My LX470 Luxury Land Cruiser

[Vitamin_J]

Love this truck! Instead of talking about how much I love it, here are a bunch of photos and videos proving it!

[Vitamin_J]

Videos here:

Hell's Gate Obstacle: https://youtu.be/991SZc8mQy4

MOAB: https://youtu.be/rZrFJLpno_c

San Rafael Swell: https://youtu.be/ZhMPhkAA4ds

Slaughterhouse Gulch: https://youtu.be/3lcLKzYB2F0

Black Bear Pass: https://youtu.be/NuYnYY0ISSY

Super Secret Trail: https://youtu.be/LYz9pTsSR9I

North Sand Hills: https://youtu.be/9qgANKJxl1s

Sand Dune Drag Racing: https://youtu.be/Qp1EG3cIoQQ

"The Three Gulches:" https://youtu.be/Gsb6OyaAj50

A tour of my LX470 Land Cruiser and all of my mods: https://youtu.be/KfP2UT-XcgM

[meatmonkey]

Awesome pics. Really jealous of your terrain. Pretty ballsy dipping it hood deep with no snorkel. Broke any front cv's yet?

[Vitamin_J]

It's a Land Cruiser! Designed to wade water that high. The airbox was totally dry afterwards.

CVs holding strong. I carry a spare with me on the harder trails, though.

[OnTheTrail]

Nice videos! Obstacle avoidance by the camera drone looked quite good also.

[Vitamin_J]

Thanks! The drone is a Skydio 2, it's the best! Really makes it easy to just focus on driving. I launch and land through my sunroof!

[Vitamin_J]

Some more photos from wheelin trips:

[Vitamin_J]

Here's a little info about my truck and my mods.

2007 Lexus LX470
Dissent Offroad front bumper, aluminum
Slee sliders
4x4Labs rear bumper
Badlands Apex 12000lbs winch

18" XD wheels
275/70/18 Nitto Ridge Grappler tires
Powerstop Extreme Towing brake kit
Air Lift 1000 Airbags
E85 conversion kit
Borla Exhaust

Uniden 520XL Pro CB Radio
Yaesu FTM-400 HAM Radio
WeBoost cell phone booster

60Ah house battery bank
Power inverter
solar charger
electric blanket








Welded the rear bumper myself

[Vitamin_J]

Since I got this truck and started hanging out with Land Cruiser people, things have escalated rapidly:

[jonhardy86]

Nice set up. I currently drive a 2001 lx470. Nothing crazy. AHC gone. ARB heavys with an ARB front bumper and warn 12 winch. Pretty basic but also pretty awesome vehicle.

Previous was a 1992 fj80. Small lift 33s and arb front and rear bumpers. Winch and a few other things. Roof rack. Loved it but I wanted newer and nicer. And we'll I hate I sold it. Had a 1995 with factory lockers and loved it. Land cruiser people are like jeep people (I used to be a Jeep only guy). Always nice to see others actually using their cruisers.

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[Vitamin_J]

Sweet LX! Yeah a couple of my friends sold their 80s to get newer 4Runners or 100s or whatever and every single one of them regrets it.

[Undead Jeeper]

Hey man, thanks for posting these pics. I'm sure there's bazillions of examples of 1/1 trail rigs on
other (1/1) sites but I'm not on any of those sites, so it's nice to have them here.

This gives a lot of detail ideas of real life accessories to add to models--good stuff.

Guess I better look at getting myself an offroad 'station wagon/grocery getter'...that C54 body kit is beckoning

[Shinchu]

Very inspirational...
This is exactly the sort of thing I want to do with whatever I end up getting for trails like you are doing here.
No crazy rock crawling, just nice peaceful overland type stuff.
I dig it man. Thanks for sharing.

[Vitamin_J]

Thanks guys. I agree it's awesome to have 1:1s for ideas to use on RCs. And vice versa!

I agree Shinchu, this truck is great for this type of thing. So comfortable for long range travel but also incredibly capable. I am always surprised at the obstacles I can get through with this truck. I'll be going back to Moab in April and I've got some more trips planned for this year.

[nictical]

Nice rig you have there! What rims are those?

[Vitamin_J]

Thanks! They are these XD 18" wheel. I like them a lot! https://amzn.to/3lQ7SUe Ridge Grappler 275/70/18 tires: https://amzn.to/3rlwqFR

[nictical]

Thanks for letting me know. Nice choice of wheels and tires, by the way. I am considering getting a set of Nitto Ridge Grappler tires for my truck too.