Thursday, June 12, 2014

More time, more stuff!

Again more time passed and more done on the Land Cruiser but not a lot of time to do some documentation. Since the last post I've installed an IPOR rear bumper, OME heavy springs on the front and back, and installed a custom made drawer system in the back.

On deck is an IPOR skid plate, a set of OPOR sliders, and to finally get the thing in a full coat of JD Blitz black paint, but I digress so here is some shots of the rear drawer system.
They came out better than I had expected but more work than I had planned on

25" of extension

They also close the rear hatch should you want it down

Plenty of room too

The side wings are piano hinged

A good place to keep quick grab stuff like rain coat, oil, etc


I then made some custom mounts to hold these mini extinguishers to the D pillar where the seat belts used to anchor.

I also used some quick fist mounts to do an axe and shovel where the third row grabs used to be


A quick video, sorry about the lighting!
 
This project was more involved than I thought it would be, thinking it would be a weekend project it turned out into a several weekend project but I am happy with the results.
 
So now some shots of the OME heavy's I put on along with the IPOR rear bumper. I ended up gaining about 2.5" of lift which will be nice for some 33" tires down the road.

Might have to put some spacers up front to get it to sit a bit more level

Good shot of the heavy spindles on the IPOR. I will be building the swing outs later this year.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the way it's coming together.
Here are some shots of the OPOR sliders after removing from the pallet


And here they are after a couple coats of JD Blitz black

Hope to get these on shortly, weather permitting I'm painting the truck on June 14th and installing the skidplate and these the following day.