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06-17-08, 11:51 AM
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OK WTF with the bezel thing!!
Seriously i have to know.Every single time someone posts a pic of a cruiser someone says the bezel is backwards,no not alot of the time EVERYTIME!! are you sure they dont go that way LOL!!
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06-17-08, 11:59 AM
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look at one. there is a 'skinny' side and a 'fat' side. the fat side is rumored to belong on the top.
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06-17-08, 12:00 PM
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06-17-08, 12:04 PM
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....and for some reason no newbs ever even accidentally get it right side up.  50-50 shot right?
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06-17-08, 12:06 PM
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I had no clue either. Its the metal part that goes around your headlights. I believe it came from the factory with the thick part on the bottom, but one is supposed to flip it (thick part on top). This centers the "toyota" in the bezel. If you do a search, this comes up several times. What do I know though, Ive only had mine for 3 months. Nice pics on your build link!
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06-17-08, 12:06 PM
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Needs more cowbell. Now THAT is funny !! 
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06-17-08, 12:19 PM
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*right click - "save as" *
And somewhere I've seen old pics of new FJs rolling off the boat, and a good portion of them had it upside down from the factory. Apparently that was the assembly line job for the new guys. 
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06-17-08, 12:24 PM
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06-17-08, 12:25 PM
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Esthetically, it should go down, that's the way pictures are matted. but as mentioned, the TOYOTA badge on the grill is centered with the thick part up.
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06-17-08, 12:26 PM
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bezel orientation
the bezel from the factory is and always has been thick side up...the early 62-63 fj's had 'Land Cruiser' stamped in that area...in post-64 there was no 'land cruiser' stamp...just the thick side up.
as soon as you take it off (headlight change) then put it back on...you forget which way it goes...and alot of people just dont even realize there is a thick and thin.
toyota centered on 64-onward
see pic:
top pic 62-63
bottom pic 64-onward
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06-17-08, 12:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by samwise
I had no clue either. Its the metal part that goes around your headlights. I believe it came from the factory with the thick part on the bottom, but one is supposed to flip it (thick part on top). This centers the "toyota" in the bezel. If you do a search, this comes up several times. What do I know though, Ive only had mine for 3 months. Nice pics on your build link!
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The thick part is orientated at the top, as the earlier bezels (pre-1964)were stamped LAND CRUISER on the thick part....
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06-17-08, 12:28 PM
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I think i am going to modify mine so that it has a thick part on both top and bottom,what you gonna say then.
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06-17-08, 12:28 PM
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Oh...Durka Durka Durka.
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Quote:
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I think i am going to modify mine so that it has a thick part on both top and bottom,what you gonna say then.
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Nice Jeep.
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06-17-08, 12:30 PM
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Nooooooooooooo!!
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06-17-08, 12:32 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poser
Nice Jeep.
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06-17-08, 12:55 PM
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Good one.
He said heep, heh heh.
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06-17-08, 01:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyC
the bezel from the factory is and always has been thick side up.......
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Except, of course, when it wasn't! 
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06-17-08, 01:47 PM
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Dave, Dave, Dave.......that doesn't even look right
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06-17-08, 02:22 PM
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I fixed it...
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06-17-08, 02:42 PM
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sales department lit doesn't count...most cases the photos taken for photo shoots are previous years rigs that were overstock siting in a yard of rigs ...or...unsold at dealerships. 
in a years time or even 2 years time...bezels come off ...and photogofers dont know the difference
soo i say they dont count
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06-17-08, 03:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyC
sales department lit doesn't count...most cases the photos taken for photo shoots are previous years rigs that were overstock siting in a yard of rigs ...or...unsold at dealerships.
in a years time or even 2 years time...bezels come off ...and photogofers dont know the difference
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Johnny, Johnny, my photo is from the 1964 factory service bulletin; first month that truck model came out. It MUST be correct!
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06-17-08, 03:37 PM
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Both my '76 and my '79 came from the dealer with the thick side up. The '83 I don't know, it's had at least a couple of POs.
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06-17-08, 04:24 PM
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The thick-side-on-top theory is supported by the late model square bezels as well. The square bezels have the thicker side on top, and they only install in one direction due to the headlamp adjustment cutouts.
Note, not my cruiser:
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06-17-08, 04:30 PM
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06-17-08, 04:43 PM
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If you install the "BEZEL" thick side up,....it hides the hood release lever,...
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06-17-08, 04:50 PM
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I've been tempted to trim a bezel so it has two thin sides just to drive the Bezel Police nuts.
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06-17-08, 07:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian in Oregon
I've been tempted to trim a bezel so it has two thin sides just to drive the Bezel Police nuts.
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buy a factory toyota bezel
like the bandis have
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06-17-08, 07:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IDave
Johnny, Johnny, my photo is from the 1964 factory service bulletin; first month that truck model came out. It MUST be correct! |
Dave
for the two photo's that are incorrect...you can not say...it came from the factory that way...do you have the other one also
also the many photo doctored and incorrect photos as per the sales departments advertising team messups
64 manual: also isnt it in the same manual 2 other pics of closeups showing the bezel in the correct way...thick up..when making the manual they take the bezel off ...to show you how to change the headlight...and then re-install the bezel.
Last edited by JohnnyC; 06-17-08 at 07:19 PM.
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06-17-08, 07:17 PM
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Thick side, always up.
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06-17-08, 07:24 PM
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