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when did the FJ go to black cans?

Started by mtc, August 12, 2019, 11:07:07 PM

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mtc

i seen black cans on a 85 and it looks better to me than silver, can i paint them?
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Troyskie

Mate, I agree the black cans look better.

However, original silver cans in good nic are getting very rare. My suggestion would be to hoard them and try and get some black ones 2nd hand.
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