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I've always liked going to the wrecking yard. Even if it's just to see what's been laying around.
Builds My 69' 55
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Well I heard back from John at Slocruiser.com, he's hoping he'll get some more rear door fixed window seals in by the end of the month but doesn't seem like he's holding his breath due the current state of things in regards to shipping/receiving goods.
If anyone is in the market for some he'd be a great one to buy them from. I've purchased several parts from him and the quality and customer service has always been spot on.
That said, I did end up purchasing two pairs from Steele Rubber and will be piecing them together when they arrive.
Steele Rubber Products - 1981-1990 Toyota J60 Land Cruiser Rear Door Vent Window Weatherstrips | Steele Rubber Products
1981-1990 Toyota J60 Land Cruiser Rear Door Vent Window Weatherstrips | Steele Rubber Products
This Rear Door Vent Window Weatherstrips fits 1981-1990 Toyota J60 Land Cruiser models. Molded with EPDM rubber. Replaces factory #68188-90A00 and #68189-90A00.www.steelerubber.com
Well, I decided to return my seals from Steele Rubber and spend the extra cash for the correct fitting seals from Slocruiser. Nothing wrong with piecing together the seals from Steele Rubber it's just that I got a lot going on with this project at the moment and figured I'd rather just put the proper seals in.
John contacted me the other day and informed me that he had a pair back in stock so I went for it! even though proper fitting seals comes at a price, I'm happy that I received them today!
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I will finish welding it out and sanding smooth another day. That whole panel was pretty banged up and had previously been worked with a fair amount of body filler. I never noticed it before, other than the rotten corner had flaky body filler. I will be adding plenty of filler in that corner as well prior to paint. But all in all, for what it is, I can say I'm happy with the results so far.
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Gonna be a heck of a lot better
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Definitely! Thanks!
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I had a little bit of down time at work today so I whipped out some front bumper ends.
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I still gotta weld on some tabs to mount the bumper ends on to the frame/winch mount... they will be held on four lag bolts. I cut the holes in the ends to access the nuts on the lag bolts.
These will be WAY beefier than the factory bumper but will look factory-ish.
RUSH55
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Nice job! Those look great 
On your rear reflector, were you not able to undo the bolts from inside the rear quarter panel? On my ‘69 that was the case so I removed just the outer piece. Now I am concerned after a test fit that they will most likely shake off on the trail.
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Thanks RUSH!Nice job! Those look great
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Thanks! Yeah, I plan to beef up the rear bumper as well, when time permits.
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Yeah, same here. I'm not sure what to do about it yet. My reflector on the passenger side had been held in by a screw through the chrome ring. Something the previous owner had done. Kinda janky. And The driver side refector had only two of the three retaining clips for the chrome ring. It seemed to be holding on pretty good dispite missing one of the clips.
I'm considering cutting the reflector plates off or drilling out where I think the threads are to be and replacing them with some fancy reflectors from Slocruiser. But I'm not sure just yet.
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The other retainer clip fell out...
So as of this moment I only have one clip between the two reflectors 
