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Totally awesome vehicle. That being said, 4x/5x hub caps on a 7x clash with my untrained eye. Wheel and tire dimensions nailed it. This center would have been my pick. Of course, one man's opinion. We know what opinions are worth...:doh:

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cruiserdan said:
Totally awesome vehicle. That being said, 4x/5x hub caps on a 7x clash with my untrained eye. Wheel and tire dimensions nailed it. This center would have been my pick. Of course, one man's opinion. We know what opinions are worth...:doh:

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My job is to deliver a vehicle the customer is happy with. He likes these wheels so that’s all that matters to me.

Cheers
 
SNLC said:
My job is to deliver a vehicle the customer is happy with. He likes these wheels so that’s all that matters to me.

Cheers
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There you have it...
 
How much does that cap weigh?
 
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How much does that cap weigh?
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From an Alu-cab install document:

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80kg is about 177 pounds, not sure what the steel roof that you cut out weighs.

I'll let you know once I scrap mine as I'll roll across the scales at the recycler with it soon.
 
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According to the chart the removed roof structure weighs .04 tons. 40 kilograms by my math. That makes the Alucab roof 120 kilograms.
 
cruiserdan said:
Totally awesome vehicle. That being said, 4x/5x hub caps on a 7x clash with my untrained eye. Wheel and tire dimensions nailed it. This center would have been my pick. Of course, one man's opinion. We know what opinions are worth...:doh:

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Here’s the other thing I didn’t comment on, been super busy beyond just work.

We needed to land at certain specs for the wheels. Without 4.5+” of backspacing you will have tire poke with a 70/60/whatever body on an 80 chassis. 5” bs is about the max you can do on an 80 before tres and rear frame rails become a problem. 4.75” of bs is a nice medium.

We also now have Power Brakes up front, for example stock 80 (or similar) wheels won’t clear the big calipers.

So there is-was a fair amount to consider when selecting wheels.

Cheers
 
Parts back from powder coating.

406,000kms on these pedals!

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Dash, brake/clutch mounting brackets, ect.

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Nice 80-series rear diff lock skid I had coated, this Cruiser won’t need a beefy diff lock motor skid as it won’t see that kind of off-roading.

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Cheers
 
Steering column parts, Toyota left most of this raw metal.

Fresh bearing

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The collapsible shaft with u-joint.

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Coated parts

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This is the sleeve for the upper collapsible shaft, it is also collapsible.

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I had it “air dry” cerakoted because there is a plastic bushing in it I didn’t want to get cooked.

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Just need to get some parts in from Japan and we can finish off the column rebuild.

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Oh ya, these are “break away” on the steering column mount. Another built in safety feature the old non-tilt column didn’t have.

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