Christian Hazel

The deal is done! All that searching, dreaming, and saving has paid off and you’ve successfully forked over your hard-earned cash for that vehicular project for which you’ve been jonesing over. The endorphins are hitting hard and you’re absolutely giddy with anticipation to give it a complete going through, investigating all the intricacies, hidden gems, and true condition of that new-to-you whateveritmightbe. It’s an electric high, for sure. But not so fast, Bucko.

It was 1980-something and news hit pieces on how unsafely small SUVs handled emergency road maneuvers were all the rage.

The 1991 FJ80 replaced the aging FJ60 as the 4×4 wagon in Toyota’s luxury line of trucks. Although the then new trucks were more comfortable and featured EFI and coil spring suspension, the brakes were rated as marginal by offroad enthusiasts with trail experience. We agree that the brakes on our 1991 Toyota Land Cruiser were not great, but some of that comes from a simple lack of maintenance. The 1991 Toyota Land Cruiser has 11.25-inch front disk brakes and 10.5-inch rear drums.