sirhk100 1989 2WD Prerunner build (BEWARE! picture heavy)
Aug 20, 2012 | 07:20 AM
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More proof that it actually kinda works! These were mostly shot Friday afternoon with exception of one clip that was shot last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjN4G...1&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjN4G...1&feature=plcp
Nov 27, 2012 | 11:22 AM
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Just cause I'm bored... LOL BUMP!!!
Been spending all my time sharing the love with a race truck I'm building though. Some hints of what it was are a few posts above. Here's the collection yesterday out front of my house waiting to have it hauled to the driveline shop for a custom driveshaft.
Been spending all my time sharing the love with a race truck I'm building though. Some hints of what it was are a few posts above. Here's the collection yesterday out front of my house waiting to have it hauled to the driveline shop for a custom driveshaft.
Nov 27, 2012 | 12:50 PM
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Selling? where's it hinted that I'm selling? Even for a overpriced amount I think I'd have a hard time letting it go cause I'm not done building either of them and I'm not done having fun in mine and haven't even had a chance to have fun in the new one yet! That starts in 2 weeks if all goes as hoped.
Nov 27, 2012 | 01:56 PM
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No worries... Most people don't believe me but I actually take pride in how cheaply I've gotten it done. I picked up the original truck shown in the first couple pictures at the VERY top for $2500. With that it included all my fiberglass, real beadlocked wheels, duffco kit (later sold for $600), National leaf springs (sold for $300), king shocks in the rear (sold for $300) so to wipe the slate clean lets say I basically paid $1300 for what I kept off the original truck all said and done.
Now virtually everything on the truck is self built so labor is well, whatever... Most of my parts were bought off classifieds, swap meets, etc... I paid retail for hardly anything and I highly doubt I could duplicate another truck as cheap as this one. It was seriously an endless luck of right place at right time and right people type things. Stuff like fuel cell for $100, seats for $100 each, carbon dash for $150 cause it had a scratch, traded some used stuff plus a little cash for the front suspension, rode dirt bikes with the owners of total chaos and got a great price for the steering, bought the owner of Deaver leaf springs some drinks at SEMA one year and scored the leafs for insanely cheap, picked up the 3.4L race motor for $1000. A lot of it was a matter of laying out a long term build list. I had a vision of exactly what I wanted and knew the parts I needed to get there. I also always had about $2000 cash on hand in my house so the instant I'd see a part I knew I'd need I'd jump on it if the deal was good enough. My coilover shocks collected dust for almost a year. My rear axle collected dust/rust for almost 2 years.
So, short version, where I'm at right now I'm sitting right about $13-14K over 7 years. Most people don't believe it cause that's insanely low for what I've built but it is what it is.
Anyone that sees this, if you're in the socal area and want offroad stuff, especially prerunner type stuff and looking for SMOKING deals on parts. Usually around super bowl weekend there's an offroad swap meet in the Morongo area that is a MUST Attend if you want smoking deals! You need to be in there before sunrise with a flashlight to get the deals though. If you're rolling in there at 7am you're too late.
Now virtually everything on the truck is self built so labor is well, whatever... Most of my parts were bought off classifieds, swap meets, etc... I paid retail for hardly anything and I highly doubt I could duplicate another truck as cheap as this one. It was seriously an endless luck of right place at right time and right people type things. Stuff like fuel cell for $100, seats for $100 each, carbon dash for $150 cause it had a scratch, traded some used stuff plus a little cash for the front suspension, rode dirt bikes with the owners of total chaos and got a great price for the steering, bought the owner of Deaver leaf springs some drinks at SEMA one year and scored the leafs for insanely cheap, picked up the 3.4L race motor for $1000. A lot of it was a matter of laying out a long term build list. I had a vision of exactly what I wanted and knew the parts I needed to get there. I also always had about $2000 cash on hand in my house so the instant I'd see a part I knew I'd need I'd jump on it if the deal was good enough. My coilover shocks collected dust for almost a year. My rear axle collected dust/rust for almost 2 years.
So, short version, where I'm at right now I'm sitting right about $13-14K over 7 years. Most people don't believe it cause that's insanely low for what I've built but it is what it is.
Anyone that sees this, if you're in the socal area and want offroad stuff, especially prerunner type stuff and looking for SMOKING deals on parts. Usually around super bowl weekend there's an offroad swap meet in the Morongo area that is a MUST Attend if you want smoking deals! You need to be in there before sunrise with a flashlight to get the deals though. If you're rolling in there at 7am you're too late.
Nov 27, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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BTW, if you like the race truck parked in front of mine, check in the '96-'04 tacoma build section for my thread. It's VERY detailed with A LOT of pictures cause it's literally been every spare moment of my time for the last 6 months.
Nov 27, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Apr 7, 2013 | 11:52 AM
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I think this takes the cake for sickest toyota pickup I've seen to date. I'm hopefully going to start a build like this pretty soon, I just need to get my DD running so I can get a new pickup and start tearing it apart lol. Good luck with the race truck btw, it's looking very nice.
Jun 17, 2013 | 07:01 AM
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Well, a couple months after the mention of selling it and well, guess what... It's for sale!!! It's a bit different looking now though too. I'm asking $17.5K but am not firm at all on that number. I got it some new clothes too since I last posted... Freshly plasti dipped and now it's sitting on KMC beadlocks.
Jul 1, 2013 | 08:22 AM
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Screwing around with two camera angles. It's cool to see what the rear suspension is doing... (Edit, does that video work for you guys? It's not for me yet I know for a fact it exists and you can click on the link and go direct to youtube and watch it.)
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Jul 22, 2013 | 09:13 AM
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Sep 15, 2025 | 01:45 PM
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I figured I'd use this as a good place to put together an in order pictorial of my build. Gonna keep the text minimal and let the pictures talk. I did all the fab work myself.
Here's what I started with and bought for pretty cheap. Poorly built but had a decent platform and some decent parts to use or sell off to help fund.
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Quick spray paint job and slapped a home built bumper on it...
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The bedcage had to go. Poorly built and was in the way of my plans!
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Ditched the national leaf pack on the rear, moved leaf mounts, installed 62" deavers, fuel cell and finished rear cage area with spare tire mounts.
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gotta have room for dirt bike gas can too!
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Home made chromoly shackles...
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Finally figured I'd take the time and step up to a better front suspension which meant building front cage. I wanted the truck to flow cage wise and had a vision of what I wanted to do so the front suspension upgrade forced me to do the cab cage too at the same time. The truck came with a duffco front suspension that was average at best...
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Here's the new front suspension... This is one of a handful of parts I didn't fab myself...
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And continuation of the cab cage into the engine cage area...
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Somewhere along the way I picked up some HID's so a light rack popped on the roof line too.
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At this point, life changes happened and I moved from Az. to Nv. Housing and work space issues put the project on pause for awhile so I ran it as you see above for a bit. The stock 3.0 V6 was pushing 250K, leaked oil and spewed power steering fluid. I bought a house with a garage and was able to get back in the game. I picked up an old race motor from Dan Vance who might ring a name to some of you and did the 3.4 swap.
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That's not a finished picture but you get the idea... I put about 50 miles on the motor swap and stumbled on a dash deal I couldn't pass up. It had been a few years of motoring with no dash and just the nastiness of what was behind it so I jumped on it. I had ripped out all heater and A/C during the motor swap so I'm pretty minimal. Future plans include a mojave heater in the extended cab area for the colder months and a spray bottle with water and windows down for the summer.
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As the toyota gods would have it, rather then enjoying the nice dash and the motor swap that's 50 miles old... I stumbled on some lower links that were too cheap to pass up. I happened to have some 14" coilovers laying around already and I'd picked up a built ford 9" axles years earlier that was rusting away in my sideyard to swap in eventually. The time was right so I figured screw engine testing, let's keep building...
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Long story but left over from a friends project I ended up with a new 32 gallon cell for all of $100 so I bumped up from the 22gallon that I already had.
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Here's screwing around with the highlift. I've got a 4x4 on the foot lifting it and I still can't get the tires off the ground front or rear. LOL
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So basically, it's a 1989 frame, cab, and transmission. Custom front end 6" wider per side pulling 18" of travel on coilovers with hydro bumps. Full chromoly steering including pitman arm and idler arm. Fully caged bumper to bumper, 3.4L ex race motor from Vance with headers computer tune and other mild tweaks, 3 linked in the rear, trussed ford 9" with a spool, 5.04 gears, currie built 9+ third and currie axles using explorer disc brakes.
Mostly self built... hope you enjoyed... I've got a tacoma build coming over the next year that is a race venture I'm involved in so that should be pretty fun too! My truck is just a toy, this one will be more legit!
Here's what I started with and bought for pretty cheap. Poorly built but had a decent platform and some decent parts to use or sell off to help fund.
Attachment 189917
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Quick spray paint job and slapped a home built bumper on it...
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The bedcage had to go. Poorly built and was in the way of my plans!
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Attachment 189924
Ditched the national leaf pack on the rear, moved leaf mounts, installed 62" deavers, fuel cell and finished rear cage area with spare tire mounts.
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gotta have room for dirt bike gas can too!
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Home made chromoly shackles...
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Attachment 189928
Finally figured I'd take the time and step up to a better front suspension which meant building front cage. I wanted the truck to flow cage wise and had a vision of what I wanted to do so the front suspension upgrade forced me to do the cab cage too at the same time. The truck came with a duffco front suspension that was average at best...
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Here's the new front suspension... This is one of a handful of parts I didn't fab myself...
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And continuation of the cab cage into the engine cage area...
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Somewhere along the way I picked up some HID's so a light rack popped on the roof line too.
Attachment 189949
At this point, life changes happened and I moved from Az. to Nv. Housing and work space issues put the project on pause for awhile so I ran it as you see above for a bit. The stock 3.0 V6 was pushing 250K, leaked oil and spewed power steering fluid. I bought a house with a garage and was able to get back in the game. I picked up an old race motor from Dan Vance who might ring a name to some of you and did the 3.4 swap.
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That's not a finished picture but you get the idea... I put about 50 miles on the motor swap and stumbled on a dash deal I couldn't pass up. It had been a few years of motoring with no dash and just the nastiness of what was behind it so I jumped on it. I had ripped out all heater and A/C during the motor swap so I'm pretty minimal. Future plans include a mojave heater in the extended cab area for the colder months and a spray bottle with water and windows down for the summer.
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As the toyota gods would have it, rather then enjoying the nice dash and the motor swap that's 50 miles old... I stumbled on some lower links that were too cheap to pass up. I happened to have some 14" coilovers laying around already and I'd picked up a built ford 9" axles years earlier that was rusting away in my sideyard to swap in eventually. The time was right so I figured screw engine testing, let's keep building...
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Long story but left over from a friends project I ended up with a new 32 gallon cell for all of $100 so I bumped up from the 22gallon that I already had.
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Here's screwing around with the highlift. I've got a 4x4 on the foot lifting it and I still can't get the tires off the ground front or rear. LOL
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So basically, it's a 1989 frame, cab, and transmission. Custom front end 6" wider per side pulling 18" of travel on coilovers with hydro bumps. Full chromoly steering including pitman arm and idler arm. Fully caged bumper to bumper, 3.4L ex race motor from Vance with headers computer tune and other mild tweaks, 3 linked in the rear, trussed ford 9" with a spool, 5.04 gears, currie built 9+ third and currie axles using explorer disc brakes.
Mostly self built... hope you enjoyed... I've got a tacoma build coming over the next year that is a race venture I'm involved in so that should be pretty fun too! My truck is just a toy, this one will be more legit!
Sep 19, 2025 | 10:10 AM
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I figured I'd use this as a good place to put together an in order pictorial of my build. Gonna keep the text minimal and let the pictures talk. I did all the fab work myself.
Here's what I started with and bought for pretty cheap. Poorly built but had a decent platform and some decent parts to use or sell off to help fund.
Attachment 189917
Attachment 189918
Attachment 189919
Quick spray paint job and slapped a home built bumper on it...
Attachment 189920
Attachment 189921
The bedcage had to go. Poorly built and was in the way of my plans!
Attachment 189922
Attachment 189923
Attachment 189924
Ditched the national leaf pack on the rear, moved leaf mounts, installed 62" deavers, fuel cell and finished rear cage area with spare tire mounts.
Attachment 189925
gotta have room for dirt bike gas can too!
Attachment 189926
Home made chromoly shackles...
Attachment 189927
Attachment 189928
Finally figured I'd take the time and step up to a better front suspension which meant building front cage. I wanted the truck to flow cage wise and had a vision of what I wanted to do so the front suspension upgrade forced me to do the cab cage too at the same time. The truck came with a duffco front suspension that was average at best...
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Here's the new front suspension... This is one of a handful of parts I didn't fab myself...
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And continuation of the cab cage into the engine cage area...
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Somewhere along the way I picked up some HID's so a light rack popped on the roof line too.
Attachment 189949
At this point, life changes happened and I moved from Az. to Nv. Housing and work space issues put the project on pause for awhile so I ran it as you see above for a bit. The stock 3.0 V6 was pushing 250K, leaked oil and spewed power steering fluid. I bought a house with a garage and was able to get back in the game. I picked up an old race motor from Dan Vance who might ring a name to some of you and did the 3.4 swap.
Attachment 189950
Attachment 189951
That's not a finished picture but you get the idea... I put about 50 miles on the motor swap and stumbled on a dash deal I couldn't pass up. It had been a few years of motoring with no dash and just the nastiness of what was behind it so I jumped on it. I had ripped out all heater and A/C during the motor swap so I'm pretty minimal. Future plans include a mojave heater in the extended cab area for the colder months and a spray bottle with water and windows down for the summer.
Attachment 189952
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Attachment 189954
Attachment 189955
As the toyota gods would have it, rather then enjoying the nice dash and the motor swap that's 50 miles old... I stumbled on some lower links that were too cheap to pass up. I happened to have some 14" coilovers laying around already and I'd picked up a built ford 9" axles years earlier that was rusting away in my sideyard to swap in eventually. The time was right so I figured screw engine testing, let's keep building...
Attachment 189956
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Long story but left over from a friends project I ended up with a new 32 gallon cell for all of $100 so I bumped up from the 22gallon that I already had.
Attachment 189963
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Here's screwing around with the highlift. I've got a 4x4 on the foot lifting it and I still can't get the tires off the ground front or rear. LOL
Attachment 189970
Attachment 189971
So basically, it's a 1989 frame, cab, and transmission. Custom front end 6" wider per side pulling 18" of travel on coilovers with hydro bumps. Full chromoly steering including pitman arm and idler arm. Fully caged bumper to bumper, 3.4L ex race motor from Vance with headers computer tune and other mild tweaks, 3 linked in the rear, trussed ford 9" with a spool, 5.04 gears, currie built 9+ third and currie axles using explorer disc brakes.
Mostly self built... hope you enjoyed... I've got a tacoma build coming over the next year that is a race venture I'm involved in so that should be pretty fun too! My truck is just a toy, this one will be more legit!
Here's what I started with and bought for pretty cheap. Poorly built but had a decent platform and some decent parts to use or sell off to help fund.
Attachment 189917
Attachment 189918
Attachment 189919
Quick spray paint job and slapped a home built bumper on it...
Attachment 189920
Attachment 189921
The bedcage had to go. Poorly built and was in the way of my plans!
Attachment 189922
Attachment 189923
Attachment 189924
Ditched the national leaf pack on the rear, moved leaf mounts, installed 62" deavers, fuel cell and finished rear cage area with spare tire mounts.
Attachment 189925
gotta have room for dirt bike gas can too!
Attachment 189926
Home made chromoly shackles...
Attachment 189927
Attachment 189928
Finally figured I'd take the time and step up to a better front suspension which meant building front cage. I wanted the truck to flow cage wise and had a vision of what I wanted to do so the front suspension upgrade forced me to do the cab cage too at the same time. The truck came with a duffco front suspension that was average at best...
Attachment 189929
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Here's the new front suspension... This is one of a handful of parts I didn't fab myself...
Attachment 189937
Attachment 189938
And continuation of the cab cage into the engine cage area...
Attachment 189939
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Attachment 189943
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Attachment 189945
Attachment 189946
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Attachment 189948
Somewhere along the way I picked up some HID's so a light rack popped on the roof line too.
Attachment 189949
At this point, life changes happened and I moved from Az. to Nv. Housing and work space issues put the project on pause for awhile so I ran it as you see above for a bit. The stock 3.0 V6 was pushing 250K, leaked oil and spewed power steering fluid. I bought a house with a garage and was able to get back in the game. I picked up an old race motor from Dan Vance who might ring a name to some of you and did the 3.4 swap.
Attachment 189950
Attachment 189951
That's not a finished picture but you get the idea... I put about 50 miles on the motor swap and stumbled on a dash deal I couldn't pass up. It had been a few years of motoring with no dash and just the nastiness of what was behind it so I jumped on it. I had ripped out all heater and A/C during the motor swap so I'm pretty minimal. Future plans include a mojave heater in the extended cab area for the colder months and a spray bottle with water and windows down for the summer.
Attachment 189952
Attachment 189953
Attachment 189954
Attachment 189955
As the toyota gods would have it, rather then enjoying the nice dash and the motor swap that's 50 miles old... I stumbled on some lower links that were too cheap to pass up. I happened to have some 14" coilovers laying around already and I'd picked up a built ford 9" axles years earlier that was rusting away in my sideyard to swap in eventually. The time was right so I figured screw engine testing, let's keep building...
Attachment 189956
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Long story but left over from a friends project I ended up with a new 32 gallon cell for all of $100 so I bumped up from the 22gallon that I already had.
Attachment 189963
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Attachment 189965
Attachment 189966
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Attachment 189968
Attachment 189969
Here's screwing around with the highlift. I've got a 4x4 on the foot lifting it and I still can't get the tires off the ground front or rear. LOL
Attachment 189970
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So basically, it's a 1989 frame, cab, and transmission. Custom front end 6" wider per side pulling 18" of travel on coilovers with hydro bumps. Full chromoly steering including pitman arm and idler arm. Fully caged bumper to bumper, 3.4L ex race motor from Vance with headers computer tune and other mild tweaks, 3 linked in the rear, trussed ford 9" with a spool, 5.04 gears, currie built 9+ third and currie axles using explorer disc brakes.
Mostly self built... hope you enjoyed... I've got a tacoma build coming over the next year that is a race venture I'm involved in so that should be pretty fun too! My truck is just a toy, this one will be more legit!
this is how the truck currently looks
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