Recent content by Roastchestnuts

Next steps on the 55 are the rear quarters and tail gate area.... going to be alot of little fixes I think. Pulling those rear windows as well will be interesting. Excited to start replacing weather stripping too. Pretty much all the weather stripping is roached on this 55. Its going to be...

More progress has been made on the body work of the fj55. I got some roof patches in. over the corse of a week I also sanded and prepped the windshield frame and roof area. The most annoying and time consuming part was geting all the old seam sealer out of the rain gutters. I am going to put new...

Here is another shot. anybody have any suggestions for tools to get the left over headliner glue material off? and Yeah yeah... got some primer on the frame rails.... (rust proofing!) also nothing some rust reform cant fix after I get everything done. I gotta pull the doors and windshield next...

Alright well I primmed the whole hood, front clip and fenders and such! I decided to do it in sections to keep my progress moving along. I found more rust on the roof that I had to weld up. I also was not ready to pull the windshield and I had already sanded the front clip down to bare metal in...

my plan this weekend and afterwork tomorrow is to get the roof prepped for paint including welding up holes that I have found. most holes are minor and should be able do finish all those up in a couple of hours. secondary plan is to have the front fenders and hood at least primmed and ready for...

Dude I am getting so excited about getting this Iron piggy looking fresh. She is going to be really nice. I really want to make this fj55 my daily. It was for about 6 months and it was OK but for sure needs some updates. Also side note you really see the design influence of the fj55 for the 70...

All under consideration. Like I think I said above. I have some good epoxy primer coming. Ill order the color when I am 100% sure on what I want. I keep coming back to what @Comet said above and that is red looks good on the beach. I have to agree with that statment. I am leaning red but also In...

the whole reason I wanted the isuzu was to have a daily so I can dive in deep on the 55 project. Well it has begun! I am at a point of no return and I am firmly in the 3rd round of this project. My favorite part the paint transformation. I wanted to jump in on this project and what started as "I...

I have been enjoying zipping the willys m38a1 around latley! I am trying to figure out how to make a willys cj5 half cab soft top work on my m38a1. I think the top bow mounting points for the early cj5 is different than a m38a1. I really like the look of the half cab over the full summer...

We all just enable each other don't we... Much appreciation I may take you up on that eventually!

Long response as I have alot of feels and thoughts - I think on my budget right now it would be eliminated. Maybe in a few years. I also was looking to finance something and just recently weighed my options I decided I didnt want a payment. The reason for the xterra was affordability and I...

Yeah I hope so too. it would be good to meet up with you. Ill be there for about a week I think. Yeah that looks good up there! I might try and find one of those too. there are a couple floating around. one french knock off of a arb too. I have a couple of things I want to buy before the roof...

@Comet anything I should see in Troutville haha

So new car be damned... I am just going to make the trooper work till It dies then get somthing else. hell I welded the frame up, replaced a full CV and drivers side axle shaft (not easy on the trooper) replaced the upper and lower ball joints, new manual locking hubs, and I am about to replace...

Indeed! Honestly might be one of the more underated 4x4 suvs right now. although they no longer make them. I feel like they were nissans answer to the fj cruiser.