<a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-54.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> This is how she started. a $500 find on craigslist... not running but the motor did turn over, a good sign. <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-53.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> body looks ok for me. paint is all dull and faded but for 500 bucks im not saying anything... <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-49.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> uh ohhhh hahahaha common problem. very easy fast fix. <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-48.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-46.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a><a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-44.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a><a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-17.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> ok see a few days later on and then shes gonna run.
<a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-15.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> So when I introduced myself here initially I was telling you guys i work for a toyota dealer ( technician ). well i got these wheels and tires free off a car i was working on. Ive got friends in the dealership in very high places (all the managers and directors) i personally did NOT like the look at all. too.....speed racer for me! <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-14.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-13.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> i also removed the bumper that was all beat up. <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-9.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null-1.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> hahaha i hated those wheels so much i traded them!!!!! and so i get my set of starions for FREE!!! <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/null.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> and after a trip to autozone for some $30 blocks she is lowered...
<a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/CB662219-FC4E-4D2C-9520-EC821FE8B7F7-1401-00000100B3EC975E.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> OK here i just wanna say im not the guy who thought of this originally. hes got a truck thread,, um project rebirth. i think. any who i got a little bit of time away from the wife and kids and went to pick N pull. i think this valance was off a 91 rodeo. i just pulled the bumper off and bent small sections and drilled holes to make for a nut N bolt mounting solution. <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/8FFFEFF8-3294-4B6A-B067-FC7A16A65B4C-1401-00000100B081EE99.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/1050C3D9-1B26-4859-9CA4-0213A75A1C9A-1401-00000100A7CCD32C.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> hows she currently sitting. <a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/92C7FA7B-4459-446F-9C73-29DE8D1BC097-1401-00000100A092344A.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a><a href="http://s1296.beta.photobucket.com/user/LowTide671/library/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag17/LowTide671/481C7611-75ED-4204-BC42-0CCB801B5DC0-1401-000001009977B75B.jpg" border="0" alt="Uploaded from the Photobucket iPhone App"/></a> This is my baby girl Aunee. She is my biggest inspiration for my toyota mini project. Also in this pic i polished the life out of those starions. i just went to harbor freight and picked up a 15 polishing kit and went to work on them. they came out looking really good.
lol..... i know right?!?! must be nice, lifts, airtools, "free" parts / labor, fluids, etc. i know the feeling chelu! toyota tech iz I too lol
Nice start che'lu.That Rodeo valance looks cherry on there.Like it was meant to be.I'm gonna look for one now.lol
Good find for 500 no doubt and on the free wheels rodeo valance looks good on there wish I could find one around here I'd sure buy it
Man the junk yard here is San Antonio is flooded with those. I had lots to choose from. I was really wishing to find an SR5 cluster, and power steering setup but no luck with those 2 items. Found every thing for 89+. Oh we'll it will eventually come around. @ jaybee, - leche bro, wash cars no way! If you lived in the area getting you a job would be no issue. Where I work its all about the Mali-pari system!
