1990 4x4 build

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:50 pm

My 85 went tits up on me so I decided to just buy a new truck. Craigslist ad said a 1990 toyota sas, so I drove two hours to go look at it. Took one look at it and told the kid that it's not a 90. Turns out that it's an 84 with a 90 cab on it. But oh well, I still bought it.

Truck features:

- A 6" lift (not sure what brand)
- Detroit locker in the rear
- Detroit locker in the front
- Some bling 18" wheels with 35" tires
- Custom hillbilly flat bed

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:51 pm

Got my 1.5" wheel spacers on all 4 corners. Got my old steel wheels with 35s on the truck.

Stripped off the flat bed.

Finally found a bed on craigslist. The ad said

Quote:

Parting out a 1990 Toyota 4x4
XCab
Good 5 speed trans
transfer case.
Cab and bed are straight
All body parts in excellent shape but will need to be re-painted.
Rear V6 axle
3.0 V6 motor
2 front chrome bumpers
2 Front chrome grills
Aftermarket chrome nerf bars
Aftermarket Receiver hitch

I get out there today and look at this bed, it's beat to hell! So I talked him way down on his price. Look at this bed, how can you say it's in "excellent" shape?!?

And this is what I brought home

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:52 pm

Got started cutting

Found a good 1/4" of bondo on one whole side, yay!

And got it put back together

Still need to do some finishing on it. This was the worst one I've ever done, definitely a challenge with a beat up bed.

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:54 pm

Got all of my welding done. The inside of the bed is beat and was a PAIN to weld, but it's finally done.

Got my new taillight installed

Front bumper on. Needs some adjusting to make it fit right on this truck, it can wait though.

Got some bondo spread.

Tool box mounted, cb antenna mounted, and spare tire.

93cc · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:55 pm

looks good, considering what you had to work with

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:56 pm

Thanks, it's starting to get there...

A little bit of flex...

And it's not a perfect color match, but it's close enough for now.

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:03 pm

Now that all of the important stuff is done, I decided I should do some legalizing.

Cut up the stock front bumper and used pieces for the blinkers

And the license plate tabs from the stock front bumper

Front is legal

Picked up a new spare tire today, same height as my runners. Put on a couple of stickers, still waiting for the rest to show up.

And to finish it all off, got my chrome/black TRD valve stem caps in the mail today. :)

And then took it out to see how it does

Trying to fix what I did :thumbsup:

Lenny · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:13 pm

nice.

Toyotamike · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:28 pm

Wow that makes what I did to roger's truck look like pin striping :)

Jennifer1784 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:49 pm

lookin good

silverton · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:34 am

Toyotamike wrote:

Wow that makes what I did to roger's truck look like pin striping :)

BAHAHAHAHA!!!

Lookin good though!

Rix86 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:34 am

Sorry, man, that front is NOT legal.
legal-ish, for sure.

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 9:27 am

Rix86 wrote:

Sorry, man, that front is NOT legal.
legal-ish, for sure.

Yeah, that's why I wrote legal

License plate and turn signals will get me by...

Gabriul · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:14 am

So, how well does bondo burn??

kicker1_solo · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:51 am

Not too well, had to dig a bunch of it out with my grinder. Dusty....

Gabriul · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:20 pm

gets gooey when its hot.

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