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Old 10-15-08, 01:29 PM   #41 (permalink)
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id LOVE some caps for mine! any ideas what it would cost to get em down under?
here in Costa Rica you can find only used but, I get one hard to find, cost me $3 and here the only ones you can find are the ones without the hole

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Old 10-15-08, 03:10 PM   #42 (permalink)
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glad to see you back to work on piggy. nice to make your own grease shackles.

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Old 10-15-08, 07:22 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Those are totally useless and really just junk electric hubs which we would remove regularly and install manual units.


In otherwords without all the wiring harness etc you are going to need some cruiser hubs or mini truck hubs including hub housing.

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I love the look of those tires on those wheels! Hot man HOT!
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Old 10-17-08, 02:40 PM   #45 (permalink)
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well guys, I giveup !!!.
with the help of my friend Sean from the Homegrowth Offroad in Miami, I finally get manual hubs, I will keep the electric hubs as decoration on my garage
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Old 10-20-08, 09:23 AM   #46 (permalink)
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last saturday I was on the paint shop finishing the install of the fron end, I have the calipers and the brake lines left to install
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Rhino I learn from your tip, the shock tower extended and longer shocks look nice

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Old 10-24-08, 12:23 PM   #47 (permalink)
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and it will make all the difference when driving me amigo

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Old 10-31-08, 09:36 AM   #48 (permalink)
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HI Amigos, yesterday I tuck some pics of the the brake lines, and finally my piggy is starting to look as a car
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Old 10-31-08, 11:08 AM   #49 (permalink)
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here some more pics
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Old 10-31-08, 12:24 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Keep those photos coming. I was thinking of cutting out the bottom sides of my FJ55 like you did and "weld" in 2x4 steel. Can you detail more how you attached the 2x4 to the body?

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Old 11-03-08, 09:46 AM   #51 (permalink)
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thats the photos from the prosedure to place the 2X4, ist really simple, an on my opinion, you dont have to use a very thick wall tube I use 2 MM wall tube otherwise if for some reason in the future you have to change it It will be not very hard and is also a good way to get clearence and also look nice

first cut the bottom I have used the window frame egde as reference
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after that do some tack welding
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before I have started with the cut and the welding I make a ¨L¨ tube and the round corner and the longer side of the L should be 2 cm longer than the body ( it provides a littlte protection but it is easier to install that way

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Old 12-01-08, 10:56 AM   #52 (permalink)
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well friends, back on work I had some issues with the OEM rims and the new Calipers and the tie rods, and I finish sending the rims to the rims shop so they can move the centerhub further inside in that way the rim descreases de back spacing like 3/4 inch good enough to fit nice
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here more pics of the paint job in process
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posts like this help me realize things about the world, like who woulda thought the rim shop, local no less would be available like that to do what they did.

and another thing i notice, its not just mexican nationals who paint car parts bright colors

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Old 12-02-08, 04:43 PM   #55 (permalink)
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hi well... the Rim shop was as little glich on my behalf it was the wheel repair shop, and about the bright colors ,,, I really hope at the end of the paint, my pig doesn´t look like a "big green taco con natilla" thanks for your support

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rim shop, wheel repair shop, either way its pretty cool that you have it available like that. what color green you going with?

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Your pig is looking better everyday! Good luck with the rest of the repairs/upgrades, etc.

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Old 12-03-08, 09:10 PM   #58 (permalink)
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hi Rhino, the green I whant is the like the olive green but not too dark like pig on the photo I have also purchace a galon of ultratuff in olive green for the floors and under carriage and the chasis on black
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I am also thinking in get a diesel engine like a 15B or a 13B-T someone here is seling a 2H in $5000 with 5 speed transfer but I most make the money first , well in a near future maybe
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thanks, Lucy, hopefully next year I have the pig ready to to mud
probablily we are going to have a lot of rain like this year that means a lot of mud on the mountains

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that green will look great, its always been my favorite. and a diesel, well since doing my diesel swap it has just been positive. better everything.

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