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  • Creation
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    Submitted for Simply Clean 6, and was accepted. If anyone is going to SC6 I'll see you there! 11.15.14!

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  • Creation
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    Originally posted by speakerboy View Post
    Oof! well, it was worth a shot. Bride Lo-Max's?
    I've sat in a few lo-max's and it wasn't comfortable. I'm going to look at a set of Corbeau FX1 Pro's. They look extremely clean, and will fit very good.

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  • speakerboy
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    Originally posted by Creation View Post
    Just heard back from the seat rail company mentioned prior. They want $1500 and me to drive my car out to Los Angeles (from Florida) and let them have the Jeep for atleast 2 weeks time. HAHA! Next big purchase will be 2 fixed back corbeaus, and custom slider rails.
    Oof! well, it was worth a shot. Bride Lo-Max's?

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  • Creation
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    Originally posted by AbisaiG View Post
    This is awesome! First time I've ever seen one of these lowered. Looks sick.
    There are very few of us, less than 5 to my knowledge spread across the world. More people are finally catching on, and joining in.

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  • AbisaiG
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    This is awesome! First time I've ever seen one of these lowered. Looks sick.

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  • Creation
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    Just heard back from the seat rail company mentioned prior. They want $1500 and me to drive my car out to Los Angeles (from Florida) and let them have the Jeep for atleast 2 weeks time. HAHA! Next big purchase will be 2 fixed back corbeaus, and custom slider rails.

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  • Creation
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    Originally posted by speakerboy View Post
    I'm 6'3", and I stopped growing at 14. I can't imagine growing anymore. As far as your fitment problem, you should look at this site: http://extendmyseat.com/.

    I have a friend who is 6'6", and he used their brackets for his Prius. It helped a lot, and he has more than enough legroom. It doesn't look like they have your model, but they are just simple brackets, so it might give you an idea for having some made on your own. Maybe swap some other seats in to gain some headroom?
    Appreciate the link, I sent them a message to see what options they recommend.

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  • speakerboy
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    Originally posted by Creation View Post
    20. I've grown 9" since I bought the Jeep and it's gotten.. small.
    I'm 6'3", and I stopped growing at 14. I can't imagine growing anymore. As far as your fitment problem, you should look at this site: http://extendmyseat.com/.

    I have a friend who is 6'6", and he used their brackets for his Prius. It helped a lot, and he has more than enough legroom. It doesn't look like they have your model, but they are just simple brackets, so it might give you an idea for having some made on your own. Maybe swap some other seats in to gain some headroom?

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  • Creation
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    I found that out really quick, I sat in one and I would have instantly needed to get an aftermarket steering wheel, bucket seats, and custom rails that went wayyy back and sat on the ground. So, I figured I'd keep it unique and just start cutting up the jeep.


    Originally posted by Artifacts in Motion View Post
    You won't fit. My last car was a '98 LS400. I'm 6'2", and I had to practically have the seat back vertical to keep my head from brushing against the headliner. The LS400 is technically a rebadged Toyota Celsior for the American Market. The car was designed for the average Japanese older male— not tall Americans.

    That being said, I loved that car. Had I kept it, I would have loved to stripe the interior and turn it into a bare-bones, big-body V8 beast. The 1UZ-FE with VVTi is a fantastic engine. Mine dyno'd with 281 on 93, which was only 9 HP off the suggested HP when the car debuted. Not to mention if you drove like a grandma, I got around 27-28 highway averaging ~70-75MPH.

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  • Artifacts in Motion
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    Originally posted by Creation View Post
    I'm actually trying to find an LS 400 to test fit myself in. If all goes well I'll be going VIP.
    You won't fit. My last car was a '98 LS400. I'm 6'2", and I had to practically have the seat back vertical to keep my head from brushing against the headliner. The LS400 is technically a rebadged Toyota Celsior for the American Market. The car was designed for the average Japanese older male— not tall Americans.

    That being said, I loved that car. Had I kept it, I would have loved to stripe the interior and turn it into a bare-bones, big-body V8 beast. The 1UZ-FE with VVTi is a fantastic engine. Mine dyno'd with 281 on 93, which was only 9 HP off the suggested HP when the car debuted. Not to mention if you drove like a grandma, I got around 27-28 highway averaging ~70-75MPH.

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  • Creation
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    Originally posted by ItsRich View Post
    Just run 4psi then
    Haha, I've got some bigger things planned before I want to blow my drivetrain up!

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  • ItsRich
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    Originally posted by Creation View Post
    I appreciate the kind words, I'm hoping the gunmetal will really look good.

    Unfortunately turbo isn't going to happen for awhile. The entire auto drive train on these can't hold any more power. Last guy who dropped a small turbo blew his entire drive train on 5psi and we haven't heard back since.
    Just run 4psi then

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  • Creation
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    Originally posted by mikey G View Post
    ...very interesting. Turbo this asap

    For real though, I think it's going to look nice on the gunmetal wheels.
    I appreciate the kind words, I'm hoping the gunmetal will really look good.

    Unfortunately turbo isn't going to happen for awhile. The entire auto drive train on these can't hold any more power. Last guy who dropped a small turbo blew his entire drive train on 5psi and we haven't heard back since.

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  • mikey G
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    ...very interesting. Turbo this asap

    For real though, I think it's going to look nice on the gunmetal wheels.

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  • Creation
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    Well, I decided money would be better spent to continue this build and make myself fit than getting into a worse position and having no build to show for it. So here comes progress!

    Since I parted out a majority of my parts, I'm picking up new ones to replace them. Haha!

    Wheels are disassembled, faces went off to powdercoating for a custom gunmetal color, I'm hand polishing the bolts which is going pretty well I'd say, Lips were repolished yesterday. It's been a productive rebuild so far.

    Picked up red taillights for cash and my blacked out ones.

    Tablet install will be done again this week, I'm looking at a cleaner way to install it to be able to remove it easier than stripping down the entire dash but we will see.

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