What did you do with your 60 this weekend? (27 Viewers)

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Bolted on my new bumper and non-broken headlight bezels. The turn signals went in after I took these, but it was dark. Very happy with the setup, but it's clear now that I need to upgrade my front springs to OME mediums. The stinkbug is definitely worse with 75 extra pounds of steel in front. I also need to do a little fabrication to have front recovery points...
 
Ordered a front end skid plate to be powder coated black. And sold my 60s recall fuel tank to a mud member a few weeks back.
 
Added ARwannaB 160w LED lights in my old Hella 500ff harness.

Worth it.

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Had the cargo area full with these newly acquired things, more to come....
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The idler pulley bearing was squeeling pretty good. After looking at some threads on here I went to Napa for a new 6302 bearing. $14 later I was good to go.
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No need for a press, just use a large socket and mallet to knock out the old bearing and to seat the new one. 15 minute job and now nice and quiet.
 
This is what I had to contend with over the past 3-4 weeks due to an accident. Long story short, at-fault party had no insurance, I carry uninsured on the cruiser and the insurance company cut me a check for $3k. I didn't feel like giving $3k+ to a body shop, I talked to a couple and most estimates would've eaten up the entire amount if not more - so I decided, why not try to fix it myself :idea:! I have zero experience with auto paint, body work - and that was partly the point. So I picked up some spray guns, an air compressor, air filters, paint mask, paint, primer, clear coat, sourced a 60 fender from mud classifieds, new side-marker and corner lense all for ~$900.

2 weeks ago was paint/clear coat... this weekend was replacement.

Accident damage...
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Replacement fender painted and clear coated. I have some clear coat runs, saw on youtube how to remove them with razor blades.
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Fender removed...
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It's not perfect, new color is darker as expected. I still need to wet sand and polish the fender. I'm tempted to just paint the entire rig with no clear coat, I really like the OEM 155 color without the gloss. The rear armor in the background and sliders will be mounted shortly - I plan to use the leftover coin on a front armor - but the OEM bumper did its part in this accident. :beer:
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Out of the garage for the first time in a long time! So much work, and more to go, but so so fun
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Took the dogs for a hike. Half way down the return trail I meet a guy that says "that must be your 60" How did he know? I wasn't wearing any geeky Toyota garb and there were other cars in the lot.

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This has happened to me too. I am very proud when it happens.

People know bro, people just know (cool people anyway).
 
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So fj62 intermediate pipes are akin to 1 3/4" OD. Walker cali cats are 2 1/4" ID... those reducers were 10 days away... so I made some... the walker oem muffler is 2 1/4" ID inlet; the pipe is about 2 1/8" OD, or right on 2" ID, so a 2 1/4"OD-2"ID reducer works fine there. The muffler outlet is 2" Id, so is the oem pipe. So a 2"ID- 2 1/4"OD(which is about 2 1/8"ID=OD of oem pipe) works here as well... I have one more cut to make and won't know what it is till tomorrow, but I do know which pope it will be. Kiss my legal ass, CARB...
 
Picked up floor mats from upholstery shop with heel pad and new edge binding added. I found these OEM mats on ebay, drivers side had typically wear and hole worn through the mat.

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FINALLY got the rear add a leaves installed! (And shocks). Thank you Cruiser Outfitters! Now to decide what size and flavor tires to procure...

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