Calipers were pretty bad before hand. 2nd image shows half wire wheeled with pistons removed. Both were rebuilt with new seals and orings.

I did reuse all the pistons but one that was siezed. When I finally got it to freeup the top was pretty chewed by the vice grips. No problem, I just scavenged a piston from my old SFA calipers.

 

I also painted my B-pillar emblems to match my OME Shocks.

 

Nice work on the brake upgrade! Your aisin hubs and toyota emblems turned out great too!

 

Just as soon as you get your parts out of the back of my suv 😄....plus once your done I know you'll get bored and work on mine 👍🏻👊🏻

 

Was thinking about this thing recently, nice work!

 

Just a heads up, the pads are definitely NOT THE SAME between 84-95. The early V6 pads are larger then the 4 cylinder pads and I believe at some point they all started using the larger pads.

 

That's odd, The 2 versions i had were dimensionally the same. 1985 sfa set and a 1994 v6 set. Both brand new.

 

Exterior is mostly complete for now. Working on getting the interior back together so I can start driving this thing for the summer.

 

I can tell you this though, the pictures don't do it justice...he has put so much work into this thing looks like it's fresh out of the factory!

 

Looks amazing thus far!! diggin' the tire/ wheel combo.

Picked this up not too long ago and has been a solid project thus far. I too did some sound proofing. hopefully mine will look that good sometime in the future
Here's a link to my build thread if you are interested: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/classi...-el-chapo.html

 

I just finished going through your thread when I saw this post. You have a nice 85 ext cab as well! Keep it up!

 

Anyone have an extra clock plug and pigtail laying around? Mine was cannibalized for an aftermarket stereo. Now that I'm adding a clock I need to find the plug to wire back in.

Parts truck had all the wiring robbed before purchase, so no luck there.

 

Lots to update on this thing. Been working on it more than updating here. Making steady progress, carpet installed and dash painted and reinstalled. Waiting on my seats so I can get this on the road and break in the motor. Hopefully this week!

I did run into a few issues after getting the interior in.

-Radio does not seem to pick up FM stations well.
-Horn only works at full lock even after the .22 shell casing trick.

Left to do.

-Rewire stereo to stock stereo wires. (PO had used the clock wires since this was originally a DLX with no clock.)
-Horn Spacer for the brass contact ring.
-Wire in rearview camera.

 

Obligatory interior progress pics:

Bedliner DOWN!


Carpet install started. Now complete.


The only part of this truck I have not ventured into before now was the dash. Guess it was time.




The fan was still working blowing fine, even with an old mouse house.


Started Fiberglassing my dash pad to cover up the hardened vinyl.


Decided that was taking too long to build up for a base. So I went with a plastic coverlay instead. I have a spare dash pad if I need to change it back in the future.

Installed a clock and altimeter I sourced from Craigslist. Also the entire dash, console and trim were painted with SEM Color Coat "Bluebird Brown". It's not an exact match to the factory color but close. I actually like this shade a little better than factory.



Installed most of my stereo components while the dash was out. I found a deal for a Pyle double din stereo unit on amazon a while back, had a lot of features that really drew me to it. Navigation, bluetooth, dvr dash cam, backup camera all integrated. I almost put it in my 05 F150 but I decided to hang on to it for the runner. Kenwood 4" speakers in the dash, they may get upgraded to Polk 4" speakers in the future but they get me started for now.

GPS antenna location



All installed. Waiting on my seats.

 

Man that's looking good!!! Bedliner is a nice touch too.You do that?
Also now you need an sr5 cluster to match that sexy inclinometer!

 

Is this the coverlay you used? Except a different year obviously.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1987-88-TOYO...FWv7bR&vxp=mtr

 

Yes, It was Monstaliner tintable bedliner. The color is "Jeep Spice" turned out really good. Ended up doing my side panels as well to cover up all the old carpet adhesive on them. I have been looking for the cluster but not wanting to pay an arm and a leg for one.

Yep, that's the one. The difference is the 84-86 have a longer pocket on the top than the 87-89.

Fit and finish is acceptable, but still noticeable that its a coverlay if you pay much attention. Since I installed this off the vehicle, my vents were out. To install them back I had to touch the corners of the vent buckets to the grinder. No big deal it will never be noticed.

 

Your interior looks great, nice work! I'm in the process of working on my interior, and have looked at Monstaliner (and plan to use it to do the exterior) but wondered if it could be used on the interior plastic as well. Did you have to do any special prep to the cargo area side panels before applying it. Did you have to use any adhesion promoter?

My rear cargo panels are very brittle from the sun, I bet once the Monstaliner dries it adds some rigidity and strength to back to them!

 

Thanks! I did do a little prep on them. Nothing overly complicated.

Pretty much my standard prep for any plastic work. I sanded with 400 grit or a red scotch brite sanding pad to rough up the surface then wiped down with lacquer thinner before application.

I have never used an adhesion promoter before and have not had any issues with pieces holding up. Then again I am not rough on my vehicles.

I would recommend some form of prep. I was cleaning up the shop last week and the leftover monstaliner peeled out of my mixing bucket very easily.

 

Thanks for the info! For a cap, you did a great job. Honestly can't really tell the difference.