BigSwole

did the check come close to what your truck was valued at? Luckily ive never had anything of that magnitude stolen so ive never dealt with those type things.

Truck looks good though, what did you give for it?

Nimyad

lets just say i'm getting plenty from insurance
the guy wanted 6k for it and i got it for 4600

Nimyad

so here's the kind of flex i'm shooting for in the end, possibly more depending on a few things.

Nimyad

well messed with the rear springs today, lowered it 5.5 inches in the back. sitting to tall in the front now but i need to find a factory rear pack before i can mess with that. didn't get a pic of how it sits but here's it flexing a bit.

Nimyad

oh ya also found out the PO used creeper joints for the rear shackle mount.

Nimyad

here's how it sits at ride height now, as you can see the front needs to be lowered.

camo31_10.50

it honestly didn't look THAT much too high, maybe take out a leaf or two front and rear lol

if you lower it, aren't you going to have to trim quite a bit?

Nimyad

it was really tall, before i lowered it it measured 33 inches from the ground to the bumper, now its 27.5 and i'm going to raise the bumper up, the top of the bed was at my neck and i'm about 5'10' but i have to do a bunch of crap to the front to lower it.
the only thing i'm going to have to trim is the edges of the front bumper, the rear tire tucks in nicely just need to put in some bumpstops.

Nimyad

alright so im going to a swap meet this coming weekend. things im for sure looking for are at least 1 locker, rear springs and a front axle housing. but i want some opinions here should i look for a dual case adapter and some 4.7s or a winch? (i never wheel alone)

Nimyad

Well i got a bunch of parts over the weekend. Everything i need except a winch. I'll hopefully get some pics and a list of what i got up tomorrow

Nimyad

well didn't get any pics but here's a list of what i got, factory rear springs for a RUF, 3rd with usa standard 5.29 and lockrite, 21 spline dual case adapter, front housing with diff armour and truss, another diff armour, spare birfs, front longtravel driveline

Nimyad

alright finally started to work on my truck. (mostly cause i got harassed by the police.) so i'm going to lower it about 4 4inches, hopefully get done this weekend. doing RUF and have to redo the steering too. here's what i got done today. got most everything cut off and taken off. there are cutting of the spring hanger so i can move it forward. the last on is about where i want my axle to sit at ride height (that's not ride height though), maybe not quite as far out.

BigSwole

What did the police hassle you abt

Nimyad

Bumpers to tall, not wide enough fender flares, no mudflaps and my front bumper not being DOT approved. Just got a warning though. So I'm fixing the height and mudflaps now.

Nimyad

got almost everything on the front end done today. still need to do shocks and get a front driveline made but i need to install my duals before that. so anyways here's how my it sits at ride height, axle is 4" forward, it's a 107" wheelbase now. also to the bottom of the front spring hanger it's 24"

Nimyad

alright so here's how it sits now. this coming weekend i'm planning on doing front shock hoops, new shocks all around and a front bumper (doing tube) and notching my frame for my tie rod.

Nimyad

so worked on it more this weekend and i got the frame notched and the front bumper is almost done i just didn't get a pic of it as it sits now but here's an update.
frame notching passenger then drivers side. 3 inches uptravel now, 22.5 in below the front hanger.


here's some pics of my winch plate and a crappy pic of my bumper half done.

Andrewb1369n

Bummer to hear about your 81 that sucks as you already know. As far as the stts go your gonna love them. Flat out the best tire you can get for a toyota I did tires for a long time and put those on everyone's rig I could. One guy got 44,000 miles on a set and only rotated them once lol didn't even cup. They are awesome. I like the replacement by the way good choice.

Andrewb1369n

Are you selling your other bumper? If so how much?

Nimyad

Good to hear, hopefully I'll like them.
Yeah I'm sellin it, wanting around 250, got a few calls last weekend but took it off cl cause I needed it for the week.