I have almost finished the passenger side and this morning I plan to complete the driver side.....




More updates tonight.....

 

Wow, moving right along!

Chris

 

Good progress.

 

Sweeeet.

 

Today I finished cutting off the drivers side and cleaned it up. All it needs now is some minor cleaning and it is ready for paint.....

While I was at it, today, I decided to make the front winch mount and bumper area a bit more sturdy. I used 1/4" plate. Hope that holds
Notice the toothless grill! My winch fits in there perfectly.

 

Do you work anymore Will?

Chris

 

LOL a little...... I took today off. I generally go to work early and get off around 4. That gives me some time to work in the eavenings... I love making my own hours
Thanks for the comments guys. My goal is to be done by Sunday night, but I'm not sure tha will happen. It may be more like Monday or Tuesday. No big rush, I want this to be done right and look right.

Now off for some

 

these buildups make me wish for a garage like yours and a couple grand.

Nice work so far!

 

Thanks, but that is not my garage. It is my friends. And I can only hope to have a garage that nice someday.

 

Are you supporting the rear of the truck with jack stands only on the bumper?

 

Yes! I think youre mounts are strong enough

 

Capped the motormounts and cleaned up the frame. tacked the front hangar on and started drilling the holes in the frame. what a PITA!!!! LOL
The sliders are in the way of the drill to make a ctraight hole, so we had to improvise and make an extension for th hole saw to go at the correct angle. Also, got the tires mounted and finished drilling the rotors and getting the axle finished.

I took Sunday off to spend with my wife, so there was not much progress done over the weekend. Tonight, I will set the sleeves and complete welding the front hangar. I will also post more pics.

 

Will,

Are you going to do the IFS hub swap? It's makes the front axle width the same as the rear without using spacers.

 

Lookin' Good Will.

 

Already done! I used 87 Fj rotors and the IFS hubs form my rig. I will have some more pics tomight. the only problem I have right now is the Wheels are hitting the brake calipers. not much, but they are touching. I will have that figured out soon also.

Didn't you do this also? Did you have any problems?

 

I had problems with my aftermarket cragar wheels hitting. I did some reading on pirate and found that its normal with the V6 calipers but it seams that from 91-95 toyota made the 4 cyl calipers with the same piston size but a smaller caliper body.

I'm planning to pull my 4cyl calipers off my 92 to see if this is true or not.

I'm just going to run some 1" spacers front and rear to give me some extra width.

 

I am running the 4cyl calipers from the IFS (87) and they are still hitting.
basically just rubbing a bit. I will probably just try and clearance them by the mounting holes.
Thanks for the reply Greg.

 

Niiice! I envy you!

David

 

Lookin' good Will

keep the pics coming as you progress.
Definately inspiring....

 

Here are acouple of pics from last nights work.


Here is a Pic of the final assembly of the axle.


Got the hangar tacked inplace and the holes drilled.


Test fitting the axle.