work Nate!
Cruiser outfitters are true freakin experts man
Enjoying every videos watching this challenge..
I have a 12v swapped 80 w nv4500 and hardly ever use the rear seats. It’s the best hunt trip base camp. I plan on building a sleeping platform to gain the width lost from wheel wells. Love your build been voting for you.
I'd say do a hanging cot or hammock in the back there. That way you've got full access with height on a hammock setup. If you go with a one man cot hanging from your roll bars, you'll have space under and beside it for storage.
That relay box is sweet for them switch pannels 12:10
Love the vids man, i have an 80 & a 2nd & 3rd gen 4Runner. I took all the seats out of the 80 & made a platform. The seats of the 4R's fold up in a much more cargo friendly way & if you were to take the seats out, thered be a big hole. What i love about the 80 is that it's more or less flat. When i go with the fam, ill take the 4R & when i wanna go overnight & sleep ill take the 80
My dream car
The Lexus turned out awesome! Good luck in the competition. That offroading shop is in the area I grew up in... small world. I'm in Arvada Colorado now. Just an hour from wheeling above Central City.
As an 80 owner (2), tailgate storage is a nice solution to hold some stuff.
You gotta love a Land Crusher...
I've always loved S10's and that crew cab is incredible!
All of the builds are amazing. You all will have a great time regardless of the outcome just knowing that you are all masters of your builds. I do really like the fact that Dumpster Fire is still riding on stock suspension. That says a lot about its original design.
Fellow LX450 rock lander owner here. I kept my back seats for dog comfort, but I have DFG Offroad storage drawers in the back of mine and they are a lifesaver for camping/recovery gear. They can take my whole 200 pound ass on top of them with zero complaint and have an insane amount of storage room. Maybe try something like that and then build something to extend the platform out to meet the front seats. Could give you additional storage room that you can get to from the rear side doors and even it out for a nice sleeping platform
Cut and install a hatch cover for the tailgate for storage inside. Two good tight nets one front and one rear mounted to the roll cage. and a small drawer system.
Oh, and the orange with the blue wheels, I'm still jealous how GOOD that works 👍
as an aussie just call it an 80 series thats what we call em
So awesome you're playing around with a Landcruiser dude.
Very rad build! Thank you for taking us along
I’m sure someone has said this but that back lower hatch door. they make a door that you cut the back out and it turns it into a big spot to put what ever the hell you want in there. Actually has a lot of room to store stuff. Just look up 80 series tailgate storage. Tons of different companies make doors for it.
lots of love for the wj😍😍😍
The lower swivel hub studs/nuts are a known point of concern with big tyres and they stretch the studs pretty easily if they come loose and go unnoticed.
As long as they're checked regularely they're fine.
I have the arb twin, it is loud for sure but it's so nice to just have it on board and ready to go and you know it's working.
that tangerine color is super nice on the trail. good betsy
Nate, you can rotate that 90 degree bend on the ARB and make it a *little* lower. You just have to loosen the 10mm nut in there with a thin wrench.
Cruiser owner. Mines a family crawler. Rear seats and some lite weight drawers. Build looks great Nate. Love the bump stops.
i always liked land cruisers, i hope i can get one before they get too expensive
This is the one I'd keep of the 3. Just Gorgeous.
This build is insane! The popo would have a field day with these mods and most 80 owners in Aus would have zero idea what you have created!! 🤌🤌
Raised platform bed build would make a pretty awesome video 👀
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Don't want to sell my 80 series no more, ever!
Watching these series are more entertaining than Hollywood movies. Thank you for your time and effort.
The welding montage of the control arms to classical music was just perfectly composed.
Goodness, I would love to have a rig even half as cool as this.
Large drawer/sleeping platform is perfect. And different than your other builds.
Definitely the best, realistic daily use and off road. The real thing
I think a two drawer system would be idea for your rig.
I thought the idea was that both you and Dave would be on the trip at the same time. Based on that idea I'd do two single mattresses and try to fit the fridge in the middle of the beds or off to one side.
I currently have a gx470 and built out a rear storage platform that still allows you keep the rear seats in the rig and when you want to sleep in it you can fold the seats in half and I have a piece of plywood that folds out on hinges to bridge the gap. I am 6’-2” and can sleep in it just fine. Before the GX I had an 80 series and I know for a fact that the same set up would work and still be able to sleep/store items with the same platform design. If you want pictures or plans let me know.
Gday from Australia. Long time viewer. Much respect for the work you do to your vehicles. Really enjoyed the harbour trailer series. Cheers
got to love those passive aggressive rock gardens :P
I use totes to keep stuff in and you can toss them under the truck at night.Some guys said a drawer but that leaves even less room to sit up or even get in and out.
Hi mate awesome build! I run a HDJ80 here is Australia, I mounted my ARB twin compressor in behind the RHS rear quarter plastic panel where the factory woofer goes. I’ve also added a tail gate compartment which holds all my recovery gear, I run not back seats at all so I can sleep in the back,
These cruisers are absolutely iconic here in Australia. There’s also some great storage space available in the rear tailgate too. Have a look at hurricane fabrication and you’ll get some ideas.
Nate, it was nice meeting you in Montrose this morning at the TA truck stop. The Toyota looks awesome and good luck in the challenge.
I would love to see you rock the same rear drawer setup as the "overlandbound" landy. Sweet pull out kitchen too