Great rig and great story.
Buck
Buck
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Great looking 80! Looks so much better over stock with the mods you have done. Tacoma looks good also.
Those Tundra wheels look great, you have to run spacers with them right?
jfz80
Cruisin’
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You should run spacers with them.... especially with a wider tire (12.5 and bigger). Without them I scrub the inner fender and frame rail in the back upon full stuff and the lugs just barely grab the front control arms at full lock. Also w/ sufficient spacer you could run the ctr caps. With flares and without spacers they sit pretty inboard, but without the flares the spacing doesnt look so bad ...
again i plan to add them shortly and trim the rear flares
then 14'' shocks and relocated mounts ala FJBen w/ adj. bumpstops
again i plan to add them shortly and trim the rear flares
then 14'' shocks and relocated mounts ala FJBen w/ adj. bumpstops
Box Rocket
SILVER Star
Good looking truck and nice writeup.
Nice writeup! Great story and great rig!
NLXTACY
Wits' End
Damn that looks really good. Next time I'm in the Triad I'm gonna hit you up. My folks live in Kernersville.
Very nice looking 80, and great write-up
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Nice wheels/tires!!!You see where steve is standing???
j/k not too far...2 truck lengths maybe on the best approach. Concrete was tryin to spot me into this...
and the next pipe is a 60 incher
Id definitely like to talk to you bout that panhard, but i wont be at the OBX. Ill drop you a PM or hit me up when you get back in town.
S4Cruiser
SILVER Star
Never knew it once looked like this
. Totally different truck now...sweet rig and cool story.
No ones will look as nice as Jon's
Thanks for the pic but you might want to make another thread for this.
This one is a Rig of the Week
Skillet
Skillet
sweet. nice ride...
wish I had a stack of pipes like that by my house.
wish I had a stack of pipes like that by my house.
NLXTACY
Wits' End
Its just such a nice stance. Love the tire/lift combo.
jfz80
Cruisin’
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thanks Joey. Ive been debating the flares vs. flareless. I really like the stance w/out the flares as is but I had been and pretty much still am a fan of flares, besides it needs the spacers to quit scrubbing the frame rail when stuffed. I think im going to do the 1.25'' and maaaaaybe the 1.5'' spacers and add the flares back; lined then painted.
this past weekend getting to utilize the expedition intentions of the build. At 6000 lbs shes no rockcrawler but of course its fun to play but id take 40 miles of backcountry logging trails over that any day
tech notes: just rebuilt the axle the day before this trip and got my ebrake cable working great for the first time in a while. Unfortunately when adjusted tight it produces drag and I had a scorching hub when i pulled over for a 50 mile checkup. Luckily just the brake shoes and not preload.....that would suck on the side of the road.
oh and IH8GASTANKS replaced it thursday and was leaking friday
Schlacker.... did your replacement every fail as well?
this past weekend getting to utilize the expedition intentions of the build. At 6000 lbs shes no rockcrawler but of course its fun to play but id take 40 miles of backcountry logging trails over that any day
tech notes: just rebuilt the axle the day before this trip and got my ebrake cable working great for the first time in a while. Unfortunately when adjusted tight it produces drag and I had a scorching hub when i pulled over for a 50 mile checkup. Luckily just the brake shoes and not preload.....that would suck on the side of the road.
oh and IH8GASTANKS
replaced it thursday and was leaking fridaySchlacker.... did your replacement every fail as well?
