yep, still hasnt settled....


the old bed was a replacement bed too, i think it was a older (pre 74) bed. it had a mudded fuel door on the drivers side, and all the bed mounts were hacked/ refitted.


this new bed (78) sits right on the frame, but the rear bed mounts dont line up at all, off by about 2in. gonna use some 1/4in plate to make up the difference and bolt it up.




ya did get me thinking about olive drab, i thought hard. well maybe not hard, but i was pretty drunk so thinking was hard in general...

but im sticking with the semi gloss black. the shiny bits jus wont bling the same if its green.

 

dont be a sissy. that original color looks pimp on these trucks.

btw, i just realized ive made almost 350 posts since july 30th. lmao.

 

post whore

 

hey, you know im not that other guy we love. hahahaha. mine actually say things. usually useful.

 

oooook.



got her mostly painted....


mostly.





need to redo the fenders i already did with a different brand (rustoleum), this time i used krylon satin black. turned out pretty good, except for when i grabed another can to do touch up after i finished and it was "brushed bronze" or "brown sparkly $hit" it also made where ever it touched peel and look super disgusting

used the last of the 5 cans it took to paint the fenders that will be coming off this week, just cuz i wanted to get a pre-viz. but the bondo fender actually looks tight black

will have all the trim bits n grill on sometime this week, but getting pics up is gonna be a bi+ch for me, so your gonna have ta wait till i have net, house sitting at the moment.


i would also like to take a moment to acknowlage the real threads for this hilux, i musta been drunk when i first updated this thread for the truck. this is really the thread for the parts truck, wich is only a frame now...

so heres some threads about the build for the truck that make sence.

http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=483

http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1605

http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=389






















so you guys prolly want some pics eh?















what do ya think looks better?

single drivers side sport mirror





or dual ol skool chevrons (would paint the chevrons black and polish it up)

 

with the mustang wheels i say the sport mirror.





and now i soooooo want my hilux satin black......

 

thats one of the darkest olive drabs ive seen in a long time. it almost looks black. with that color, ixnay on the chevrons i think. but hold on to them. theyre hard to find. hahaha...like i have to tell you to stock pile parts.

and you missed it, i hand polished my entire truck at the show after you left. its gleamin.

 

At first I thought that Jeep was a flat fender in the background, what is that, a CJ5 with the front fenders altered? (aka: phoneyfender) Cool thread, I just went through it all.

 

ya thats a CJ5 with home built tube fenders AMC 360 and 35x14.5 with no lift

thats one of my wheelin partners in crime, heres a better pic.

 

Looks good Sho! I definately think the sport mirrors.

 

i love my new 4:10 rear end


i cant drive away from a dead stop fully loaded in 2nd anymore, but now 1st is more then 5mph and 5th is very nice and quiet @ 60mph.


got the rear bed mounts on via a home made bracket.

flipped the overload spring for a lil more drop. drove about 40mi with the old axl + tools in the back so it should be settled. but now loaded down it tucks tire in the back, but its still a lil higher then the front. ride is also super cushy now, but not squshy like the wagon.

might put some truck springs in that too...


no pics tonight, batteries are dead. ill get some better pics tomorrow after i put the new fenders n grill on.

 

i think that it would look good tuckin some steelies. those fancy 17s would look better on a truck with shiny paint.

/ploy at trading wheels.

 

sounds sweet, got any pics of the rear suspension now its flipped?

 

looks good, definitely the sport mirrors

 

kept the sports mirror.

seemed to be the concensus and i cant deny the appeal, chevrons just arnt right for this truck, im gonna wait for the native green one, or maybe beat em up on the wheeler.


tomorrow will have the grill n stuff on tomorrow, prolly the fenders later tonight. literally watching paint dry atm.



so after the spring flip, once again im at perfect height.




and heres the spring/block setup



my only complaint about it is the "shudder". the main leaf and secondary arnt stiff enuff to deal with the weight of the truck, so unless they compress down to meet the overload spring, i get a shudder like a bad shock. fairly annoying actually.

if i cant find a way to easily kill the shudder without removing the springs (cant afford new bushings and who knows how old these ones are) i might just put it back to stock and drill a new hole in the shackles for proper height.

ride is very car like now, but with the lack of a sway bar i get some serious body roll, the hilux would no longer almost keep up with my celica.

 

nice!

and i seen a solid back window on phoenix craigslist. might still be there if interested.

 

Time for the one man chant...I'm still lower. I'm still lower. One more time, I'm still lower.

Looks clean though. Should look good with the old luxs at the show.

 

Looking good!

Hey, if you want a solid back window, I want a slider.

 

i sold my solid window


i like the extra windo to open, on a non AC truck its mandatory.







so today im putting the new already painted fenders on...



dont fit.

fender skin measures the same as the one i took off, but some how im ending up with a 1in+ gap at the rocker panel behind the wheel. and only there, everything else is perfect.

i think there is a difference in body panels for 75-76 and 77-78, i was under the impression it was all in the firewall and B pillar for the difference. B pillar is the same width on the outside for a 75 n 78.


so now im thinking of banging and cutting on my mostly perfect, already painted fender.


but im smart enuff to sleep on it

 

you wouldnt believe what this fender used to look like...



needed local: 75-76 straightish fender pass side

for sale local: 77-78 straightish fender pass side