86 SAS swap Finished

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Well here goes I picked up an 86 4x4 extra cab and with parts laying around the yard and reading alot on this site here is what I ended up with It's still not finished but as my wife says it easy on the eyes as compared to when I first brought it home.

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Found a donor truck for rust free body parts and bobbed the bed. Always wanted to do this I think this looks great on Toyota's.

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Next came cutting the inside of the front fenders to make roon for bigger tires.

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Then getting rid of the IFS and putting an 85 solid axle with Marlin Crawler hanger kit on the truck.

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Built the front square drive shaft

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While surfing on here I saw Hyena rear bumper and  thought I've got to make me one like that

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 Finally got some vacation time from work and and was able to paint it all one color.





So we end up with what started out as a rusty rusty 86 4x4 with IFS and ended up with an 86 4x4 solid axle with 2wd sheet metal on it.

[twistedtoy92]

lookin nice!!!!

[fatt_matt]

nice build

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Thanks, Was able to to do all the cutting off of the IFS and weldings on the SAS and painting at my buddy's shop  at his house , which was great of him to let me take up space there and work on my truck.

How the steering turned out with 86 rears up front

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Got the sliders all welded up over the weekend and and good picture of the brace for the rear bumber.



Sliders made from 2 3/8" tubing

[Colt]

NICE! 

[kneedownnate]

I like the cut on the wheelwells!  Too bad you couldn't find a good 4wd bed to use so you could have more bulge.

[synwars]

Got the sliders all welded up over the weekend and and good picture of the brace for the rear bumber.

That's a hefty looking bumper. Good job!

[DTB]

That's a hefty looking bumper. Good job!

Hefty for sure! I would replace the wire stuff on the top with tube though and maybe some small gussets like this on the slider tube to keep help keep it attached to the plates...nice job 

[86bobbedtoy]

I like

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Thanks for the comments    The bars for the sliders are only about six inches long, still putting some gussets would help strengthen it up. I know I'm far from finishing the welding I have to do on the truck.

[ontherocks]

thats an awsome build.

[THK Matt]

awesome build man.
thanks for giving me the link.
i kind of like the front 2wd sheetmetal.
does the 4wd corner lights fit in them?

[86bobbedtoy]

I want to see some flex pictures.
Please

[Cheesemaker]

I need more info on what you did to clean and paint the frame?  I need to get my frame cleaned and treated.  I got some serious surface rust that is starting to pit the frame at the infamous spot.  The body mount in front of the fuel tank.  And some of the rear frame rails.  I want to stop it before it gets any worse.  Any info you got would be awesome!

Great job on the truck!  I liked the camo spot painting on the rust in the first pics!

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cheesemaker , For the frame when I took off the bed and fenders to swap out all the rusty body parts I 1st pressuered washed all the frame let it dry then put some Rustolemun
rust inhabiter let it dry for a few days then two coats with a paint brush of industrial flat black. Will it last ? I don't know  but it's got to help and it was not expensive.

86bobbedtoy, I'm heading out for a long weekend to hit the trails and hopefully I'll get out and take some pictures 

ImahoToy85 , The front, rear tail lights all bolted along with the fuel cap everything was the same.

Got the cooler hooked up for the auto transmission  today and some "D" rings welded to a plate to fit under the factory bumper till I have time to build a new front bumper. but at least it gives me a platform to start with on the front.

[THK Matt]

sweeeeet

[skipnrocks]

Looks good!!!  Those are the same d-rings I have...

[Rocksnail]

  very clean build. keep up the good work.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

hell yes bro she looks good!!! keep up the good work man and keep the pics coming

[Bs85]

are those just stock springs with 35s on the rear?

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 Thanks for the complements . From the weekend trail ride.










The tires on the front only rub my shocks at the top alittle but they don't touch the fenders or bumper



Bs85 , I have 2" lift blocks with the factory springs till I put some Ford F-150 springs in the back. The truck feels very stable on the off camber stuff.

[THK Matt]

nice job Doable

[twistedtoy92]

flexin like a champ man!!! nice work!