Project Uranus (4 Viewers)

[lowtideride]

Maybe a job as a Tech @ a Toyota shop out West is in your future......


Nice work Al, very vclean per the pics.....


john

Thanks man,

I am pretty stoked how stock it looks. Most people don't notice at first...Then go "cool wheels...hey are those coil springs?" ...

I am stoked to finish up and get working on some trick bumpers...

As for tires I am either thinking 33s or 35s AT's BFGs...

 

[redcorn]

Trick bumpers huh????

I smacked my drivers headlamp so hard Sat night it spun 90 degrees in the core support.


Roundeye lamp never even winced..

I need a bumper badly...

 

[CruisinFJ60]

so what are the plans for Uranus? daily with some wheelin fun on the side? just a clean and peppyish daily?

 

[lowtideride]

so what are the plans for Uranus? daily with some wheelin fun on the side? just a clean and peppyish daily?

DD with some light trails while V-wag is under the knife from time to time...(ill prob push it hard once I get to the trails so who am I kidding )

 

[Tapage]

ill prob push it hard once I get to the trails so who am I kidding )

Definatly a great job dude .. you need a lots of inspiration to do that .. congrats ! and you can lie you at time .. keep on DD for hole life .. ( next year we'll see the next lie ! )

 

[Zack1978]

Thanks....How about an 80 series frame under there?

Nah, I want to keep it simple. Just a beautiful rust free galvinized frame under my NJ (it's entire life) FJ60.

Zack

 

[theferg]

Looks pretty weak to me....

 

[lowtideride]

Looks pretty weak to me....

Hey I thought you were band from 60's tech

 

[brokenparts]

Oregon to Uranus... Oregon to Uranus...


lookin good Al.

 

[paulwolf350]

Very Cool.......

never ceases to amaze me, that is a whole heap of great work


very, very cool,

Paul

 

[zucruisers]

looks good al...you have more patience than i do

 

[lowtideride]

Another 6 hours of work in today....Pictures pending

 

[CruisinFJ60]

Another 6 hours of work in today....Pictures pending

no no thats just not good enough...


Pictures first!

 

[IrideLowTide]

What are your pictures pending upon? ME? MMMMA camera? Shmm bop

 

[cruiserjunktion]

The pizza cutters are gonna be sweet!


mmm pizza

 

[lowtideride]

I know, I am pretty stoked.

Hey where are your pizza cutters at?? Out of anyone of us that has them it should be you...You could always one up me and get the Interco 34 by 9.5s or are they 10.5s....Either way they are some big pizza cutters.

 

[cruiserjunktion]

For the ultimate pizza cutter,

255/85 16's would be sweet.

Although these would require 16" wheels.

My next set of tires will be prob be the 33x.9.5 15" bfg.

 

[lowtideride]

Alrighty...

I Jammed out today for quite a while as well. This will prob be the last update for the weekend so I'll try to make it good.

If you guys have not picked up yet I got a set of 33 x 9.5 Pizza Cutter BFG A/Ts on the way....


I also went ahead and made a new front drive shaft. I had to shorten it 4 inches, I also had to use the 62 series u-joint at one end and the 80 series on the other. Although most of the time the 80 series trucks where upgraded this would not be the case. If you look at the driveshaft in the picture you can see that one U-joint is smaller (the 80 series one). The drive shaft bolts for the 80 series side are also smaller. Anywho thats done with and now bolted up...

I also pulled the drive flanges off from the 80 series kunckles, I never had so much trouble with cone washers...I am willing to bet they have not been off in a long while. After I got the old drive flanges off I went and pulled out the set of Aisin Hubs I had cleaned up a while ago and bolted them up. I really dig the fact of how low profile they sit with the 80 series rims.

Only I could manage to pull off a completely flat belly pan on my DD and not on my rock wag But I did...the crossmember is in (sorry bout the bad pic) .. It is made from 1/4 wall square stock and 1/4 plate steel.

So now there are no more jack stands or jacks holding the drivetrain up in the rear.. I am stoked. It is really starting to take shape. With everything now bolted in place and nothing supported by jackstands the truck now sits perfetly level.....another plus.

I started in on the exhaust today...Its more complicated then orginally planned but most things are. I was under the impression I would be able to reuse my old down pipes that where in good condition.....Nope....They interfer with a body mount and slider tube. So a ALL new exhaust must be made..

Thats all for now...Got a bunch of other little doodads done but nothing worth mentioning...

-Al

 

[lowtideride]

Few more evening shots...

 

[lowtideride]

One last one of the rig sitting nice a level...