Ron from Manitoba,
brought his truck in to our shop ..
/93 4x4 3.0L . He bought it NEW , and it now has 500K on it .. It has been very well maintaind , but the rust just a little out of control . He wants it to last for the MILLION mile prize .. so .. here is how were are helping ..






Got it right in the shop (booked appointment ) and got to work . Removed the canopy



and the box



fenders and doors ....





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so this post is for some of you yotatechers , whom have asked me "how to"

so as you can see in the pics , rockers have been "worked on " and are rusted , they dont "look" bad in these pics , but there toast . I was how ever able to "salvage" enough to do the back 1/4 instead of having to make a piece .

started "cutting" out the rockers with a
spot weld bit and plasma cutter




Inners are OK .. and have been "caught in time" before they get to bad .. pics dont show , but there is some rust in there as well , I will handle this with POR15 .





some bad rust on the front as well



so I "hammered" out some new pieces .. (both sides)





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man you always come through on some awesome builds... cant wait to see the rest

 

so with the POR 15 cured





and with our NEW rockers in (stamped in Japan)
(we will be offering these for sale shortly)



time to fit them (VERY happy with the fit)



and with everything prepped and ready .. time to start welding









and with everything welded and ground

a little plastic filler



and some seam seal and epoxy








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epoxy primer... good stuff! makeover is coming along nicely!

 

thanks .. water proof is best


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NEW fiberglass box and fiberglass tailgate installed



tail lamps and canopy



and fuel door






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Forgive my hijack slacker, but do you happen to make fiberglass beds/tailgates for 1st Gen Pickups?

 

sure do .. , well 79-83's as first gens .. we dont do anything for 78 and older hiluxs

http://www.toyotafiberglass.com/truck_12.html

also check ot our customer pics page .. lots of first gen beds on there
http://www.toyotafiberglass.com/cust...ctures_14.html


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Be sure to keep the original bed. I did not get the prize because I had an aftermarket bed (Reading utility box) and other significant modifications (lifted, engine wk, etc.) when I hit 1mil. My uncle took his in at 1mil all stock and body falling off the frame and got a new truck a week later!

 

ohh .. cool .. I didnt know that .. good info .


finished up the box install , with a new bumper on the end ..



and moved onto the front fiberglass fenders ..



just about done this one


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got the front fenders finished ..

little filler on the seam , and because the owner is not going to paint the truck , I sealed them up with some epoxy primer





and with the mudflaps and inners installed , the truck is done








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wow thats awesome. Good work!

 

thanks ..
customer has "booked" more repair work .. so some more posts will be added when we do the work ..


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Great work!
Man, I wish I could afford the glass treatment for my truck. And if you were just a bit closer.....

 

we do ship .. all over the world in fact !! so we could defanitly help you out ..

start savin'


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if only you already made tacoma products...

 

tacoma stuff is commin' .. watch for a post !!


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well Ron just dropped his deposit for the 3.4L swap , so stay tuned .. booked in Sept 2014



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Rons swap engine has arrived ..
this is a automatic swap .. so best choice for this swap is the T100 .
I was able to find a 96 with 200K kilometres

delivered today




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