What have you done to your Land Cruiser this week? (32 Viewers)
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steffan
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for the inside of the front fenders i thinned out the liner and sprayed with with a modified HVLP gun. it's a much slower process but i'm liking the fine texture. it will be mostly hidden inside of the engine bay. the line follows the uprights to the hood and along where the tub meets the fenders
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I need to come by and check it out.
1981 bed is pretty close to the 1974…
Pura Vida
What an absolute noob
Nice cruiser and trailer! Where did get your seat covers?
Thank you. Not sure on the seats. PO is no longer active here.
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4Cruisers
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That would be Jimmy's.
Loose fit all the hoses and will start wiring tomorrow. Had to place an order at Vescovo Toyota of Las Cruces, best prices online, no tax, and free shipping, for some missing fittings for the intake. A wise wizard was kind enough to tell me I was all messed up.
Thanks Trigger6, I am doing the 2.5 inch shackle as well. Where do you get the shims and how do you install?
Good source for the shims and any installation questions: Georg @ Valley Hybrids, Cruiser Brothers & Long Range America
@orangefj45
REAR: If you are using the stock driveshaft, you want the angle on the ujoint at the differential to match the angle of the other ujoint connected to the transfer case. To do this after adding the lift, you will need to tip the front end of the differential down. I ordered/installed 2.5deg shims from 4crawler.com for the rear to level mine out.
FRONT: On the front, it’s about getting a positive castor angle. Stock is +1. After installing the new springs, I took it to a local alignment shop and they measured the drivers side front at -1.75 and the passenger front at -2.5 (not sure why they were different, but the shop wasn’t too concerned). Anything negative will give you “death wobble”, and mine had a very bad case….
I currently have the 4deg shims from CCOT installed on the front, which pushed the castor to around +2 and it held the road much better and got rid of the wobble. Since I’m running 33” tires, I’ve read that I probably should increase the castor even more to the +4 to +5 range, so I plan to swap out for 6deg shims at some point (CCOT also recommends purchasing their 6deg shims for 2.5” shackles on their website….)
Also make sure you have new spring pins available to install.
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pb4ugo
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After you add your shims be sure to put your suspension at full droop and make sure your ujoints dont bind.
Catching Neutral
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A beautiful morning here in the panhandle. 64 degrees, dry. Stopped about 6:20am on my way to work to snap a quick photo.
Unfortunately it was 17 minutes before sunrise and I could not wait around. Dawn photo turned out ok.
Unfortunately it was 17 minutes before sunrise and I could not wait around. Dawn photo turned out ok.
Received this in the mail, last piece I needed for OEM PS install
I hauled a load of hurricane debris to the landfill, then washed the truck. I had to clean all the puppy drool off the windows from Pongo’s joyride!
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Catching Neutral
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I bothered me yesterday that I was unable to get the sunrise shot. My schedule allowed for it this morning.
