Builds The White Trash - Chopped 80 tube bed AKA Proper Cupholders for Starbucks

[bugsnbikes]

80s are just beggin for a diet

- if oem parts hold up to 6500 behemoths......imagine how well they do with 2500lbs less.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

I found that a fj40 bikini top fit really nice. within an inch or so of each side drip trim. Perfect for what I did.

There is a coupon code that should work on ebay, which will get price under $100 for both pieces you need. See details below.



Bestop 51209-01 Windshield Channels Fits CJ5 CJ7 Land Cruiser Wrangler (YJ)

Bestop 52540-01 Bikini Top - Traditional Style Fits 67-84 Land Cruiser

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That's awesome. Thanks for the tip. If I can't make the drop cloith work I'll go that route.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

80s are just beggin for a diet

You ain't lying!!

 

[2fpower]

Hell yea. Why can't we just be happy with 80s as they are?????

Just like life. Keep one at home that is stock -- as god intended. Perfect as she was made and very reliable, maybe throw on a couple bolt on items. Then have a sweet one available when you need a good fix. Little lighter, little faster, just all around more fun.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

I hope you don't have an old lady that reads MUD!

 

[2fpower]

Hey, go buy that bikini on ebay,,,,

eBay until 3pm PDT 6/30 is offering a coupon for $15 off $75+ orders. At checkout, apply coupon code CruiseN2Summer for the discount. Thanks

 

[BlueCruiser84]

good looking out!!! Think I missed it though.

I think I found one local with the windshield bracket for $50. It's a craiglist deal though so.... who knows.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

I'm currently in the middle of a bunch of maintenance. Heater hoses, coolant, plugs, VC gasket, and low pressure power steering lines. Then it's onto building some kind of roll over protection and hopefully a fun raod trip/weekend of wheeling....

 

[BlueCruiser84]

So It was a whirlwind of maintenance and roll cage building the last week or so, but I got it done.

I took Whitetrash on a little shakedown run to Rausch Creek (600 miles round trip) and she performed amazingly well. 75-80 MPH on the interstate and wheeled all weekend without issue. @jcardona1 was right when he said it "would climb like a ******* mountain goat".

The only thing I will change is to get rid of the Man-A-Fre drop brackets. I beat the piss out of them in the rocks. The Drivers side one is ground down pretty good and bent over to the side. I only have 285s and there just isn't enough clearance to run something that hangs down so low.

Anyway onto the pictures.

Ready to hit the road.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Just to reiterate. This thing is ridiculously capable. I did everything in the pictures w/ out difflocks. We had @beno and his sweet 70 series with us so we weren't trying to get into anything that would dent up his rockers. I didn't ever really get to test Whitetrash's limits, but I'm sure they are higher than mine.

Some more pics because they are fun.

@mwalls54 @bkfj40 @beno

 

[BlueCruiser84]

 

[BlueCruiser84]

As a follow-up: Cage building sucks. Mad respect for guys that have the patience to bend and notch tube all day. I made 4 bends and 7 notches and it took like 3 days. Most of it was sitting there trying to wrap my head around how my notch was going to fit. The cage still isn't done, but i need to practice bending tube on something easy before I tackle the front A-pillars.

 

[bkfj40]

The truck did awesome! Can't wait to see it on the trails again. Something about driving to the event, wheeling, and making it home has a lot to be said.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Just used my raffle winnings (SOR gift cards) to order up a bikini top and a windshield channel.

 

[jcardona1]

Awesome! I noticed a big difference during my last wheeling trip in the truck's ability to climb merely by losing several hundred pounds of expo crap I had in the back (running without a rear bumper for now). I can only I imagine what a bob and chop would do!

 

[BlueCruiser84]

When I was airing down my tires I didn't use a gauge and just went until I could see a bulge. When I filled up at the end of the day turns out the rears had like 5 PSI in them. That's how low they had to get before I noticed.....

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Threw the 35s on and fitted a bikini top. I've just been driving it recently. So fun.

I'm on the hunt for some full doors so I can drive this baby in the winter.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

So how are guys getting any kind of flex out of their front OME J-springs? Even with the rear being so light it does ALL of the articulation. I figured being about factory weight up front and much lighter in the rear would force the front to move a little more.

Are the J springs just too heavy for a non-expo 80? I have essentially the same setup as @Apounder and the front end doesn't move until the rear is completely maxed out... She wheels fine, but sometimes it's fun to LOOK cool too...

I should probably stop worrying about it.

 

[BlueCruiser84]

Finally got this old girl weighed. With 315s on 17x9 aluminum wheels and no spare tire, a winch/plate up front and no passenger i was sitting at about 4600 lbs.

That still seems heavy as s*** to me and I don't see how I could drop anymore weight.

 

[jcardona1]

Finally got this old girl weighed. With 315s on 17x9 aluminum wheels and no spare tire, a winch/plate up front and no passenger i was sitting at about 4600 lbs.

That still seems heavy as s*** to me and I don't see how I could drop anymore weight.

Dang, that's about 2,000 lbs lighter than mine! And that's without a rear bumper and expo crap.