Thread: fantastic stripdown of 300 series Landcruiser.

Originally Posted by oka374

Tins that hoist won't lift your Oka ;-))
Lifting something as heavy as the Oka on two posts seems a bit on the sketchy side so installed a 6.5 tonne four poster with two 3t rolling beams instead in my shed. Can lift the Oka off the hoist when required, makes it easy for wheel rotations.

Tipping your shed also has a high roof.

that strip down was amazing on a brand new zero km vehicle.

the firm knows that within months the popularity of the vehicle will create a parts bin bonanza and subsequently will be ready when that occurs.

it's interesting to see anti Toyota members here already getting hackles down their back , you can see that the L300 is going to be a very good vehicle.

I haven't heard of this being done on a Defender , has anyone?

It's impossible to separate the body from the chassis in the new Fender and seriously why would anyone bother to do it.
The aftermarket gear fot the 300 series will be a massive market, With the new Fender people will struggle to even get wheel/tyre upgrades let alone anything else.
If this new cruiser is only half as good as the last one the sales of them will still make the numbers for JLR look insignificant.

Love them or hate them Toyota has made bloody good 4WD's for decades and their sales reflect that.

Originally Posted by trout1105

It's impossible to separate the body from the chassis in the new Fender and seriously why would anyone bother to do it.
The aftermarket gear fot the 300 series will be a massive market, With the new Fender people will struggle to even get wheel/tyre upgrades let alone anything else.
If this new cruiser is only half as good as the last one the sales of them will still make the numbers for JLR look insignificant.

Love them or hate them Toyota has made bloody good 4WD's for decades and their sales reflect that.

Yep, you will never see that dedication to a strip down of a Land Rover as they just don’t sell enough of any model.

Anyone who can do that to a 20km old vehicle knows the demand for what they can produce to suit that car to on sell to producers of after market components.

I’m not a Toyota fan , but plenty of friends and work colleagues have them and if they offered me a land cruiser I wouldn’t knock it back.

Land Rover have a long way to go , even the #1 defender fanboy doesn’t seem to be here telling us of the new defender anymore.

Bulletman

Originally Posted by trout1105

The aftermarket gear fot the 300 series will be a massive market, With the new Fender people will struggle to even get wheel/tyre upgrades let alone anything else.

Love them or hate them Toyota has made bloody good 4WD's for decades and their sales reflect that.

The after market guys are already sorted.GVM upgrade will be available in a couple of weeks,TJM already have bars,racks,side steps,etc.Same for ARB,and Milford,with both getting a head start as they built the OEM accessories.

After market wheels are available.

Compare that to D5,as an example that has vitually no available accessories from the major players,and its been around for something like 5 yrs.As said,same as New Deefer.

What they have done is stuck with something that is tried and tested,why do a huge major change,when its not broken?
Compare the D4 to D5 change,pushed the vehicle up into another class,a completely new vehicle,no doubt R & D,etc would have been huge,which didnt help sales,and made it more complicated,for little gain.

Has anyone had a good look at the front suspension and hub set up of a new Deefer,or for that matter any modern LR,its so complicated,its rediculous,for what,some small gain the average Jo wouldnt even notice?

Toyota are not stupid,they have built something that sells,its what people want,their sales prove it,they have virtually no compitition for the LC in the current marketplace.
Not over complicated,it will do the job it is built for well,with no doubt, great reliability,and resale.

Why wouldnt it will sell in droves?
Price maybe its bloody expensive, probably one of its downfalls,but i bet the money will be found.

For those that want to watch,this guy isnt too bad,he actually used to have either a D3 or D4 from memory.

This is part one,of four,part two and three are on U tube.Part 4 isnt released yet.

It would be good to see something like this for the New Defender,but unfortunately,i cant see that ever happening.


4X4 vehicle development - LC300 tech engineer interview, Part 1/4 - Development - YouTube

Funny, I have some very good mates here that are Toyota fanboys.

They love them.

What they don’t say anymore is how reliable they are - they all lament their 80 series for their inherent strength and overall reliability.

They do not say that of the 100 or 200.

Instead I hear stories of electrical gremlins, cracking spot welds, squeaks, breaking plastics and mechanical issues.

They still love them to bits though.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Funny, I have some very good mates here that are Toyota fanboys.

They love them.

What they don’t say anymore is how reliable they are - they all lament their 80 series for their inherent strength and overall reliability.

They do not say that of the 100 or 200.

Instead I hear stories of electrical gremlins, cracking spot welds, squeaks, breaking plastics and mechanical issues.

They still love them to bits though.

Even the 80’s brought weaknesses. The best were the 60’s