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Alrighty heres the vision i have for my trooper...
First im swapping out the square headlights for an early troopers round ones (i dont know exaclty why but i love how goofy the first gen troopers look, just a big square thing whith round headlights )
Next bumpers, i have a good pair of twin tube bumpers from Calmini, front one will suport a 9,500lbs winch, perfect!
Now heres where things get trickey, roof rack and a snorkel (yes im going for the expedition truck look here). I havent been able to find anything for these catigories for a 1990 trooper II. Maybe you guys know something i dont or something. Well thanks anyway

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

you could always make the snorkel out of PVC! hehe
a roof rack....I will keep my eye out!

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03Cobra

yeah i have been looking around and companies whant $300 for a snorkel. Screw that i can make one for $20, if that!

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

put a straight axle on the front

Where'd you get Calmini bumpers, dick? Damn, I'm jealous. I found a lockrite for mine as well as a homemade winch bumper. You need to find a lockrite and weld the rear. I wouldn't SAS it if you're gonna drive it with any regularity. With a 3" body + 3" suspension you can fit up to 35s. I don't know about you, but I won't be getting that serious. You won't want to go big without upgrading the 4 banger anyway. So, I would start planning a power plant swap. You know about the 3.4L v6 bolting up to 2.8L running gear already, so start looking there. 4.88 gears would be nice too.

Why did I ramble so much? I'm trying to talk myself into this shit too. Damn that's a lot of money...

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Kuranosuke
Grampa's Driving:

1990 Luv 4X4 "Family Cab"
with the big 4 banger on 31" Dueller A/Ts

1989 Dodge Raider with some junk...

"Urban Fighter F.P.C" coming soon to a road near you...
got BOOBIES?

yeah calmini makes a realy nice tube bumper that has a winch mount. As far as tires, 33s will fit stock whith a little bit of cutting. I plan on running 33x10.50r15 TSL radials

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

I know. Where did you get 'em, huh? Spill the beans, man. Used, new, where? I just wanna know so I can wish that I had gotten them.

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Kuranosuke
Grampa's Driving:

1990 Luv 4X4 "Family Cab"
with the big 4 banger on 31" Dueller A/Ts

1989 Dodge Raider with some junk...

"Urban Fighter F.P.C" coming soon to a road near you...
got BOOBIES?

Well, this may sound wierd, but I built a snorkel for my blazer. I put an aircleaner in the glovebox, and used flexible ducting to go to the carb. A huge hose clamp around the duck secured it to the carb, and I used some rtv to seal the duct. I could go completely underwater as long as the door seals held. A large hole had to be cut in the firewall, and a home made grommet to protect the duct. I found alot of what I needed at home depot.

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Hammer to fit, paint to match.
If it aint broke, don't fix it.
There's always room for duct tape and bailing wire.

WATCH YOUR PIEHOLE!!!!!!

yeah thats what it looks like i might be doing, relocating the air box inside the cab. As far as the calmini bumpers, i havent gotten em yet. I was going to get the front bumper for my birthday but i need hubs first. So im getting warn premiums for the trooper and my ford
i just whent back and read the first post on it and i said i HAVE, it should be i WILL HAVE, sorry K

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

No biggie, man. I'm glad your getting some stuff done anyway. Keep chuggin!

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Kuranosuke
Grampa's Driving:

1990 Luv 4X4 "Family Cab"
with the big 4 banger on 31" Dueller A/Ts

1989 Dodge Raider with some junk...

"Urban Fighter F.P.C" coming soon to a road near you...
got BOOBIES?

wouldn't the airbox in the cab be pretty noisy? i mean, i can hear my carburetor when i'm driving

i'm planning on doing this to the toyota: attach some rubber pipe flange to the carb/throttle body(whatever i have when i get around to it), and run it to a pipe that goes out the side of the fender and up the pillar to the roof, with an elbow on the end.

another good cheap mod for you guys that you NEED to do is put extended breathers on your diffs, transmission, and transfer case. believe me, it'll save you a lot of headache by preventing water from getting in there.

arent u scared the snorkel to the glove box is gonna suck all the air out and colapse the cab????? not really but if you were cruisin around all sealed up couldnt ya kinda deprive urself of oxygen or something givin it all to the engine? Just dont know how that could be very good...and whats the deal with breathers for tranny and diffs? Those things have breathers??? I didnt know...they'll suck in water???

You really dont think you never get more fresh air into your cab do you? I know it isn't water/air tight. And the fan motor runs all of the time providing you with more oxygen. I never had a problem with that on my setup. Also, yeah it was noisy, but I never sucked water into the engine either.

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Hammer to fit, paint to match.
If it aint broke, don't fix it.
There's always room for duct tape and bailing wire.

WATCH YOUR PIEHOLE!!!!!!

i'd rather have noise than a engine full of water. if you are going to do some serious offroading i think you need somekind of snorkel. and yes the axles have breathers. they don't axtually suck in air. they are just there so no pressure will build up. i added a hose to the front axle. haven't done the rear yet. the front breather was a plastic only that just slipped into a whole in the axles (it wasn't threaded). so i took a piece copper tubing a brazed it into the hole. i then put a piece of hose on that and put the original breather on the end of the hose. i'm pretty sure the rear is threaded so it will be easier.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

One of the things it looks like I will wind up doing is swapping out the headlights and front cowl with a quad type of setup cause of the damage to the cowl.

Anyone know what will be needed to do the swap from the dual big headlights to the double?

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check calmini for parts, they have parts for lts of things.

Thanks. I do have the quads from a 73, but for some reason some of the bolds did not line up. So I was just wunderin.

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