My 450$ 500k mi Lc100

[FxFormat]

I'd probably skip out on metal bumpers adding weight to the vehicle, put that money elsewhere. A stock bodied hundy lifted with huge ass tires looks great, unless you offroad hardcore and need it. Big tires make it look like a sherp, which is an awesome look.

 

[ElHefe]

Subscribed!

 

[onemanarmy]

Amazing dedication. Do you work at that body shop?

Also, you do plan on adding the body color to the front grill Toyota logo, right? It still looks wrecked/incomplete without the grill badge showing in contrast to the grill.

 

[LCDan2]

Amazing dedication. Do you work at that body shop?

Also, you do plan on adding the body color to the front grill Toyota logo, right? It still looks wrecked/incomplete without the grill badge showing in contrast to the grill.

I see what you mean. I’m thinking when i put the wheels on, it’ll flow a little better. I am debating using a oem 1985 FJ60 “TOYOTA” emblem but you’ll see the old Toyota crest behind it minus the emblem of course. If it looks wacky I’ll fix it later.

 

[LCDan2]

Thanks for mentioning the heater T’s. My buddy told me to do them a few months ago. But they looked alright. Today i decided to go over them again and just replace with OE part # 87248-60460. Total cost was 20$ and took roughly 15 minutes.

 

[LCDan2]

1 of them was a little brittle forsure lol.

 

[LCDan2]

4 later.

 

[ElHefe]

Is it all done yet? JK.

What gun do you use for shooting paint?

 

[LCDan2]

Is it all done yet? JK.

What gun do you use for shooting paint?

I don’t paint. I’m luckily to have a mentor who’s sprayed my projects.

 

[LCDan2]

Back at it! The gel definitely helped. I still had to clean it up after using that entire tub.

 

[LCDan2]

The rear cleaned up pretty nice too. These are the only two rust spots on the cruiser that I’m aware of.

 

[LCDan2]

Scuffed it and instead of painting the entire roof. Tim sprayed it to middle of the sunroof. You honestly can’t tell at all.

 

[LCDan2]

I should of gotten better pics. But we left printer inside the rails (you’ll never see it, and it’s good enough to protect it from rust) and sprayed what’s visible back.

 

[LCDan2]

Added seam sealer to the upper gate and sprayed it.

 

[LCDan2]

Installed the Raptor style LED’s. Some guys here hate them, but I’ve always thought they look good! First i installed them too spaced out, yanked them out and brought them a little closer.

 

[LCDan2]

New glass went in. Installed the front rack pieces that had to come off for paint, Installed the A pillar trim, sun visors, oh s*** handles. Finally making a little progress.

 

[LCDan2]

New OE Glass trim. Ahhh the simple things are nice. Not good for the pocket tho lol

 

[LCDan2]

Had to clean out this goop from the previous trim installed. Without cleaning it up, it wouldn’t sit nice and leveled. Always the little things.

 

[LCDan2]

Now we’re onto the cool stuff.

Dobinson 2.5-3” lift, heavy springs, diff drop, torsion bars, upper control arms, extended sway bar links. Not going to lie, the rear struts kicked my ass. I never want to do those again. EVER.

 

[LCDan2]

Smashed the pinch welds, rubber coated it, and it was still rubbing on full lock. Cut some of the fender and sanded the bottom of the weld. Gave me a good bit of room for clearance.

Some guys cringe at this but what the heck! I’m running this thing into the ground.