heres my 83, picked it up for $400 from my friend about 3 weeks ago, it doesnt run right now but while im gettin motor parts, im baggin it at tha same time so anyway, heres what i got so far...not shown is my upper bag mounts, i did that yesterday so ill get pics up of those a little later..anyways, let me know what ya think...





gotta love the chopper mirrors


the rest will lay out soon, gonna start on the front after this weekend


the cross member is straight, its the driveshaft thats off but im sure yall know that

 

look cool so far. im not a fan of those style mirrors tho... did you mount the bags on the axle or the bars??? i would suggest mounting them on the bars for better lift and ride...

 

sick! love this body style laid out

 

yeah they will go on the bars, this isnt my first rodeo, lol, but anyways, i hopefully should have the other upper bag mount done tonight and ill get pics of that up this weekend

 

this forum isnt very active

 

yup not very active at all but these are the right guys to ask...this is a good forums because theres a person on here to answer ur questions from bags to motors to axles to tires..some one on here garentee knows the answer..its a great crowd of people although not that much people frequent the pages.

 

It's usually pretty active but been slowin down lately. Anyways nice lookin truck man. I had chopper mirrors on my mazda an you can't see anything outta them but sure do look awesome

 

Welcome to the forum!

This is pretty much the most active toyota pickup forum around. But it doesn't have a large amount of bagged truck peeps. There are pics of my rear setup in my build. I'd post a link but I'm using my phone and it's a pain in the ass.. lol

Just search "got me a hilux"

 

Awesome man. I can't wait to see some progress.

 

welcome, i do like these toys laid out.

people might not be getting on as much becuase the weather is turnin..so peeps are probly out enjoying it.. i know i sure am

 

yea i cant see anything out of those mirrors but yea they look sick, i also had a mazda, 92 b2200....anyways, im sure ill be askin some questions when im putin the motor back together cause im not too engine savy

 

Thats a great price for your 83. I got my 82 for $300 but I havent got to finishing her up. Looking at your truck I have been considering bagging mine. Just the motor and some loose ends tied up and Ill be set. Looking at your progress gives me renewed motivation to get mine done.

 

Your trucks looking great! My absolute favorite body style of all time (82/83). Here my 82, still got a long way to go though. Got my suspension and the body drop done first, the most important mod ( suspension) in my opinion.

What are your other plans for the truck? Is it an SR5? What size wheels are you going to run?

Great job

 

http://www.toyotaminis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3689

 

im just gonna run a 15" smoothie with some 4"white walls, the truck will stay bedless, me and my friend both are gonna run bedless trucks, he has a 98 s-10, but anyways, i wanna fix the interior up a little, do some body work, paint it flat black on the bottom and the roof and pillars will be painted cadillac white with green flake, i need to get the link bars and what not powdercoated..its gonna be a pretty simple truck which is what i like, old skool and simple

 

well..ive decided to redo my upper bag mounts, i like them but after looking at it today, i noticed one wasnt even with the other, its close and probably not noticable to most people but it is to me so ive decided to redo both of them and im doin it a stronger, better looking way, i have friday off so after this weekend and i should have some pics up of that and start on the front end, if i dont get this job and have to move back to LA(louisiana) in a few weeks, i dont want to start somethin and then not be able to get my truck on a trailor, lol, hopefully i get the job but anyways, just thought ide update everyone

 

well, got the bag mounts redone, couldnt get the passenger side finished because i ran out of wire and i dont know when ill be able to get some more, but anyways, heres a few pics of the driver side..their still not quite finished yet, still need to gusset and finish welding up everything but like i said, no more wire

 

looks good but it looks like the pinion angle is off pretty far??

 

looking good

 

idk, i always setup the 4link with the leaf springs on that way nothing moves at ride height, it may be but idk, ive never had any problems with the way ive done it