My 1976 FJ40 "Kit Car" (1 Viewer)

[FJSeattle]

Those are some sweet looking parts there mate. What did it cost you to get them blasted and power coated.

$600 for all the powder coat stuff. $380 to blast all the body parts, and $1500 to have a local body shop lay down an excellent quality epoxy primer.

 

[watrob]

Question, did your powder coater epoxy prime before he powder coated the parts?

 

[FJSeattle]

Bare metal. Its essentially a plastic melted onto your substance, so it needs to be a clean bare surface to adhere.

 

[tucker74]

It has to be bare metal, they charge the piece electrostatically so the powder will stick to the metal before baking.

Looking good!

Tucker

 

[FJSeattle]

Looks great, what are you going to do for a glove box door?


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Stock door.

 

[FJSeattle]

Quick preview, I'll post some high quality shots after I pick it up from the dealer (on vaca in Bend, OR for the fourth)

Untitled by well_armed, on Flickr

 

[FJSeattle]

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Paint and assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Been using the ultra sonic for cleaning hard to reach stuff.
Untitled by well_armed, on Flickr

 

[Vae Victus]

Mmmmm, ultrasonic. Nice.

 

[Toyoland66]

Damn, looks good

 

[FJSeattle]

Reassembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Reassembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Reassembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Reassembly by well_armed, on Flickr

Assembly by well_armed, on Flickr

 

[want2wheel]

The fit is looking great. I am really liking the finish also.

 

[Ken White]

Looks great mate. Its almost there.

 

[FJSeattle]

That's it for this week, electrical next week.

Wires and wires. Ugh.

 

[jkl72-40]

Nice eye candy!!

 

[Ken White]

Looks great should turn a few heads.

 

[BustedBanjo]

Painted mine just recently...
Complete aqualu tub, cowl fenders, grill...
Primed with this:

Home depot, nine bucks per can.


Then painted complete truck with this:

Now it looks like this:

 

[jim land]

very nice project, but those Hood latch dont fit with the rest ,plus they dont allow any flex of the front end ,rubber Hood latch do a better job and look more factory from a distance and are available in different length and model.

 

[FJSeattle]

Not sure why I need flex on the hood, when everything else is bolted down rigid. I am going to powder coat them black, and they match the rear latch for the bumper. The ones you show are not a better looking alternative. Is rather go back to stock than those.

To each their own I guess!

 

[1973Guppie]

If you plan to wheel the truck at all you will need to let the hood flex from the body or you will end up with metal fatigue and cracks. An easy enough habit is to simply unhook the hood latches when off-road in the rocks in order to allow the body to flex away from the hood


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[SSCR]

Looking great, Banjo yours looks super nice!!! All that with rattle cans? Fantastic!


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