just another dang 'ol truck

[Brandonbm]

Great work so far. Love the spring hangers!

[jtr]

Nice job.

[1tirefire]

Originally Posted by lazlow

i like that t case mount especially with just the basic tools. plans for a skidplate/flatbelly?

thanks alot. i thought about raising the motor mounts and the tcase high enough to flat belly it but i figured it would make my driveshaft angles too extreme. especially with dual cases and such a short rear driveshaft. if i wanted to get crazy and had a money tree i could raise my drivetrain and tilt the motor back to correct the rear driveline angle and get a high pinion front 3rd to correct the front angle, no money tree though. i deffinately gained a few inches of clearance with the new crossmember though. the bottom of the tcase is about 1/4" higher than the bottom of the crossmember so no wasted romm and the skid plate will fit perfect

Originally Posted by 85dhor

damn dude nice job on the crossmember and hanger! if you havent done it yet. might want to cut and rework the horse collar to clear the driveline under full compression. judging by the pic theres barely any clearance. keep up the great work.

thanks! i think it's just the angle of the picture. i scoped it all out when i was mocking things up and it should be fine

Originally Posted by jtr

Nice job.

Originally Posted by Brandonbm

Great work so far. Love the spring hangers!

thanks alot. i kinda just copied other ideas and tried to improve where i could

Moved the axle forward quite a bit. pretty stoked. i made a big crazy trade and ditched the roached 38's with street locks and ended up with a bunch of parts including these 35's with good tread mounted on the black steelies, along with this warn 9000lb winch, a wood rack, gears, lockers, and some other stuff.


and some other good stuff


my pinion angle is quite clearly funked from the 63's and the way i set up my shackle hanger/rear crossmember.


scavenged these off the 4runner. so i'll combine half of the rear ubolt fipkit (came on the truck) and the the passenger side half of a front flip kit that came off the 4runner (it was missing the driver's side u-bolts/spring plate) and viola. i'll have a complete front flip kit and and these u-bolt-less perches in the rear. should fix the pinion angle issue




filled the holes that were punched in the frame so i could attempt to have a clean, fully welded seam along the holes in the brace.


I used c-clamps and c-channel in an attempt to prevent distortion.





i plan on filling the 1/8" gap between the frame and hanger with silicon to seal it off and prevent rust

[1tirefire]

also salvaged these off of the 4runner but i dont think i'll end up using them. i want to get ahold of a bender and make some that sit about 1/2" or so under the hood so i can run some big ass shocks.
cleaned up, sand blasted, and painted


mock up. dont like it. also ordered a flat pitman arm


some notes tryin to figure out the flat-bed compartments


i've been borrowing this thing from my uncle and it has been really temperamental. its pretty old and funky but works good most of the time when it wants to cooperate. a few times it has gotten stuck full throttle with the wire speed acting like it was maxed out( when it was set pretty slow) and doesnt stop until turned off. totally pisses me off. then the wire feed motor quit workin for some reason. but she's goin again

[1tirefire]

more progress pics



YEEEEHAAWWWW GOT A BENDER!!!!! whipped up a ghetto receiver mount so i could bend up some hoops. no idea what I'm doing but I've found alot of good info on here. tryin to get as little weight in the rear....




DIY overkill/trailgear/stock tower
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[1tirefire]

i got a really good deal on 4 15" BBC's so I made the hoops pretty big. the shocks in the pic are just for mock up


crust

[1tirefire]

dicked around with this for a while and built a few front driveshafts


before going this route


i was using the loader of my kabota to flex out the rear suspension and the tire slipped off. first body damage doing nothing cool


and some poser shots trying to figure out how things are workin. the suspension doesn't work very well being so light in the back.










she wouldnt do it going forward without atleast an ice chest in the back for weight.

[kaiserdtm]

Your fab skills are pretty sick sir, cant wait to see the end result

[1tirefire]

Originally Posted by kaiserdtm

Your fab skills are pretty sick sir, cant wait to see the end result

thanks alot man i appreciate it.

i thought it would be a good idea to cut and notch the driver's side shock hoop so i would have enough clearance to remove the master cylinder.

no room






plenty of room

[1tirefire]

though while i was at it i'd heat the hoop and make a little dent to add a little extra clearance between it and steering u-joint




big 'ol weiner shocks

[no heros]

Great fab skills for having limited tools. Keep it up man.

[Boomtacoma01]

Nice build and great fabbing!

[1tirefire]

started workin on front bump stops. i spent way too much time on them. tacking, cycling the suspension, cutting, tacking, cycling. i ended up using the stock toyota rubber

[BUFFALO_STEW]

Looks great so far you do some work! You'll like the Chebbie springs with a couple hundred more LBS in the ass end. Subscribed.

[shamb]

what are you using to make all these cuts in the tubing/body ect? those are some interesting angles...and they're clean..

[PO83toy]

Originally Posted by shamb

what are you using to make all these cuts in the tubing/body ect? those are some interesting angles...and they're clean..

x2. I'm gonna guess mad angle grinder skills and patience judging by the cross member.

[kdub0013]

Yes very nice work

[haywire95]

Nice rig. Round headlight first gen FTW!

[rapier46]

Love the progress. Awesome fabrication!

[JustDSM]

Band-Saw?

[1tirefire]

Originally Posted by shamb

what are you using to make all these cuts in the tubing/body ect? those are some interesting angles...and they're clean..

thanks man. i've been using a chop saw and an angle grinder with 1/16" cutting wheels and flapper pads for almost everything. i haven't used a torch or plasma cutter at all (except to heat and bend material.) sometimes hack with the sawzall too. i usually do the final prep on all my cuts and joints and everything with the flapper pad. makes it sexy smooth

[1tirefire]

Originally Posted by kdub0013

Yes very nice work

thanks! ive been watchin your build and the hippie killer is badass. just dont mistake me for a hippie and run me down

[baja dan]

Very nice thats how I have built all my projects just poor boy the hell out of them and turn out a good quality rig, awesome fab skills makes me feel kinda bummed that i dont have a project rig to work on right now keep up the good work.

[1tirefire]

well, i recently picked up a used set of 38's on a set of beadlocks. i'm thinkin i'm gonna have to invest in some chromoly axle shafts and birfs sooner than later.



Besides that, I took her on her first maiden voyage away from home. went campin over the weekend along the coast and a little bit into the sticks. i didnt really do any serious wheelin, just cruisin around more or less. i was plannin on fishin but the creeks were almost all dry. i tried to fill up on propane before i skipped town but the station said it was too late at night. so i tried to make it but ended up running really low on fuel half way through the weekend. ended up hitch hiking 150 miles round trip with an empty tank to get fuel.

other than that, she ran like a champ. and i had plenty of fuel to explore the rest of the weekend and make it home. i put the 35's back on for the trip







cats




the flat bed isn't quite finished. i'll post some pics of it soon

[kdub0013]

Originally Posted by 1tirefire

thanks! ive been watchin your build and the hippie killer is badass. just dont mistake me for a hippie and run me down

You and OOPS both ill add you to the cool hippie list.