An Off-road Car Modification: 1997 Toyota Landcuiser

An off-roading enthusiast from Bangalore shared his experience in modifying his 1997 Toyota Landcruiser which he bought from someone he knew in 2012. The Landcruiser was in a state of neglected, so he decided to purchase it and do some modifications. It is fortunate that he got some help from Toyota, not to mention that his father had an important position in Toyota as Head of Service before he retired. Through his father, he got an excellent background about cars and its modification and spare parts.
Using his knowledge about cars, he planned to change the neglected beauty of Landcruiser into an amazing off-road car. Looking at the car when he first saw it, it had 4.2 L 6 Cylinder diesel and manual FIP imported from Japan with original VIN plates. To make the 1997 Toyota Landcruiser had its glory again, he did some significant changes which seems easy for him since he had a background knowledge of Hummer and Toyota.

The first thing he did to modify the car was by conducting the engine overhaul. Then he decided to change the midnight color of the car into a pearl white. He thought that the previous color had many scrapes and the car did not care very well for the last 14 years in the hands of its previous owner. He then installed a 6” Iron Man lift kit with the heaviest springs and foam shocks, castor plates, sway bar extensions and adjustable upper and lower arms with front and rear pan hard bars, etc. He also decided to change the type of tires and other significance interiors for the Landcruiser. Overall, he have done major modification to make the Landcruiser looks better and amazing on and off road.
Since the last time this post made by the Landcruiser’s current owner, he informed that his modification is not done yet. He still looks for some spare parts that do not available in India, that is 33” or 36” Yokohama Geolandar AT typical 315/75R16.