The 2003–2007 Land Cruiser 100 Series and LX470 are largely the same vehicle under the floor, but there's a split year you need to know about. Some 2002 trucks use an earlier floor harness connector style; others already have the later type. If your truck is a 2002, you need to photograph the main floor connector before ordering anything from us - the two versions are not interchangeable.

That gap is exactly where scheel-mann's Vario F Klima belongs. The German seat manufacturer has built a reputation in the overlanding and expedition community that is difficult to overstate, and the Vario F Klima, with its individually adjustable side bolsters, heated and ventilated cushions, deep lumbar support, and upholstery quality that belongs in a luxury car rather than a work truck, is broadly considered the benchmark for what a serious long-distance driver's seat should be.

This write-up covers the seat bottom only, the cushion and everything underneath it. The seatback is its own animal and we haven't gotten into it yet, partly because the bottom alone turned out to be enough to chew on for one stage of the project. That's not an arbitrary stopping point either. It's where the bottom assembly naturally ends and the seatback assembly begins, and it happens to land at a convenient place to pause anyway, which we'll get to by the end of this.