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[Markarian421]

Not to derail this thread (great write-ups by the way), but I couldn’t help but notice the storage pouch that you have mounted to the passenger side of the console in one of the pics above. Would you mind sharing where you sourced that from?

@tony1133 gave it to me, he got two and found it doesn’t work well on the driver’s side. I’m not sure where he got it. Edit to add: it tucks in next to the seat, it's not attached.

 

[tony1133]

@tony1133 gave it to me, he got two and found it doesn’t work well on the driver’s side. I’m not sure where he got it. Edit to add: it tucks in next to the seat, it's not attached.

Hope everyone is having a good day,
I got the seat storage/gap fillers from Amazon. They have a few different styles to choose from. I attached the ones I purchased. It’s pretty handy to put sunglasses in or hold a drink in.
I tried to put one on the drivers side but my leg kept knocking it out when I exited.

 

[EOD Guy]

@tony1133 gave it to me, he got two and found it doesn’t work well on the driver’s side. I’m not sure where he got it. Edit to add: it tucks in next to the seat, it's not attached.

Not trying to offend anybody...... those seat/side pocket are not very useful. I have a set and about the only thing you can actually store in them is a cell phone and/or a pen. They squish flat when anything rests against them, slide when the seat slides, they interfere a bit with the seat belt buckle..... on a scale of 1-10 about a 1. I have purchased three different styles of pockets and the only useful ones are below. I through bolted them to the knee pads so they would never slip and am very happy with them. The yellow circles are where I through bolted them.

 

[Markarian421]

Not trying to offend anybody...... those seat/side pocket are not very useful. I have a set and about the only thing you can actually store in them is a cell phone and/or a pen. They squish flat when anything rests against them, slide when the seat slides, they interfere a bit with the seat belt buckle..... on a scale of 1-10 about a 1. I have purchased three different styles of pockets and the only useful ones are below. I through bolted them to the knee pads so they would never slip and am very happy with them. The yellow circles are where I through bolted them.

I also find it kind of annoying when I'm in the passenger seat, but my wife really likes it. And yes just for small things like her phone, sunglasses, etc.

 

[Markarian421]

Horn upgrade. Really pretty simple, just the complications of clips going missing and needing to adjust the angle of the brackets on the horns. You'll need a 12mm socket for the horn bolts and a 14mm wrench and vice for adjusting the brackets.

Note: see @Alpha Puppy's note below, order 08522-60010 instead of these to avoid having to adjust the arm angle!

See also the threads:
LC standard tin can horn upgrade to OEM Toyota Premium.
Toyota prem horn installed
Horn Swap to Premium horn
TOYOTA PREMIUM HORN UPGRADE


Here are the ones I got from eBay:

Step 1, push down on the center of these 8 rivets/clamps and then carefully remove them before lifting the cover. Otherwise they might go shooting off in random directions never to be seen again (don't ask me how I know). In which case it's good to know PN 90467-07217 for the clips.

Here are the old horns you're removing. Use a 12mm socket to remove the bolt, then undo the cable. I should have gotten a photo of the cable but you just press it to release it and then push down on a tab, it comes off easily.

I had to turn the arm on both my new horns for the cables to fit. The nut is really narrow, none of my 14mm sockets would work so I used a wrench and vice.

Then just put them back in where the old ones were, connect the cables and tighten the bolts.

For the clips, push the pin back up so the top button sticks out, put them in the cover, and push just until they're flat. One of mine just wanted to go all the way down, plastic clips aren't always suitable for reuse, so I replaced that one. And the one that went missing somewhere in the engine bay when I took the cover off.

Done. Now it doesn't sound like I'm driving a Jetta.

 

[Alpha Puppy]

It's interesting that you and several others had to take the extra step of rotating the clamp arms to the correct orientation. My set came with them in the correct position so my upgrade was even easier.... Wonder if there is a party number difference where the horns are the same but the arm's orientation different....
Great explanation with the annotated photos, thanks for taking the time to do this for the great benefit of others.

 

[Markarian421]

It's interesting that you and several others had to take the extra step of rotating the clamp arms to the correct orientation. My set came with them in the correct position so my upgrade was even easier.... Wonder if there is a party number difference where the horns are the same but the arm's orientation different....
Great explanation with the annotated photos, thanks for taking the time to do this for the great benefit of others.

What PN was yours?

 

[Alpha Puppy]

What PN was yours?

My horns are PN 08522-60010.

I got them from eBay here: eBay Premium Horn 08522-60010

I'd recommend people get that P/N to save one step and the hassle of reorienting the arms.

 

[Markarian421]

A pretty minor update, but I installed this phone mount from @StickerFab :
Axis Japan Custom Phone Mount - 2024+ Land Cruiser

I got it with the magnetic mount which works well. The one place where I find myself wanting to have access to my phone screen is Apple Music — the CarPlay interface is useless if you’re looking for a specific album or track, it will only show you some tiny seemingly random subset of your library and Siri’s is terrible at bringing up the right music.

It pops into place easily and seems solid, I’m not going to use the adhesive unless I find I need it. It feels like it’s made out of 3d printer plastic material which gives me some long term concerns since if that is what it is, that stuff can turn brittle over time. If not, I like the idea of a o-ring I can replace for grip. My wife’s iPhone pro max is shown, and you can see it will slightly block the left side of the main screen form the driver’s seat, but if you’re in CarPlay and not full screen, it only blocks the Toyota menu. I like the round magnetic mount that comes with it but I might also try an offset mount.

 

[EOD Guy]

A pretty minor update, but I installed this phone mount from @StickerFab :
Axis Japan Custom Phone Mount - 2024+ Land Cruiser

I got it with the magnetic mount which works well. The one place where I find myself wanting to have access to my phone screen is Apple Music — the CarPlay interface is useless if you’re looking for a specific album or track, it will only show you some tiny seemingly random subset of your library and Siri’s is terrible at bringing up the right music.

It pops into place easily and seems solid, I’m not going to use the adhesive unless I find I need it. It feels like it’s made out of 3d printer plastic material which gives me some long term concerns since if that is what it is, that stuff can turn brittle over time. If not, I like the idea of a o-ring I can replace for grip. My wife’s iPhone pro max is shown, and you can see it will slightly block the left side of the main screen form the driver’s seat, but if you’re in CarPlay and not full screen, it only blocks the Toyota menu. I like the round magnetic mount that comes with it but I might also try an offset mount.

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Looks nice!