my 1st gen...1980 longbed

[80_yota_pickup]

hey i was just wondering if the flat belly you fabed out was worth the work and would you do anything different on it?

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

hey i was just wondering if the flat belly you fabed out was worth the work and would you do anything different on it?

the flat belly is wort the work any day man

[TheCookieMonster]

hey i was just wondering if the flat belly you fabed out was worth the work and would you do anything different on it?

it is definetly worth the work in my opinion. ive saved my ass a few times now having the cases tucked up out of harms way...if you do lots of rock crawling i would definetly do it. the only thing i would do different is make a different crossmember that is eazier to get out of the truck (mine is quite a pain). also i would of made new motor mounts that raise the engine up a little to keep the drive terrain a bit more level. other than that i love it

[I.D.G.A.F]

Did you run pinion wedge's, my short bed yota with a "tummy tuck" the rear pinion angle is bad.

[TheCookieMonster]

Did you run pinion wedge's, my short bed yota with a "tummy tuck" the rear pinion angle is bad.

yes, i had them before i tucked everything up. i have a 4* shim in the front with angled blocks in the rear for now. my truck is also a longbed so that helps a little

[I.D.G.A.F]

true 

[80_yota_pickup]

well thanks for the help and you have a kick ass truck i have an 80 that i just got done building for the last year, two weeks ago and stage two build up is coming here shortly and i think flat belly is in the sights. thanks for the help.

[TheCookieMonster]

went wheelin today...had a good time 



and then 





i flopped for the first time  ...not much damage..got the fender and door a little bit

i got a lot more pictures..will post up tomorrow

[I.D.G.A.F]

Dude, cab exo next?

[95SAS]

nice flop! Any damage?

[smokeater87]

I love how you put the marlin sticker on the crossmember Awsome truck man.Giving me alot of ideas.Keep up the good work

[TheCookieMonster]

Dude, cab exo next?

yes thats one of my next projects 

I love how you put the marlin sticker on the crossmember Awsome truck man.Giving me alot of ideas.Keep up the good work

thanks man....gotta sport the Marlin stickers everywhere you can 


here are a few more pics from yesterday













right before the flop















back on all 4 wheels



here's the damage...i got really lucky it didnt mess up more







enjoy 

[SR5Yota]

Well atlest it was on its side and not all the way over.

[NorCalToy]

did it take your windsheild too?

[I.D.G.A.F]

man your truck is bada$$........

[toyotanner]

it looks like the windshield got cracked pretty bad in one of the pics

[TheCookieMonster]

did it take your windsheild too?

nope....the windshield was already like that before. it got cracked really bad a couple years ago when i ran into a tree  ...i got lucky it didnt roll on its lid

man your truck is bada$$........

Thanks Man

[TheCookieMonster]

made some rock sliders for me and a buddy today 

here's the set we made for my friends 1st gen short bed





here's the start of mine...the just a bit longer then the first set....3 or 4 inches i think



i got them the rest of the way done tonight...gonna take my truck out to my buddies place to weld them on tomorrow...ill get more pics when there done. they came out pretty nice 

[Joey88RUNR]

Sliders Look Good

[twistedtoy92]

nice lookin sliders!!

[46&2]

nice work on the sliders. 

[pumkin toy]

i like your truck!  i always enjoy the vintage look of the first gens.    and if you are going to build an exo on it, deffinately try to build it as tight to the cab as possible.  you might not want to take pointers from the dude in the red truck in the back ground!  lol

[toywthbdydmge]

I like your rig I used to have a blue 80 short bed on 35's 

[TheCookieMonster]

i like your truck!  i always enjoy the vintage look of the first gens.    and if you are going to build an exo on it, deffinately try to build it as tight to the cab as possible.  you might not want to take pointers from the dude in the red truck in the back ground!  lol

thanks....ya its getting a partial exo sometime soon. havent really figured it out yet...that red truck is my brothers ...its his first cage hes built and its not that eazy to do so take it eazy on him. its getting cut off and redone anyways so it will be a lot tighter to the cab..

I like your rig I used to have a blue 80 short bed on 35's 

thanks man. i like the first gens but the cab is toooo damn small. i just really like the old school yota look 



also got my sliders all welded together and the ends capped off. was going to put them on today but thats not gonna happen 

[KYOTA]

hey man I have a rollbar for a first gen to hold you over till you cage/exo it? at least you'd have some protection. trade for 1st gen exhaust parts or cash if you're interested

[pumkin toy]

thanks....ya its getting a partial exo sometime soon. havent really figured it out yet...that red truck is my brothers ...its his first cage hes built and its not that eazy to do so take it eazy on him. its getting cut off and redone anyways so it will be a lot tighter to the cab..

sorry i wasnt trying to be mean   i just cant stand the way exos look when they are not tight to the cab 
yes i do agree that they can be challenging to build though!  a buddy and i spent about two weeks working on mine getting it to fit right.  they can be a PITA.  i hope the new cage goes well for him!

[TheCookieMonster]

hey man I have a rollbar for a first gen to hold you over till you cage/exo it? at least you'd have some protection. trade for 1st gen exhaust parts or cash if you're interested

thanks for the offer....ill just wait til i get some more tubing...im pretty much parking the truck for a little while to get the suspension reworked and doin some tubing projects 

thanks....ya its getting a partial exo sometime soon. havent really figured it out yet...that red truck is my brothers ...its his first cage hes built and its not that eazy to do so take it eazy on him. its getting cut off and redone anyways so it will be a lot tighter to the cab..

sorry i wasnt trying to be mean   i just cant stand the way exos look when they are not tight to the cab 
yes i do agree that they can be challenging to build though!  a buddy and i spent about two weeks working on mine getting it to fit right.  they can be a PITA.  i hope the new cage goes well for him!

its cool man  ...i know what you mean i hate that look too...we just cut the cage off a lil while ago to do some new stuff 

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

thanks....ya its getting a partial exo sometime soon. havent really figured it out yet...that red truck is my brothers ...its his first cage hes built and its not that eazy to do so take it eazy on him. its getting cut off and redone anyways so it will be a lot tighter to the cab..

sorry i wasnt trying to be mean   i just cant stand the way exos look when they are not tight to the cab 
yes i do agree that they can be challenging to build though!  a buddy and i spent about two weeks working on mine getting it to fit right.  they can be a PITA.  i hope the new cage goes well for him!

the new cage will be internal as I am not happy with the exo look on the 3rd gen or really any truck for that matter....I change my mind alot!

[TheCookieMonster]

pic of the sliders i made....right at 63" long 

[spc mike]

what did you use to "fish mouth" the pipe? Looks GOOD too!