I admire the work you did with that truck! I have to admit that your rig is fast becoming one of the benchmarks for my 62. Congrats and nice job on the write up!
ROTW: Fiona
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Nice Write up.
Whats up with the different front/ rear wheels?
Whats up with the different front/ rear wheels?
Your rig looks so similar to mine I just pretend that its mine in the pictures. Nice write up.
Nice clean looking rig. I'm digging the "custom" driveshaft!
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hahaha
every time i have money to buy the other 2 wheels (100 bux and some change) i end up getting something else like gears, or another car ect.
yea the fronts are 3.75" backspace and the rears are a reverse offset 2.5" backspace.
i like the wider stance much more and would like to have it wider up front but i keep putting money in other places
Thank everyone for theyre kind words of my Fiona.
also i think this will end up being my "build" thread later down the road as i do more to her as it is the most complete thread thus far of her begining and to where she shall go..
Ya Think???
Way to go Cruisin....Not bad for a poor aerospace painter. I have just almost purchased a truck for project D-MAX so I may need the number of where you got that driveshaft work done!
You got to admire the fact he isn't afraid to build it then break it!
Way to go Cruisin....Not bad for a poor aerospace painter. I have just almost purchased a truck for project D-MAX so I may need the number of where you got that driveshaft work done!
You got to admire the fact he isn't afraid to build it then break it!
Good looking Cruiser. Great job on the mods, and future plans looks like fun.
TK
TK
love that you put on the 38's just because you could. one good lookin rig I must say, just lookin at the pics makes me wish they didn't kick everyone out of my local offroading spot. keep up the good work.
What do you think of the Aussie up front? Breaking birfs? Does the stock power steering do o.k.? Have you happened to take it in the snow? How have you changed your driving to compensate for the auto-locking front?
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
Congrats .. nice write up, story and the most important thing is, you really have a chance to go out and enjoy your cruiser wheeling .. 
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What do you think of the Aussie up front? Breaking birfs? Does the stock power steering do o.k.? Have you happened to take it in the snow? How have you changed your driving to compensate for the auto-locking front?
I love the aussie up front it has made a huge improvement in capability in very off camber situations.
Really i like it better up front then i did out back up front it is less noticable than it was out back.
stock power steering does just fine for the most part sometimes its hard to turn but only when im extremly bound up (even open diffed up front i have had her bound up so tight that reving the engine and turning as hard as i can i still couldnt get the wheel to turn) when not bound its easy. if ya let go tof the wheel the steering self straightens pretty quick too.
I have locked it down on the street and drove around a parkng lot locked down and could turn just fine then when i mashed on the gas it just made a bunch of tire noise.
I did the same with an FZJ80 and could hardly get the wheel to turn at all even with me pulling as hard as i could to make it turn.
i halfway expected the 60 to do the same but was pleasantly suprised as how much i was wrong.
i have not had a broken birf yet. tho when i am romping on it i try and have the wheels as straight as possible if turned i try and go easy if it is an option. i usually drive around in 2lo as i dont really need 4w unless a large hill or very off camber or deep mud that i dont know the depth of.
i have not had her in any real snow tho i can say that if i did i would NOT lock both front hubs unless i was stuck as i would not have much steer control if on gas.
i dont see a problem with locking only 1 hub (you would have drive cause of the locker) and runnin it that way. i dont think it would make it pull as the rear would be pushing just as much at it was pulling so steering should be ok (tho i have not had the chance to test this in theory it works) and the unlocked hub on the other side would provide the stability cause if the others spun it would not.
hope this all helps some.
Trent
Excellent. Thanks Trent. I think I'll put an Aussie up front as well as having one already in the back. Akarilo responded on another thread that he had no problem in the snow with the Aussie up front.
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Butt Ugly Chuck
Fish Biologist
I dig your truck and enjoy your mud posts! Nice ROTW.
Butt
Butt
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ok got some more pictures to add.
I got philos1's old front bumper from when he tried to go car smashin that showed up today so i figured id straighten it out get it on and get a couple of updated photos for yall. It took some beating, grinding and some drillin but its on there then i hooked a strap up to a tree and the bumper and pulled it back straight again. all photos are after i pulled it out. it was bent enough that in the first picture the corner was just barely touching my fender.
Also a weld was broken by the tow hook attachment point (from hitting a car) on passenger side, so i will have to grind it down and weld it back up but for now it works and looks good to boot. ill weld it up here in the new future... maybe ill take my welder to work and do it there one day when we are slow.
I also got the other 2 wheels for the front.... YES that means i now have a full matching set on my truck and with the bumper i think it made a huge improvement in the way she looks!
next will be sliders for sure then to some rocks to test em out and see how fun they are to try and bend
I got philos1's old front bumper from when he tried to go car smashin that showed up today so i figured id straighten it out get it on and get a couple of updated photos for yall. It took some beating, grinding and some drillin but its on there then i hooked a strap up to a tree and the bumper and pulled it back straight again. all photos are after i pulled it out. it was bent enough that in the first picture the corner was just barely touching my fender.
Also a weld was broken by the tow hook attachment point (from hitting a car) on passenger side, so i will have to grind it down and weld it back up but for now it works and looks good to boot. ill weld it up here in the new future... maybe ill take my welder to work and do it there one day when we are slow.
I also got the other 2 wheels for the front.... YES that means i now have a full matching set on my truck and with the bumper i think it made a huge improvement in the way she looks!
next will be sliders for sure then to some rocks to test em out and see how fun they are to try and bend
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I even gave my baby a bath today!! i always forget how nice she looks when all cleaned up.
all these photos were taken with a camera phone and the very last on a buddy of mine took while we were on the freeway with his phone... I think it looks pretty cool.
all these photos were taken with a camera phone and the very last on a buddy of mine took while we were on the freeway with his phone... I think it looks pretty cool.
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ok well to continue updating this thread as i have promised I have some news. The truck lost #3 cylinder completly.
So i guess this will speed up my 2FE that i was gonna try and put off till this winter but i guess that pushes my camaro to just head gaskets and my LT headers then my 2FE then my SOA and 38's
the full write up on the lost cylinder can be found HERE or do a search for thread title "Its Official #3 cylinder is DEAD" Kinda a bummer but i knew it was coming.
237,400 miles exactly (ok technically 237,399.955-- miles) on a completly stock bottom end, guess i cant complain too much.
So i guess this will speed up my 2FE that i was gonna try and put off till this winter but i guess that pushes my camaro to just head gaskets and my LT headers then my 2FE then my SOA and 38's
the full write up on the lost cylinder can be found HERE or do a search for thread title "Its Official #3 cylinder is DEAD" Kinda a bummer but i knew it was coming.
237,400 miles exactly (ok technically 237,399.955-- miles) on a completly stock bottom end, guess i cant complain too much.
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Well looks like the 2F-E will come in front of the camaro as i have another daily driver, giving me more time to buy some more go fast stuff for the Z28.
HERE is a link to the build thread i have started on the 2F-E Build i will be doing.
HERE is a link to the build thread i have started on the 2F-E Build i will be doing.