My little project - HZJ79
Hi guys, I have been working on my little project over the last few months, it is close to being done but thought I would share it as it stands to date.
This is what I have done to it so far:
New doors and front clip (front clip POR 15'd)
Factory Toyota white paint, Top of the line paint (can't remember type)
New grille
Tons of interior parts
A/C system rebuild
New rockers
Every steering component changed, main shaft, TRE, relay rod and ends, etc etc.
Frame sandblast, POR 15 entire frame
OME shocks and steering Damper
OME 2 inch lift, Coil front, 56 inch rear springs
Complete new rear end
Toyota 100 series 32 spline rear e-locker 4.30 gears
Lonspline axle shaft
Complete front end rebuild including massive new type toyota discs and calipers
2 X Tom Woods custom driveshafts
4 new toyota 5 bolt rims
4 new 33.4 inch BFG mud's
Aisin winch
Rock sliders
Custom front bumper
3 inch stainless muffler system
Safari Snorkel
Donaldson Cyclonic intake
free wheeling hubs
2X short type birfs
front and rear diff armour
Headlights
wiring
Gas tank repair and recoated with POR 15
Timing belt, tensioner, pulley
waterpump
connecting rod bearings
mechanical oil pressure guage
engine painted with POR 15 high heat enamel
Most nuts and bolts replaced with stainless
Fatmat sound dampner
I have forgotten tons of stuff but will add as I think of it.
Just about every part that come off it was replaced with new toyota parts from Japan, Australia, Toyota, G and S, Japan 4X4 etc etc.
This project has cost me so much money I don't even want to add it up.
I still have to replace the front axle housing, the entire wiring harness, aluminum trayback and I am going to swap a JDM engine/tranny transfer in it just to have a fresh powerplant for a mapped turbo. I expect I will have about 40K into this when it is done.
Engine runs great, no oil burning, no real smoke to speak of, plenty of power, it just sounds more like a diesel than a 1HZ usually does - probably because it has 4200 hours on it.
My plans are to build up another 79 in a year or 2 that I can take to an Outback Challenge. The truck I just completed was good to get to know the truck.
Comments are always welcome.
Hi guys, I have been working on my little project over the last few months, it is close to being done but thought I would share it as it stands to date.
This is what I have done to it so far:
New doors and front clip (front clip POR 15'd)
Factory Toyota white paint, Top of the line paint (can't remember type)
New grille
Tons of interior parts
A/C system rebuild
New rockers
Every steering component changed, main shaft, TRE, relay rod and ends, etc etc.
Frame sandblast, POR 15 entire frame
OME shocks and steering Damper
OME 2 inch lift, Coil front, 56 inch rear springs
Complete new rear end
Toyota 100 series 32 spline rear e-locker 4.30 gears
Lonspline axle shaft
Complete front end rebuild including massive new type toyota discs and calipers
2 X Tom Woods custom driveshafts
4 new toyota 5 bolt rims
4 new 33.4 inch BFG mud's
Aisin winch
Rock sliders
Custom front bumper
3 inch stainless muffler system
Safari Snorkel
Donaldson Cyclonic intake
free wheeling hubs
2X short type birfs
front and rear diff armour
Headlights
wiring
Gas tank repair and recoated with POR 15
Timing belt, tensioner, pulley
waterpump
connecting rod bearings
mechanical oil pressure guage
engine painted with POR 15 high heat enamel
Most nuts and bolts replaced with stainless
Fatmat sound dampner
I have forgotten tons of stuff but will add as I think of it.
Just about every part that come off it was replaced with new toyota parts from Japan, Australia, Toyota, G and S, Japan 4X4 etc etc.
This project has cost me so much money I don't even want to add it up.
I still have to replace the front axle housing, the entire wiring harness, aluminum trayback and I am going to swap a JDM engine/tranny transfer in it just to have a fresh powerplant for a mapped turbo. I expect I will have about 40K into this when it is done.
Engine runs great, no oil burning, no real smoke to speak of, plenty of power, it just sounds more like a diesel than a 1HZ usually does - probably because it has 4200 hours on it.
My plans are to build up another 79 in a year or 2 that I can take to an Outback Challenge. The truck I just completed was good to get to know the truck.
Comments are always welcome.
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That tray you have looks ok too but I would lift it a few inches just for looks
