project: lower/faster-toyota hilux

[cruuz]

what's up everyone, my name is Jake. wanted to share this since I have a little bit of time to do an initial imagepuke. this def won't be everyone's flavor, but it's all good

I've had this truck for a while now, love it to death, and have driven its balls off.

cranked torsions up front and 4" blocks in the back, the way I bought it. always envisioned it much lower, but was too busy driving it into the ground to do anything about it. until early april that is.....

had been laid off for a few months and stewing on a plan during the cold months, so I cleaned up half of my garage and pulled it in for a serious undertaking
stripped it of all things that made it go, left only the trans hanging(need that bit)



then cut, weld, plate, measure, re-measure, and this happened












then I started playing around with the front suspension. I think i'll end up putting that process in a future post, but some fit-up and clearance figuring

and I realized I needed to man up and fit the flared versions



and to get us to the current state of things, i've been working on finishing up the oil pan fab





that's it for right now, but I'm REEEAAALY trying to get this on the road asap so i'll update as often as possible. thanks for looking peeps

[storey618]

well this got cool real fast! please dont die off like most of the really awesome builds on here

[FunfGang]

Oh man this is cool!

Where in Pittsburgh are you? I've been up here for a few years with school and will be here a few years longer.

[cruuz]

I can absolutely promise that this build won't die, goal is to make at least one drift event this year
FunF, I'm like 1 minute from the squirrel hill tunnel, you in Oakland?

[milano_red]

Dude, when you told me about this I didn't know it was going to be this awesome!

[cruuz]

Floor pan under the seat area was super stank and rusted thru in a bunch of spots, Ike didn't approve so we handled some business



Stank removed. So. Much. Rust. New floor goes in tomorrow, along with raising the center section of the crossmember for driveshaft clearance

[crazylegs]

Very interested in how the front suspension turns out

[sixaugfb]

Very interested in how the front suspension turns out

[cruuz]

Very interested in how the front suspension turns out

I might get to the 'in depth' front suspension post this weekend, I have a lot to put in it and it kinda all has to go together to make sense, otherwise I'll seem retarded Lolz. Let's just say there was a ton of trial and changing around, and it will be experimental in nature at first
Thanks for the interest, I need all of the encouragement steam I can get


Finished raising the crossmember for driveshaft clearance after cutting out the cab floor, raised it about ~3". Still have to trim off the bottom bits but I'm not doing that until I clean up, my creeper won't roll over the mountains of rubble and rust. Started thinking about how I wanted to go about putting in the new floor and came up with a little creative re-use. I think it's a good start to a new floor

Old

New


Rusty old fenders+perf steel=

[Jlyons617]

You need to keep the marker lights in the center console and use them as floor lighting.

[CHIF8008]

im loving everything about this build. great ideas

[cruuz]

You need to keep the marker lights in the center console and use them as floor lighting.

Already ahead of you bud, I've had a few ideas in that direction

[fackinsteve]

I was so worried that bags were going to be put on this, im so happy theyre not.

[LCG]

very creative on the center console, I like it

[TheCrabMaster]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm