toyotafiberglass - 500K
 

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 ..


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

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and the box

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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

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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 .

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some bad rust on the front as well

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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

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

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time to fit them (VERY happy with the fit)

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

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and with everything welded and ground

a little plastic filler

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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

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tail lamps and canopy

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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 ..

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and moved onto the front fiberglass fenders ..

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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

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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' :hillbill:


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if only you already made tacoma products... :roll:

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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