What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (30 Viewers)

[CrabCake]

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Went to the clcc's fall crawl and hung out with an amazing bunch of folks. Other than a case of the death wobbles caused by mud and my lockers being finicky I had no real damage and had a awesome time.

What a great trip....hated to miss this one...definitely an absolute for me next year!!!

 

[Fj80oregon]

Coming along slowly! Chasing threads and getting ready for the head to go on tomorrow.

 

[Godwin]

Rode around in Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois with a bunch of old Cruiser wagons. Southern Swine Soirée 2022 - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/southern-swine-soiree-2022.1291716/

The Oddball 80 was there along with a built 80 plus an essentially stocker '97, one owner with >650,000 miles on it. It ran great and handled everything well. Stock '69 Pig came up from Arkansas.

 

[Vasopressor]

Fitted a new OEM bumper on my 80.

 

[harrydunn]

Ahhh. New hood struts. PO installed a non-US spec OEM prop rod. Didn’t hate it so I’m leaving it attached as well. It did get in the way a bit for engine work.

 

[FJhammer]

Past month doing paint correction using a clay bar, cutting, and sealing. Drivers side door and hood were beyond salvaging so I decided to take them down to metal and remove any rust. Repainted fenders and door using 2k urethane primer, 202 black, and 2k urethane clear coat. Wet sanded orange peel out (mostly), cut & buffed. Hood still in progress.

Up close shots are before cutting and after sealing.

Repainted drivers door. Not perfect, but for a rattle can job it turned out pretty decent.

 

[93yotasr5]

This is the Man-a-Fre drop bracket. I’m not sure if they make them anymore.

 

[93yotasr5]

Which drop bracket is that for the panhard on the frame side? Never seen one like that as an alternative to the Delta VS

This is the Man-a-Fre drop bracket. I’m not sure if they make them anymore.

 

[Fj80oregon]

Fitted a new OEM bumper on my 80. View attachment 3149877

Can you order as one unit or do you have to piece together? What was the total cost?

 

[voorland80]

Disassembly weekend.
Don’t buy this engine stand it’s sucks!
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what do you not like using this stand ?
thanks

 

[Lextronix]

Had a great weekend hitting some moderates at WindRock with @bonestock, @WhiskeyBullets, et al. Cant wait to go back!

It was a beautiful weekend and saw a bunch of pretty hundos and double hundos at COTR 2022.

Flexing in the trenches:

Bonestock cruising through a rock garden on 11:

WhiskeyBullets throwing logs on the ledge on 26:

My tire caught a masonry nail that escaped from the hardware store at some point.

 

[Fj80oregon]

@Vasopressor

Can you order as one unit or do you have to piece together? What was the total cost?

 

[surfpig]

Nice week…

 

[Vasopressor]

Can you order as one unit or do you have to piece together? What was the total cost?

Hey, you order the pieces individually.

Bumper: 52111-60540 ($200).
Left bumper extension: 52103-60210 ($90).
Right bumper extension: 52102-60210 ($90).
Left and right bumper grills: 53113-60020 & 53112-60030 ($20 each)
Four painted bumper bolts: 90112-8073 ($1.50 each)
I reused the two bumper cross braces and a lot of the hardware as they were in great shape. Bumper to frame mounts are available, if you need them: 52141-60070 & 52142-6006

Hope this helps.

 

[Obrokoff]

Trunk gas strut installed.
This strut suitable for Mitsubishi l200 or Nissan navara.
Easy install, just one hole. Sorry, two holes. First are wrong

How it works

 

[Obrokoff]

Remove roof noise insulation. It’s so hard and dusty

 

[MtnAddict]

Few more pics from Marble, CO, Lead King Basin and Devil's Punchbowl:

 

[Jeff Elliott]

Repainted fenders and door using 2k urethane primer, 202 black, and 2k urethane clear coat.

Looks great - well done. Out of curiosity, any reason you went with base/clear vs. the original single stage paint?

 

[Surfdc]

Trunk gas strut installed.
This strut suitable for Mitsubishi l200 or Nissan navara.
Easy install, just one hole. Sorry, two holes. First are wrong

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How it works

THANK YOU! I have been working on this for years. I have a drawer full of cables and struts of different lengths and haven’t found a winning combo yet.

 

[nigelsiam]

Trunk gas strut installed.
This strut suitable for Mitsubishi l200 or Nissan navara.
Easy install, just one hole. Sorry, two holes. First are wrong

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How it works

Nice!! So you only had to drill and tap the hole on the tailgate? And less than $14 USD!!

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Or less than $13

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