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    💵 For Sale TRD Cat-Back Exhaust

    Curious as to why you’re selling it. I live in the area and may be interested.
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    Infotainment Screen - scratched

    Now that I'm looking at the pictures even more closely, it appears that the screen protector is still in place. I had the exact same horizontal and vertical marks where stickers were on top of the protective screen. They removed the stickers during the PDI process and left the underlying...
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    Infotainment Screen - scratched

    I don't mean to ask a demeaning question, but are you sure that the screen protector from the factory was actually removed? That's exactly what my screen protector looked like when I received the vehicle after PDI. They insisted they had removed the protective screen but, in fact, they hadn't...
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    Roof Rack Decisions…..

    Have you considered the ‘24+ Toyota Land Cruiser 3/4 roof rack? I had it on my ‘24 Land Cruiser First Edition and the noise was barely noticeable and it didn’t interfere with the sunroof in any way. It’s certainly suitable for the use case(s) your describing, and it’s essentially an OEM...
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    First Oil Change at 5k instead of 10k

    I paid my dealer to do oil changes at 1000 miles and at 5000 miles and will do them every 5000 miles from this point forward. The dealer will do my next oil change at 10,000 miles at no additional charge per the maintenance agreement. I just choose to take this more conservative approach to...
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    PPF and Ceramic. Has anyone else done this and how's it going?

    I had my detail shop wrap my entire '25 GX550 OT+ in Xpel Ultimate Fusion PPF (which is what I also had my '24 Land Cruiser First Edition wrapped in) and I have been extremely satisfied. The Ultimate Fusion product is PPF that's infused with ceramic coating from the factory, so you don't have...
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    Late introduction - new GX OT+

    That looks fantastic!!!
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    White Rim Trail Report November 27 -29, 2025

    Sounds/looks like a fantastic trip. Thanks for sharing your experience!
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    Winter tire setup

    I’ve always run dedicated snow/winter wheels & tires on all my vehicles prior to the ‘24 Land Cruiser First Edition and my ‘25 GX550 Overtrail+. I decided that I’d try running BFG KO3s year round to see how they would perform during inland Pacific Northwest winters, and I have been pleasantly...
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    Toyota V35A-FTS Engine Teardown

    I found his comments at 50:26 of the video to be interesting. He questions Toyota attributing the root cause of the main bearing failure mode to machining debris. He asks why the rod bearings weren’t also damaged as they share the same “oiling circuit” as the main bearings. He also notes...
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    Toyota V35A-FTS Engine Teardown

    I just ran across this video on YouTube that I thought you would find interesting. It’s an engine teardown of a V35A-FTS engine from a Toyota Tundra.
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    You Dirty Rat!

    My wife had a rodent, or rodents, chew threw a cooling system hose on her ‘19 Volvo V90 Cross Country Ocean Race. Unfortunately, she got about five miles from our home when she received a coolant system warning and was forced to immediately pull over. Very frustrating and time consuming to...
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    So....I'm just going to SAY IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    My dealer offered me an allocation for an LX700h Overtrail and I seriously considered trading in my ‘24 Land Cruiser First Edition for it. I really liked the LX from a functional perspective, but just couldn’t get past the grill. When I turned down the LX allocation, the dealer reached out to...
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    Tested: All Terrain Tires in the Snow & Ice

    Considering we are well into the fall season with winter right around the corner, I thought that the group might find this YouTube video interesting and helpful. I ran K03s on my '24 Land Cruiser First Edition in a typical inland Pacific Northwest fall/winter/spring last year and they...
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    Is PPF worth it? Hell YES!

    I couldn’t agree with you more! I had the entire vehicle wrapped with XPEL Ultimate Fusion PPF (infused with ceramic coating) which is 7 mil and it saved the lower part of my front drivers door from a massive rock impact. My Overtrail+ has the OEM rock sliders as opposed to the standard...
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