The dark side

[tube yj]

After stripping my jeep down to this a few months ago, I just picked up a new rig. I always said I wanted to go toyota, so that is what I picked up

Old rigs carcass:



new rig



Plans are:

switch out the spools for detroits
Swap out the 35s for some 37s
Roll Cage
Bob the bed
Front bumper w/ a mount for my winch off my old rig

[mudmonkey2400]

Cool.. least you don't have to fool with the solid axle swap. What axle/springs in the front?

[tube yj]

here is a photoshop of how the bed should look after we bob it in a few weeks

[tube yj]

Originally Posted by mudmonkey2400

Cool.. least you don't have to fool with the solid axle swap. What axle/springs in the front?

It has toyota rear springs up front

as for the axle it is a toyota axle out of an 84 pickup. 5.29 gears and 30 spline longfields

[beachtaco]

nice... from another toy die-hard driving a jeep...

[Fool Injected]

That is sweet, you are going to have too hook up with Dave and Javier from Javiers Autos/Gulf Coast Crawl Shop. Javier drives an FJ on 39.5's and Dave is building a Yota buggy on 39's.

And just to drop a shameless plug , here is what you will be leading me around at Trees in when the build is done in a month or two: http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=550186

[SlinkyTJ]

I've always loved the toyota pickups.. pretty much ever since I was little and had stompers.

[JeepRocks86]

Here's what you get for going to the dark side...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxtmHCAb_Q

Here's a couple yotas in my club...





This one's got a 302




He built the bed himself.

[speedracer2536]

hey man im in austin are you parting with the 35" toyos how much would you want for them and how much tread is left if so

[tube yj]

Originally Posted by JeepRocks86

Here's what you get for going to the dark side...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anxtmHCAb_Q

Here's a couple yotas in my club...





This one's got a 302




He built the bed himself.

those look nice, but this rig is my true inspiration for going yota

[tube yj]

Originally Posted by speedracer2536

hey man im in austin are you parting with the 35" toyos how much would you want for them and how much tread is left if so

I am going to keep them for a little while, I have a few things that need to be done before swapping out the tires. I will post them up for sale on the board when I do decide to unload them

[spyder6]

should get Unimog's and run 40's

[tube yj]

Originally Posted by spyder6

should get Unimog's and run 40's

the beauty of toyotas as compared to jeeps, is that the axles can be built to handle alot of abuse. The only thing I am going to do to the axles is swap out the spools for detroits

Plus mogs would be way to heavy

[spyder6]

are you going to fix the bodywork? or just leave it as is?

[tube yj]

Originally Posted by spyder6

are you going to fix the bodywork? or just leave it as is?

Trust me, It will look alot worse in a few months

here is what was left of the body of my old rig