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#1 · (Edited)
So this is The Orca as of 8/1/13:








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Mods To Date:
-Bilstien 5100 coilovers/Rear shocks
-XD series addicts
-Dunlop Radial Rover AT tires
-Real Wheels Light Bar
-Demello Single Hoop Bumper
- 4inch Acro lights
-Hi-Lift Jack+Mounts
-Home Made Interior/Exterior Shovel Mount
-Smittybilt XRC-8 Winch
-Richoshet Skids
-Full custom wiring harness for roof lights and fogs
-VSC Cancel Switch/Diff Lock Hack
-Custom Swing-Out (worked my ass off to finish)- http://www.fjcruiserforums.com/forums/4x4-off-road-tech/156717-best-school-project-ever.html
-All Pro Sliders
-Spidertrax
-LED Dome Light - Most useful mod I've done thus far
-MBRP Exhaust
-AFE Cai
-40 Inch LED light bar

Mods To Come:
-BFG Muds
-10lb Power Tank
- Long Travel Kit sometime in the far distant future
- Boztec Diff Skid
Pics: The day the orca came home
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Lift, Rims and tires
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White Bezel and Black Mirrors and handles, Real Wheels Light Bar

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Demello Install/ Final Product:
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Plenty More To Come!:cheers:
 
#5 ·
Looking great! If you copy and paste the "IMG code" from Photobucket into your posts, the pictures will appear in the posts. I hope that helps!
 
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I just ordered a set of bilstien front coil overs so I'm hoping that will do the trick!
 
#7 ·
Looks nice! :bigthumb:
 
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Bilstien 5100 Coilovers And Richoshet Skids!:rocker:

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Smittybilt XRC-8 winch and CB Radio soon to come:clap:
 
#12 · (Edited)
Here are some pics of me putting all of my mods to work!:rocker:

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And Some Cool shots!

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Starting work On my custom swig out!

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#14 ·
Haha ya i thought about that but my dad wasn't too hip on me cutting the frame on a $25,000 car!
And thank you very much!:)
 
#17 ·
Made my own interior shovel mount out of two quick fists and some long bolts :cheers:
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#20 ·
Thought I'd post up some pictures of the swing out in production while i was at it
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Thanks! And believe it or not I am pretty active on the NorCal forum! My username over there is The Orca so people don't ever make the connection
 
#24 ·
Installed some new shocks recently!
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These are my old ones, they've been sitting on my workbench for two days and still haven't unsprung...you could say i blew them out:rofl:
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#25 ·
Finally got a Cb!
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And some new sliders
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Next up is some 16x8 procomp series 52 rims and new tires!
 
#26 ·
Just ordered 5 16x8 2.5 bs Procomp Steelies! $471 for a set of five rims, I can not complain:rocker:
 
#29 ·
Well my ADHD got the best of me again and now I canceled my order for the rims and I'm going to put the money towards wheel spacers and new suspension!
 
#30 ·
Build looks good man. Looking forward to the swing out. Keep it up!!
 
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Spidertrax coming in later today! Ill get them all mounted up and post a picture of the new stance. Hopefully with those and some new rubber in the next month or so I'll be wide enough to add some bushwakers:rocker:
 
#34 ·
what tires are you going to get?
 
#35 ·
That is still to be determined. I am for sure going to look at the re-treads though:bigthumb:
 
#39 ·
Got me one of them new fangled Grille Badges

And moved my swing arm away from the door so it doesn't rub my rear windshield wiper :bigthumb:
Intake and Exhaust up next:rocker: