JEH97LX
06-07-2010, 04:49 PM
I've been lurking around the 4x4network boards a bit and kept seeing links to here, so I figured I'd sign up. I'm a recovered Scout II addict and have always admired Toyota landcruisers (40 series originally, but I have a family now!) so I've been working on an 80-series for the last year or so. I moved up this January from Colorado which has some great trails, but not much mud. Here's my ride in its current condition assuming the link will keep working:
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_D5H6MpvCUxc/TA15kEuDRMI/AAAAAAAAAEw/QGkXyhMil9Q/LX450compressed.JPG
It's a 97 Lexus LX450 aka 97 Toyota Landcruiser with only a couple minor differences and those have essentially been changed with some upgrades or me breaking it ;) It is my daily driver so you'll mostly likely see me puttering around Anchorage.
For the cruiserheads, it has a Slee installed 2.5" OME lift, safari snorkel, Warn 12.0 Endurance winch, ARB front bumper w/ Slee skid plate, Aussie rear locker and some other odds and ends. My wish list is comprised of 33-35" MT's instead of nearly stock AT's, sliders, and if I go 35's then regear to 5.29s. I'm still working out all the bugs, but it runs fairly well. I am an engineer, so I can be a bit meticulous.
I haven't had a lot of time to explore with work and with my wimpy tires and lack of company have kept it fairly simple. A couple of weeks ago I went up to Ruby lake, up the Chickaloon river trail before deadfall stopped me, and dropped by the Eureka roadhouse area (trails were too snowy/muddy for me at the time), as well as I tried to figure out where the Buffalo mine trail starts at.
If I'm not out in the bush or the north slope working, I'd love to hit some of the less crazy stuff one of these weekends, at least till I find some better tires and sliders. I'm also planning on hitting one of the AKX meetings on Thursdays, but I keep forgetting to check the boards and end up working late :(
I look forward to meeting ya'll!
-Jeremiah
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_D5H6MpvCUxc/TA15kEuDRMI/AAAAAAAAAEw/QGkXyhMil9Q/LX450compressed.JPG
It's a 97 Lexus LX450 aka 97 Toyota Landcruiser with only a couple minor differences and those have essentially been changed with some upgrades or me breaking it ;) It is my daily driver so you'll mostly likely see me puttering around Anchorage.
For the cruiserheads, it has a Slee installed 2.5" OME lift, safari snorkel, Warn 12.0 Endurance winch, ARB front bumper w/ Slee skid plate, Aussie rear locker and some other odds and ends. My wish list is comprised of 33-35" MT's instead of nearly stock AT's, sliders, and if I go 35's then regear to 5.29s. I'm still working out all the bugs, but it runs fairly well. I am an engineer, so I can be a bit meticulous.
I haven't had a lot of time to explore with work and with my wimpy tires and lack of company have kept it fairly simple. A couple of weeks ago I went up to Ruby lake, up the Chickaloon river trail before deadfall stopped me, and dropped by the Eureka roadhouse area (trails were too snowy/muddy for me at the time), as well as I tried to figure out where the Buffalo mine trail starts at.
If I'm not out in the bush or the north slope working, I'd love to hit some of the less crazy stuff one of these weekends, at least till I find some better tires and sliders. I'm also planning on hitting one of the AKX meetings on Thursdays, but I keep forgetting to check the boards and end up working late :(
I look forward to meeting ya'll!
-Jeremiah