tjZ06's G52 Update

[funco4lizzle]

very nice

 

[Coryz71]

Awesome update on a great car, for a great Duner!

I hope you get to enjoy it this season!

 

[L.R.S.]

Me and this car go back to the day @tjZ06bought it.  I was there and took the car straight back to my shop for some immediate upgrades.

 and a once over to check fluids and general safety check. 



TJ also bought the enclosed trailer becuase the car could drive right in with the paddles on.  Really nice trailer fully set up with a Onan 4500 generator, compressor, air hose on a reel, tool box, 120v and 12v lights, fold out couches, 50 gal fresh water and dual 65 gallon fuel tanks plumbed together via T valve and a fuel station.

 

[L.R.S.]

First upgrade on the list was installing Funco's air system and AirLift controller.  This was the first system I had installed on a Funco so it was a earning expierence.  Since then I've done 5 or 6.  If you decide to upgrade your Funco just buy the AirLift kit from @Grant@Funco.  If you piece it together to save a few $ you'll be pissed.  Two of my clkients went this routw and it made my job take that much longer.

 

[L.R.S.]

@tjZ06made a trip or to that season and broke the car.  Not his fault, chit just wears out and breaks.  THe driver's side trailing arm inner pivot with the uniball snapped off the arm.  THe shocks bent an pushed into the body, sway bar rubbed the axle, axle eventually pulled out the CV.  Car was sent back to my shop for repairs.  But TJ being TJ repairs aren't enough.  TIme for all new stuff...

 

[L.R.S.]

Because I was there when @tjZ06bought this car I got to hear about the maintenance and the origina; build.  The seller, or sellers mechanic, I forget, said the car was 100% Glamis ready.  He had built the car, wired the car, maintained the car, blah blah blah...  Then it broke and I saw some stuff I don't like to see when I took it apart.

NO EFFING LOCKTIGHT, NO EFFING ANTI-SEIZE ON ANY OF THE HARDWARE AT ALL.  Dude is dumb as sh!t or just a liar. 

 

[L.R.S.]

@tjZ06called Grant and ordered new front billet arms (upgrade) and new rear arms, everything in black.  Also new hardware, heims, uniballs, etc.













The black alternator wasnt necessary but once you go black... You ask your mechanic to do a full chrome delete on the car and black out everything.  So that's what I did.

 

[L.R.S.]

I thought I had a good handle on removing all the chrome stuff but seemed like every time I turned around I found more.  Pile kept getting bigger.

 

[L.R.S.]

At this point I forget if @tjZ06said the car was so torn down might as well pull the engine and trans and send it to Rancho, but that's what I did.

 

[L.R.S.]

I got the trans back quickly from Rancho and started putting the car back together.







THe chrome delete was a great call by @tjZ06.  Pretty soon this car would also be getting a red delete.  And a new roof, new panels, nw interior, new seats... Why? Because TJ.

 

[tjZ06]

Why? Because TJ

That basically sums up the thread... 

-TJ

 

[Rockwood]

That basically sums up the thread... 

-TJ

Incorrigible.