Thread: 85 Toyota 2wd build (low buck)

well figured i would put up a build thread. going to be low buck as i am butt poor.
The other week i traded my 4runner that had a blown HG and got this thing.
bone stock 85 toyota 2wd truck with a rebuilt 22r engine.

I dont ever plan on racing, but just want something fun to mess with in the dirt, dunes and street dips

heres what it looked like when i bought it.
Just another poop brown truck.

i didnt even drive it a day and i bought some CL tires and rims. the tires on the truck were bald and didnt feel like buying stock tires or new tires for a 14" rim.
picked up these, MT 15" alu rims with 31" 10.50s. two 1/4 tread BFGs and two new china tires

Well, these were sort of hard to fit on a stock truck. i rolled the rear bed fenders and that cleard them OK
the front was another story. I cranked the Tbars which gave me a inch or two. and with the help of a fellow DR member danny we pulled and rolled the front fenders with a large pipe
super ghetto fab going on.
we alsu used a BFH to fix the back of the fender and body seam to help clear these. they still rubbed a bunch but i could drive it

next up was some fiberglass. saw a add on here and i jumped on it. the glass is hannaman IIRC. a little beat up but thats fine with me. i am going to beat it also.

Front fenders and hood went on with no issues. had to open up some of those POs holes to align the fenders a little better. We also installes some 2" wheel spacers to help fit everything. now the tires no longer rub the fenders but they still hit the firewall. so i will be cutting out the firewall one of these days to fit them. my end goal is to have 33s on there.

I am going to try my hand at making a LT for it and some nice springs for the rear as money comes in. I still need to install the bed sides too, but that will have to come next weekend.

looks way better already haha
good luck

who builds older yota's?

Originally Posted by cam9

who builds older yota's?

lol old people like me
also have a 71 FJ40 i am building too.
this is really just going to be my DD beater truck. keeping the car as my weekend fun car.

looks good keep us informed

looks nice. I just sold a 85 xtra cab rock crawler. miss it already!

nice man! where did you get the 2inch spacers?

from a vendor.
trailgear has them. i see ebay also has a lot for cheap too

You should cut the taper up on your bedsides behind the wheel well. Free mod.

i would, but i have fiberglass bedsides sitting here just waiting to go on

NNice looking yota is cool u building an xtra cab
I wish I had one



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yea, my old rockcralwer was a 84xcab and i loved the extra space. i tried out a standard cab and it just wasnt working for me (6'2")
now looking for some stock arms i can build some jigs out of to make a LC kit.

also did a tune up today. runs a little better
did plugs, pvc, air filter, fuel filter, cap, rotor, and some other stuff. need to put on my header and exhaust.

Originally Posted by paranoid56

lol old people like me
also have a 71 FJ40 i am building too.
this is really just going to be my DD beater truck. keeping the car as my weekend fun car.

WRONG, im only 18 lol

Very cool start, looking forward to seeing more.

Could you post more pics of the front? I wanna see how well the tires fit on the glass. I have a stock width 4x4 and wanted to get the Ivan style glass but thought it might be too wide for spacers and 31's.

i will get some this weekend.

got the rear drivers side bedside installed. man, what a pain in the ass that was. have done a few in the past but all were double wall bedsides. this single wall shit sucks. dont have any inprogress pics but will take some tomorrow when i do the other side.


from the front. looks nice and wide

Looking good. I like the look of the glass.

Looks nice, definitely a toyota, seat belt hanging out the door with pride

Originally Posted by lostinbsd

Looks nice, definitely a toyota, seat belt hanging out the door with pride

lol yep. every toyota i have had as had that issue

here are some pics of the cut up bed. thinking about getting a piece of sheet metal to fill the hole and give it some strength back. but who knows. once i bolted in the inner panel it wasn't to bad


rear back panel. i cut the fender some so i could wrap it around the edge to give it some support. then spot welded it all back together.


on the inner panels i broke most of the damn M4 bolts holding on the panel. so i drilled them out and welded in some m6 weldnuts.

also reused a lower brace. this was under the front of the rear tire and now using it to support the front of the fender. as i am going to bolt the sides to this section also.


and fully installed with taillights. used some green washers i had laying around, but think i will pick up the bigger ones made for attaching body panels. also since this was used they had holes in them already so i just reused those. not happy about the bolts on the top rail or where they are on the fender, so i might redo them all.


and the top rail.


went a little overboard with the damn green washers. I am trying to decide on painting the truck white or green

You like those green accents huh? Is it going to be white with green wheels like the Subaru?

thinking white with black wheels with green beadlocks. but who knows LOL i never sell the green washers so i have a crap load. didnt want to use all the washers i sell to customers LOL however, i am thinking about just having a crap load of the big washers made. as it seems they charge way to much for thoes things. who has the cheapest price on nice fender washers?

on my truck the top of the fender uses rivets, looks cleaner that way and is almost flush

looking good though, definitely took your time and did it right.

dam looking clean! cant wait to get my glass too. you get spacers for the back to?

Originally Posted by TRD_yota

dam looking clean! cant wait to get my glass too. you get spacers for the back to?

yea, i just installed some 2" spacers for the rear also.


and yea, i was thinking of rivets, but i think i will get some large flatter washers made up and use those.

it looks clean man i think thats how ima roll when i get my glass until i can get a wider rear end.

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nice subbie!!!

Thanks, thats my weekend toy now LOL. been DDing the truck the past few weeks.

Originally Posted by TRD_yota

it looks clean man i think thats how ima roll when i get my glass until i can get a wider rear end.

this is my plan also. put a toy 8" in there sooner or latter. would love to score a FF toy axle.

Originally Posted by paranoid56

Thanks, thats my weekend toy now LOL. been DDing the truck the past few weeks.

is it an sti or wrx?

why would you DD the yota if you have that subi? id never drive my truck if i had one

Originally Posted by blk04titan

is it an sti or wrx?

08 STI with some mods

Originally Posted by I-beamranger

why would you DD the yota if you have that subi? id never drive my truck if i had one

i like driving both, but its nice not to worry about where i park the truck at work as people cant seem to open their doors correct LOL. i also love driving the truck. i used to have a 84 toyota that i DD for years and missed that some. sure i will go back to the suby in a bit.
my old truck

Thats Right BA.. give us moarrrrrr

not much of an update. but carb on the truck is taking a shit so just picked up a weber carb for it. also feel like the clutch is going LOL

i did install a fuel filler. still not done with it as i need to weld up an elbow to get it setup right. but pic gives you an idea.

How gunked up was the filter? I had one so full of dirt from the previous owner on my '88 that it took out the fuel pump, thought something was effed with the carb until I got a new filter and pump, ran like new after that.

its got a new filter, cleaned carb and everything. something doesnt seem right with the carb. it also drains over night fro the float. so its a bitch to start. i just got in the mail a the weber carb. so i will install that this weekend