well, shes my pride and joy. bought her back in february with the 15' rims, static drop, and 4runner conversion done for $1900 . also, had a sony cd deck, 600w alpine amp and 10' 1000w pioneer sub. shortly after i bought it, she was unfortunately STOLEN from my old apartment. luckily, the jacker was a dumb**** and cant drive a minitruck. got stuck in an inch of mud, but got away with my deck and amp.


later that week....
bought a new 1300w 12' pioneer sub
1200w Volfenhag Amp
Dual deck (with bluetooth, that was the real selling point lol i hate exposed wires).



oh, had 6x9 infinity kappas in the doors, but those blew, got some new pyles 6x9's for the doors, and they hit, plus they go with my batman theme. 450w speakers and they are yellow. did i mention only 40 bucks? cant beat that. thanks walmart. the only part of my system that wasnt bought at walmart was my amp (found it at a pawn shop for 80 bucks). also have 2 blue (its difficult to find yellow) LED light strips wired into my amp for more musical effect. my truck has recently been compared to a little rolling niteclub haha.
i'll post a video tomorrow night.


soon to be done:
shaved door handles
Shaved Tailgate
Alarm system
Train horn
bag it
4link
sidepipes (might do a flame thrower too, for batmobile effect.)
paint
window tint
yellow HID's
recaro seats
full leather interior
tonneu (did i spell that right?) cover
drag bar


anyone know where to get new headlight aiming assemblys? my lights point straight down =[ also, my dome light almost never works (not the bulb or fuse) but comes on for minutes at a time when it feels like it. last thing, my cruise control only works when its hot outside.

PS, i really need a friend in western washington with welding equipment...lol

 

Lets see some pics

As for the dome light, under what circumstance does it not work? Doors open or closed? Which position is the switch in?

It could be the door switch, it could be dirty contacts inside the dome light, or it could be a short in the positive lead wire. You can check all this stuff pretty easily with a meter. There should be a small connector on the door switch wire behind the kick panel on each side. If memory serves the wire is red. The switch is normally closed, so it makes a connection to ground when the door is opened. As for the contacts inside the dome light, you should be able to see them okay by pulling the cover off, but if not the assembly comes out with three screws. There is a plug on the back of it. One of those wires is the hot and the other is the switched ground from the door switches. You could meter everything with it installed and the cover off, including the switched ground. If your hot lead is coming and going, I would suspect a short somewhere down the line. I suppose the plug on the back could be loose as well.

Hope this helps. If I can help further let me know.

 

pretty much doesn't come on whether its in "on", "off" or "Door" position. i think it may be a dirty contact in the assembly as you said. it came on last night randomly while i was driving home because i have been leaving it on to see if it would work again ever. i think the door switches are probably ok.

Tabby Toyota

 

I made a little diagram image for a trouble shooting procedure I plan to write up. Ignore the green wire, that's something I added for my alarm system.



1 = Always hot - 12V+ You should read 12V between here and chassis all the time regardless of anything else going on, even with the ignition off.
2 = Switched ground from door switches for when dome switch is in DOOR position
3 = Selector switch contact points. That could be the problem if they are dirty
4 = Constant ground to body for when the switch is in ON position. Check these screws and make sure they are tight.

My guess is that you probably dont have a hot wire short, since it would most likely drain your battery while the truck sat.

 

Your truck looks sweet btw. I wish mine was that good looking.

 

shucks, im blushing

 

i popped the bulb out, stuck it back in and it seems to be working now. though the "door" position doesnt work. i dont have time to fix it though ( probably just need to look around under the kick panel). just finished repairing my bumper and left signal and noticed im missing a bolt on my drivers side shock and my tires are gouged =[

damn autozone shocks
anyone know where to get a good deal on bilsteins, Teins or Konis?

 

Drivers door.

Gauges.

Center console+stereo.

drivers side visor with built in BT mic. wired this up after truck got stolen.

Doors up like batwings....lol, not yet.

wallyworld seat cover. better than looking at all the rips.

the sub. you can also see the stick-on led strips too lol.

layin in the sun.

soakin up some rays brudda ;]

Amp under pass seat

engine bay


i'll get some of the suspension when its not so raggedy. im on gabriel guardians and they SUCK.

 

UPDATE
scored a major deal today @ the wrecking yard. found a 4runner with yakima racks (w/key) & almost everything else i needed to fix.

horn cover, replaced the CC buttons also. figured it might fix the CC issue.

before:

after:


not a good pic, but everything is flush now. also got brand new set of tires and shocks on.

more coming soon..............

 

tinted the windows and put the grills on the speakers today. also took her for a wash last night and had my ol lady pose with "her side" of the truck lol


i'll get some pics of the tint later. currently working on wiring the LED's to a dash switch i pulled from a dually yota at the junk yard.

 

Truck looks good man. Keep it up.
You should go back to that dually Toyota and pull off the sway bars. Those are gold on here.
When do you think your going to bag it?

 

when i get a job again and can afford it. i've just been doing little little things every day. good idea on the sway bars, il go back and see if they line up. wired up the toggle switch for my music lights today, i cant wait to try it tonight... =]
heres some pics of the tint and stereo and new toggle switch for the lights.




i have never tinted a window before and it was wal-mart tint + i need another roll anyways to do my back glass. ****s highly frustrating and not nearly as easy as it looks. >=/



SO i went and made a short video demo of the toggle switch and stereo.
View My Video



oh, PS wondering if i couldnt take the brackets and bags and everything off a mazda b2200? i found a few on craigslist as unfinished projects for between 600-1000. i figure the bag setup alone is about that much right?

 

Sweet truck man! I'm diggin that Yakima rack! What kind of set up is yours? Size bars and what size is your clips? Wanted to run a similar set on my 91 Yoda?

 

Do you happen to know what model # the clips are? I've been looking for some that will work on my 91 but I can't find any

 

not sure, but i'll look later today. they are just adjustable locking roof racks. the ends slide to whatever size you need, than clamp down and lock them in and your good to go. as far as clips go do you mean the clips on the ends of the racks???

 

checked out the puget sound toyota owners festival today.
i felt like the short kid on the basketball team haha

 

just took my truck through the car wash and the roof racks mess up the seal on my doors, so as soon as the wash started i got a consistent splashing of water to the face everytime the sprayers passed by either door.

 

Pretty much air ride is universal and can be put from one ride to the next, its the bigger stuff thats usually not interchangleable without modifications. So pretty much all air ride components from another ride will work but the 4 link and control arms, bracket might need to be resized or cut a bit but they should generally work. So if you can buy a fully bagged project for say $700 Id say if the air ride componets are new or in good shape and depending on whats all there then do it and part out the remainder of the truck and make some money back!

 

made a trip from tacoma>centralia>whites pass>yakima>back over whites pass>centralia>olympia>tacoma>port orchard>tacoma again

well, when i drove over white pass the second time, i drove thru a wildfire (pics later) and it did something to my alternator or wiring because i broke down on the freeway right outside of tacoma with no juice in my brand new red-top optima battery (awesome battery, made it like 500 miles with no alternator powering it).

next day, after i get her jumped and limped home....
take alternator off (thats a bitch on these 22re engines, it has to come out thru the bottom) go to autozone, have it tested, alternator is still good. so now im like fuuuuuck, wiring issue.
put the damned thing back on, now im thinking its the wiring on the back of the alternator (the 3 prong clip) because whenever i take a sharp turn, my e-brake and battery lights come on (alternator failure indication).... anybody else had this issue before?

 

Might wanna check out all your plugs and connections on you alternator fuse box battery grounds u get the idea u may just have some loose connections. . I've had people have there alternators check buy the socalled wonder machine at parts stores ..to still find that that was there problem all along