oregon 3rd gen build ****FOR SALE****

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

Yeah it looks much better with the bed on!  nice work!

I think so too!

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

got some more done today... I got the bed aligned and bolted down, got the hole cut in the bed floor for my fuel tank and got the fuel tank re-installed... then I got on to my fender trimming on the bed.... here are some pics

the passenger side of the bed before chopage....(notice the premium rust hole)

then the passenger side after fender chopage.... I think it looks much better


then the driver side came out really good as well...


the truck is going in for paint tomorrow.... I think its gonna be white....I will get some pics of the paint progress as well

[toyotanner]

wasn't that bed off of your daily driver yota build?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

wasn't that bed off of your daily driver yota build?

ya it is.... I am going to swap that cab on this frame too and just use it as my DD/weekend wheeler and then start in on the other frame and my red cab with links and coil-overs rather than swapping all this suspension under that truck it seems a little easier to just swap cabs over.... I need some 60's for my next project!

[toyotanner]

but wont you have to cut the exo off to swap the cabs? i have a rear d60 its out of a dodge powerwagon when you start looking check and see if i have it. i had the front 1 too but sold that awhile ago

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

yep the exo has to go but thats fine with me as it looks like anyway.... how much you lookin for out of the rear d60?

[toyotanner]

i dont know what rear 60's are worth

edit: if you go 60's wont you have an ifs rear sitting around

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

i dont know what rear 60's are worth

edit: if you go 60's wont you have an ifs rear sitting around

well kinda..... I have yet another truck (85 standard cab) that is in need of axles and motor/trans/t-case... I have a buddy who has one behind his house I will see if he wants to part with it

[TheCookieMonster]

bye bye exo cage

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

  wayyyyy better! its getting an internal cage when the new cab is on.... I have kinda lost my interest in exo's now for some reason and the x-cab has plenty of room for tubing inside the cab!

[greenjacob]

so after all that work you cut the exo off what you doing with the truck now

[toyotanner]

yeah i've been looking for an ifs rear for awhile cant find one dont really need a 3rd member because i have my 5.29's just need the housing and shafts,brakes etc.

yeah screw exo's I SUPPORT BODY DAMAGE.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

so after all that work you cut the exo off what you doing with the truck now

yep you got it! I learned alot from building that cage so its no big deal to me.... I am just putting my blue truck cab (same truck bed came from) on this frame so it will be full body and street-able.... then the red cab will be built into full tube truck with 1 tons, links & coilovers and all the real goodies....at least for this build I will have a rig to wheel while I work on it....

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

yeah i've been looking for an ifs rear for awhile cant find one dont really need a 3rd member because i have my 5.29's just need the housing and shafts,brakes etc.

yeah screw exo's I SUPPORT BODY DAMAGE.

ya I dig body damage myself!!! I will ask my buddy and see if he will let it go and if not then we will see what I can do for ya on 1 of mine... I will let ya know when I hear from him...

[toyotanner]

cool

[THK Matt]

I say do a partial... have the tube run on the outside of the A Pillars and enter the cab at the top of the windshield area.. and run along the inside of the roof and exit out the back of the cab and run it done into a bed cage....

Picture it?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

I say do a partial... have the tube run on the outside of the A Pillars and enter the cab at the top of the windshield area.. and run along the inside of the roof and exit out the back of the cab and run it done into a bed cage....

Picture it?

I will just stick to the internal cage....I have lost my interest in the exo-cages I think I would rather sport body damage than an exo

[greenjacob]

there you go i think if you can drive your wheeler its way more fun anyways trucks looking good

[olivedrab85]

Nice...... Didn't want to say it but that exo had to go! I think you'll like front fenders wheelin in Oregon anyways

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

Nice...... Didn't want to say it but that exo had to go! I think you'll like front fenders wheelin in Oregon anyways

ya I agree... it will be nice to have fenders and even nicer to be able to mob it on the streets!

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

there you go i think if you can drive your wheeler its way more fun anyways trucks looking good

thx man I cant wait to be able to mob it....

[pumkin toy]

i rock my truck on the street with the exo alot!  i dont see the problem??

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

I just dont want any unwanted attention from the po-po's.... the origional reason for cutting it off was to do the cab swap so I have all my fenders and a straight cab but now that its off I just like it way better without so I am gonna whip up a internal when  the new cab is on.... 

[pumkin toy]

hopefully the internal turns out good for you.  i have never fabbed up an internal cage.

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

hopefully the internal turns out good for you.  i have never fabbed up an internal cage.

neither have I but this time I will be using bend-tech software so it should be much easier!

[pumkin toy]

yeah i have heard some good stuff about that software.  let me know how you like it

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

yeah i have heard some good stuff about that software.  let me know how you like it

ya I have too I cant wait to use it.... it saves me alot of thinking

[80_yota_pickup]

why did you decide to go with an internal cage instead on an exo-cage?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

ya I have too I cant wait to use it.... it saves me alot of thinking

I just was not happy with how the exo looks on my rig not to mention the exo that I built for it looked like ! I will just run sliders and bumpers for the body panel protection (not that I care about body damage) and then run an internal cage so I dont die when I flop it down a hill....

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

I also just got my diagnostic port (obd2) wired up in the truck but I am having some issues with getting my scanner to connect to the ECU..... I wired everything as it said in the schematics but for some reason my AutoTap scanner will not connect to the truck so I have to get that all figured out yet.....