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Thanks! Still feels like a long way to go, but hopefully I’ll be able to drive it this early fall
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We finally have a top on. Had new back glass cut and installed, NOS corner glass is on the way, and new glass is currently being cut for the windshield. I temporarily put the top on to check a few things before it comes back apart and realized I’m missing a few windshield vent parts so those are on the way.
Next is the fuel tank, since I didn’t have the correct one and dozens of the newer style I’m going to run that and hopefully the tank cover if it clears the seat brackets.
The only real challenge is routing the full neck which I was able to accomplish with cutting up another fill neck to make the turn I needed.
Picked up the seats from the interior to test seating position and see if it clears the tank, unfortunately the cover doesn’t clear so I’ll have to run without it. Double check how the seats felt and seeing if it’s possible to run a bolster and still be able to fit a person in the middle still. I won’t give away the seat color just yet but will tease the carpet. Hope to wrap up a few more things this weekend so it can head to upholstery next week.
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No big updates, just little piddling odds and ends like wrapping up brakes, finishing fuel systems, etc. I did get the NOS corner glass in though so I can finish installing the glass.
The bed is the last major hurdle, it’s been a massive mess to undo and get things looking right, hopefully it should be done and painted by the end of August.
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Exhaust time. Doing stainless pre bends, vibrant clamps and resonator, and magnaflow muffler. Hope to have a good sounding exhaust without the highway drone which was an issue when I built the exhaust for my fj62.
2.5” to a 2.5” y then 2.5” the rest of the way. Tossed in a driveshaft temporarily just to make sure I cleared it.
after this exhaust I’ve talked myself to finally teaching myself to tig weld, this fj45 has had a lot of excuses to tig.
All finished, dropped it off to have it cerakote to match the headers
I have really been thinking about adding a resonator to my LS40.
There’s days I love how it sounds, days it’s too loud.
Drone doesn’t really exist because you can’t hear anything over the tires and 40 noises.
There’s days I love how it sounds, days it’s too loud.
Drone doesn’t really exist because you can’t hear anything over the tires and 40 noises.
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It wasn’t bad till I did 4,000mi road trip out west with 4 days on the interstate screaming, ended up adding a second muffler lol.
Thats exactly why the rest of my rigs have stock exhaust these days
