I used this too - it had to be cut - but its a fairly simple process. My only recommendation is, because it's braided and will want to fray, put some tape around the area you want to cut, then cut through the tape. I used a dremmel/cut-off wheel. I think a grinding wheel also sort of "melts"...
I'm still in! Given that my 40's fuel system just disintegrated I might not be in a Toyota, but I'm hoping to have it at least "patched up" by this weekend.
I used the Walker Y Pipe and heat-riser delete plate mention a couple of years ago. I used Dorman reproduction Ram's Horns, which may be part of the issue, but I will say, it was not plug and play. I ended up having to cut the Y Pipe and re-weld it at a slightly different angle to get...
I understand you're worried that it's a South American truck, and that it might be a basket case - but at the same time you drove this thing 3/4 of the way across the country without issue, and are planning to remove/convert almost everything in it mechanically through the resto-mod process...
So if I'm interpreting this correctly, I should absolutely use cash on hand to buy a bumper for my barely street legal recreational offroad toy from 4Plus. I accept your guidance. ;)
I already reached out to Dave about this, but figured I'd bump this thread. I'd be in for a front bumper of some form. I'd been holding off because I was on the fence about winch mounts...and still am. Literally all the rest of my truck is covered in 4 Plus so I'm very sad to see this...
I used an FJ60 H42 top cover on the stock FJ40 H42 transmission to move the shifter backward, as mentioned above. Lined everything up just about perfectly.
Your steering arms look stock to me. Assuming those are the stock u bolt plates with shocks mounted to them, just upside down, it might be that simple as long as nobody did a cut/turn on the axle for caster correction.
I can’t quite tell from the pictures but it looks like you may have a drop...
Just posted over in chit chat but glad to see this thread was started.
It is admittedly much better than I was expecting, but still not what I wanted. But I understand their target market and their positioning, and I think they will sell a ton of them.
The big unanswered question now is -...