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I spy a MKII supra
yeah, do rust proofing, paint the frame!yes its a g52
Holy hack job on a stick batman. I wouldn't have even considered buying that, but that's just me. You have a ton of work ahead of you just to make it somewhat reliable for wheeling imo. Here's what I'd do if I were you. Take off the bed and clean up the entire frame with a wire brush on a drill, then take a screwdriver and poke everywhere for soft spots. (I bet it's rotted through right by the gas tank) Patch everything or consider building a new rear frame section.Cut off anything and everything the PO welded because it looks like .Reweld everything, most likely with new brackets.Relocate your transfer case crossmember the correct way, or get a new one, cause that's hokey as hell.Then I'd por 15 the entire frame and the bottom of the bed and cab.Get a new speedometer gear because I bet yours is stripped and that's why it won't work.Get ride of that bodylift because it's absolutely useless.Get high steer.Dual cases.Lockers front and rear, chromo front shafts as well.
Nice project! Looks like your front springs are on backwards.
here is what I am doing to my framehttp://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=93755.0
What Seriously HAHA that's crazy I would have never noticed.
This side goes forward. unless the springs are not military wrap?
f them blocks pull em out its a fail point
Your shocks are fine, it's good for offroading. I'd wait to pull out the blocks until you get a bumper and a bed on there, to see if it drops at all.
The only thing I can think with the bed is you're going to have to bob in front of the wheel well as well as behind
Thats what I was worried about. Because I am suppose to have a short bed or because it will look dumb?
Because a long bed truck has a longer wheelbase so the wheel well is farther from the cab than a short bed truck. So the wheel well would start about half way through your tire.
Those are Rancho 44044's, some people call them "waggy leafs" they give you around 3" of lift.. very good spring for the front. I ran them in my 82' before doing links/coilovers. Ton's of flex and good overall ride. Looks like your getting there, alot of work.. keep it coming.
Looks like a tedious project, keep up the work also you say haha alot:haha:
Pretty much. lol Mostly because a lot of the previous work on this truck makes me laugh a lot !
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