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'85 Yotas Yota! (Lil Red)

Old 08-22-2013, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 85sr5excab
Nice work bobbing the bed. I woulda been all over that with my truck if the bed had been salvageable. Now it's time u put some big boy tires back on it lol.
Put my 33s back on just now! It looked really goofy with the 30s. I still have to finish welding some of the inside of the bed.

Oh, I almost got a 4.88 third from a local junkyard, but he said $250 for it!!!
Old 08-22-2013, 08:58 PM
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Oooh, I woulda "almost" bought that too!
Old 08-22-2013, 11:47 PM
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Been up looking at ideas for a rear bumper/tire carrier, a tube tailgate with a tire mount on it, or, making another headache rack/exo with the spare tire above my roof. Any ideas for my spare tire? I wanna have a fullsize 33, or maybe a 35 later on.
Old 08-24-2013, 11:40 AM
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My fender is off because I was pounding a dent off, but Austin and I did some flexing
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Very nice!
Old 08-25-2013, 11:03 PM
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Whoop might be able to get chebby leafs and homemade hangers from my dads buddy who ended up having his 3rd 4runner stolen... Its sad people are like this! Im @nal about using my kill switch and my steering club since I know people who have lost their yotas.
Anyways I murdered out my tailights (Lol got bored) and painted my bed and tailgate so far, and I will finish painting my truck if it ever gets sunny here again.
Old 08-30-2013, 01:40 PM
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Got two doors at Picknpull today. They are non vent window doors! They are straight and I got them for $80. I will turn my vent window doors into nice halfdoors now.
Old 09-15-2013, 07:11 PM
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Havent posted in awhilllle
Cut my finger to the bone about yesterday on some sheet matal, so ny parents wont let me work on my truck for a couple days. Planning on exoing mine soon, got a locker the other day(which is broken ) and been rocking my half doors alot, even when it rains.
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Yes, I call my truck the Prius now
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Old 09-26-2013, 10:04 PM
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Nice bob on the Prius. Haha.
Old 09-27-2013, 07:46 AM
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Have any better pics of the half doors I've been trying to get some ideas for mine. Also truck looks great man!
Old 09-27-2013, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by tundup93
Have any better pics of the half doors I've been trying to get some ideas for mine. Also truck looks great man!
I do, I just got a new camera! Buttt.... I lost the cord to it, and the memory card is a different size than what my computer takes

Making a rear bumper right now out of 2x3 .120 wall.
Old 11-30-2013, 10:06 AM
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Im baaaack! Ive been wheeling the piss outta my truck. Ive welded my rear end, put my rear shocks through my bed, made a rear bumper, got a new alternator and radiator, in the process of doing a round headlight swap, got newer 33x12.5x15 super swamper radials, and I have everything for Histeer besides tie rods right now. Ive been to Elbe a couple times the last month. First run I went on, I did log jam with open diffs! I did all the trails besides swamp trail and the Busy. When I got home that night, I had the urge to weld my rear end. Then the next weekend, went back to Elbe to try it out. Did all the trails with ease, then decided to do the Busy Wild at around 2pm. Man that trail is crazy. I got aloooot of body damage, but it was worth it. I had to be drug (literally) through like 4 spots, but other than that I made it. Heres some pictures
10 inch Bilsteins I found at the swapmeet and got for $10! I mounted them through the bed and put them up high so I have room for longer shocks soon. The piece of rectangle tube I used cost $10, so $30 for a badass rear shock setup.
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Process of a round headlight swap
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Flex
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Some of the damage from the busy
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Im sure Im missing alot of pictures, Ill get more throught the week. CANNOT wait for ruf and chebbie leafs in the rear. Then, its time to build my front axle. Locker, longfields, hub gears, armor, etc. So that way, I can decide if I want 35s or 37s. And gears.
Old 02-18-2014, 03:03 PM
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Havent been on here in awhile!!
Its a Jeep thing
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Got a light bar
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Got wheel spacers and it snowed here in Tacoma, Wa finally!
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Finally did RUF and Hi Steer. Much better. Have bumpstops and everything setup besides my shock hoops. Im getting some 12'' 5125s for free. I used a stock rear pack, and added 2 leafs. Sits fairly low and rides great.
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Old 02-18-2014, 03:07 PM
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Also made LED tailights since I kept getting pulled over for my broken stock ones.
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Old 08-14-2014, 01:22 PM
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Dont know if anyone follows this thread any more, but ive done a lot lately
Welded front and rear
ARP knuckle studs
Front Knuckle rebuild
IFS hubs and FJ rotors to make it wider
Wide trac rear axle with spacers
Longer Bilsteins
Internal cage
Lots of dents
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Still following. Progress looks great. Not sure u can call it lil red anymore tho lol.
Old 03-15-2015, 06:07 PM
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Heres what it is now. Caged, hydro assist, duals, homemade drivelines, 37in Maxxis Creepy Crawlers, dents, still my daily driver.
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That's a great build thread man. I noticed most of the pictures are missing. But still a fun read.
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Couple more months have passed

Well, finally graduated high school.
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Recent changes again, tubed the rear end finally since the bed ripped off, did more cage work, blew the whole front end up, and got a daily FINALLY, so now i can actually call it the "wheeler" instead of the dd, and now im flat bellying it

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