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  1. New piece made up for the rear tailgate. Just need to figure out a way of bending a 2mm edge at the bottom of it, but I think some flat bar in the vice should do the trick.
  2. At the moment I am still weighing up best bang for buck. Looking at the toyota series engines anything like the 1jz/2jz is so expensive to buy and the 2gr-fse/2gr-fe option is hell of a lot cheaper. Hadn't really thought much on engine management side of things as I have e yet to get to that point. I have heard from someone who use to work for toyota is that the fe has better options as far as modifications you can do like cams etc and with the fse it can become a little more expensive.
  3. Got a new addition to the wagon yesterday so had to test fit it. So stoked to have this and it's going to complete the look I'm going after.
  4. I have used newtech before but will look into the upol d option as well
  5. Been busy cutting out inner structure rust issues and making up replacement patches. Was going to weld the patch in place but ran out of time. Next weekends work. Once I have that in place I will make up the small inner structure for the lower guard which I will make up in 2 pieces as I don't have all the tools to make it as 1 but hoping it will come out as planned.
  6. Going to have to get a panel made up for the tail gate as it's pretty rusty. Sometimes I really wonder about the way that Toyota put their vehicles together in the past as this tail gate trim is sandwiched between 2 pieces of trim which just allows moisture to build up. Will have to look at fixing this some how will putting it back together.
  7. Just got my lower sills come back from the metal fabrication guys. Very pleased in the way they turned out.
  8. I'm looking into leading some of the factory seams. Does anyone know where I can get a lead body kit locally?
  9. So went to use my new TIG attachment for my welder only after putting everything together that I had no way of attaching the gas line. Went back to MIG welding for the day but managed to blow through a couple of spots of thin metal so not happy about that. Will sort out the TIG situation with the supplier during the week and then I can finish up doing the patches.
  10. Engine and gearbox pre sold for $800.
  11. Got me some japanese goodness new lights for the wagon. Upgraded to halogen and was way cheaper than trying to buy locally
  12. Another busy weekend cleaning up the bottom sills and getting a length ready so I can get it all bent up to replace the rotten ones. Then spent a lot of time making up panel patches for rust repairs and the bad door repairs
  13. So got some proper measurements and have decided to scrap the V6 idea as yea I could make it fit but I don't think the mods warrant doing it. Will go back to looking at the 1jz/2jz option
  14. Cool thanks for that. I went into a Lexus dealer and did a hand meaure (LOL) and worked from there and transferred that to an estimated actual measure but will go to a pick a part and do a proper measure off the engine. Looking at the actual engine I think I may have issues with the height more than anything.
  15. Help Hey need some help on 2 fronts here guys. I am going to be selling the original motor and gearbox in the wagon to a guy down south who has a left hand drive version of mine and just need some indication of what it would be worth? 2M motor with 5 speed gearbox. Also trying to find measurements of the 2gr-fse engine as that is the route I would like to go but can't find any measurements online to see if it would fit. Cheers
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