blah blah blah
im just gonna put these in order from when i got it, little descriprion below,
now time for the pics!!!!!






















yes those old tires were like 28's hahaha

since i bought it i have:
had the engine rebuilt (1200 miles so far)
painted it decent
new clutch
02 sensor
like 5 alternators (relays kept burning out)
new shocks on all four
custom door panels (90% complete)
new brakes (rotors and pads)
new clutch master cylinder
new exhaust (cat and muffler)
painted stock rims (brothers old set)
31 BFG mud terrains (free, also got mounted and balanced for free)
lift shackles
piaas
grill
front bumper

needs to be done:
cv's
possibly a roll on paintjob???

the wants:
front and rear bumpers
front and rear locker
possible light tinting


and help with those two would be very helpful!!!!!
so if anyone "has a guy"
let me know!


thanks for reading(:

any rig name ideas yet???

 

i know my truck aint the cleanest but i think it has made a big improvment,
ive only had it for about one year.

 

I have a friend who lives in Queen Creek that does some great fab work to fill you need for front and rear bumpers as well as sliders if you are interested in those too:

Brandon at Avid Off-Road

www.avidoffroad.com
avidoffroad@hotmail.com

I got a sweet set of sliders from him - built and installed for only $200!!





If you contact him, let him know I sent you!

 

dang!!!
nice work!!
ill give him a call her sometime soon

 

he does some nice work but im looking to not spend a fortune on bumpers,
$375 is a lot when you just get out of highschool and work at a pizza shop lol

 

I can vouch for Jeff's guy. He made a bracket for me a few months back and I was very satisfied. Cool dood.

 

black beauty.
rat runner (like desert rat)

 

Did you or have you re geared yet? that might be a good idea going from them little tires up to the new ones just a thought.

 

they are still the stock gears and they came stock with something close to a 31 right???

 

call it mason.. for the masonite panels.... that i actually kinda like. if the cuts and lines were a lil cleaner it would be pretty f-in awesome..

but you did a good job.

 

That's a nice lil project you got there...keep us posted on the upgrades!

 

tthanks?
i just didnt like the stock ones so im making my own,
thinking abouting upholestering them.

 

stock was dam close to 28s lol. 5sds generally 4.10's
autotragics generally 4.30's (anyone got a 4.30 front chunk lying around pm me)

also forgot to mention:

shackles
piaas

my help, taylors help lol

 

Well, I don't have any names for you, but you have a real good start. Those panels look pretty good. Some marine grade vinyl from a fabric store and a some spray adhesive would look awesome on those. I used that same stuff to sew up a new center console cover. I put 265's on my 4Runner (just under 31's) I have read on here you don't need to regear until you go up to 33's. I know, how bout "the ruckus"? It looks murdered out like the ruckus on Rob and Big, and I sure you are gonna take it out in the desert for a good time!!

 

Trail-gear bumpers are pretty decent as far as price. You could get the front or rear bumper for under $350. Just do one thing at a time.
If you just bought the winch plate and bought a winch that will save you some dough. I am running that for now but I am going to build a bumper on the winch plate platform.
I bought the winch plate for $50 and bought a $299 XRC8 winch so around $350 or so I have recovery equipment.



Just some ideas.

Ok to be fair as here it is with a 2" BL and 32's. I think it looked pretty decent.

 

No doubt! I'm new to YotaTech, but there's been a bunch of discussion on TacomaWorld about Avid. He built me a light bar for my Tacoma -- I paid $260 and his website lists the bar for $325. So if you email him or watch his website for specials you can probably get the price down closer to $300...

I'll vouch for Brandon too - he's very reasonable and does great work!

 

yours and taylors help????

pffttttttt
im a one man army and did it all my self!
lol
j/k(:

 

thanks
i dont really like the murdered out look, but i think it turned out pretty nice, and oh yes, lots of wheeling, afterall i have wide open desert out my front door!!!

 

i got some cheap rock lights mounted up yesterday, ill try to get some pictures up here soon

 

where in az are you? i just need to build my rear bumper so i have a recovery point, and get a winch for the front and im ready to go wheeling.

i lke your door panels, i hate my brown ones that are all torn up. i bought some carbon fiber black vinyl at the fabric shop to recover them, i just need to get the time to do them.