Bender - The Silver 60

[Capriblue45]

Looks fantastic, Love the color.

 

[shellb]

Absolutely stunning!!! You should be really proud!!

 

[KC Masterpiece]

I have now had some time to crawl around the truck in detail. Jason really did amazing work. Paint is 9.8/10. A repaint will never look like a factory job but this did amaze me. So much better than the respray on the 80.

The frame and undercoating are super well done.

This is not a 100% pefect frame off resto job like Proffits is doing, but for the price I think its a better deal. I wont feel afraid to daily drive when the roads are good and do some light low risk wheeling and camping.

Work is far from done. The interior is still gutted and a front axle rebuild is on the short list. Carpet is here but I have not settled on sound reduction yet. I have a good headunit picked out

I was thankful for the 5 speed on the way home. One of the reasons I bought this truck. Not too bad holding 70 as long as its flat. Actually did some passing on 70 today.

The 80 got kicked out of the garage.

 

[justin4045]

Beautiful!

 

[Rzeppa]

Before I sell mine (yes I intend to when I buy my 250 series this year) we should do a side by side photo shoot, just as Steve H and I did with our 45s in my driveway several years ago. He remarked that his beautiful 45 was too nice to drop a load of wood or gravel into the bed as mine was rougher. Remember that Steve?

Kevin I just noticed your odo at 164k. When I bought my rust-free Arizona truck in 2011 it had 163k. Mine now has 220k and you've seen what that much mag chloride has done to my frame. It took many hundreds of thousands of more miles to do that to the body of my 1976 FJ40, but the frame on that one wasn't near as bad since back in those days they just used conventional sodium chloride.

I am channeling Steppenwolf. Instead of God Damn the Pusherman, I'm thinking God Damn Mag Chloride.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmdDMGp8IS8


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmdDMGp8IS8

 

[SteveH]

The Zeppster! - @Rzeppa

 

[KC Masterpiece]

@Rzeppa we can absolutely get them together at some point.

I do not think this truck will ever see much mag chloride. Having a winter beater is such a blessing.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Getting ready to start some interior work. A busy work schedule, marathon training, and a new puppy has slowed things down.

Kilmat for the interior is here! Not sure what the plan is for the 2nd layer yet. I have decided not to deal with drop the headliner since it is in such good shape. Hope I do not regret that. I need to do a little bit more interior cleaning before I can start laying down the killmat.

And we have an official name for this build. I was very disapointed that the vanity plate was already taken. I am not a big sticker guy especially on a truck this clean, so this will be going in the glovebox.

BITE MY SHINY METAL......

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Its the little things.

 

[RDub]

Nice. I had decent luck carefully cleaning my fuse door decal with Awesome and a rag. Colors look like new. But…no luck removing the bubbles. Tried a heat gun and a few other minor tricks but nothing worked. I’d be interested in learning if other folks have figured out to flatten those old decals.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

I think this is not OEM... but a good solution. $16 from city racer.

Original sticker came off in one piece. Typical Toyota quality.

Also ordered a new spedo cable and seal. Hope that will solve my jumpy needle issue and the tiny leak from the t case.

 

[KC Masterpiece]

Starting to think about laying this down. More prep to be done first.