60 vs 80 series rust resistance... (1 Viewer)

[ozarkmud]

It's generally said, and seems to match my experience as well, that even accounting for the age difference, 80 series rigs seem to hold up a lot better rust wise.

Does this seem to be the case? What exactly is the reason? Are the panels on the 80 series thicker? Is there more rust proofing? Or different fender designs?

Similar thread: Rust and the FZJ80 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/rust-and-the-fzj80.35426/

 

[COYS]

Who is better at sucking less? Enthralling this and will be full of metallurgy QBs coming out of the woodwork. Yawn.

Buy a sunny state LC you love or buy both. Next topic.



P.S. No offense to you ozark

 

[SpenserAK]

This is worth a read

What did Toyota get right with the 80 series frame?

Sorry if this is a bit of a superfluous thread but I've been wondering about this a lot lately. It seems like the 60 series frame was a lot more prone to internal delamination and rot, at least from what I've researched. And it appears the 100 series also generally has more rust issues than the...

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[ozarkmud]

This is worth a read

What did Toyota get right with the 80 series frame?

Sorry if this is a bit of a superfluous thread but I've been wondering about this a lot lately. It seems like the 60 series frame was a lot more prone to internal delamination and rot, at least from what I've researched. And it appears the 100 series also generally has more rust issues than the...

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I had not seen that. Great thread, thank you!

 

[60 toy ota]

My dad bought a 3 year old fj55 in Utah that had rot.
Our 80 is still 97% rust free. By the time our 60 was this age it had been rusty for a long time, despite the same use case

 

[Kernal]

Been discussed a lot in the past, do some searches on rust-proofing your vehicle.