It's tough to follow Romer and that awesome rig of his, but I'll give it a try...
The truck below is a locked 1996 FZJ80 with 139,000 miles purchased in the Kansas City area 3 weeks ago. This was after a great talk with Romer and his sage advice about getting down to one truck. I'm working on that.... This truck has no surface rust on the underside but some minor hail damage (if you look closely) on the top side. Wanted the OBC-II plug to make diagnostics easier. It was a haul the family to and from the Lake of the Ozarks rig and has never been off-road. The white/tan color combo is my prefered color scheme. Seems to be well maintained and mechanically sound. So this was just what I was looking for in a "expedition" rig.
Removed the "ace of spades" chrome rims and street tires. Installed Toyota rims and 285/74/16 Bridgestone Revo's. The "spade" rims may just show up at the next White Trash of Elwood garage sale/raffle...
Removed the Eclipse LCD screen sound system, VCR, and 8 CD changer and replaced it with a nice Kenwood CD head and mounted the Cobra CB below it. Removed the stock bumper and replaced it with an ARB winch bumper. Have yet to install the 9500# T-Max winch. The bumper is sporting the Nakman/Romer flip down CB antenna mount.
Haven't installed the 2.5 OME medium lift yet. Work is getting in the way of the truck buildup project... maybe over T-giving the rest of the stuff will get installed. May go with the heavy springs up front, or 1.5" metal spacer if any are to be found.
Have moved the spare into the back for now, thinking either Slee's spare tire bracket or a Kaymar rear bumper with the tire carrier. Need a 2" receiver and the Kaymar looks good. We have a M101CDN trailer coming from Koffer, to round out the "expedition" rig... then an ARB frig, dual battries, sliders... Romer was right... all your money...
Plan to start changing all the fluids and will probably go with Rotella 5/40, Valvoline 75/90 in the diffs, and Valvoline High Mileage ATF. The brakes and rotors are good, but need to check the "Pesky".
Have also added Husky Liners. As you can see in one of below photos, I started removing the faux wood trim inside. It's peeling where the sun has hit it, plus I like that look better.
Enjoy the photos, and please share any thoughts or suggetions you might have... I'm trying to do this one right the first time . And again Romer, thanks for the good advice!!!
The truck below is a locked 1996 FZJ80 with 139,000 miles purchased in the Kansas City area 3 weeks ago. This was after a great talk with Romer and his sage advice about getting down to one truck. I'm working on that.... This truck has no surface rust on the underside but some minor hail damage (if you look closely) on the top side. Wanted the OBC-II plug to make diagnostics easier. It was a haul the family to and from the Lake of the Ozarks rig and has never been off-road. The white/tan color combo is my prefered color scheme. Seems to be well maintained and mechanically sound. So this was just what I was looking for in a "expedition" rig.
Removed the "ace of spades" chrome rims and street tires. Installed Toyota rims and 285/74/16 Bridgestone Revo's. The "spade" rims may just show up at the next White Trash of Elwood garage sale/raffle...
Removed the Eclipse LCD screen sound system, VCR, and 8 CD changer and replaced it with a nice Kenwood CD head and mounted the Cobra CB below it. Removed the stock bumper and replaced it with an ARB winch bumper. Have yet to install the 9500# T-Max winch. The bumper is sporting the Nakman/Romer flip down CB antenna mount.
Haven't installed the 2.5 OME medium lift yet. Work is getting in the way of the truck buildup project... maybe over T-giving the rest of the stuff will get installed. May go with the heavy springs up front, or 1.5" metal spacer if any are to be found.
Have moved the spare into the back for now, thinking either Slee's spare tire bracket or a Kaymar rear bumper with the tire carrier. Need a 2" receiver and the Kaymar looks good. We have a M101CDN trailer coming from Koffer, to round out the "expedition" rig... then an ARB frig, dual battries, sliders... Romer was right... all your money...
Plan to start changing all the fluids and will probably go with Rotella 5/40, Valvoline 75/90 in the diffs, and Valvoline High Mileage ATF. The brakes and rotors are good, but need to check the "Pesky".
Have also added Husky Liners. As you can see in one of below photos, I started removing the faux wood trim inside. It's peeling where the sun has hit it, plus I like that look better.
Enjoy the photos, and please share any thoughts or suggetions you might have... I'm trying to do this one right the first time . And again Romer, thanks for the good advice!!!
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