Figured I would finally start a build thread for my 93...

How it started in 2003 with 29,000 on the clock

truck sat for 6 years, great for the mileage but wherever it sat killed the frame rust on the drivers side mostly...
It also froze the front calipers...
the guy I got it from drove it like that and burned up the clutch too

So $3,400 for the truck and $1000 to fix it, which I think wasn't too bad for a 10yo truck with under 30,000 miles on it

Here are the basics now...



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sway-a-way torsion bars
belltech front sway bar
chassis tech drop spindles
black magic fan
ball joint flip
drop leafs
92-95 4runner front clip
urethane bushings
4wd front calipers and 12.19" wilwood rotors
2003mustang cobra svt rims 17x8 front 17x9 rear
215 50 17 fronts 275 40 17 rears
shaved tailgate handle
power windows and locks
power steering (was a manual)
toyota sport buckets (two drivers seats US and JDM)
tilt column
delayed wipers
quick release steering wheel
10 fuse block added under stereo on a seperate selinoid
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here she is as last driven two years ago




here she is now


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these pictures are for all you rust fee zone guys....


rotted right through the lower arm


pretty


here is the piles of rust I knocked off so far...


this is the frame rot I just repaired


rotted front suspension and steering removed

 

here are some more recent pics


4runner headlights!






this is the swap mods needed for runner lights with the pickup rad support


here is the 4runner swap pics

 

in with the new

 

And I leave you all for now with the best paint job I ever saw....
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trucks lookin good! to bad photobucket pulled that smokin ass paintjob! it was perfect

 

How do you move a truck with no suspension off a lift...???

Skates!
it's a 16 wheeler now!
LOL!

Here are some pics moving whats left of my truck today...
need the lift so she had to come off
the 64 gto needed a new speedo cable and the wipers fixed
the 06 gto needs it's new drop coilover kit installed
the 10 f150 needs an oil change
the 08 fj cruiser needs it's oil changed (when it comes back from the shop, I guardrailed it the other day driving too fast as usual)
oh and my mothers 07 MB ml350 needs brakes

So since my 8.8 exploder axle won't be back from the axle guy for 2 weeks
The truck had to move!
My 8.8 axle is getting narrowed, new bearings, new seals new LSD clutch plates, pinion angle will be set 2degrees off stock for the 3" drop, all the extra brackets will be off and the perches will be mounted! swapping to a mustang driveshaft end and pinion flange...can't wait to get it back!
This started as a $200 swap... doing it right has run $700 so far and I'll probably buy new rotors and pads if not a set of calipers too before it's done.
plus Lokar makes an awesome universal e-brake cable kit for the exploder rear.. $110+shipping ofcourse!

here is for you pic hounds!
as she sits today...











here is my resident barn guard spider




Here is a couple of those favorite paint jobs of mine again since PB took the last one down
Just paint fellas no clothes at all!

 

7-800 for a completely done up 8.8. Jeez!

 

what did thoses rear end come off of?

 

95-01 ford explorer

mine is actually out of a 98 mercury mountaineer... same thing...
the second one is just for the short side axle
cut the long side axle tube stick in the short axle from another rear and you got a 56 3/4 inch wide rear... stock is 57
or if you have room for a wider axle just stick it in stock like rajzswap did to his truck
http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5308

 

not much for a good rear actually... it adds up quick when you have a shop do the work too
$300 for two 8.8 rears from the junk yard
another $300 for the shop work
axle tube cut, bearings replaced, seals, brackets cut off, perches reset, clutch plates for the limited slip replaced, pinion flange changed, pinion bearing and seal replaced, new rear cover, new 3" wheel studs.
parking brake shoes $38 hardwar $22
plus rotors, may just run the calipers and pads I have as they are good.
Need an e-brake cable $110

considering how much a disc brake kit and a limited slip would cost for the stock rear and I would still have a wimpy 7.5 rear...
when I get a v8 in there this rear will pay off!

 

got my narrowed 8.8 back..

here is some pics of my stack of truck parts and my ford rear I had "budget" narrowed...

I still have to por-15 it and put the disc brakes back on
seems a ford ranger uses the same spicer u-joint and with the diff being the same depth I was able to just swap on the ranger diff joint and not have to mod my driveshaft at all...
this rear is 56.5" wide my stock rear is 57"
3:73 posi with 11.25 disc brakes and in-hat e-brakes
31 spline axle 8.8 ring gear
the pinion angle was set to the stock rear
the last pic is the two 8.8 rears I started with
they were combined into one
the first two axle pics are next to the stock toyota 7.5