This unit was built in Japan in July, delivered late August. From day one the accessory department here in Bountiful UT was telling me about the westcott 2.5 inch lift built FOR the land cruiser (I guess the lead guy was a toyota engineer?). Anyway they said if they installed it they would honor full factory warranty in any case. Between this and a 3.5 inch RC lift this was the obvious choice. I put 285/75R17 on their recommendation. I know theres a youtube video by 12degnorth where he shows an LC with 34's clearing with no rubbing because of a +40mm offset. I then figured I would be okay buying everything and trying it out. My rims are a +25mm offset and there IS a slight bit of rubbing, kinda bummed. I will be getting it "OEM" trimmed, where this shop keeps the look and feel of OEM by simply moving the mounting brackets or reshaping the plastic. My tire only needs like .25 inches to clear no problems, big o' bummer but we're gonna see how that OEM trim turns out.
If yall have any advice on maybe trimming myself with a heat gun or something I'd love to hear it, I'm not big on 'editing' a 75k car with 800 miles on it but the tires belong here. I love the burnt bronze color, its a very understated bronze, almost looks black in low light, pictures are in direct sun obviously but it's pretty lowkey on the yellow tones. Black Rhino diamond backs.
Yes the Westcott drives harsher, that and my C load Falkens make it pretty different from stock riding comfort. I've decided at 60k miles I'm going to try on 33 Wildpeaks and see if I can live with the smaller look of the tires, (and gain back MPG, Power, and take out the lift for more comfort). You win some you lose some, sometimes you spend 5k to learn you didn't quite need it all haha! I have no regrets, everything is reversible after all. Lost 2-3 mpg or so, not crazy terrible, still torquey down low.
If yall have any advice on maybe trimming myself with a heat gun or something I'd love to hear it, I'm not big on 'editing' a 75k car with 800 miles on it but the tires belong here. I love the burnt bronze color, its a very understated bronze, almost looks black in low light, pictures are in direct sun obviously but it's pretty lowkey on the yellow tones. Black Rhino diamond backs.
Yes the Westcott drives harsher, that and my C load Falkens make it pretty different from stock riding comfort. I've decided at 60k miles I'm going to try on 33 Wildpeaks and see if I can live with the smaller look of the tires, (and gain back MPG, Power, and take out the lift for more comfort). You win some you lose some, sometimes you spend 5k to learn you didn't quite need it all haha! I have no regrets, everything is reversible after all. Lost 2-3 mpg or so, not crazy terrible, still torquey down low.
