Hey -- wondering if I should delete my ARB front bumper and go back to stock for resale value? I also like the look of the stock front end. Also any idea of the value on this truck.
My cruiser is a 1995 green exterior and tan interior with oem front and rear lockers with roughly 137,500 miles in very good condition.
The truck to my knowledge has never smoked in. The trucks interior is all original with excellent carpets and the leather seats are very clean. The front drivers seat cushion was replaced with a new oem foam but the leather bottom is starting to show its age with slight cracking and on one side. The passenger seat is all original and in one area the threads are starting to come loose but no cracks as of yet. The second row leather is all original in good shape but the passenger side color is starting to crack and loose its color but the leather is still ok. Third row is in very good condition. The vehicle has no odd smells inside either.
The truck has been garaged with no fading. It does have some nicks and scratches from age mostly on the lower part of the doors and rear pics included. The paint is in need of a good buff or paint correction at this time. The front drivers fender front corner was repainted and blended, clear coated due to off road damage from the previous owner going off roading. The fender was never removed form the vehicle. Also drivers passenger flares where also replaced and painted at this time. Front valance was replaced with a new oem and painted at this time. This is the only paint work and oem Toyota green was used to do the repaint from a professional shop in NC. Since then my wife scratched the passenger side rear flare by hitting the garage backing out.
After I purchased the truck I added a OME lift 2", added 4:88 gears, 35in tires, long field chromoly front drive shaft, just installed a new 4x4 labs rear bumper, had Robby aka powderpig in Boulder, CO replace the head gasket along with new 3 core oem radiator and phh, new gaskets, injectors cleaned ect all for a pm since I was passing through coming to over $4000. Lots of new oem parts replaced by me new oem drivers mirror, oem drivers bottom seat foam cushion, all oem brake pad, rotor ect, oem steering pump and all hoses, oem brake booster, oem all front bushings aka thanks to georg @ Valley Hybrids, Stockton, CA, oem tie rod all oem rods, oem master cylinder, oem rear seals, all rubber door seal are in excellent condition and stay treated with napa silicone, all front seals are now being done for the second time since the knuckles started leaking again. Lots more ask... Just noticed A/C isnt working so thinking a seal is bad somewhere. Rear heat delete. Most upgrades my wife and I have put roughly 40,000 miles on it. Last year when I removed the rear bumper and installed 4x4 Labs rear bumper I found a small rust spot . (Anyone in the Sacramento area do metal body work? )This happened from where dirt got up in the passenger quarter. This was caused by the small black plastic rear cover had come out probably years ago. I would like to get this repaired. This truck does have the ABS deleted but still have all of the parts to covert back over. The only light on the dash is the ABS light. For roughly 10,000 miles it had a p4020 code and was fixed by replacing the entire exhaust with a low mile CA wreck and new oem gaskets. Anyway just wondering because at some point I may end up selling it If I decide I will no longer need this type of truck. I have a home in CO that I will still need it for awhile longer. - oh only leak that just started is at ? rear main seal think because I had it sitting in the garage for the last year or so on jack stands. I did start it from time to time and added fuel treatment - has some service rust on the rear sway bar in places and down in the axle where the brackets are at in places - I treated and brushed some black rustoleum in the areas I could reach. All of this was done when I removed the rear bumper and added 4x4 Labs one. one more thing - east coast truck new - garaged until previous owner took a stock truck mudding the short time they had it - I purchased it around 2013 added all above and have been on only a couple non rock crawling trails in CO - the wife drove it as a daily until around two years ago until we purchased a new Subaru - also in my honest opinion the leather needs replacing starting to harden up front - Ive treated it and treated it but its not coming back -- the rear is nice but where my kids got in and out of passenger side the color started cracking not the leather but the color - needs died back or just replaced to match the front if done - 3rd row great condition. added at the bottom: oh yeah all new oem brake lines extended where needed - all new oem u joints, double cardan land tank front joint - not sure what else but all of these vehicles will need this from age no matter what miles it has so this will add value to someone - purchased this with 90,000 miles having no idea but hopefully good for another 100,000 miles plus - sitting is the worst blah
ps just to lay this out there for the reason I wanted a fjz80 -- 1. loved the looks ever since they were new 2. loved toyotas and have owned a 85 and 87 pickup, and still own a 87 fj60. 3. have four kids and needed a third row 4x4 that I could go to any state or country and not worry as much 5. was a traveler in the medical field and thought I was going to be traveling alot more to different hospitals to work all across the US ( still may) -- so this is the reason I wanted this kind of truck fixed to go and go - carrying kids you start to think a little different - be real bad to brake down in the middle of a blizzard somewhere - thanks to this website this idea became reality thanks again guys and gals for helping me along the way
pics from roughly 5 years ago
My cruiser is a 1995 green exterior and tan interior with oem front and rear lockers with roughly 137,500 miles in very good condition.
The truck to my knowledge has never smoked in. The trucks interior is all original with excellent carpets and the leather seats are very clean. The front drivers seat cushion was replaced with a new oem foam but the leather bottom is starting to show its age with slight cracking and on one side. The passenger seat is all original and in one area the threads are starting to come loose but no cracks as of yet. The second row leather is all original in good shape but the passenger side color is starting to crack and loose its color but the leather is still ok. Third row is in very good condition. The vehicle has no odd smells inside either.
The truck has been garaged with no fading. It does have some nicks and scratches from age mostly on the lower part of the doors and rear pics included. The paint is in need of a good buff or paint correction at this time. The front drivers fender front corner was repainted and blended, clear coated due to off road damage from the previous owner going off roading. The fender was never removed form the vehicle. Also drivers passenger flares where also replaced and painted at this time. Front valance was replaced with a new oem and painted at this time. This is the only paint work and oem Toyota green was used to do the repaint from a professional shop in NC. Since then my wife scratched the passenger side rear flare by hitting the garage backing out.
After I purchased the truck I added a OME lift 2", added 4:88 gears, 35in tires, long field chromoly front drive shaft, just installed a new 4x4 labs rear bumper, had Robby aka powderpig in Boulder, CO replace the head gasket along with new 3 core oem radiator and phh, new gaskets, injectors cleaned ect all for a pm since I was passing through coming to over $4000. Lots of new oem parts replaced by me new oem drivers mirror, oem drivers bottom seat foam cushion, all oem brake pad, rotor ect, oem steering pump and all hoses, oem brake booster, oem all front bushings aka thanks to georg @ Valley Hybrids, Stockton, CA, oem tie rod all oem rods, oem master cylinder, oem rear seals, all rubber door seal are in excellent condition and stay treated with napa silicone, all front seals are now being done for the second time since the knuckles started leaking again. Lots more ask... Just noticed A/C isnt working so thinking a seal is bad somewhere. Rear heat delete. Most upgrades my wife and I have put roughly 40,000 miles on it. Last year when I removed the rear bumper and installed 4x4 Labs rear bumper I found a small rust spot . (Anyone in the Sacramento area do metal body work? )This happened from where dirt got up in the passenger quarter. This was caused by the small black plastic rear cover had come out probably years ago. I would like to get this repaired. This truck does have the ABS deleted but still have all of the parts to covert back over. The only light on the dash is the ABS light. For roughly 10,000 miles it had a p4020 code and was fixed by replacing the entire exhaust with a low mile CA wreck and new oem gaskets. Anyway just wondering because at some point I may end up selling it If I decide I will no longer need this type of truck. I have a home in CO that I will still need it for awhile longer. - oh only leak that just started is at ? rear main seal think because I had it sitting in the garage for the last year or so on jack stands. I did start it from time to time and added fuel treatment - has some service rust on the rear sway bar in places and down in the axle where the brackets are at in places - I treated and brushed some black rustoleum in the areas I could reach. All of this was done when I removed the rear bumper and added 4x4 Labs one. one more thing - east coast truck new - garaged until previous owner took a stock truck mudding the short time they had it - I purchased it around 2013 added all above and have been on only a couple non rock crawling trails in CO - the wife drove it as a daily until around two years ago until we purchased a new Subaru - also in my honest opinion the leather needs replacing starting to harden up front - Ive treated it and treated it but its not coming back -- the rear is nice but where my kids got in and out of passenger side the color started cracking not the leather but the color - needs died back or just replaced to match the front if done - 3rd row great condition. added at the bottom: oh yeah all new oem brake lines extended where needed - all new oem u joints, double cardan land tank front joint - not sure what else but all of these vehicles will need this from age no matter what miles it has so this will add value to someone - purchased this with 90,000 miles having no idea but hopefully good for another 100,000 miles plus - sitting is the worst blah
ps just to lay this out there for the reason I wanted a fjz80 -- 1. loved the looks ever since they were new 2. loved toyotas and have owned a 85 and 87 pickup, and still own a 87 fj60. 3. have four kids and needed a third row 4x4 that I could go to any state or country and not worry as much 5. was a traveler in the medical field and thought I was going to be traveling alot more to different hospitals to work all across the US ( still may) -- so this is the reason I wanted this kind of truck fixed to go and go - carrying kids you start to think a little different - be real bad to brake down in the middle of a blizzard somewhere - thanks to this website this idea became reality thanks again guys and gals for helping me along the way
pics from roughly 5 years ago
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