Well tell the back ground of the truck. I bought the truck off my boss for $200 with 198K miles. He told me that it wouldn't turn over. He told me it was a distributor coil. HA!! it was the timing belt, and the whole timing belt system. Made my way to Autozone picked up the timing belt kit and timing belt, got the truck running for $148 + a case of Coors Light for my uncle to install the timing belt and the kit while I was working 64 and 56 hour weeks. Now I am into the truck for $348 and a case of beer. Drive the truck to my house from my uncles, and realize the speedo doesn't work. Get the truck into the air and trace the speedo cable to the tranny and realize that the cable itself was pulled out and needed to be replaced. Start following the cable up to the firewall and notice that it is rusted out and cracked and so now the speedometer cable housing needs to be replaced to have speed. Get a brand new speedo housing threw my dads shop for $82.50, get it installed in a matter of 2 hours, because I have never had to do one before. Truck runs great now, and I am $430.50. This is going to be a DD weekend warrior. I plan on being MOAB ready.

Plans for the truck-

Engine- 7mge AFM, custom ISR/safari snorkel, PnP/build up heads, larger injectors, piggy back A/F tuner, headers, and exhaust. Possibly 5vz-e upper intake/plenum/TB (more research to be done)

Interior- rhino lining the floors, 4 point harness, bucket seats, roll cage, new sound system.

Exterior- ARB front bumper, winch, bar rear bumper, body armor, roll bar/ light rail, modification to fenders, jeep door mod/bar doors for summer.

Suspension/undercarriage/axles - rear locker, IFS long travel, rear leaf lift, reservoir shocks, 15" wheels, 32-33" tires, 4.88 gearing, axle armor, upgraded CV axles and joints, scrap plates- front axle and tranny. <--- to be updated as education builds
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Please if you have thoughts, comments, or ideas, I am open to hear them out. This is my 2nd toyota truck I have owned. But, 1st that I want to modify this much. This is the first vehicle that is older then 1995 and am learning about the whole system of AFM's and this old of ECU's.











Interior during speedo cable housing swap.

 

Will be running some seafoam through the engine and possibly even going to the gas tank as well. Just to get a cleaner system going.

 

Depending on pricing differences between a shop/online place here in Utah, my home state, and everybody else. I may go through http://www.lowrangeoffroad.com/ to get a good portion of certain parts. They have some great looking axle armor and a bunch of other things.

 

What Lt kit are you going with?

 

I messaged Blazeland and it sounds like I will be going to go with them. Their product looks great.

 

Yeah I got one of his kits sitting waiting to go on. You just can't beat that price

 

that is very true. that price, then going with a reservoir shock like Fox, or procomp, astonishing set up. Great for articulation, better for DD on the hard pack, then if you wanted to have a lot of fun at the desert dunes. Just a more overall better set up, my thought anyway.

 

Wells needs more articulation in the suspension/ new suspension, haha.
there is hardly any articulation in the front. lol

 

My new wheels!! 15x8 6 lug 5.5 stud. 5 wheels for $90 bucks. $17 to clean up, remove minor rust from oxidation of the metal at rock chip points, and repaint to close off that oxidation point of the wheels.

 

alright, got the pickup on some new wheels and tires.

 

Subd. Crazy what wheels and tires can do in terms of looks.

 

I love the looks of those bfg's on that truck! subscribed im curious to see how this comes out

 

Nice lookin truck man I like it

 

This is so true.

Probably the quickest way to get great looks out of a vehicle in a matter of min.

 

as am i.
Next on the list, regearing.

 

Thank you, the guy at Big O was surprised when I told him how much I paid for it.

 

forgot to mention the wheels-
My new wheels!! 15x8 6 lug 5.5 stud. 5 wheels for $90 bucks. $17 to clean up, remove minor rust from oxidation of the metal at rock chip points, and repaint to close off that oxidation point of the wheels.



After getting them I ran a rust removal gel on the wheels, did a WD40 layer after then had dried from the gel and rinse. After allowing them to sit for a day with the WD40 on them I put 3 layers of Car paint/clear coat on the back side and 4 layers on the front side. after letting them dry for 24 hours I went and got 33x12.5xr15 BFG All Terrians KO mounted.

 

latest mod that I got done was the ISR mod, I have to get a photo of the mod at final finish of today. But, it does make a difference. It is running a lot better up hills, can really tell that the straight piping is in there when I am idling at a stop sign or light.

after intake removal


with IRS installed

 

I bought a 3" cab lift off a guy for the pickup, what I am thinking on doing is cutting them in half, and using that 1.5ish" lift for the whole body, so it looks cleaner.

Also got ball joint spacers ordered, and am going to pick up some bilstien shocks up as well as a AAL for the rear.

 

final pic of the ISR mod.