Best FJ40 Upgrade Ever

[knuckle47]

A few months ago @1911 made a comment that struck me. I was thinking about getting the Procar seats from Summit racing and I did. He said something like … those seats have 50 year old dead foam cushions. He was absolutely correct.

My seats were recovered and looked darn nice with matching fabric door cards. I changed the door cards and the seats and those seats look like stock seats, and are actually cushioning the ride plus they have headrests and fully recline.

 

[knuckle47]

That being said… I have both original seats… cosmetically they look great. As for cushions, they are original, not crumbling, just flatter bounce than the procars.

All of the hardware is attached ready to bolt on to the 1975 style stock frame. Seat belts are off and reused on the new seats. Door cards are easily re-useable. Drivers side and a “map pocket”

If someone is interested, just pm me with an offer. I can pack and ship them if you’re not local. I’m not listing them in the classified section yet…this is just a passing thought as I stare out of the window at the snow falling and the dogs going crazy outside

 

[FloridaLife]

If we are talking upgrades, sometimes something simple really makes all the difference….(koito headlight upgrade is also a simple no brainer)

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Good point. I'm planning on LED headlights too because when I converted my motorcycle to an LED headlight it had better light than my 4Runner. I'm also converting ALL other light bulbs to LED, including the instrument cluster, turn signals, side markers, and brakes. No more of bumps & vibrations making filaments go bad.

 

[FloridaLife]

That being said… I have both original seats… cosmetically they look great. As for cushions, they are original, not crumbling, just flatter bounce than the procars.

All of the hardware is attached ready to bolt on to the 1975 style stock frame. Seat belts are off and reused on the new seats. Door cards are easily re-useable. Drivers side and a “map pocket”

If someone is interested, just pm me with an offer. I can pack and ship them if you’re not local. I’m not listing them in the classified section yet…this is just a passing thought as I stare out of the window at the snow falling and the dogs going crazy outside

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Do your dogs like playing in the snow like that English bulldog we saw enjoying sliding down a hillside covered in snow?

 

[knuckle47]

Do your dogs like playing in the snow like that English bulldog we saw enjoying sliding down a hillside covered in snow?

I think they THINK they like it, but they don’t stay out more than 15 minutes…and we have 3 large towels aside to dry them off…one of them gets like snow balls. The silver and black lab don’t get balled up with snow but the golden does

 

[charliemeyer007]

My wolf dogs loved the snow. They would stand on the edge of the hill, looking down - working their ears - then leap into the air, land nose first in like 5' of snow - disappear completely and pop out of the snow bank 50' down with a mouse in their face. Comical to watch.

 

[raymond2335]

Beautiful pics! I love being near the water. Which island are you on? I spent about 1 hour in Hawaii one time. LOL! True. We stopped there to refuel on the way to Australia. It was in the middle of the night so I didn't even get to see any pretty scenery from the airplane window.

Great pics

 

[65swb45]

I thought I had posted to this thread before, but a thread search did not yield what I expected.

Saginaw power steering, hands down. With a well-tuned suspension, it almost makes lockers unnecessary. Last weekend in the Calico mountains.

 

[matzell]

I thought I had posted to this thread before, but a thread search did not yield what I expected.

Saginaw power steering, hands down. With a well-tuned suspension, it almost makes lockers unnecessary.View attachment 4077210

Off all the choices, Saginaw is still my favorite set up.

 

[FloridaLife]

For those of you who said you did Electric Power Steering, I've got a question for you. Do any of you also have a V8? Maybe an LS? If so, was the steering column/shaft and/or box in the way? If so, how did you overcome that? Thank you.

 

[FloridaLife]

My FJ40 is a 1971 with a build date of December 1970.

Based on responses in this thread I also decided to convert the front brakes to disc brakes. I purchased everything needed from a 1976 FJ40 to convert mine to front disc brakes. When doing that, will everything bolt up, or will there need to be some grinding or modifying of anything?

And on the rear drum brake cylinders, if they have 9mm fittings and I replace them with cylinders that have a 10mm fitting, will they bolt up? Same bolt pattern?

Thanks for any info.