Waggoner5
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ginericfj80 said:
I was more making fun of myself, who DID cut up a perfectly good 80. I know Mark, and I was making him out to be almost as nutty as me. He is, but thats another story.
Gary
Cutting fenders and Paint for CM06 (1 Viewer)
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I was more making fun of myself, who DID cut up a perfectly good 80. I know Mark, and I was making him out to be almost as nutty as me. He is, but thats another story.
Gary
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cruiserdan said:
I have a bead on a 92 housing, I cant think of the difference other than the ABS routing mounts. Anything I am missing?
Mark
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Waggoner5 said:
Oh I would NEVER chop up a cruiser…. Hmmm ok maybe I have done a few. You are nutty, but you fall more into nutty with massive attention to detail! Me well just nutty.
Mark
The first bend on a Metal Tech A pillar is __" to the main die, bend to __* 
Oh so easy to fill in the blanks
Oh BTW Mark, you don't have a '97 FZJ80. You have a '97 LX450 pansy
Oh so easy to fill in the blanks
Oh BTW Mark, you don't have a '97 FZJ80. You have a '97 LX450 pansy
helocat said:Its the gimp!
Better than that BBQ burning junk you drag around!
Ok folks hijack my own thread. LT recently converted his truck to propane. A few weeks ago he had the hood up trying to set the carb in front of the shop. Well I could not resist and why he was by the steering wheel I lit up a blast of starting fluid across his bow from the engine bay. Needless to say ol' LT came hopping around the drivers door darn quick! As an added bonus my bay door security cam caught it so you can see a screen shot! It took me a good 20 min to stop laughing.
End hijack.
Mark
helocat said:
Mark,
We can swap your's for the one under my wife's '97
Nick
And ABS wire routing brackets.
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cruiserdan said:
Just as I thought. I will probably go with the wrecking yard 92 housing then. (Going to try one more source first) Dan I tried running the locked carrier housing alone with my local dealership, they say none in the US, but they have non locked drop out is good.
Going with a bare housing will let me cut and turn the knuckles to compensate for the caster anyway. More fun. Too bad I don’t have the time right now to just redo the whole front suspension…. Na better not try right now, that’s for when I get back. (Just itching to put the coilovers on!)
Mark
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valentine said:Mark,
We can swap your's for the one under my wife's '97
Nick
Well I do plan on selling the lockers, hit me with a phone call if you want to buy them, we can just roll the axels over. (but like this next week!)
Mark
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redcorn said:
John,
You know brown does look good with Orange over spray. (John left his 60 at my shop)
Mark
If you got overspray all the way out of your shop and on my 60, maybe Ryan or Owen ought to help you squirt that 80...............
Or are they painting it.....
Or are they painting it.....
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Just for ATS4x4
It’s 2 AM just finished finally getting some orange on this thing. Still just the door jams but the PPG paint is laying up nice and the equipment is all working dead on. Big thanks to fellow Cascade Cruiser Travis Winkler (also an 80 owner) for coming down to the shop to help paint tonight. Travis has more experience shooting automotive paint so always good to have a second set of eyes. He mixed and I shot.
A few photos:
First off the “booth” plastic hung to control dust. Not in the photo are the two 20”x20” box fans drawing air out of the shop. I put a matching size house hold air filter on each fan and they worked outstanding. Opposite side of the door I ran a 175,000 BTU forced air propane contractor heater. This worked real well keeping the air warm, moving and removing paint in the air.
I am painting the whole front clip off the truck since I cut the fenders and replacing the hood.
Travis mixing up the color:
Me shooting the first color coat: (Full face respirator is the only way to go!)
No doubt about it, its orange!
That’s all for tonight, time to head home for sleep. I will be back in tomorrow to pull tape, sand the tape lines and prep the main panels for paint. By the end of the day the whole truck should be done with paint. Whooo hoo!
Then comes the axels…. Fun fun.
Mark
It’s 2 AM just finished finally getting some orange on this thing. Still just the door jams but the PPG paint is laying up nice and the equipment is all working dead on. Big thanks to fellow Cascade Cruiser Travis Winkler (also an 80 owner) for coming down to the shop to help paint tonight. Travis has more experience shooting automotive paint so always good to have a second set of eyes. He mixed and I shot.
A few photos:
First off the “booth” plastic hung to control dust. Not in the photo are the two 20”x20” box fans drawing air out of the shop. I put a matching size house hold air filter on each fan and they worked outstanding. Opposite side of the door I ran a 175,000 BTU forced air propane contractor heater. This worked real well keeping the air warm, moving and removing paint in the air.
I am painting the whole front clip off the truck since I cut the fenders and replacing the hood.
Travis mixing up the color:
Me shooting the first color coat: (Full face respirator is the only way to go!)
No doubt about it, its orange!
That’s all for tonight, time to head home for sleep. I will be back in tomorrow to pull tape, sand the tape lines and prep the main panels for paint. By the end of the day the whole truck should be done with paint. Whooo hoo!
Then comes the axels…. Fun fun.
Mark
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Mace said:
Yup, the 80 has moved to the front of my little cruiser pack for the primary wheeler. No worries I still plan to take on the same trails! Every time I take the 80 out its always a blast. Plus now with the THREE boys the extra room for them and there gear is a plus. (ok have not taken the 10 mth old out just yet) I will post up a RIP thread for the 79 on Pirate.
redcorn said:
Na my tow rig was in the way! The goofy house hold filters worked, they are both dead after just the jams but they worked. For $0.99 each I can spring for two new ones for tomorrow!
Now Ryan did ask if he could help paint the cruiser.... so the first 3 vertical feet of your truck might be a different color by the time you get back. Probably a rainbow. (oh wait that would be for Mace’s truck)
Mark
helocat said:
i have one i would love to trade for a locked housing
housing for housing?
if your selling your locked housing, can i get first dibs?
PM me
Boston,
That would be funny if Mark ended up with that housing. He sold me that parts rig. I sold you the housing. If it went back to Mark it would have done a lot of traveling without the other parts to make it go down the road.
That would be funny if Mark ended up with that housing. He sold me that parts rig. I sold you the housing. If it went back to Mark it would have done a lot of traveling without the other parts to make it go down the road.
ginericfj80 said:
Yup!! Cruiserparts sure do a lot of traveling!
You'll love the color, especially when you park at Hooters. This was "The Great Pumpkin" in that color. I sure miss it.
A couple of other differences with the 92 axle.
I think the rotors are smaller and the birfs are shorter which means the spline length on the flange is shorter/weaker.
I was talking with Dan and the longer splines came in at some point in 94
I think the rotors are smaller and the birfs are shorter which means the spline length on the flange is shorter/weaker.
I was talking with Dan and the longer splines came in at some point in 94
