Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series Overview:
Meet the legendary Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series — a true 4×4 icon built for tough conditions and long-distance adventure. Renowned for its legendary reliability, rugged capability, and touring comfort, the 80 Series has earned its place as one of the most respected off-road wagons ever produced.
With its unmistakable boxy design, solid axle suspension, and durable body-on-frame construction, the LandCruiser 80 Series is engineered to tackle demanding terrain with confidence — from corrugated outback roads and steep mountain tracks to beach driving and remote touring.
Inside, the 80 Series offers a spacious and practical cabin designed for comfort on long journeys, with generous room for passengers, camping gear, and touring essentials, making it a popular choice for families, adventurers, and serious off-road enthusiasts alike.
Powered by a range of dependable petrol and diesel engine options, including the highly regarded turbo-diesel variants, the 80 Series delivers strong low-end torque and proven durability where it matters most — whether you’re towing a caravan, exploring remote destinations, or taking on challenging off-road tracks.
Built tough and trusted by generations of 4WD owners, the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series continues to be a favourite for touring, towing, and off-road exploration across Australia.
Upgrade your Toyota 80 Series LandCruiser with Clearview Extendable Mirrors
Clearview Accessories is widely acclaimed for its expertise in producing superior extendable towing mirrors, with a steadfast dedication to promoting road safety with advanced automotive technologies. We realise the crucial need for clear rear visibility when transporting sizable loads. Ordinary mirrors can sometimes fail to provide the necessary field of vision when pulling caravans, trailers, or horse floats. To address this challenge, we’ve introduced Clearview Extendable Towing Mirrors, expertly designed to enrich your driving and towing experience with your Toyota Landcruiser 80 Series.
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Towing a caravan, boat, camper trailer, or jet ski with your Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series? Before hitting the road, it’s important to ensure your 4WD is properly equipped to tow safely, confidently, and within its legal limits.
Whether you’re planning a weekend getaway or a remote touring adventure, towing with an 80 Series LandCruiser places additional demands on your vehicle — affecting braking performance, suspension, stability, handling, fuel economy, and rear visibility. A properly set up towing vehicle helps reduce wear on key components, improves towing control, and increases safety for both you and other road users.
Known for its legendary reliability and strong towing capability, the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series remains a popular choice for caravan towing, off-road touring, and hauling heavy loads across Australia. However, having the right towing accessories and upgrades can make all the difference when it comes to comfort, safety, and performance on the road.
Upgrade Your Vision with Clearview Towing Mirrors
One of the most important upgrades when towing is improved rear visibility, and that’s where Clearview Towing Mirrors for the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series come in. Designed as a complete replacement solution, Clearview Towing Mirrors fully replace your factory side mirrors — they’re not simply an add-on accessory, but an integrated towing system engineered to enhance visibility, safety, and confidence behind the wheel.
Purpose-built for towing larger loads such as caravans, trailers, boats, and horse floats, Clearview Towing Mirrors extend outward to provide the additional field of vision needed to safely monitor wide loads and surrounding traffic. Their durable construction perfectly complements the rugged capability of the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series, helping you tow with greater confidence across highways, country roads, and remote touring routes.
Clearview isn’t just our name — it’s our promise. We’re committed to providing clearer, safer vision while towing, helping reduce blind spots and improving awareness of vehicles approaching from behind or preparing to overtake. In Australia, towing mirrors are essential for maintaining legal visibility when towing anything wider than your vehicle, making them a crucial safety upgrade for serious travellers.
You can select the mirror style that best fits your driving habits
Both models feature a discreet design that retracts close to the ute body when not in use. Most people will never guess you have towing mirrors installed until you extend them for your next big trip.
Our Next Gen and its twin mirror design is suitable for towing anything from the smallest of trailers to the largest of vans.
The Next Gen’s dual mirror design provides the best of both worlds; a large flat top mirror helps with reversing into parking spaces or aligning a hitch with a trailer, and the smaller convex mirror provides a better understanding of what’s happening around the vehicle.
Our Compact Towing Mirrors are just like a factory Mirror, with the additional advantage of the extra visibility that our towing mirror extension provides.
A large convex single mirror reduces the objects that it reflects, allowing the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishing blind spots.
Build the Ultimate Towing Foundation for Your Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series
Proper towing mirrors are just the beginning. A properly set up Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series needs a few essential upgrades before you hitch up a caravan, boat, camper trailer, or heavy load and head off on Australian roads and off-road tracks.
Watch Your Payload and Weight Limits
It’s easy to overload a Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series once you start adding accessories like bull bars, winches, roof racks, drawers, and recovery gear. Every modification reduces your available payload capacity.
Your payload is the maximum total weight your LandCruiser can legally carry — including passengers, fuel, accessories, and the downward force from your trailer (tow ball weight). Exceeding your GVM (Gross Vehicle Mass) or axle limits is illegal, unsafe, and can void your insurance while causing long-term drivetrain and chassis damage.
If your setup exceeds factory limits, a GVM upgrade may be required. This involves upgraded suspension components designed to safely and legally increase carrying capacity for touring and towing setups.
Plan Your Build Today
Start your Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series towing setup the right way with the essentials first — Clearview Towing Mirrors, a correctly rated towbar, and an electric brake controller.
We also recommend weighing your 80 Series at a local public weighbridge before adding accessories, so you fully understand your real-world load limits. Build it properly from the start, stay within legal limits, and enjoy a safer, more controlled towing experience on your next adventure.
Our Clearview Extendable Towing Mirrors are designed as a direct replacement fit for Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series models from 1990–1998 (non-indicator/non-blinker variants). Available as a pair, they offer either manual or electric mirror adjustment depending on your vehicle model and existing features.
You can also choose the mirror style that best suits your driving preferences, with three styles available for the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series — Classic, Compact, and Next Gen. Each model features a sleek, low-profile design that retracts neatly back toward the vehicle when not towing, maintaining a factory-style appearance for everyday driving.
Key benefits of Clearview Towing Mirrors for the Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series include:
Choose Clearview Accessories and tow with confidence, knowing your Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series is equipped with premium extendable towing mirrors designed to help you travel safer, see more, and make every towing adventure more enjoyable.
Manual Mirror Glass Adjustment option is also available for LC80 Series models without Electric Mirror Adjustment as standard. Manual Mirror Glass Adjustment refers to the use of your fingers to manually adjust your mirror glass to your preferred position, horizontally and vertically.
Electric Mirror Glass Adjustment – Electrical Vertical and Horizontal adjustments to suit your preferred driving angles. Clearview supports this feature throughout our range. Single Mirror models can offer electric adjustments of the mirror. The double mirror models can only offer top glass mirror electric adjustments, the lower bottom glass is a manual adjustment.
All features are only available on vehicles that are already equipped with the relevant factory functions, such as electric mirror glass adjustment. The mirror itself does not add new functionality to the vehicle. Imported models may also differ in available features and specifications.
Our Compact Towing Mirrors are just like an OE Mirror, with the additional advantage of the extra visibility that our towing mirror extension provides.
A large convex single mirror reduces the objects that it reflects, allowing the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishing blind spots.
Our Next Gen and its twin mirror design is suitable for towing anything from the smallest of trailers to the largest of vans.
The Next Gen’s dual mirror design provides the best of both worlds; a large flat top mirror helps with reversing into parking spaces or aligning a hitch with a trailer, and the smaller convex mirror provides a better understanding of what’s happening around the vehicle.
Ready for serious towing!
Very large top mirror 1:1 ratio. This large, flat mirror reflects true distance for reversing.
The smaller, convex mirror allows the driver to have a much wider field view and diminishes blind spots.
You’ll spot Clearview Towing Mirrors fitted to countless Toyota LandCruiser 80 Series vehicles right across Australia, trusted by everyday tourers and serious off-road builds alike. They’re also proudly featured on iconic rigs such as All 4 Adventure vehicles and Shauno from 4WD 24/7’s legendary “Sooty”, showcasing their proven performance in some of the toughest touring conditions.
If you tow a trailer, caravan, boat, or horse float, towing mirrors aren’t just a safety upgrade—they’re often a legal requirement. Australian road rules state that if your load extends beyond your standard mirrors, you must have mirrors that provide a clear view along the sides of your vehicle. Clearview Mirrors improve side visibility, reduce blind spots, and make lane changes, reversing, and cornering significantly safer. Even occasional towing can benefit from this essential upgrade.
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There when you need it. Easy installation and removal with no drilling required, makes Rock Tamers® a convenient solution for when not towing full-time.
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Convenient Access for Everyone: Whether you’re taking a quick pit stop on the side of the road, camping, fishing, or on a family road trip, enjoy the luxury of having your fridge contents accessible without the hassle of stretching, heavy lifting, or bending over.
Smart Storage Solution: After use, simply raise the slide and return it to its stowed position to store your fridge or freezer securely, maximising space efficiency within your vehicle.
The Clearview Power Slide® epitomises sophistication and ease in outdoor refrigeration management. It’s a smart investment that promises convenience, reliability, and endurance – must-have attributes for any serious tourer or outdoor enthusiast. Say farewell to awkward access and hello to simplicity with the Clearview Power Slide®
As we build our mirrors here in Australia, spare parts are readily available in Australia, allowing us to minimise turnaround time to replace the broken part, faster!
We offer a range of videos demonstrating how to replace the part, allowing you to repair it quickly to get back on the road again.
Did you know that we include a range of spare parts available here on our website?
If the part you’re looking for isn’t there, please get in touch with us, or one of our dealers.
