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^^^ This, all of this. I've been in Mn. for 24 years now so not surprised :) Wax based coating would be my preference but they should be done professionally to be done right from what I have read. My new to me GX460 that is 4 years old got NHOU oil last night. If the nearest sprayer for wax...

If it was mine I'd hit it with a wire brush and scrub off all loose rust first. Then hit it with Osho and let it sit for a week and rinse before painting. Then after painting I'd hit it with Fluid Film. If you put FF on it the paint will not stick very well if at all. Osho is cheap and honestly...

Fluid Film is safe for pretty much any application. My Weber Genesis grill at only 6 years rotted out at many points. Weber was good at replacing the rusted parts, enough that I got replacement parts for free from them. But I am spraying Fluid Film on all surfaces before I reassemble it...

Not even. There is a big difference between a "SUV" and a pickup. I seem to have rotated between the 2 over the years, swapping between them after each vehicle, for what is now 50 years. Have had a Tacoma for the last 10 I even tried to turn a Taco into a LC with the grill LOL. A SUV...

I spent 20 years on ships made of steel. In saltwater and high temperature heat, once it gets a foothold you're in trouble. There are chemical conversions you can do but they all start with mechanically removing as much rust as you can. Even things like POR 15 won't totally stop it. Best bet is...

I agree with everything you said. This summer after 10 years the Baja suspension finally failed on me (rear, the factory 1.5" lift is still fine) and I ended up getting to know the 4x4 shop near me. Put in medium Old Man Emu springs and Bilstein shocks. Much to my surprise it handles and rides...

Dahl is pretty small in comparison to the other dealers at least the Toyota group. They started across the River in La Crosse so pretty small market compared to the Cities. Supposedly Maplewood is the largest Toyota dealer in the State. Thanks to this site I got on the Rochester Toyota list...

I did my twilight tour from the Navy in Asheville and stayed there for an additional 4 years after I retired. So likely a different perspective of Lake Lure than @ggreenoe my first thought given his location was does he use mustard BBQ sauce :unsure: I moved from Asheville to Mn. 24 years ago...

There is a small part of me that wonders if they aren't targeting those of us that had a LC in the 70's and 80's. Seems like most of us on here even though it is early are "more mature" LOL. But there wouldn't be enough of us to create a market for a LC, at least I don't believe so. Interesting...

Hmmm.... Wonder if Man-A-Fre will come out with a V8 conversion kit like the one they had for the FJ55. Might be kind of hard feeding fuel for a 4 bolt main Chevy 350 today, but don't tempt me LOL. Guess need to make sure a pair of Ruff Tough (now Ruff Land) Intermediate kennels will sit side...

#2 on the list for the local dealer in town, a mid sized Toyota dealership. When I asked if the price would be MSRP she acted a little miffed and said they never charge more than MSRP. 10 years ago when I was looking for a Tacoma Baja T|X I checked all over the Country and nothing available...

Exactly my concern as well. As you get older that road noise is irritating. My Polaris Ranger Northstar Trailboss is my true off roading machine and I put noise isolation foam all around it, spent a week and 2 weekends killing noise in it. And a low rpm tune. All the younger cool kids go the...

Same here although my Baja T|X Taco is red. Only because that was all that was available at the time. My first LC was white So it would be fitting that my last LC be white as well. There are some drawbacks to an all white vehicle in the frozen tundra during whiteout conditions however...

Will have to see if this site takes off, hopefully it will. In the meantime might as well be the first to do an intro :) I'm a 1958 model myself. First 4x4 was a FJ55 Iron Pig I bought with part of my reenlistment bonus in 1979. For the last 10 years been driving a Taco that I made into a...