What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (18 Viewers)

[TheRareElement]

Front Passenger Window Blues :
Window didn't work, dove head first into the door to investigate and clean/grease everything there is, electrical contacts of window motor switches, gears, runs of glass from 20 years of grime, clean and grease glass channels, etc., etc........then got stuck big time trying to remove the outer weatherstrip without it breaking , removed all the small fragile plastic clips in the outer weatherstrip but there seems to be one hiding under the side mirror mount.

Tried to remove that small plastic triangle so I can remove mirror so I can remove the outer weatherstrip to wash & clean but got stuck ......can anyone come to the rescue ? Thanks.......
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I lost , thanks for all the feedback guys.
A lesson well learnt, actually not all my fault, didn't have any patience left and couldn't get any from the store in time
Cruiserjack's write-up came in very handy but a bit too late, thanks Reiti

New parts ordered and then found that....

This in a very dry climate with like rain every 19 blue moons, wonder what it would look like in rainy parts of the world ! Actually and to be honest, I sunk the truck once in a lake back in 2002, but doubt if that's from the cruiser taking a dip.
Anyway, the Sunday Morning project, sanding, cleaning & zinc spraying.......... now.

 

[2KCruiser]

Already?!

I'm keeping the black '96. I have had the LX for almost a year, but there can only be 1 LX450 cruising the streets in our hood, so it had to go.

 

[NLXTACY]

I'm keeping the black '96. I have had the LX for almost a year, but there can only be 1 LX450 cruising the streets in our hood, so it had to go.

Haha

 

[SFROMAN]

3 day trial ride. Beautiful weather. Great bunch of guys. The 450 had performed flawlessly thus far.

 

[bloc]

Mounted frs seats. Manual, cloth, and comfy. A lot lighter than oem seats. Can probably sleep in it during camping trip.

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Can you provide details on what's needed for mounting? Looks like at least one front seat track bolt points upward instead of forward?

 

[dcguillory]

Mounted frs seats. Manual, cloth, and comfy. A lot lighter than oem seats. Can probably sleep in it during camping trip.

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How difficult was the install?

 

[FJP971]

Can you provide details on what's needed for mounting? Looks like at least one front seat track bolt points upward instead of forward?

How many of us are researching FRS seats right now? I know I am!

 

[bhsdriller]

New bumper

 

[LS1FJ40]

In the summer i agree, i use that trick all the time. Unfortunately, when the hoses are still packed away for winter, everything is frozen, and there's 2 kids under the age of 4 in the truck late at night, i just wanted a quick spray down so i could put it back in the garage without the garage becoming a giant sloppy mess.

You need hot water going to your outside faucet!! Duh!

My buddy made the same setup as me. He runs his in his garage in the winter. But he has floor drains. That is my ideal setup.

 

[NC LX]

Finished winch mount w OE bumper. Cutout for the winch and capped left and right of the Fairlead. Painted the winch mount also so everything blends together.

 

[Dork]

You need hot water going to your outside faucet!! Duh!

My buddy made the same setup as me. He runs his in his garage in the winter. But he has floor drains. That is my ideal setup.

I have a heated garage, but no drain or sump unfortunately, i was being cheap when i built it.

Hot water hose though.... hrmnmmmmm....

 

[LS1FJ40]

I have a heated garage, but no drain or sump unfortunately, i was being cheap when i built it.

Hot water hose though.... hrmnmmmmm....

I have a hot and cold lines running to my spigot. In the winter I will open up the hot shut off valve and I get 50/50 water. About 75-80 degrees. Warm enough it doesn't freeze right away on the driveway and will drain mostly off. Even when really cold. Then I just unhook the hose and let it drain out.

I have two 50 gallon water heaters and it can keep up. Just have to wait an hour or so for showers after.

 

[souzgs]

Six hours of silky-smooth fzj80 action to the Atlantic coastline.

Happy to report that the newly-installed attic rack performed as desired.

 

[hamishpotter]

scion frs seats

How are those to mount? Thread?? : )

 

[ontopofm]

Can you provide details on what's needed for mounting? Looks like at least one front seat track bolt points upward instead of forward?

They're bucket style seat so it looks upward. Rear mounts are 2"x2" and 2"x3" (or 2"x3.5"). Front mounts are less than 90* bend cut to fit. I had to grind the front mount of the seat to center/fit it.

 

[ontopofm]

Here's how it looks.

 

[FJP971]

View attachment 1441635 Six hours of silky-smooth fzj80 action to the Atlantic coastline.

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Happy to report that the newly-installed attic rack performed as desired.

If you flip it over the other way you have a small lip to keep things from sliding off. Might require modifying the way you have it attached though. I made metal brackets for mine.

 

[souzgs]

If you flip it over the other way you have a small lip to keep things from sliding off. Might require modifying the way you have it attached though. I made metal brackets for mine.

Yeah, mine has a lip on both sides in opposite directions. So I have the front-facing edge with the lip up, preventing things from sliding forward. That just means that the rear-facing edge has a downturned lip.

 

[Bama4door]

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Happy to report that the newly-installed attic rack performed as desired.

Where'd you get the rack from and what's the dimension? Looks good

 

[souzgs]

@Bama4door Thanks! It's a Rubbermaid FastTrack, 4 feet x 16 inches. I got it at Lowe's for just under $10. I trimmed 2 sections from the width, which was like 2 inches. I used some u-bolts to secure it to the grab handles. I had seen a few posts on this mod here on 'Mud, though I forget who had the original idea.