new ride

[gothodgie]

Well after many nights spent laying on a creeper and sitting in the garage I have decided it is time to retire the 60... The frame rust is just more than i want to deal with... I'll be parting the 60 out and using anything i can on the new(to me) trail rig...

So the new trail rig is going to be a 96 fj80 that just kinda fell in my lap last week and i couldn't pass it up... I will need to come up with a name for her and there is a whole list of things i will be doing to her in hopefully the near future... This has also become the diesel swap truck now too...

lift... 4"-6" with a little body lift maybe...
tires... planning on 36/37 ish range...
gears...
bumpers/sliders/armor...
thinking of painting the roof white to help with the heat...
some interior upgrades too...

This is just a start because we all know that the list just keeps growing...:D

[Hotwheels]

Where's my bump for a great find? :beers:

[93 Krawler]

Looks good. Build quick, the trip in July is right around the corner. :thumbup:

[Coppertop]

Looks good ...:thumbup:When you think it's going to be ready to wheel?

Nick

[comanchedude]

Nice. I like the color... Lets go wheeling

[Hope Springs Hauler]

We might need to talk.....;)

[94Dodge Truggy]

factory lockers? Looks like we need to wheel it!

[gothodgie]

factory lockers? Looks like we need to wheel it!

we will... :D

[gothodgie]

I have had out on the trail twice now, and it has made it home on it's own both times...

I picked up some 35" pitbulls from Nick Kinzie... Thanks again brother...:thumbup:

After beating it up a little and dragging the exhaust all the time i finally got around to building some sliders for it, they are a little different design than what's out there, but still simple... I got them all fab'd up yesterday and got 1 side installed today before it decided to rain on me...

Next will be bumpers, just got to decide on which end to build first...

:beers:

[Hotwheels]

I like it :beers:

[93 Krawler]

Nice. How did you get those tubes rolled like that?

[yellowjacket]

that looks awesome hodgie!

[xj joey]

I like them. Should help keep you off the trees.

[gothodgie]

Nice. How did you get those tubes rolled like that?

it was some scrap from work... we got all kinds of cool tools there... :D
I also have another piece of 2" tube that is radius'd into about a 4' circle... i got some ideas for that piece too...

[gothodgie]

I like it :beers:

that looks awesome hodgie!

I like them. Should help keep you off the trees.

Thanks fellas... I thought they were gonna be to wide but i like how they turned out...

[Coppertop]

Nice job,I really like the tube rails.:thumbup:

Nick

[timido]

Great start. So the transfer case was ok?

[gothodgie]

Great start. So the transfer case was ok?

i swapped it out the week after Haspin... the best can tell is i smoked the viscous coupler because my center diff lock was not working...

[underpowered]

the rolled tube is a very nice touch.