I'm looking between a 99 4x4 Limited 4runner
99 4X4 LX 470
98 4X4 Landcruiser
All have under 100,000 miles, what are the ups and downs of getting the 4runner to the 100 series. I really want black but they're hard to find.

 

bout 20k.

I'd go for an FJ-80 if your looking at something bigger.

 

Actually the 100's are around 15k and the runner is 10k.
I've tried looking for the FJ-80 but there's very few within 500 miles of me.

 

100s come with factory rear locker right?
very nice lookin LCs, depends on how much space you want

 

I guess it depends on what your planned use for the new vehicle is. Family car, toy, weekend warrior, etc...

 

everyday car/ toy not going to be doing much off roading, but I do want off road capabilities if i do need them.

 

Well the 4Runner and Pickup is known around the world as the SON OF THE LANDCRUISER...So why not go for the DADDY. landcruisers are built like tanks..much stronger than any 4Runner...by FARRRRR.

 

FZJ90 LC's can come with 3 lockers. id go for that. too bad we dont get the solid axle & locked FJ100's this side of the world...

 

and if im not mistaken it has a sfa too? Someone help me. I was helping my boss diag a landcruiser and it had a sfa i believe.

 

yep, everything before 98 landcruisers had solid front axles. 98+ only non NA spec trucks can get em with solid axles & lockers. ours are IFS

 

Both the 4Runner and the LC are nice vehicles. I would say that between the two IFS rigs you are considering, the 4Runner may be more manueverable offroad due to its shorter wheelbase and overall length, it is narrower and slightly higher off the ground. Both the 4Runner and the LC are available (read: optional) with a rear diff lock. The LC has more space but you'll get SEVERAL miles per gallon less fuel efficiency, which I would say is its biggest downfall.

 

4Runner if you're gonna wheel.

LC for the street - too nice of a vehicle to have on the trails.

I despise how Toyota offers all the traction stuff (F/R Lockers in SA's) on the flagship SUV's that will not see any trail time

 

love the 4runner unless u need to carry more people or do more towing. Either way they are both awesome

 

I had a 95 LC for several years that the wife drove, we sold it to get her a miii, miniiii vaaaaa..., sorry I just can't say it. We sold it to buy her a smaller multi passenger conveyance.

I loved that Cruiser but I just couldn't think of taking something that I owed that much money on off road. It also felt underpowered to me.

 

No e-locker in 4Runner after 2000, and no e-locker in 100 series Cruisers after 1999.

Both are IFS, but the 4Runner would be better offroad. Onroad, go for the Cruiser, it's much nicer and roomier.

 

BTW, that looks like Shazad's 4Runner in your avatar?

 

Interesting, nobody has mentioned the LX-470. Nobody likes the yuppie-rig?

 

don't forget the rear window doesn't roll down in the lc.
also the lc gets 11-13 mpg.

 

I have a 1999 4Runner and a 1997 FJ80 Cruiser. The only thing I like about the 4Runner over the Cruiser is the mpg. The Cruiser is much more stabile on the road and has had fewer defects. It's was a little underpowered but I added a TRD supercharger and now it has gobbs of power. It has the factory front and rear lockers, and no, I don't take it off road, but we do get snow here, lots of it. The cruiser has about 108,000 on the clock and I figure it has at least another 200,000 to 300,000 in it. According to my wife it's not for sale....but....

 

I'd go for the LX