You are going to KOH? Maybe I should go and cheer you on.
The angry pig
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I’m going with some friends to spectate, camp and drive our buggies for 8 days. There will be lots of drinking and fire, you are welcome to come and cheer me on and keep me out of the fire but I’m guessing that’s not what you had in mind.
It is not what I had in mind but I could donate a night to fire protection.
I ran 1/4" UHMW over 3/16" steel skids on an old buggy, and the UHMW looked like sizzling bacon after only a couple sunny days. It was pretty intense warping, and I'm not even sure additional bolts would have helped much. I changed them out for 1/2" UHMW over the same 3/16" steel and never had another issue.
Rig looks great!
Rig looks great!
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I wanted 42” Treps and borrowed a set to try, looked like they would help my low belly issue but unfortunately I would have to cut all the front sheet metal back off to run them so back to the drawing board for tires.
Added 120 more body tabs, rebuilt and Cerakoted the front shocks, still waiting for the springs to get here so I’m staying busy wrapping up body work and finishing the last of the details like recovery points and bumpers.
Added 120 more body tabs, rebuilt and Cerakoted the front shocks, still waiting for the springs to get here so I’m staying busy wrapping up body work and finishing the last of the details like recovery points and bumpers.
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Building taillights now and thought I would snap a photo of the components before I sealed them up and installed them. I did this same mod on the target carrier because I got tired of screwing around with the intermittent factory sockets in a non-sealed housing and having to clean the crud every time they got wet or muddy. If good replacement gaskets was an option I might have just replaced the bulbs to Led but as you already know……..
I remove the sockets for the factory bulbs and flatten out the hump in the factory housings then screw the Viper EXT LED modules in place. I’ll build a small harness and pass it through the factory drain hole via a strain relief. The Viper modules are the super bright flashy lights you see on the side of firetrucks and “ambulamps”, they are bright, sealed, durable well-built units that should last a life time in harsh environments.
I remove the sockets for the factory bulbs and flatten out the hump in the factory housings then screw the Viper EXT LED modules in place. I’ll build a small harness and pass it through the factory drain hole via a strain relief. The Viper modules are the super bright flashy lights you see on the side of firetrucks and “ambulamps”, they are bright, sealed, durable well-built units that should last a life time in harsh environments.
How do you address the blinker, I only see one set of wires?
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The angry pig
In post #134 I talk about the Penta-Star XP Module I used on this build, it handles running lights, tail lights, brake lights and blinkers with just two wires to each bulb. Some voodoo magic $hit going on in that box for sure.
On the target carrier I run a second circuit and another row of LED’s in the EXT housing, if I had to do it again I would have just used the Penta-Star XP Module on the target carrier too.
Got it, thanks for the explanation.
IMHO dim taillights - especially relative to today’s LED vehicles - are a real invitation to get plowed into.
Dad and I did something similar back in late 80’s on my Baja with a trailer light module to run generic tail lights on a system that was expecting two bulbs for brake/turn.
IMHO dim taillights - especially relative to today’s LED vehicles - are a real invitation to get plowed into.
Dad and I did something similar back in late 80’s on my Baja with a trailer light module to run generic tail lights on a system that was expecting two bulbs for brake/turn.
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Exactly my reasoning for using these lights, the stock lights look like they had two birthday candles flickering inside and you need to cup your hands around them to see if they were working during the day.
As for the Penta-Star XP Module anyone that has worked on Fj55 lighting wire circuits will undoubtedly agree Toyota must have hired an engineer from the UK electrical firm Lucas to help design the lighting circuits. The XP module would solve most of the debacle with very little cost and work to retrofit.
I went round and round for a year trying to get my trailer lights working with the Toyota wiring, that would of really helped.
cruiserbrett
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J-Mack,
Haven’t followed this thread as much as I should have lately but this thing is awesome. Well done!
On the plastic side panels, why not let them float? Some slots, sleeve spacers, body panel washers and wave washers might let them grow as needed when warming up?
Haven’t followed this thread as much as I should have lately but this thing is awesome. Well done!
On the plastic side panels, why not let them float? Some slots, sleeve spacers, body panel washers and wave washers might let them grow as needed when warming up?
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Thank you!
I'm basically doing exactly that, I now have 7” bolt spacing with oversized holes and 1” flat washers, I also cut the side panels in half putting an expansion joint between them. I’m 60% sure this will work ok for the sides but I’ve ordered two sets of printed top wraps and waiting to see how it works on the roof and I’m prepared to make a new roof skin out of aluminum if need be.
I really like this material for the sides around the rocks we have at our local wheeling spots and hope I can make it work.
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Do any of you guys have a vector file of these Toyota emblems?
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The more I thought about this the more I like the idea so I ordered some weld nuts 1/8" longer than my plastic thickness to use as spacers so I'll still be able to tighten the screws but let the panels float more freely.
Thank you!
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Half done, going to cut some samples then work on the second half of the fender emblems.
That's some nice work! What material are you using to cut them from or print them or whatever magic you use.
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For now we are just using the vinyl my daughter has, once we get it looking right I’ll order some dark metallic material and try to make it look 3d,
Do you know the length of this land cruiser emblem? I’m working from photos and have no reference for scale.
Here you go, if needed I can send them up to you for something to work from.
