Landcruiser LC100 Rear Tailgate.

Perhaps those of us who have them are quite happy.

If you are so unhappy perhaps you should have thought about it before buying and then bought a Patrol.

Then you can sing along to the squeeky rear doors and save up for a new moto'.

ROFL

Did some one change the doors over when you weren't looking, or were they like that when you bought it?

100s were introduced in 1998 and mine (2003) has barn doors.

Anyone with a 20 year old 100 series put their hands up now.

I like the tailgate. Good for putting stuff on, good for sitting on, good for standing on when you are putting stuff on the roofracks.
I don't have a problem with heavy loads - put it on the tailgate and slide it in. I find I can reach almost as far in with the tailgate down as with the bottom part up (changes where you bend) ... but yes, getting to the back of the cargo area is difficult.
I got rid of the carpet though - put a nice powdercoated insert in there (black widow).

I like mine as well.

Great for working off when doing stuff on the van and great for making lunch and sitting on.

Fan bloody tastic :-)

Why don't you go and hire a Prado for a week, massive opening door that you can't use in car parks, the weight of the door makes the hinge drop so you can open or close, an dyou don't have a ready made table.

Mate, seriously, go and get a Hilux. ROTFLMAO

Ken,

I hated mine so much I chopped the back end off ;)

Cheers Kev

If you want a Hatch back buy a corolla. LOL

Steve.

With the lower half closed you can stand under the open top half and not get wet when it is raining good for doing the shopping or lunch stop in inclement weather. They don't squeak like barn doors do on any make of vehicle.
Give it to me if you don't like it..lol
Cheers
Dave

My MQ had a drop down tailgate, loved it.

My GU has barn doors so I built a fold down shelf on the back of my storage system so that I have somewhere to put stuff when I take it out of the fridge.

My barn doors don't squeak since I had the hinges and catches tightened up and keep them all well lubricated. But I don't carry anymore on the door than Nissan put there and I am working on that.

Duncs

I leave my Daughters old hockey stick in the back of my Cruiser and it makes it easy to get thing from the back of the van.........got to think outside the square................lol

Ken,
Never had drop tail gates, and did not think much of them, especially on a lifted vehicle. This is one of the reasons I purchased a standard. Purchase of a standard does not come without other compromises tho.
Paul.

We've done nothing about it Ken because it's a bloody brilliant system. So many uses.
Used to be great to stand on when I was using the roof rack. Great kitchen table for lunch etc when travelling.
Somewhere to sit without having to get a chair out.
Rain protection.
Stops one whacking the towbar when the lower door is down.
Couldn't imagine a vehicle without that design being of any use!
Cheers from the Moose

Hi Ken,

I,m like the others and love the tailgate setup.
I had the same on my 60s, 80s, and 2 100s.
it is great. when I stop for lunch and I'm to lazy to get the chairs out, after we make our lunch on the tailgate we then sit on it.
It's good for keeping the sun off when it's hot and the rain when it's wet.
I would buy a wagon with out one on it now.

that,s my thoughts anyhow.

Cheers,
Henry

Well,
I am a little surprised that there are so many happy with the tailgate.

I think I can see the advantages of a handy table (whoopee-doo).
I can see the advantage - no-one mentioned this - of an extended load space on occasions.

I am glad all of you can remember what rain is. My recollection was that it always came sideways, so standing under the top half wouldn't give much shelter.
Standing on the tailgate would be useful if the top half didn't get in the way, I suppose.

But I can't get over the difficulty of loading items into the rear.
And after a dusty trip, leaning over the dirty tailgate doesn't endear me to the better half.

I never had any difficulties with the single rear door on the Pajeros I had, but do accept that the split barn door is an obvious source of movement and squeaking.

Perhaps the ugly duckling will turn into a swan given enough time, but if I do my back in before it does, then I won't be thrilled.

Yes, I knew it was a disadvantage when I bought the vehicle explicitly for its towing capacity - there was no suitable alternative available at the price. I just didn't realise how awkward it would be.

A drawer system is likely to be mandated, that will allow me to load and tie down heavier items on top of the drawers without dropping the tailgate. (Dust and dirt not withstanding !)

I know most of the difficulties can be overcome, but I don't count that as a positive result...

I certainly would have been grateful to have bought one of the very few base models with barn doors had one been around at the time. Given a choice I would have probably have opted for the base model and upgraded it to suit.

However, a low mileage, auto, at the price I could pay didn't present itself often.

So, not having been particularly impressed with the virtues you have espoused, I still wonder why the customers haven't been able to influence a change.

Ken

LOL you gotta be joking.. barn doors serve no good secondary purpose and side openers are useless anywhere but at Coles (my wife loves her Pajero for that reason). Drop downs on a cruiser (any model) are so much more usefull.

You got rocks in ya head Ken lol

What a useless post.................

Yeah, I know what you mean mate, but like the barn door style, they both have their good and bad.

I've got a set of drawers in the back of my Cruiser and that effectively lifts the floor height to just below the level of the bottom door when shut.

Solves that access issue and you gain all the space in the drawers.

You end up with the best of both worlds.

Good luck.

Love my tail gate in the LC 100 series.

nothing wrong with it!
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I have had both styles on various vehicles and my favourite set up is definately without any doubt the GXL LC100 arrangement. The reasons have altready been listed here.

On my ute, and as far as I know, just about every other ute ever made, I have a drop down tailgate. Never had a problem sliding heavy loads in or out of it. But wait, I know I might be able to lean over the side to get to things, Unless of course I have a canopy on it, never seen an issue with that kind od rear door system.