It’s hard to top the looks of these ones. It’s boxy, but in a very aesthetically pleasing way.

​@@fj_mattthey look great broken down on the side of the motorway, and on the back of recovery trucks.

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@@anthonybaiocchi3028 lol. the 4.4L v8 in these things are absolutely bulletproof. Try again

@@colins5142 you mean the BMW 4.4L? Funny cos I drove home in one the other night, flat on its airbags. 😉

Thanks! I’m really happy with how it turned out.

Thanks!!

35s is honestly a lot more than what most people would want, even though it looks amazing. Haha

Thanks!!

Hahaha yes! It’s back on the road now with 31” tires.😂

What year?

I love 5th Gen 4runners, so that’s a tough call. The good news is LR3s are much cheaper. Haha

@@fj_matt so mine's a 2013, and I live in the Northeast US. I'm thinking I should probably move on from it before the corrosion gets too bad and cuts way into the value. I feel like I could sell the 4Runner, buy an LR3 and mildly build it, and still have enough left over to buy some sort of a more fuel efficient daily beater.

​@@fj_matt retractable back window is underrated, lets air flow out im always riding my fj wirh back window up sorta same concept, no wind rapping with windows down.

Yeah, I just don’t like how the bumper looks with the cap off. Haha. It’s sweet that they included a factory recover point though! Thanks!

Thanks! Branching out a bit. Haha

I found that the whole vehicle ride a bit stiffer, but not specifically just the back. It’s too bad they don’t include higher quality lines!

The 5.0 isn’t as reliable, but they are much more powerful and with the resonator removed they sound great.

My 2012 LR4 that I have owned from new is the most reliable vehicle I’ve owned. The Ford derived 5.0L pulls like a champ, is smooth as silk, and has never let me down. Normal stuff to replace like brakes, tires, and batteries as you would expect plus I recently had the timing chains, guides, and tensioners replaced as a preventative maintenance task at 100k miles. The parts are very expensive but I love the rig so much I can’t imagine ever getting rid of it!

I have the biggest size that will fit underneath for emergency use, and then I just carry a tire repair kit and compressor.🤙🏼

Sorry for the delay. Here you go! www.morimotohid.com/morimoto-mini-hb-high-beam-projector?quantity=1 I believe they were the D4 bulbs. www.diodedynamics.com/products/led-bulbs/oem-hid.html

For the main projectors I just used some replacement Morimoto HID bulbs. I found them to be much brighter than the faded stock ones.

Hey there, I have another video that shows fitting the tires, so that will probably be most helpful. Here’s the full build list for you to take a look at. Cheers! LR3 Build Suspension: -Go Rhino 2.5” lift rods -Lucky 8 SYA kit (with custom lines and fittings) -New drivers front Air shock -New Sway bar links -New Lower control arms Wheels/Tires: -Alpha Equipt 18x9 Echo wheels x5 -305/70r18 Goodyear Territory MTs -Terrafirma Wheel Spacers Lighting: -Customized headlights with high beam projectors. -Projector LED fog lights mounted to shrouds -Diode dynamics HID bulbs -Full interior LED swap -LED Reverse bulbs -LED license plate bulbs Exterior: -All windows tinted -Taillight tint -Reflectors smoked out -Marker lights tinted -Headlight guards -Asfir Aluminum skid plates -Black/silver OEM Land Rover badges -Blacked out marker lights -Towing hitch -Canadian flag window decal -Freshly painted grille Misc aftermarket/OEM parts -New OEM rear diff -New trunk switch -Canvasback white camo cargo liners -Lucky 8 Washer fluid tank relocation -New front brakes -New spare tire winch -New OEM Alternator Replaced by previous owner: -OEM Y-pipe -Water Pump -Air compressor

I have never personally dealt with that. Sorry I can’t be of more help!

I just don’t really like how it looks with it open. Haha. But it is cool that Land Rover included factory recovery points.

@@fj_matt I like that it provides a recovery point without hampering the departure angle.

​@@fj_mattIt pops off with no tools. You can just leave it on until you need to use the recovery point. Then pop it right back on.

They are +35 offset wheels, but I added some wheel spacers. I had a suspension issue once, but it was a burst line from what I was told. Luckily due to the SYA kit I was able to still drive it to the shop. The suspension was a little stiffer than stock, but not bad at all, and I have a previous videos showing fitting the tires. I was able to raise the height, but could no longer go into the access mode. If I were to build one again, I would most likely coil swap it for reliability. I’m not sure how much harder that would make fitting bigger tires though. Sorry for the slow response! Cheers

This is what I got.🤙🏼 www.asfir.com/front-skid-plate-539055.html

I will say that these couple years of LR3s are the ones they advise you to get over any other ones. 🤙🏼

Hahaha I mean, it does take work.😅

I have 33x12.50 in my LR4. It’s not too difficult. I mounted them on Rhino Mozambique wheels with Johnson Rods. Moved some lines and ground out the places that touch when turning. I’d like to go up to 37” but think I’d need to get rid of and swap out the shitty EAS. 35” and larger seems like a huge project. I’d be willing to bet that this guys suspension is stiff as hell if he’s still using EAS. Probably gets Suspension Faults when off-roading too.

If you are in Canada and are serious, let me know and we can get in touch. 🤙🏼

That would have been a good idea. Haha there’s a couple of pictures on my Instagram page if that helps.🤙🏼

That’s awesome!

This is one of the best years and models, so luckily it’s been pretty good to me.

The SYA kit is made to work with the lift rods properly, and are actually sold together for that reason. Other than that, I do agree with you.🤙🏼

Hahaha people really don’t know!

On the contrary they are very reliable.

@@PaulGappyNorris the 2.7s were good if you got a good one, i have friends who did everything exactly by lr directions and still hanged the motorz 2 orn3 times because the crank went more then once. Now thats better the my other friends issues with touaregs, chewing trans, turbos, and god knows what else

I had a customer with an old beat up LR who said if you drove any other junker to the country club you'd be laughed at.

@@raymondclark1785 that's one of the few cars that can get away with it! :))

Took you over four months to come up with that. Well done

You must be fun at parties.😂 I’ll give you this, by the book you aren’t wrong. However, insurance companies here don’t give a beep about what people do to modify their headlights. By the same token, everyone adding p&p LED bulbs are making their headlights are technically making them illegal, and absolutely no one cares. I’ve been in the headlight modification world for years, and in North America as long as there’s a DOT stamp on the lens, that’s all they want during an inspection. I would say this is a case of the letter of the Vs the spirit of the law, and I’m going to keep living according to the latter. Cheers

@@fj_matt Not really, the bulbs themselves are certified emitting light sources and as long the new LED bulbs are certified you are operating within the boundaries of the law. However cracking open a sealed lamp and altering the light engines within that is a different story altogether. By doing these mods you bear all the risk but it is fair to know and let the viewers on your channel know that what you have done is ilegal and is not OK to do that. If in doubt it is always best to contact the certification authority in your country for further clarification. I would rather recommend fitting an existing aftermarket product that has already been through the certification process..

Here’s the thing. There are no aftermarket LR3 headlights. The ones you find for sale coming out of Britain are just a company opening them up and modifying them and selling them as “aftermarket headlights”. A lot of what I did was just paint, and as long as you aren’t blacking out reflectors or side markers, no inspection will care. Living by the rule book has everyone throwing cheap LED bulbs into reflector housings and blinding the crap out of everyone else on the road. 99% of LED bulbs aren’t created to work properly with reflector optics, so it’s not realistic to mention the few that do. However, on the flip side, you have people retrofitting projectors that have a proper cutoff that don’t blind other people, and that’s the “rule breakers”. Luckily, I live in a part of the world where no one cares if your headlights are retrofitted and I see some pretty much every single day out in the wild. It’s quite common living in a place where people need to see wildlife etc, but unfortunately, the p&p LED bulbs are even more common. The funny thing is that the low beams and half the high beams are actually still the factory lights on the LR3 and I didn’t even do a proper retrofit, so I’m not even sure why someone would get so worked up about it. It’s fair that you said you wanted to mention headlight modification, but unless someone is in California or something, they’ll just be among the hundreds of thousands of people running modified headlights with zero issue. (Once again, this is just my opinion from having been in the industry, but it’s also real world experience.)

Back before halogens were legal in the US we were selling them to the Police so yes I needed to take them out for state inspection but I knew the lpd wasn't going to give me a ticket :)

Haha totally fair

Haha my family has had a couple of 4runners, and they are one of my favourite vehicles. The title was to grab some attention.😂

@@fj_matt I have seen some Defenders up close and they look 100% Bad Ass, and I know they are, but painfully on the short term.

In North America they called it the LR3 due to the Disco 2 getting such a bad reliability reputation.

Haha fair

Haha the title was clickbait. The LR3 had many great aspects to it, but I won’t say better than a 4runner because I love 4runners. One will be coming to the channel soon.🤙🏼

Hahaha it was just for the title.😂

It’s called click bait.😂😂😂

Kinda like you comment

I think people should just drive they enjoy. And in this case, enjoy maintaining too. Haha