ToyoTanners 1st gen pickemup truck

[Big Pap Dog]

thats a 2nd gen bed on your 1st gen right how did that work out?? did it just bolt on?

Yup, that bed is from an 85'.  It bolted right up.  The only issue that I see with it is the gap between the cab and bed is not parallel top to bottom.  I'll try to find a pic to show you what I mean.

[toyotanner]

went wheelin 2 weekends ago and broke my motor mount and my passenger side front spring



shackles a made awhile back



motor picture its pretty dirty it used to almost always stay clean til i had to cut out the fenderwell for the shock hoops



my truck and my girlfriends i bought her that set of 39.5 iroks today for xmas

[toyotanner]

JUST GOT MY MARLINCRAWLER ROCKSLIDERS TODAY!!!!

[toyotanner]

i'm soon going to be looking into a completely new exhaust and was wondering what header to go with i hear good things about the thorley and NWOR one anyone got a preference?

will be installing the sliders soon and post pics

[toyotanner]

anyone 

[tom w.]

I don't know, but this makes me wish I had a first gen...

[toyotanner]

I don't know, but this makes me wish I had a first gen...

haha thanks man

[THK Matt]

personally...
the doug thorley
and a magnaflow system.

[toyotanner]

yeah i like the doug thorley one alot.

well friday morning i put my new bilstein shocks up front, made shock mounts for the rear and put my old shocks in the rear. didnt have time for the sliders but SOON!



I also went wheeling up at a place called goat mountain this weekend with my buddy in his 3rd gen was FUN til we got into the heavy snow and ice i was sliding all over the place haha

[THK Matt]

did you air your tires down?

[toyotanner]

no that place isnt worth airing down for lol. we made it to the top its all good. normally i only air down if i'm gonna be somewhere wheeling for a couple days

[toyotanner]

my mc sliders. rear shock bracket i made. and new bilstein shocks.

brackets installed and old front shocks put on

bilsteins up front

[THK Matt]

nice dude.

[skipnrocks]

Awesome!!!  Very shiny   

[toyotanner]

nice dude.

Awesome!!!  Very shiny  

thanks guys

[46&2]

Sweet truck man, I like it. It looks identical to an 81 my buddy used to have. same color, black hood except it was on 33s. it was an awesome truck but he sold it to fund a Bronco build   

[toyotanner]

Sweet truck man, I like it. It looks identical to an 81 my buddy used to have. same color, black hood except it was on 33s. it was an awesome truck but he sold it to fund a Bronco build   

what was he thinking?

[skipnrocks]

what was he thinking?

Sounds like a good plan to me, not sure what your thinking

[toyotanner]

i guess it MIGHT be okay if the bronco had toyota axles and motor

[46&2]

Sounds like a good plan to me, not sure what your thinking

There is nothing wrong with it, its what he wanted to do. the problem is, now he cant afford the build the bronco because the cost of building a late model Bronco is a lot higher than a 80s toyota. not to mention it kills him on gas. so now he doesnt have anything to wheel

[THK Matt]

There is nothing wrong with it, its what he wanted to do. the problem is, now he cant afford the build the bronco because the cost of building a late model Bronco is a lot higher than a 80s toyota. not to mention it kills him on gas. so now he doesnt have anything to wheel

me him

[toyotanner]

yeah we built a late model bronco at my old work all we really did was take body lift off put new body bushings in. make a rollcage. and seat brackets. it was sick when we were done but it was a sand toy. and he already had like 12k into it it was ridiculous. i'm not dissing on him im just not a ford person

[46&2]

i'm not dissing on him im just not a ford person

Its okay i hate fords

[toyotanner]

not much new with the truck just BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS as usual i sware everytime i go wheelin.

im thinking of buying the rockstomper ones.

[46&2]

My buddy has the rock stompers he likes them. they have held up great the last year or so he has had them on. and he romps on his truck

[toyotanner]

right on i was hoping to get some feedback on that. surprisingly they are not that expensive either

[DTB]

not much new with the truck just BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS as usual i sware everytime i go wheelin.

im thinking of buying the rockstomper ones.

Ive heard they are pretty rough as far as NVH. Have you tried chaining them?

[toyotanner]

NVH??? i thought about chaining them but i dont like to clutter up my engine bay that much. do you chain both sides down or just the side it torques too?

[toyotanner]

so when i put in duals i use my already forward shift t-case in the front and get a top shift for the rear right?
and my old L43 transmission has a top shift t-case and i can use that right?
but the L43 t-case is chain driven?
is there anything special i have to do to the t-cases?

[GrenadedToy]

damn those rock sliders are bling.

i want bilstiens now haha

"As a side note aftermarket poly bushing motor mounts create a LOT of vibration and is seems that about 50% of these people that buy them for a Daily Driver end up removing them and reinstalling stock ones. The motor mounts that I refer too are ones sold by Rockstomper or LC Engineering which look symiliar to this homemade one [Thanks Chrisf]. Now if they are going on a trail only rig, I hear they work awesome."

and chaining your motormounts wont clutter anything up. its like 3 links on each motor mount