[animaldevictor]

Hi Fellow knight´s yesterday came back for US i was working in miami and I tuck with me a can of ultra tuff ( they sould name it, good stuff!!!) and today we started to test on the floor panels on the back

[animaldevictor]

here more pics

[animaldevictor]

hopefully tomorrow we finish aplying the under carriage and fenders I have also machined the hopes for the hubs looks very nice !!!

[Cruiserdrew]

That's really starting to look great. Keep the pics coming.

[RHINO]

that non skid looks like the color will match good with the color you want the rest of the rig.

[animaldevictor]

I hope that the non skid makes a good mach, I will tell you next week, when the guys paint the rest of the car ... as a christmas present!!!!

[animaldevictor]

Good Morning, friends just whanted to wish you a Happy new year 2009, and hope you all guys the best for this year and with all your projects in life ( including Pigs )


Cheers

[animaldevictor]

Hi Guys!! today the tapicero(uphoster) pass by my office an give the first finished parts of the interior

[Cruiserdrew]

Nice-It's funny, but you basically cannot get nice upholstery work in the USA, at least not for a reasonable price.

[animaldevictor]

well here in Costa Rica, it is very common becouse the OEM interiors are very hard to find and very expensive, this job includes the installation, fabrication and materials $500, I think is cheap cosidering the hand work it is very nicelly done

[Lucy_FJ55]

Originally Posted by animaldevictor

well here in Costa Rica, it is very common becouse the OEM interiors are very hard to find and very expensive, this job includes the installation, fabrication and materials $500, I think is cheap cosidering the hand work it is very nicelly done

Man, you're making me more and more jealous. I really like the way this pig is turning out. Great ideas/work. Keep it up! Oh, and I have to visit Costa...

[OinkOinker]

bit off topic but....

i heard that costa rica had an big earth quake yesterday of today 6.1 on the rickter scale, hope you and your family are ok???

[animaldevictor]

Hi ALL, Thanks Oinker for asking, yes it was a real earthquake but by furtune of us My and my family is fine here in San jose, the capital the there was just minior damage ( windows, cracks on the walls and heart atacks by the scare of the movment, my home it moved like a ship in the middle of storm, but just 20miles north from San jose, the sutiation unfurtulladly is hard, 23 dead 12 lost the highway to sapapiqui ( epicenter zone ) 8 miles from the road destroyed still 1500 people incomunicated, the US military and the Colombian Army are helping our helicopters to take that people out from the impact zone, very Sad, but nature is like that , people burried while they where driving and families burried on their own homes, we are sending water and food, but I really whant to go ask pernition to my manager and go to help.

thanks

[OinkOinker]

good to hear your family is safe! but not so good about the rest of Costa Rica. stay safe, im sure i talk for all the mud community when i say, stay safe and you and your family are in our thoughts...

[animaldevictor]

thanks, OinkOinker, for your words, well it is has been hard for us but, as days passes, the roads are opening and more people is getting rescued, life goes on.

[animaldevictor]

hi folks, here are some, some pictures, today I finish the brackets for the steering pump, this a toyota tercel steering pump it has a vacum bypass All you need is take it out and put a pug, I hope it works

[cruiser_guy]

I was just looking at your pictures and all. Very interesting!

Where exactly are you in San Jose? We might come down over Semana Santa this year so it would be neat to meet up if that works for you. I might even drive the '55 down http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...guatemala.html.

The wheel problem you had up front is the fact you have drum brake wheels instead of disc brake wheels. See if you can find wheels that do not have the rivets inside. I can take a picture of mine if you don't quite understand.

[animaldevictor]

Originally Posted by cruiser_guy

I was just looking at your pictures and all. Very interesting!

Where exactly are you in San Jose? We might come down over Semana Santa this year so it would be neat to meet up if that works for you. I might even drive the '55 down http://forum.ih8mud.com/fj55-iron-pi...guatemala.html.

The wheel problem you had up front is the fact you have drum brake wheels instead of disc brake wheels. See if you can find wheels that do not have the rivets inside. I can take a picture of mine if you don't quite understand.

Hi cruiser guy, yes I am from San Jose, and I am not sure if going to be here for Semana Santa, but if I am here I will be happy to meet you here, and about the issue with the wheels when I did the front disc convertions the wheels that i Have where the OEM wheels and the steering arms and the caliper that I use (1993 fj80) calipers there are a little bigger than the normal, and the wheels did not fit so my solution was move the center hub of the OEM wheels 20mm far inside and that really works, now i have plenty of space for the caliper and the steering arm, Will make some pictures to explain

[cruiser_guy]

Originally Posted by animaldevictor

I Have where the OEM wheels

The OEM drum brake wheels have rivets to hold the center and the rim, OEM disc brake wheels are welded and that small difference makes all the difference. I'll take a few pics later.

[animaldevictor]

cruiser guy I will be here in semana santa let me know if you are coming down

cheers

[animaldevictor]

hi, finally I started to see some color

[Rock Hill Fj55]

Lookin good, I am in the prosess of doing a soa to my 70 pig. The pics will help with the front. Keep up the good work.

[animaldevictor]

a few pics more ,,, I hope they get the paint all done by next sunday to install the rest of the things and the snorkel

[Theycallmenica]

Nice pig, and nice work

[Rock Hill Fj55]

I like the rear doors, dont see that often. Did you cut and turn you front axle knuckels for the soa?

[animaldevictor]

Yes, I did actually that is a FJ60 axle that I cut to the lenght of the fj55 (or FJ40 which is the same) I turn the alxe like 3 degrees positive, but what best, at least to me, is do the cuts for turn, assambly the housing in the car and set the pinion angle tac weld the spring pads, and afther that set tha caster angle to 0 degreess and tac weld the rest take the housing off the car and complete the welding on a nice table like this one

[Rock Hill Fj55]

Ya that makes since. Looks good.

[Andino]

hey Victor/papá del animal
¡Se vé lindo! ¿Cuál es tu experiencia con las llantas Adventura? Son chinas, ¿no? Creo que hay un distribuidor de marca allí en Santa Cruz. ¿De que medida son?

[animaldevictor]

Hasta ahora no las he provado en el barro pero,los otros amigos de aqui en Costa Rica estan contentos, aqui es muy dificil comprar super swamper, estas son mucho mas baratas y andan muy bien la medida es de 33X12,5 R15

[animaldevictor]

a couple of days ago I finish the intake filter, after too much welding, I have made it of stainless steel (I dont know why!!!),but I think looks good, I will tell next week