My 88 pickup is back in buisness

[Yota4life]

Hell ya this summer im making it to the rubicon! I will be completly prepared and ready to go. Thanks for the comments sloyota and rocksurfer.

98 ROCK is the only station i listen to haha

[motorider228]

trucks looking awesome man. I'll make sure to talk to ryan about us all going up to the con or fordyce this summer. I want to see him roll his junk since everyone knows he will and I want yo see your truck since its super nice. Oh yeah, have you ever seen the picture of corey dows cj flexed all the way up on that poll?

[Yota4life]

trucks looking awesome man. I'll make sure to talk to ryan about us all going up to the con or fordyce this summer. I want to see him roll his junk since everyone knows he will and I want yo see your truck since its super nice. Oh yeah, have you ever seen the picture of corey dows cj flexed all the way up on that poll?

Ya i have seen that pic a longgg time ago.

[Yota4life]

 I got the front axle pulled and down to just the housing. Welded Gussets on the top axle tube,knuckles, and the steering stops. Ordered 30spline longfields and inners today. I will be installing the ARB locker next week once i get it in the mail. I set up the warn m8000 today, just need to mount the remote box. Post pics up soon. Its really coming together now....cant wait to take it to the trail soon

[Yota4life]

Axle housing welded,cleaned, and painted up
Gotta get this doneeee, its been sitting for almost a month!!!

[Yota4life]

more pics
Should have it all done with arb and longs installed in a couple days

[Yota4life]

  ohh yea cromo!! see the free longfield shift knob they sent  

[unclejpl4x4]

Purdie

[Yota4life]

thanks...

[lilbuddy]

thanks...

Sweet... We still havent gone wheelin out of all the talk weve had. Thats sad. You goin to MCR5?

I just got my 27 spline longs and aussie done in the front of my truck. My hubs are broken tho so I need some new ones.

[Yota4life]

Sweet... We still havent gone wheelin out of all the talk weve had. Thats sad. You goin to MCR5?

I just got my 27 spline longs and aussie done in the front of my truck. My hubs are broken tho so I need some new ones.

Oh yea i know man...i never came through on any trips. Im planning on going to mcr5 because when i missed it last year i was so bummed out. I didnt get everything done i needed to either, i was slackin but now my rig is more than ready. We will wheel one day haha
Today im getting everything back together 

[MudSlinginYota]

your truck looks awesome . when you put in the front seats was there already two bolts for the front bracket? if not what did you screw the bolt into

[Yota4life]

in the front there are holes that lined right up

[GrenadedToy]

you do some really nice work. and i love the truck. now i want to paint my truck black! did you rattle can it? how much was it and what kind of paint did you use?

[marleyoffroad]

  30 splines are the $h!t

[Duffil]

wow...I just went through the whole thread...looking good man!!

[Yota4life]

30's are the only way to go! Thanks dig and Duffil. I put a lot of work and hours into this truck and its really coming along. Im 19 and iv been building it sense i was 17 and learned just about everything on my own. This weekend i put the front axle back together with new rubber and felts that i had from the rebuild i kit i bought months ago from marlin . Locker is in and air line and silenoid is set up, i just need to wire the switch and find a place to mount it....if anyone has an idea of where show me. I got KC fog slimlites to mount on my front bumper and wire up
The paint is hammered black, took like 7 cans and it was windy the day i painted it and its all splotchy and ugly.That paint it tough stuff though. Im going to paint it again and im thinking of doing the camo flat SAND color...and get the camper top painted to match too.Post more pics up later

[Ramrod]

if you look in the toyota section on pirate there is a thread somewhere between page 2 and 8 I think that is called "lets see some clean switch and guage installs" and it has some clean setups in there for your truck

[Yota4life]

Wow....its been months sence i last posted on my build thread. I have the OBA all set up and the arb works great. The steel cable for the winch got mashed up after a couple uses so i went with a 100feet of amsteel blue synthetic, heavy hook and crush proof thimble eye from www.winchline.com Very nice rope. Did some 3wheelin and got some body damage to the bedside. Thinking of doing a a nice flatbed tube cage setup. Have some pretty sick ideas on how im going to make it. Thats later but for now i might bob the bed 8 inches and might dove tail it to get it out of the way. Making a set of half doors soon also. I will try and remember to post new pics
Thinking of getting new treads. The iroks are about 50% and i really like the 37" MTRs. I might get a set soon.
I have started the traction bar. Its a ladder style and im using a 4" shackle where it mounts to the frame with a flex joint.I will get pics when its done.

[Yota4life]

Finally NEW PICS!! Im posting them really late just because i have free time now

KC slimlights on and new synthetic line, ARB front, 30spline longfields, oba finsihed up

[Yota4life]

Got some really nice doors for the winter and whenever i dont want half doors on. Im going to use my old set of doors for half doors. I want to try and get these done before MCR5! Im going this year for sure!! You can see i got some nice body damage to the bedside. Im not too worried about it, my plans are to build a tube flatbed this winter.

[olivedrab85]

lookin good

[Yota4life]

You can see where i mounted the oba coupler for the front. Its a nice spot for it

[Yota4life]

ARB

[Yota4life]

Used a factory toyota fog light switch for the KCs, ARB switch and the switch in the middle is for the compressor. Bought a new Alpine deck. Its super nice and sounds great with the 6x9s in the doors.

[Yota4life]

Interior shot.
Moved the cb to the dash. Easy to use when its mounted up there

[Yota4life]

Changed the oba set up and put a powertank manifold in

[Yota4life]

I need to paint these thing so its all one color...i want to do the toyota gunmetal color i love it. But for now it will just be ugly and look like . Im all ready for MCR5

[Duffil]

What are you running for the OBA compressor?  the ARB unit?

[Yota4life]

Its not the arb unit its the Superflow MV50. Like 60$ off ebay. Heres a write up on it i did http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=21715.0

I just made a 2air system that connects 2 tires at one time when you air up so they will both have equal pressure when your done. I will post pictures of it tomarrow. Im going to time how long it takes to air them up with the comp. tomarrow from about 10psi to 27psi.