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Sorry I thought you were talking about ST bow frames. I will investigate door frames for you, I have got original doors.
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Sorry I thought you were talking about ST bow frames. I will investigate door frames for you, I have got original doors.
I was originally talking about the top frame pieces above and behind the door, but i need door frames also
i'll check my notes tonight..somewhere i have the degree the radius should be
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Door surround channel pieces are the one I need as well and got one original piece from Henry (@west aussie) on loan, so I got a perfect pattern and now it all depends on fab shop. Hopefully it will be an exact replica.
I will investigate door frames but wondering if it will be worthwhile to get 1 or 2 set made, will inquire anyways.
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2" radius on the corners
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Thanks
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So here we go, "Sheriff" had electric wipers from factory. There are 2 toggle switches on exact location what we have seen on Sean's and Steves. Looks like PO replaced OEM switches with toggle switches, wires can be seen running through the hose and metal bits and pieces boys pulled through. Metal pieces appears to be brass or bronze.
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got pics of the soft door chain. as you can see in the pics, one end was replaced with an aftermarket chunk of wire apparently. the chain needs to be inserted in the vinyl guard before crimping the end on as it is just a tad too large to fit through the vinyl
two more. if you get any repro'd, i could use one more end for this and one complete chain.
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You are awesome. I will let you know, if I can source this exact profile here. Doesn't look like very difficult to replicate.
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Yeah those are funky, back in 2005 I had a little chat with Jim (@Cruiser_Nerd) on them being a stock option or not. Nothing is clear in that regard till date, they seems to be well made which makes me think could be stock. Best part is super easy to operate.
There should really be no reason for PO to go through the trouble of getting them designed for (one-off ) and especially black then it was easy to find another pair of known stock dash clamps. I am not even sure if there was really any reason for them to be replaced, there is absolutely no rust anywhere on my cruiser, and doesn't look like if it was ever used in harsh conditions either.
Or could be Toyota specifically designed for US army where they needed to fold windshield down in a hurry and wanted something more convenient.
I have sourced known stock clamps from Jim which I will use in my build, only because we are not sure the one I have got are stock option or not.
I will take some detail pictures, next time I visit to FAB shop and post here.
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While researching more on optional FJ25 electrical wipers, I noticed something common on Steve's, Sean's and mine FJ25 are, all three didn't come with apron vent. Does that suggest ours were not meant for harsh conditions (No oil bath air cleaners)?
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When I read apron, I thought cowl....
Definately a market thing , yours must be tropical where wipers need to perform and dust was not a problem?
Let's call them luxury versions with some convenience upgrades, it makes me feel a little better.
And oh yes that explains my windshield latch system also. 
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Ige, is it not possible to sew vinyl covers from side on chains later. looks like it was done that way in the picture in post #55. or those are not correct covers?
Interesting. Got pics of the wipers or the holes where they were?
yes, you can do that too. those do look correct. they do match the one i have