Hi everyone,
My name is Matt, and my wife and I live in Costa Rica. Originally from Bend Oregon, we were recently in Idaho before moving south.
I have a 2013 79 that I bought in January 2022 with 66,000km. It has the 1HZ motor, and no options other than the alloy wheels. I added the Old Man Emu +50mm front coils and rear leafs with their BP-51 reservoir shocks, expensive, but night and day difference in ride quality. The rack is an ARB base rack, with a shower, surfboard rack, and some Baja designs and Auxbeam jungle illuminators. Next project is retrofitting Morimoto 7” headlights in the factory housing (lights before lockers, right?!). It is sitting on 265/75/R16 tires, and I will probably put 34” (ish) tires on once the springs settle. Once new tires are installed, we decide if it needs re-geared, or a little turbo. I like the factory bumper over the ARB cow pusher, and will probably install a factory winch in mine. ARB lockers will probably be the best option after gearing is decided. This all begs the question “why not just buy a new one with a V8, winch, and lockers?”, and the answer is they are hard to come by used, and a new one is currently listed in SanJose CR for $127,000 USD!!! The import tax here is ridiculous- so we will plug away on this one for another decade.
Thanks in advance for all of the information on this forum!
Here are 1st day and current pictures.
My name is Matt, and my wife and I live in Costa Rica. Originally from Bend Oregon, we were recently in Idaho before moving south.
I have a 2013 79 that I bought in January 2022 with 66,000km. It has the 1HZ motor, and no options other than the alloy wheels. I added the Old Man Emu +50mm front coils and rear leafs with their BP-51 reservoir shocks, expensive, but night and day difference in ride quality. The rack is an ARB base rack, with a shower, surfboard rack, and some Baja designs and Auxbeam jungle illuminators. Next project is retrofitting Morimoto 7” headlights in the factory housing (lights before lockers, right?!). It is sitting on 265/75/R16 tires, and I will probably put 34” (ish) tires on once the springs settle. Once new tires are installed, we decide if it needs re-geared, or a little turbo. I like the factory bumper over the ARB cow pusher, and will probably install a factory winch in mine. ARB lockers will probably be the best option after gearing is decided. This all begs the question “why not just buy a new one with a V8, winch, and lockers?”, and the answer is they are hard to come by used, and a new one is currently listed in SanJose CR for $127,000 USD!!! The import tax here is ridiculous- so we will plug away on this one for another decade.
Thanks in advance for all of the information on this forum!
Here are 1st day and current pictures.
