Not going to steal @Chungas Revenge ’s thunder but the Mule is lined. A little bit of wetsanding and she’ll be back on the chassis.
What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (31 Viewers)
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Not my thunder, I just carry the mail.
All credit where credit is due. RCLC laying it down. Nice contrast in the driver side foot well. Teaser shot of the aft section. IMHO, The tone on tone contrast between the liner and paint really catches your eye..
Take (another) bow RCLC…
Edit: *Posting additional pics over on the Mule thread.
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steffan
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been working on the paint - didn't realize how crude it was until I started really looking at it. these are some of the worst of it just to show the progress
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this is after the 1500 grit - taking down the orange peel
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after 3000 - started to look like there was hope
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here is after 5000 - I almost left it at that
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went ahead and started with rubbing compound - the 5000 looked good until I started the rubbing compound
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some shots after rubbing compound. Still some swirl marks that will come out with polish. then it will be ready for some desert pin stripes 
MatthewMcD
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I am surprised you have any paint left after all that! Is yours "two toned"? Beige on the outside and blue interior?some shots after rubbing compound. Still some swirl marks that will come out with polish. then it will be ready for some desert pin stripes
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Mike Shull
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Mine looks similar and it is perfectly normal. As long as the paint is applied thick enough there shouldn’t be any concerns with sanding and buffing out the orange peel as long as you are wet sanding. I have 4 coats of paint and 3 coats of clear that I will be wet sanding this summer.
You can see that I shot the side of the hood a little thick. It is wet enough to have a deep shine from other angles so I’m fairly confident that the orange peel will sand/buff out.
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I installed the Sylvania headlights tonight. They are so much better than the old ones. These produce a nice bright, white beam. Great improvement!
Also, took a short video of the engine sound at high rev and at idle. She doesn’t skip a beat.!!
Looking great with those new headlights. The engine sounds perfect now. Cheers!
This arrived today UPS… I am a bit anxious to get out to the pole barn and do something…can not drive yet and if I should accidentally fall, my wife will go ape s#!t so I debate the value currently of trying to unscrew a tire valve cap or keep watching tv
You’ll also be able use OEM Toyota zip ties on other projects…..
You know that when I opened the box and saw the big bag of zip ties…I wouldn’t have thought that many would be needed and I have several other uses for the bigger ties.
I may start pulling my Sniper parts and getting read to lay them out on the parts table. I’ll bet that harness is a good candidate for zip ties and tape
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Congrats! I recently did the same thing to my ‘77 replaced all vacuum lines except 2 I had a hard time getting to. Did you repalce the two vacuum lines of the side of the carb closest to the air cleaner/head? If so what was your technique to get those on? I can’t get my hands to fit between the air cleaner/head and the carb to get 2 vacuum lines on. Thanks!
High cotton on both accounts….
This isn’t a stock carb(yet) but the one closest to the head came right off. And I was able to use a pair of needle nose to go back on. On some of the others I needed to make a small cut with a straight razor as they were hardened onto the nipples.
With OEM zip ties, you’ll bring quality to any project that you decide on. lol.
You just wanted to use “hardened” and “nipples” in the same sentence. Well played I admit, but this is a public forum hombre..
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