Thread: 94' 2wd toyota pick-up build

buildin a front end, bedcage, and later a cab cage for shane(FLAUNT)... so he brought me the truck like this over the weekend


and so far i have gotten the lowers done and tomorrow will be gettin the tabs cut for the mounts upper/lower. should be a pretty good kit.
gonna run the 4x4 hubs/spindles and box/extend those, heimed steering, and my "box" uppers lol


kit will be available as a complete package when im done with htis truck, but will need some fab work to mount it up, i will provide all necessary mounting plates/boxed lower arm mounts. but ill post pics tomorrow to show what i mean.

damn puttin the work out. Are you still using that water jet friend or whatever it was to cut out all your plating. Looks good.

i use a plasma dude and yeahi still d work with him. his prices are so good i cant go anywhere else. granted i have to be pretty critical and present when it comes to design, but i dont pay much at all. its nice having all your plates cut for you and all you have to do is grind wm up a little and weld up lol

o ya right on.. i still have his number if I ever need him.

Better double plate up those lower arm mounts, I have bent the shit out of 3/16" plate before, I'd run at least doubled 1/8" or thicker on those. Also does that lower arm clean the stock a-arm mount at bump, looks close to th epivot so it might hit it. Looking good so far.

i actually have not welded that pivot up just incase i need to cut it to make more clearance. it clears a good amount and i cant imagine it being able to bump more than wha it is. but i left that option open. as for doubler plates, yes yes yes i am def doingit and adding a gusset to the rear "main" pivot to add more strength so it dont flex. just got one arm mostly done today and still needs work haha. thanks for the input man!

also im curious if anyone else notched the frame? ill post pics of how i do it, but i spread aprt the pivots more than thenorm, so at bump the arm was hittingthe lower portion of the frame. i notched it and it will be boxed and gusseted and plenty strong witha beffy cross member to help. curious why i have not seen anyone do it. its better to do it cuz the bigger the spread the less load is forced on the front pivot.

Looks bitchin Ross.

BBR is blowing up

Truck looks like a good project and the arms are nice. When you get going on a project you just keep going. Can't wait to see the front end done.

Originally Posted by 626jake

Truck looks like a good project and the arms are nice. When you get going on a project you just keep going. Can't wait to see the front end done.

only project i didnt keep goin on is the bug haha. but thats a whole other story...thanks for the compliments

geez how the hell do you find time to eat,sleep,shower,shit,shave,play with naked women,drink a beer or five. Lol slow your roll son you are a maniac.

did you just jig a stock arm and then extend a few inches? or are the new arms pushed forward at all?

lowers look great btw, look real clean and simple. great job man

Originally Posted by chevychill

geez how the hell do you find time to eat,sleep,shower,shit,shave,play with naked women,drink a beer or five. Lol slow your roll son you are a maniac.

did you just jig a stock arm and then extend a few inches? or are the new arms pushed forward at all?

lowers look great btw, look real clean and simple. great job man

haha i dont man, just focusing my time on my business at the moment. make time to relax at night, and hang out with my lady, but most of the time im just workin haha. i want this so bad i am gonna push it as hard as it can to get where i want. as for the jig, yeah, extended over 6" and forward 1.5".

love your work, its gotten so much better everyday, shoulda sent my truck to u for the finishing touches

cut out the main pieces to start mockin the upper and spindles up tomorrow. made one rear mount and welded it up partially, gonna be beefy lol.






BAM! haha

damn seems like you have a new kit coming out every week. and the work looks better and better every time.

woow looks good man

there is a reason no one really does the rear mount struts anymore....

not trying to hate on you either cause i spent my fair share of time trying to mess with it cause it makes clearing the steering alot easier on the toyotas. its just really hard on the stock a arm mounts.

i understand that, but the further you spread the mountsaway from eachother, the less leverage there is on that front mount. if the mounts were 6" apart, the front would of course want to rip off, i put them 14" apart, thats 3/4 of the length of the arm therefore creating less leverage on that front mount. i thought a lot about it before i made it this way, and yes it may be alittle work to notch the frame, but its better than having the front mount rip off. hopefully lol

Looks really good man. That rear strut mount came out tits

To help with the lower arm mount issues, it would be pretty easy to run a couple tubes from the mounts/cross member up to the stock front cross member. Hope that makes sense. Kind of like a strut frame minus the arm mounts.

any new pics? hows it turning out?

Originally Posted by desert_steve

any new pics? hows it turning out?

ill have new pics tomorrow. been busy with my truck this weekend and tryin to figure out a shop. but back to work tomorrow

Build is looking good! Glad to see progress on this thing finally! lol. What are your plans for the steering to compensate for the uniball being moved forward 1.5"? Did Shaun talk to you about the upper arm setup I mentioned to him? Keep up the bitchen work!

havent gotten that far lol.actually had to cut off the engine cage
if you want pm me and ill tell you why. as for steerin and uppers, i got it figured out just need to startmocking it up

I didn't even see this thread until right now. Damn!! Look at those beads!! Seriously, keep up the good work man.

cruised by ross's today to check out my truck and as usual he was handling business and starting to weld the upper arm mounts and cycle and mock up the suspension. heres a couple pics i snapped. loookin good!




ross in action. hahah.

haha SICK SPINDLES!!! thinkthey are beefy enough??!!! lol

Dude that upper should be in the crappy fab thread. What redneck hack! Going to go by the Book of the Piece on that one?

damn ross, you're out of control.

Spindle looks too tall. In that last pic it looks like you have some negative caster is that correct?

Mike

Just curious, with pushing the wheel base forward 1.5" will you need to do any steering modifications?

yep. i havent gotten to that point yet. as for the spindle height, yes, i need to cho it down about a half inch then it will be fine. ill even post pics of ride height, droop, and bump later on further into thebuild of the front end

Originally Posted by burDom13

yep. i havent gotten to that point yet. as for the spindle height, yes, i need to cho it down about a half inch then it will be fine. ill even post pics of ride height, droop, and bump later on further into thebuild of the front end

Looking good! Keep up the great work!

Mike

you know, i wonde what really has to bedone to the steering? i mean every kit i havedone, not any real crazy mods have been made and i have pushed all my kit forward and the steering is fine. what exactly are you talkin about what i need to change?

I am not sure to be honest with you. I just figure with moving the wheel forward you would need to move the steering forward equally. If the box and idler arm stay in the stock location, the tie rods will be angled forward. I don't know if that is something to worry about or not.

Looks awesome! DW son

Originally Posted by burDom13

you know, i wonde what really has to bedone to the steering? i mean every kit i havedone, not any real crazy mods have been made and i have pushed all my kit forward and the steering is fine. what exactly are you talkin about what i need to change?

The tie rods will hit the center link. you can run bends in them or try and move the entire steering system forward.

This was on my truck with the suspension moved forward about 1". The steering arms on my spindles had to be really sort so the tie rods would clear. I also had a spacer on the center link to push the heim as far out as possible. The bolt head was very close to the lower arm mount.

oh ok.ill see when i get to doing the steering then. il pay attention to those details for sure. thanks for the heads up!

its looking good ross!!!!