Got a new TRD supercharger put on the 80 by Robbie. Will get it back next week and give it a whirl, then liner over deflared sides and Mike at bump it off road is getting sliders on!
What Did You Do with Your 80 This Weekend? (90 Viewers)
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One of the pre-requisites my lovely bride put on me getting a Landcruiser, is that it not be white, gray, brown, gold or a flat color "like that d*mned Dodge Powerwagon you used to have". So, my two tone gray paint on Marjan was not doing it for her.
So today I decided to paint it blue.
Technically, it's International Klein Blue, but I got it at the tractor paint store. Shot it out of a Harbor Freight HVLP turbine. I call it an "industrial finish" but it has a much deeper shine than I expected.
Fun fact: Yves Klein, who invented the color, was infamous for smearing blue paint all over the front of nude women and dragging them across canvas in the late 1950s. I know this, because I forgot to furnish a paint chip to my lovely bride, and she googled the color and found pictures of naked women.
So today I decided to paint it blue.
Technically, it's International Klein Blue, but I got it at the tractor paint store. Shot it out of a Harbor Freight HVLP turbine. I call it an "industrial finish" but it has a much deeper shine than I expected.
Fun fact: Yves Klein, who invented the color, was infamous for smearing blue paint all over the front of nude women and dragging them across canvas in the late 1950s. I know this, because I forgot to furnish a paint chip to my lovely bride, and she googled the color and found pictures of naked women.
Wow, that's awesome! Google be damned, love/hate relationship there. Love the color!
Just curious, if you paint your cruiser an entirely different color, what is the process of notifying DMV? I'd hate to get pulled over and have them wonder why I'm driving a "naked chick blue color" cruiser when it should be white.
Man I'm digging that bumper! I don't think I've seen one that style yet. What brand is that? I can't make out the letters on the lower portion.
BGMachine
Working on cars I can't afford
New stickers! and I'm prepping for a camping trip this weekend in Rush, KY with a bunch of jeepers.
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In Iowa, you walk into the county courthouse and tell them.
And they call you by name and ask how your wife and kids are too because they know your family for years back.....
Worked on my drawer set a here and there throughout the week and finally sheeted my drawers lol. It's probably half done I'd say.
LS1FJ40
SILVER Star
Correct. Iowa is THE Best!
Fishing as I post this
Looks like an AOE
LFD2037
TEXAS LEXUS!
Said no one. Ever.
NLXTACY
Wits' End
that looks awesome! can't wait for mine to show up, very jealous of you right now!
Here is the link
http://www.uneek4x4.com.au/gq-50-led-light-bar-mounts-gutter-mount/
Yes please so I don't have to make them
I wish you did.
your paint likely has the darker tone due to the solvent in it - Klein used a special binder to maintain the luminosity of the pigment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Klein_Blue - he meant the color to represent the sky over Nice, France, his hometown
Museum Ludwig in Cologne has a nice collection of Yves Klein works - when I visited last year they had only one on display, though
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Found a 6 mo. old 27F battery on CL for $40.00. Installed and working great.
