Got my links and brackets all in place. Hopefully I'll have another warm weekend in a couple weeks and the coilovers will go in.
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (54 Viewers)
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One side done after work today other side tomorrow … I should probably start a build thread one of these days to keep track of everything.
Yeah if they are rusty then I would see the point in just bypassing them and having some extra room under the seat is nice. But if they are in good shape what's the point of bypassing them? If they are rusty there are probably other areas of the car that need attention too. My suggestion, if they are in good shape, is to keep them that way ( and the rest of the underside) by spraying with FluidFilm or similar.
I just installed the same on mine (although I gave it a quick coat of Eastman black radiator paint prior to installation)... easy installation with a few rivnuts. I like how you added the protection where the hoses go thru the frame. I should probably do that as well for peace of mind.
They are in good shape. I don’t need the rear heater (use my Tacoma or 4Runner for trips to cold weather locations) but am leaning against deleting to keep the system running with the amount of coolant it was designed for and to have an extra heater to run if ever need to deal with overheating issues.
I trussed the front axle housing, made some knuckle gussets, reinforced the radius arm brackets and moved the bolt holes for an additional 1.7° of caster.
Forgot to take pictures of most of the steps. Startet painting the axles and control arms, ran out of primer at 3/4 done because i'm stupid.
Diffs and lock actuators will get changed to rebuilt ones anyways, so i left them in place for sandblasting and painting.
Forgot to take pictures of most of the steps. Startet painting the axles and control arms, ran out of primer at 3/4 done because i'm stupid.
Diffs and lock actuators will get changed to rebuilt ones anyways, so i left them in place for sandblasting and painting.
2KCruiser
Everything 2KRacing, practically live here
Little cutting, some grinding and welding and I'm inside the frame
Fj80oregon
GOLD Star
How was removing and installing just clips? What did you pay for the set? they look slick.
Outsane
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Still making adjustments to the front sway bar
Almost same as before. The CAT was Toast, actually, there was nothing inside, and it didn't seem modified, nuts were tight AF.
@2KCruiser Do you have a build thread for that engine swap? I sniffed around and could not find it. My Piggie may enjoy having a 1fz in it as well.
2KCruiser
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You will just end up more confused, here it is.... Bastard Child Bacon Bits or Instagram @baconbitsfzj80
ahh that one. On an 80 chassis. Thanks.
surfpig
The Anti-Tech
A tour of the eastern Sierra/Death Valley, my birthday/ equinox schtick…
surfpig
The Anti-Tech
The roads were BRUTAL. keep a couple of these in your parts box, kids. Like I said, this is the best place in the universe to have to be “stranded.” 
What is that?The roads were BRUTAL. keep a couple of these in your parts box, kids. Like I said, this is the best place in the universe to have to be “stranded.”
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Once I got my crap going, I was able to help these folks out with their dead batteries…The roads were BRUTAL. keep a couple of these in your parts box, kids. Like I said, this is the best place in the universe to have to be “stranded.”
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Fusible link?
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surfpig
The Anti-Tech
Whatever happened also blew a bunch of other fuses, that was fun…Once I got my crap going, I was able to help these folks out with their dead batteries… View attachment 3588765
