Builds 1975 FJ40 4.5L cummins build
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Why not abrasive blast the tricky shaped pieces? It looks like they've been sanded/flappered down?
Parts like that make me appreciate my Miller Dynasty , and ER80 filler rod to help with wear issues . Tig rules in those tight little spaces...
Sarge
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I have a miller syncrowave 200 tig and a Miller 252 mig.. Wouldn't trade these machines for anything
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Metal finishing the factory crud out of all the hardware parts before I send everything off to powder coating.. I use a porting bit on a die grinder and a 3" grinder / sander with 120 grit discs... Only 50,000 more pieces to go!
I've always wondered how many tons the press system used to make some of those parts - had to be in excess of 100t...
You would think the Japanese would have done a neater job in the metal finishing - but then again , on these rigs it never seemed to hurt anything .
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You would think the Japanese would have done a neater job in the metal finishing - but then again , on these rigs it never seemed to hurt anything .
Sarge
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In a lot of ways I'm glad they pumped them out with out the attention to detail... For one there are a whole lot more cruisers running around because of it and two it gives a handful of obsessive cruiser heads like myself something to do lol...
I'll second that , it just seems to be an oddity considering the Japanese mindset in manufacturing . Gladly , everything is built with steel 2X what was really needed ...
Sarge
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"You would think the Japanese would have done a neater job in the metal finishing -" Kobus and I were discussing the same roughness evident in some parts. His take was that the TLC at that time was being built to compete with Land Rover (crappy everything) buyers were not buying for pretty and well finished but tough and reliable and the low LR standard was the benchmark they had to beat. His theory is that Toyota wisely chose to concentrate on tough and reliable. I agree that that could be the reason.
The aesthetics of the part only becomes an issue with guys like us who wouldn't be happy if we couldn't spend a day or more smoothing off press marks and rough edges.
The aesthetics of the part only becomes an issue with guys like us who wouldn't be happy if we couldn't spend a day or more smoothing off press marks and rough edges.
Josh, what will you put over the undercoating? Not factory "paint" or do you paint over that?
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I'm assuming you mean the undercoating on the top floor panels? I will be making removable carpet sections. The the hard top, window frame and doors will be painted on both sides... I think I am answering your question?
yes thanks, im blasting mine, I had thought to factory paint the wheel wells but now looking at yours not so sure.
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What ever under coating is exposed will be left "as is"... I will be undercoating the bottom of the hood, inner fender wells (both inside and out and possibly the inside of the fender aprons.... This undercoating has excellent uv protection so it shouldn't discolor and I feel it looks great as a contrast to the paint "as is"... I hope this helps to further answer your question...
this is way out of my league, I suppose even trying to copy this is a very bad idea for a never done it before guy.
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Update after months... Sorry, I suck at keeping my mud account up to date...
you are so OCD, (obsessive-Cruiser disorder),
that looks really good, like the custom carpet kit.. and the metalic brown is growing on me...
what is it with you and metalic cruisers wasn't the last total build metalic gray..
that looks really good, like the custom carpet kit.. and the metalic brown is growing on me...
what is it with you and metalic cruisers wasn't the last total build metalic gray..
