BJ74, shinyish POS

[JONO250]

na thats alrite. How much $$$ are you after for them

[Fakey]

Id prob take $1500 for them with the rims, Put them on tard me last night http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=298108761

[Fakey]

Gave the front bumper a trim yesterday, cut off all the extra brackets, cleaned an greased the siezed fairlead rollers (they had extra washers that made them bind up ), an fitted the hook off the 40s electric winch to replace the d shackle with a bolt thru it that came on the truck
An fitted a rated tow hook on the left hand side





Still got a shithouse approach angle



A mate has offered me an old set of bfg 33s that should do nicely for the time being

[JONO250]

would have been interested at that price but just realised your down in welly . Probably cost too much to get them up here so I might look for something more local. cheers anyway

[Fakey]

would have been interested at that price but just realised your down in welly . Probably cost too much to get them up here so I might look for something more local. cheers anyway

Where are you?

[JONO250]

west auckland

[Fakey]

Hoping to get to rallywoods this weekend so been workin on this pos after work, tryin to get it up to scratch.
Bought some 33"s wranglers,
Modified the rear tow hitch to hold a tow hook when the tow ball is removed. So now have front an rear tow hooks,

Started makin a 3" snorkel tonight,



Bought one of those GME TX3100 PRS radios aswell

[Bolo]

Looking good mate , keep up the great work

[Fakey]

Cheers, got the snorkel welded up this morning before work. Was goin to fit it tonight but didnt finish work till 8 so ill have to do it tomorrow
Still got fire extinguisher an a few more things to get done too

[Fakey]

Got the sorkel on today aswell a the 33" wranglers.

Modified the filter canister to take the snorkel



Had to adjust the inner guard to allow the snorkel to clear



New 2nd hand wranglers


Snorkel bolted on (not goin to paint it yet as im not exactly happy with it as it is at the moment, may change it somewhat)



Scored some flash batteries today aswell, (Optima 850cca )


Sarted putting my GME PRS radio in tonight, Ive seen pics of them but until I saw it I idnt realise how tiny they actually are Still got the aerial to go in, Ill do that tomorrow morning.

[Bolo]

Your truck looked really good on the trip today mate... keen to see whats next for it

[You Get That]

Looking good mate
Would look better with a small lift aswell

[Fakey]

Cheers guys, it went alot better than I expected actually. An yes it could do with a 2" lift, my guard adjustments stopped the tyres getting cut, but they still rub when pushed hard. An it need some side bars for when I rub up against those dam trees an banks

[Fakey]

Hooked up the trailer tonight to find that the trailer lights werent working The wiring to the plug had been cut by the shackle swinging up an hitting the chassis where the trailer wiring was cable tied by the previous owner.
I was surprised to see the springs had compressed so much the shackles had hit the chassis All fixed for now tho.

Been working on some sill protection/rock sliders this week.









Added some 3/8" rod in the middle to prevent peoples feet slipping thru between the bars when gettin in or out



Just waiting on the chassis mount brackets to be folded up (freebies take a bit longer to get done ) then I can mount them onto the chassis

[skid]

[Fakey]

Hahaha thanks Skid, we're a bit quiet at work so at least Ive got something to keep me busy where the boss cant see me

[skid]

Hahaha thanks Skid, we're a bit quiet at work so at least Ive got something to keep me busy where the boss cant see me

should I run a tape measure over the side of the 80 and bring a box of piss round

[Fakey]

Pm sent

[ClassicCruiserSpares]

I see your old FJ40 is up for sale again, hes losing some money at $9400.

[petefj40]

Maybe he took some good bits out?

[Fakey]

Looks like he took the rear tool box out other than that theres not much thats removeable thats worth anything

I see he's already had the token question of Whats the steering box out of

[Fakey]

Had a busy few weeks but managed to make a bit of progress on the cruiser. The sliders are on (still got to paint them)







I picked up some 2" OME lift springs, shocks an anti inversion shackles.
When I fitted them this weekend they lifted it around 100mm at the bumpstops The old ones mustve been pretty sagged
Moved the front diff forward 25mm so the 35"s will hopefully fit



Oh an fitted a reverse light



Seeing the engine is on its last legs an diesel rego an mileage is farking expensive, Im 99% sold on putting my 350, 5 speed an coil diffs in this cruiser.
Just need to find a suitably cheap runabout so I can park this up an start the mods

[skid]

again I will repeat myself

[DMcCready]

Seeing the engine is on its last legs an diesel rego an mileage is farking expensive, Im 99% sold on putting my 350, 5 speed an coil diffs in this cruiser.
Just need to find a suitably cheap runabout so I can park this up an start the mods

DO IT!!!!