Builds Pua'a Tua’h (5 Viewers)

[Bump It Offroad]

this is something I was planning to do with @Bump It Offroad. FJ55 front and rear, 0.250" mild steel plate, optional lights, tow points, and provisions for an 8274, black or 'pewter'), but don't wait on me.

Semi-obviously I'll do the ones for the 80 frame with BIO as well. (You guys know I own it now, right?)

We have some fun things in mind for 55 bumpers and sliders.

BIO has been making 80 bumpers/sliders/skid plates for years, so a 55 on 80 platform should be very fun to design to as well!

Stay tuned...

 

[gonzopancho]

1, cut a hole in a box

 

[gonzopancho]

2, put your junk in that box

This is just a mockup. These are Toyo 37x12.50R17 R/Ts. Not the final wheel.

 

[PabloCruise]

She looks pretty sweet on 37s…

 

[gonzopancho]

She looks pretty sweet on 37s…

Yeah, this looked way bigger on 37s

 

[PabloCruise]

Yeah, this looked way bigger on 37s

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I’m not sure if it’s the proper analogy, but it is kind of like when a woman wears the perfect size heels…

 

[gonzopancho]

I’m not sure if it’s the proper analogy, but it is kind of like when a woman wears the perfect size heels…

.. Yeah, that's it... a little more to the right

 

[RUSH55]

.. Yeah, that's it... a little more to the right

No no no, don’t take ‘em off, don’t take ‘em off…. leave ‘em on

 

[gonzopancho]

No no no, don’t take ‘em off, don’t take ‘em off…. leave ‘em on

Look, I'll pay ya for it, what the ****

 

[Ol Yeller]

 

[RUSH55]

Look, I'll pay ya for it, what the ****

Reach down between my legs and….
ease the seat back

 

[PabloCruise]

.. Yeah, that's it... a little more to the right

Best VH song, placed in one of the best movies ever:

 

[PabloCruise]

And one of the best scenes:

“Truly a site to behold.
The once great Lane Meyer…”

 

[Cruisers and Co]

Stuffed

 

[gonzopancho]

Going to move the engine back a bit, maybe have room for a very thin intercooler.

 

[gonzopancho]

3, make her open the box

And that's the way you do it!

 

[PabloCruise]

Going to move the engine back a bit, maybe have room for a very thin intercooler.

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What radiator are you going to use?

 

[Cruisers and Co]

What radiator are you going to use?

TBD but it will be something that is available, not some custom thing with lead times. Things happen, radiators leak, get punctured etc. It will be something readily available.

 

[PabloCruise]

TBD but it will be something that is available, not some custom thing with lead times. Things happen, radiators leak, get punctured etc. It will be something readily available.

I was thinking of the Mosley radiators, and then I read 1-2 week lead time: FJ55 Radiator — MOSLEY MOTORS - https://www.mosleymotors.com/ls-radiator/fj55-radiators

 

[RUSH55]

The MOSLEY radiator is made by FSR products. It’s a vertical flow/gravity flow (whatever you want to call it) that mounts in the factory bolt holes. The only “issue” is running the top radiator hose.
Cross-flow radiators (while probably being readily available) will require mounts to be fabricated, but are easier to plumb hoses to. Six of one - half-dozen of the other.
Somewhere (Scrappy?) I got the
Griffin PN# 8-00009-LS