Picked her up with 150k on her in June, found it on autotrader. Being a GM man all my life, Red3.slow a good friend of mine converted me to toyota, and well Im hooked!
Day she Came home


Will post more photos this evening, Heres a list of Mods so Far-

Took off the hideous running boards
TruCool 4454 Tranny Cooler
ISR Mod
Deck plate Mod
K&N filter
Weather Techs from front to back
CB Install in the Ashtray
Maglite Mount
5% Tint all the way around
Hella 500's Mounted on lower front bumper Valance
Black Head lights
Painted chrome front grill Black
Black Smoke Bug guard

Next:
Herculiner on the Rocker panels/ painting fenders black

Heres What's sitting in the garage, have to wait til Christmas to install....Very Excited about putting the Lift on
-LC rear springs- (Thanks Arnold!)
-OME 883 front springs and shocks
-OME-90004 Rear shocks
-Dif Drop/ Panhard drop bracket
-285/75/R16's

 

Here is the grill after sanding, 4 layers of Primer and 6 coats of flat black


Tires Delivered, decided to take a pic of them in front of the old ones


Heres a shot of the Grill after drying and installed

 

why wait for christmas for the lift? do it now and show us pictures!

looks good!

 

Well it's a Christmas present from the mother haha she wants me to look forward to something on christmas day....

 

Damn, overboard with painting of the grille?! Haha just kidding, first time I did mine (last winter, not a good time to do it) I did 2 coats primer and 3 coats paint after sanding. I just re-painted it a couple months ago (warmer weather obviously) because it was fading pretty bad. Looks good though!

 

You think Clear coat would help slow the fading? Im gonna do the fenders this coming week with the same Krylon Fusion plastic paint

 

Yeah you should put a coat or 2 of clear over it. Whether it's a flat or gloss, it'll help in the long run. Try to do it inside, or somewhere semi-warm though.

 

if those flares are the same plastic as whats on your front bumper, dont even try it... the oils impregnated in the plastic wil leech and chip within weeks if not days...

rig looks good, cant wait to see where you take it...
where are you planning on taking it, btw? lol...

EDIT:mods and performance wise

 

The lift Will go on ASAP after christmas, long as Red3.slow is cooperative hahaha. After that I plan on letting the lift set in, then taking it out to my deer land to test it out. After that I'll take it to Super lift ORV park in Hotsprings to play. My goal is to head out to Colorado next summer and wheel it around Telluride, and take it down Black Bear pass (Not many people take runners down it mainly wranglers) so thats the plan, we'll see how it goes lol

What can I use to clean up the fenders? I hate that I cant paint them Maybe I'll Herculin the rear bumper

 

to clean them and get rid of the blotchiness? some people have had luck with weekly treatments with mcguires or armorall... some use peanutbutter(no joke)...

and CONSTANT cleaning...

btw, keep wax away from them too, otherwise itll turn white wherever it touches...

 

Bout to post pics of the lift up, I made a mistake... and let my friends shop install the lift, the mistake was I didn't watch them do the lift and today while welding on the panhard bracket I noticed they screwed up the front OME struts.... The bottom cup that goes on the strut first to hold the spring in place; well.... they put it on upside down...... So, Im gonna call them in the morning and tell them they made a mistake, and see if they will fix it free of cost when I get time, It's riding fine but I'd feel better if they were flipped the right way.

 

You can do the rattle can truck bedliner spray or herculiner and it really wont fade mine looks great. Like said before dont let wax touch it or they will have white spots. I did mine with Rattle can truck bedliner spray btw. Truck looks great ready to see left pic's. I would be unhappy if someone messed up my lift thats why I did mine myself.
Wil

 

LIFT IS DONE! After a few 'idiot' moments, a week after planned the truck is fixed, let me know what ya think-

Panhard Drop bracket getting welded on


Almost Done


Bracket Finished


The mistake





All fixed, Lift is done! Love the way it turned out

View of the Rear...


Love the Tires so far and with a 50,000 mile warranty and $143 a pop for 285/75's... These will do just fine

 

Added Weathertech's awhile back


Added Superhides to the seats right after the lift


Shot of the CB mounted in the Ashtray space and of the Maglite mount


1/9/11 Got the lift and new tires on just in time!

 

Looks good, Simple question, are those custom brackets for the maglite or can you buy them somewhere? Also, is the CB mounted where the ashtray used to be? If so does it fit smoothly or did you have to cut away some of the dash?

 

You can buy them at ACE hardware