Nice score, lot's of potential. I ran a locrite for years in the rear in the PNW so lots of wet roads. I never expereinced the lock up and rear in spin I've heard many complain about. Well except in light snow and ice but I learn to lock front in to correct it. I'm a fan of front lockers so biased and lots cheaper to install when regearing than later down the road. My wife hated the rear locrite but she is not very uncomfortable with a manual. I put an ARB in the rear for this reason but she rarely ever drives it. In retrospect should've put money else where.
A nice upgrade for brakes is larger IFS V6 (has 4 large pistons) calipers and LC (wanna say 80) rotors but that means upgrading to later 1" bore MC and a dual diaghram brake booster. I'm not sure but the LC rear brake accuator (forget the name) is larger bore than the mini one. But don't know if that will work with the smaller drums of the earlier minis. These plus braided steel flex lines make for much better braking, especially with larger meat mounted. You could swap in an IFS rear axle wider 58" vrs 55" with larger rear drums. Wider so a bit more stable but wider is not better in tighter.
H4 upgrade for headlights is worth the money Hella got better reviews than some of the other big names; ARB/IPF, round eyes... But you'll want to use a battery direct harness with relays that is triggered by stock harness.
Might consider going to high steer and ditch the solid stablizer for the push pull for better articulation but will need an IFS box and frame mounts.
With larger tires might want to consider upgrading front birfeilds, I found an older pair of 27spline longfields, but several companies make upgrades. Trailgear owns longfield now. Trailgear can be hit or miss.
Love your cruiser!!!
A nice upgrade for brakes is larger IFS V6 (has 4 large pistons) calipers and LC (wanna say 80) rotors but that means upgrading to later 1" bore MC and a dual diaghram brake booster. I'm not sure but the LC rear brake accuator (forget the name) is larger bore than the mini one. But don't know if that will work with the smaller drums of the earlier minis. These plus braided steel flex lines make for much better braking, especially with larger meat mounted. You could swap in an IFS rear axle wider 58" vrs 55" with larger rear drums. Wider so a bit more stable but wider is not better in tighter.
H4 upgrade for headlights is worth the money Hella got better reviews than some of the other big names; ARB/IPF, round eyes... But you'll want to use a battery direct harness with relays that is triggered by stock harness.
Might consider going to high steer and ditch the solid stablizer for the push pull for better articulation but will need an IFS box and frame mounts.
With larger tires might want to consider upgrading front birfeilds, I found an older pair of 27spline longfields, but several companies make upgrades. Trailgear owns longfield now. Trailgear can be hit or miss.
Love your cruiser!!!
