Thread: 85 Toyota 2wd build (low buck)

this is my second time doing this. first one lasted till i cut up the truck. I should have taken pics, but there is more then one layer of 18ga metal i put in. i think on the sides there is around 3 layers, and on the bottom i have it overlapping a few times also. but as we all know, shit does happen good thing i have a welder

Originally Posted by 84prerunner

lets just hope it doesnt crack. my floor on the passenger side is splitting where the firewall meets the floor. wonder what cutting all that out and redoing it did as far as strength.

ok, so after thinking about this more i am curious. Do you have any pics of your floor splitting? do you have a body lift? did you tub it? is it stock with the seam pounded flat? I am going to do the passenger side today, so i will try to take more pics. but now i am wondering if i am missing something simple lol. coming from rock crawling we just cut it out and welded it back in with no issues.

it is body lifted, but i dont think that has anything to do with it.
i would take pics but its under sound deadening material now. it is right along a seam i pounded flat but as now spread to where the seam was untouched.
i am also very hard on my truck, both a-pillars have cracked and been rewelded, the seam in the door openings are splitting etc.

Originally Posted by 84prerunner

it is body lifted, but i dont think that has anything to do with it.
i would take pics but its under sound deadening material now. it is right along a seam i pounded flat but as now spread to where the seam was untouched.
i am also very hard on my truck, both a-pillars have cracked and been rewelded, the seam in the door openings are splitting etc.

damn dude LOL that would be some major beating you are dishing out. i think i will go back and add in some more material on the drivers side maybe double it up and add in more bracing.

going to do the passenger side tomorrow. but wow, its wonderful to be able to turn left with no rubbing now

ya haha, the cab mounts on the frame are cracking and im on my 3rd rear axle lmao

i dont think i beat on to terribly hard, i just put a ton of miles on it compared to a lot of prerunners on here.

It's good that you cut out the firewall. With 6 over arms on a turn/bump mine still rubs.

Travis, did you cut your firewall? if so, got pics?

I haven't. I am going to be building a new front end for it and likely pushing the wheel base forward, wider, and taller, so I should be good!

not much happing. waiting for parts LOL. building a 3over arms curently. also finished up making the dash red

im not saying your as dumb as i was, but please remove the computer before bashing in the pass side too much. when i was 15 and justr got my 92 i pounded out the cab right there and split my computer casing open and proceeded to go straight to ther riverbottom by my house and shorted out my computer with mud/water. haha rad little truck, wish my shit was still this simple.

lol yep, i relocated it before i cut up the firewall

what is up with the truck paranoid? do anything new to it as of lately?

where do you get colored bulbs for your dash? i want some Blue ones for my truck.

Had not seen this Shane. Subscribed.

where did you get your spacers? im getting my glass in a little and needed to get 4 of them. and what kind you get? hub or lug centric? thanks dude!

never mind....

never mind about the spacers i think im gunna just run with the funky looking truck and varying widths lol.

Originally Posted by Dezert9

where do you get colored bulbs for your dash? i want some Blue ones for my truck.

they are LEDs from superbrightleds.com

Originally Posted by TRD_yota

where did you get your spacers? im getting my glass in a little and needed to get 4 of them. and what kind you get? hub or lug centric? thanks dude!

off ebay, got a set of 4 for like 100 bucks

Originally Posted by TRD_yota

never mind about the spacers i think im gunna just run with the funky looking truck and varying widths lol.

sorry, was a little slow at responding LOL

well, installed some tube upper arms and some swayaway torsion bars. lifted the front nicly and rides great. still need to install some shocks, but working on the LT kit, so didnt want to do the work twice.

hmm, damn these torsion bars are greasy LOL. should have cleaned them after install. but this should keep the rust down


and a pic of the new upper arms. and yes, those are the new KING shocks LOL super sick

whats the plans for the LT? better put my spindles to good use!

dude nice how do you like it now? and you bought 84's spindles? what you gunna do now with them?

i bought his stock spindles. but i also have a few sets of 4x4 spindles and roters and shit laying around. so havent really done shit with them lol

right now just making a long travel ball joint kit like TC. yea, i know, seems like a lot of work for just balljoints, but i allready made the jigs LOL might make it uniball as i have some of those laying aorund also. but i also am working on my other toy, which i just got these in for my 4 link LOL

Originally Posted by TRD_yota

dude nice how do you like it now? and you bought 84's spindles? what you gunna do now with them?

oh and yea, other then the shitty shocks, i love how it goes though the road dips LOL

blown shocks FTW!! sicky gnar travel yo'. lol yeah i got the grabiels on mine....lifetime warranty so i dont care what happens to them hahaha. thats cool though im thinking about doing the 4x4 spindle conversion just dont know if its really worth it or not for me.

You need the hemi to the left of the can, thats a real man's hemi, also double as a weapon for bludgeoning people

you should, after you do the 4x4 rear axle, mind as well have the bigger better brakes and the 6 bolt pattern.

yea, saw those a wile ago. i thought what i got was overkill for a fj40. that evolution one would be bro overkill

not to sound stupid but where id u get that gas cap?
great job on a clean old school yota
i cant wait to get mine back on the streets

oh my thats a big ass hiem joint!!! bludgering is na understatement hahaha. yeah i guess ill go get me those parts too so i can be ready for a kit.

well i got that from jegs i think. its just a jazz fuel cap.

This is a sick build so far! Reminds me of my Ranger with the 31's, 2" wheel spacers, and front and rear glass. It took me a while to catch on that you run paranoid fab. That's bad ass! I used to rallycross my 96' Impreza and hung out over on DI before I bought my Ranger.

What kind of uppers are those? Or did you make them?

the uppers i made lol. i seem to like building shit. and nice, i still need to get out to a rallyx in my sti

so those are different uppers then what you have for sale?

yea, the uppers came in a package i bought with the torsion bars. those are the ones for sale, the ones on my truck are basic copys of those.

Lets see some pics of how the truck sits now

well finally picked up a 4x4 rear end. started cutting all the damn brackets off tonight, only got half of them cut off and 3 sawzaw blads used lol.

thats from a 4runner huh? nice glad you got your rear end. i wa thinking of trading you but i was like all that work and just to go back to five lug lol.

yea, v6 second gen 4runner with i think 4.33 gears. still got the 5 lug, need to get that out of here as its sitting in my axle stand taking up a lot of space LOL

got some parts in for the axle, spring perches, shock tabs and a rear truss.
pick of the rear truss, shitty pick though lol