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    Stay SOA or go back to SUA

    There hasn't been a shackle reversal done. The shackles are at the front of the vehicle. I don't have any great photos of the setup in the front. The shackles are 2.75" pin centre to pin centre. The springs are stock as best as I can tell. The shocks are Rancho RS5000's. I have the crossover...
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    Stay SOA or go back to SUA

    I’ve been doing a lot of reading and I’m having a bit of a dilemma when it comes to keeping my FJ40 SOA or returning to SUA. The plan for this vehicle has changed over the past two years of it sitting in my garage. I’d like to be able to use it as a daily driver and mild off road. The vehicle...
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    Rolands Rebuild

    I thought I'd add a few more photos and post about some of the work I was able to do with a few friends last week. I think this is going to be a slow and steady process. Tow by FJ40Roland posted Mar 22, 2018 at 4:36 PMTow 2 by FJ40Roland posted Mar 22, 2018 at 4:37 PMAftermath by FJ40Roland...
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    Rolands Rebuild

    We're bringing it back!
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    Rolands Rebuild

    This happened Late November. Life has been happening ever since and I haven't really had the chance to to work on it with the exception of one Sunday afternoon which I'll post about shortly. We were able to cruise comfortably at 80-85 km/h. The SOA death wobble was terrifying at 95km/h so we...
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    Rolands Rebuild

    After flying to another city with my brother in law I picked up my dream car. A relatively stock (with the exception of sitting on 35’s with a SOA setup and a webber carb) 1978 FJ40 Landcruiser. After checking with the PO that it would make it through the mountains home we decided to drive the...
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