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The Hypertherm makes quick work of that. Clean it up tomorrow with a grinder. The shackle hangers, the funky JDM suspension system had steel bushings in these. Cheers

Here is the pretty worn out OG exhaust system. We have had this take off HZJ79 OEM exhaust for awhile now, left over from this build. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/2022-hzj79-to-a-2022-hdj79.1326136/ It took a bit of shortening obviously...

The Dobinsons leaves unwrapped! Again, these were the lightest duty offered for a 1990’s 70-series. The front iirc is a 1-200lbs over stock and the rear is a 300+ over stock. Both are seven leaf packs. I foresee the front being a 3-4 leaf pack...

9.5" Front or rear? Just machined some 3.5" x .500" wall for the 80 balls for a 9.5"

Oh ya I just got these today. Dobinsons in their lightest duty option available. Now if RuffStuff could deliver I can start fabbing. Cheers

Ya I am probably or most likely going wide nose. Believe it or not the parts are cheaper. The whole front clip is pretty rotten. I do like the narrow nose but I also like the wide nose and there are a lot of cool parts available for the wide nose...

I really do like the narrow nose! Like A LOT however I need engine bay cubic inches! 🤣 Especially if I keep it 24v with x2 batteries. F#*king dramatic man! Haha for me trying to decide here is simply because I do really like the old school...

Front wheel well has much more clearance at the front so going to move the front axle as far forward as possible. I am sure we will still have to carve out the firewall side a bit. In the back, I want to do most of the carving at the rear of...

38’s are starting to look like 35’s to me after a week or so of looking at this! 🤣🤦‍♂️ Cheers

Again, super ass homemade flare brackets. Not sure why a person would do this when OEM parts are available and not very expensive. I also believe all this janky work was done in Japan prior to import. I just need to remove any of these that are...

More parts laying around the shop. HZJ79 nearly new exhaust system. While I do plan to swap in my 1HDFT at the moment the 1HZ exhaust is pretty toast. So I think I will cut this up and fit it until the FT goes in. Cheers

Lots of ass going on here with the fender flares and side steps. Obviously I am removing it all. Lots of bondo and rust in it too. Cheers

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Probably a better chance to see a Bigfoot in these parts vs any 70 series Land Cruiser 😂

The snow is almost gone around here…could lead to a crazy summer.

A little bit of delay in getting the rig home because of title transfer issues, but I've finally got her home. 1HZ is running well, but the oil leak is definitely going to need to be handled sooner rather than later. I plan to start digging into...

I know. We’ll paint stuff soon. At the end of the day, I was dying to see if anything would actually power up and switch on. So I grabbed a battery, some terminals, and clicked the ignition over. Awesomely, the sub tank dash light comes on when...

What's the best way to move the axle forward? Redrill the spring perch bolt bolts and adjust? I'm having the same issue with rubbing on the rear fender/flare during compression. And like you mentioned, I'd like to ideally not have to cut up my...

Seems like pictures make everything look like a “fishbowl” or maybe that is just my phone? Anyways those are 38’s! This thing has what 4-5” of SuA lift? I am excited to build it SoA and nice and low with quality parts! Something different...

With a lot of Cruisers once you go big rubber the front wheel well backside at the firewall becomes a problem. We will move the front axle forward here and carve up the body as needed to solve this rub issue with the big rubber. In the rear to...

To give an idea on heights with the 38’s. I don’t see it being more than 2” higher than this on SoA, who knows maybe lower. I have never done a SoA without shackles! 🤣🤪🤙 Cheers

Just screwing around here but they actually fit better than I expected. 💪🤣 Cheers

38’s!!!! Oh ya, this is 100% where I am going with the Cruiser. Been wanting to do this to a 70-series for awhile. 😎🤙 Cheers

Worn out steering replaced, more better. 🙂 Cheers

More better. Cheers