I guess that's why they say the poor man pays twice....if you happen to have some newish stock LandCruiser seats that your looking to get rid of I'd be happy to have a chat with you😅 Also, Buildin70s is now on Patreon, check it out here: www.patreon.com/Buildin70sUA-cam Thanks for watching!
Hey mate, I'm 6'4" and keen to get the seat further back (i.e. to extend the rails or mount the whole seat further back). Do you know of anyone selling aftermarket rails/seats that can give additional slide? I somewhat foolishly thought it'd be an easy one to sort out, but I'm struggling to find other tall drivers who've tackled this.
I love my autotechnica 4x4 seats in my 75series ute , got the standard material version not the fake leather, paid $580.00 for the pair at my local autobarn store. Made my own brackets to mount to the slides which worked out well as now i sit a bit higher as i used some 25mm x 50mm x 3mm dura gal steel. Heaps comfy on long drive and after 10,000km holding up really well, they still look like their new. 1 thing i found out as i drill out the section for passenger seat to weld a plate in, which i also welded a nut to the plate, toyota in their wisdom has already allowed for a single seat to be installed besides the bench seat on the passenger side, as it has a nut welded in under the floor for the mounting part but they never exposed it to the inside of the cab! Found that out as i cut the section for the plate to be welded in.
Dam maybe I should have went with the cloth material.... I was thinking that the two material types could be different but I didn't think it would have been that much. Toyota never ceases to amaze me, ill have to see if i can find that bolt would be nice to stop that dam chair shaking around. Cheers mate!
@@Buildin70s its the nut your looking for mate, i would go 2 ways, 1st now u have the slides mounted to your seat, remove that dodgy bracket and mark the centre of the slide hole onto the floor, now remove the seat and using a tape measure , double check the mark u made by measuring the front holes, then use that measurement on the rear holes, then check the measurement front holes to rear holes on both sides , thats were the nut is for a 75 series, if i had paid more attention when i drilled my hole i wouldve noticed i got it right on the nut 1st try. it wasnt until after i decided to cut a section out and weld in the plate that i seen the nut. worst case and you dont have nut, go the plate method, drill a hole in the plate, weld a nut to the plate, cut out a small section to weld the plate in flush with the floor, then your seat will be safe and not flex like that, plus in future if you need to do anything it will be like normal, undo the 4 bolts and remove the seat. Also as u mentioned about feeling that your slipping forward in your seat, the bracket i made as i mention, feels like it has lifted my seat up like 100mm even tho its only 25mm , im only 5'8 so i got plenty of head space for the seat to go up. my seat feels the opposite to what you described, i have to slighty force my legs down to use the pedals, basically my thighs feel well supported. either way, u can make your own brackets a make the front edge slighty higher than the rear so u stop that feeling of sliding forward. i would do that by using some washers , the washer idea would work with your current setup aswell. good luck
i my self have a 60, the driver seat is now a nl pajero bucket that i had laying around, i ahd to cut down the seat base to make it not so tall and weld in my own horizontal braces and within an hour i had a comfy bucket seat, only regret is not cutting it down further but thats okay, only worry now is coppers lol
Good job mate, it would be good to make up a seat just like that but like you said coppers! I'll keep trying to find some stock ones so it's one less worry If I get pulled over haha
I guess that's why they say the poor man pays twice....if you happen to have some newish stock LandCruiser seats that your looking to get rid of I'd be happy to have a chat with you😅
Also, Buildin70s is now on Patreon, check it out here: www.patreon.com/Buildin70sUA-cam
Thanks for watching!
Yee ha!! Your back in action!! 🎉
For sure! I got a fair few videos coming up too
Hey mate, I'm 6'4" and keen to get the seat further back (i.e. to extend the rails or mount the whole seat further back). Do you know of anyone selling aftermarket rails/seats that can give additional slide? I somewhat foolishly thought it'd be an easy one to sort out, but I'm struggling to find other tall drivers who've tackled this.
Your back!
haha hopefully for good!
I love my autotechnica 4x4 seats in my 75series ute , got the standard material version not the fake leather, paid $580.00 for the pair at my local autobarn store. Made my own brackets to mount to the slides which worked out well as now i sit a bit higher as i used some 25mm x 50mm x 3mm dura gal steel. Heaps comfy on long drive and after 10,000km holding up really well, they still look like their new. 1 thing i found out as i drill out the section for passenger seat to weld a plate in, which i also welded a nut to the plate, toyota in their wisdom has already allowed for a single seat to be installed besides the bench seat on the passenger side, as it has a nut welded in under the floor for the mounting part but they never exposed it to the inside of the cab! Found that out as i cut the section for the plate to be welded in.
Dam maybe I should have went with the cloth material.... I was thinking that the two material types could be different but I didn't think it would have been that much.
Toyota never ceases to amaze me, ill have to see if i can find that bolt would be nice to stop that dam chair shaking around. Cheers mate!
@@Buildin70s its the nut your looking for mate, i would go 2 ways, 1st now u have the slides mounted to your seat, remove that dodgy bracket and mark the centre of the slide hole onto the floor, now remove the seat and using a tape measure , double check the mark u made by measuring the front holes, then use that measurement on the rear holes, then check the measurement front holes to rear holes on both sides
, thats were the nut is for a 75 series, if i had paid more attention when i drilled my hole i wouldve noticed i got it right on the nut 1st try. it wasnt until after i decided to cut a section out and weld in the plate that i seen the nut. worst case and you dont have nut, go the plate method, drill a hole in the plate, weld a nut to the plate, cut out a small section to weld the plate in flush with the floor, then your seat will be safe and not flex like that, plus in future if you need to do anything it will be like normal, undo the 4 bolts and remove the seat. Also as u mentioned about feeling that your slipping forward in your seat, the bracket i made as i mention, feels like it has lifted my seat up like 100mm even tho its only 25mm , im only 5'8
so i got plenty of head space for the seat to go up. my seat feels the opposite to what you described, i have to slighty force my legs down to use the pedals, basically my thighs feel well supported. either way, u can make your own brackets a make the front edge slighty higher than the rear so u stop that feeling of sliding forward. i would do that by using some washers , the washer idea would work with your current setup aswell. good luck
Thanks mate that's a big help, I'll might make a UA-cam short on finding that bolt sometime or if I find some new seats haha
Hey mate , does the newer model Land Cruiser seats bolt into the 2002 model troopy?
Thought they would be different
i my self have a 60, the driver seat is now a nl pajero bucket that i had laying around, i ahd to cut down the seat base to make it not so tall and weld in my own horizontal braces and within an hour i had a comfy bucket seat, only regret is not cutting it down further but thats okay, only worry now is coppers lol
Good job mate, it would be good to make up a seat just like that but like you said coppers! I'll keep trying to find some stock ones so it's one less worry If I get pulled over haha
@@Buildin70s nah a blue plate should sort it anyway, but they look pretty stocko with a seat cover so she'll be rite
Oh really thought they might not pass it, if it's a home job? Maybe I might get the welder out after all
@@Buildin70s really depends on who's doing the plate, as long as you take photos and over engineer it you should pass no worries
Mate get Xr6 seats, I’ve put them in my HDJ79 and they are awesome!
I did look at them but i don't really like the look of them in a Landcruiser
How much did the troopy cost
I was pretty lucky, got it for 27k