Even though i have the hard part of the truck done, i figured i could post it up, and let you guys see whats happening with it.

I have an 84, that was completely optioned, except for 4 wheel drive.


050508_16051 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

After 2 years of tremendous work, it was painted, the interior was painted black, a stereo was added, and some other minor things, this is my truck


IMG_20111018_151347 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

Now i lpan on redoing the stereo, something with a little less problems, and a lot more volume, revamping the interior, which i will post pictures of shortly, finding some new shoes, getting it lower(probably bagging it) and again, small touches after that

 

Good lookin truck paint looks good two pretty sure we all would love to see some pics of the work you did if ya got em

 

That paintjob is screaming "BAG ME!!!!!!"

 

love it...keep it going

 

Nice work.. can we see you interior? What do you mean by optioned?

 

All the factory options include an automatic, fuel injection, it had the sr5 wheels as you can see, it has a rear window defrost, a power antenna, tilt column, power windows, the 'deck lamp' (switchable light on the cab for the bed), AC, Cruise control, sunroof, sr5 buckets with the adjustable hip squeezer, as well as the sr5 door panels.

I'll get the pictures up and on here in just a little bit

 

driver sanded new fender by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

Here is the truck with the new fenders and most of the body work complete,


000_0058 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

My brother helping us with the mask for the Tribal design


IMG_20110323_135417 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

Building my current Stereo


IMG_20110411_073939 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110306_122551 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

Hood being masked


IMG_20110319_203855 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110416_125255 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110415_171507 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110416_125255 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110608_202733 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110608_191232 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr


IMG_20110611_103246 by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

and it's first weekend on the road, day-bue at kickin' it oldschool 2011

 

So i'm at the point i want new wheels, i got mine for next to nothing from a friend of mine, and wont complain, although one was bent pretty bad, and never got truly rounded back out. So the other day i was at a show with Pig rig, and i got to lookin at the 20's he put on his toyota, and that was another inspiring thing to make me want new wheels.

My 19's came off a Honda Accord, so they have a REALLY high offset, and i don't like how they fit at all, and i'm having a really hard time finding a wheel I feel like compliments these trucks, except this one. And i'm still not sure about it.

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/47072_467876892386_507737386_7141024_131919_n.jpg

But until i find wheels, i'm going to change up the stereo a little


Kick pod by CrazyCody93, on Flickr

As you can see i have some custom fiberglass'd kick pods for my truck, which sound nice, and give a pretty good sound stage, but i'm looking for more, and am ready to get some room back for my feet. Especially on the passenger side. So i plan on Building some door pods for my mids, and building pillars to mount the tweeter, to help lift the sound stage, and potentially get a little more bottom end out of the drivers.

 

Also today i found out at work (Les Schwab) when i went to move wheels, and re balance them, i knew one was bent, because the previous owner had hit a pot hole and taco'd the wheel. He hit it back out, and it was in okay enough shape to go on the rear of the vehicle. While Balancing my wheels, 3 of them were scarily bent! so i'm on a drastic hunt to find wheels!

Currently mine are 19x8's with a 215/35-19
But i think i will move to an 18x8 with a 215/38-18

so i can keep it low, and even go lower, get something with a better offset, instead of an Accord wheel, i think +40??? way too much, whatever it is.

http://50.63.57.155/media/catalog/p...08d6e5fb8d27136e95/t/s/tsw_jarama_blk_1_2.jpg

whadu guys think??

 

Have you looked at concept one wheels . I always have favored some of there designs

 

They do have nice wheels, i just dont think any of them will compliment the truck. does that make sense?

 

I like the wheels you have on it a lot. Look at some billet wheels

 

NICE rig Cody, dig the paint and work you've done on it!

Cheers!

 

Well ironically, i have them for sale if your interested (; But in all seriousness, i don't want to rip anyone off, especially from a community that i really like, so i'll be strait foreword and say the only 1 of the wheels is strait, the other 3 are bent, and one hit a pothole bad, and was hit back out with a hammer, so it has a flat spot. And you'll probably want to run spacers with them, they have a really high offset.

I've tried looking everywhere for wheels, and i just so happen to have an expensive taste, the wheels i want are Lexani's and are $1000 a piece, so i'm going to try out those TSWs since i work at a Les Schwab and can get discounts.

But i'm glad you guys are liking the truck! It has been a lot of work and headache's bringing it to where it is, and i'm sore that's not going away anytime soon. I'm looking into what it will take to Bag it, and Upping the stereo a lot, i'd like it to become a prize winning driver, but we'll see where it lands.

 

Well i found a w50 on my local craigslist listings, that i think i'll be able to pickup for around $80. I know the w58 is the one to have, but it seems like they're hard to come by around here, and everyone wants quite a bit. I figured for even 80 i could pull it apart and replace anything that may be bad while it's out of the truck.

I'm also thinking of having a 1 piece drive line built for it to help transfer the torque even better. Then as soon as the tranny deal goes through, i'll scavange through my local wrecking yards, and pick up the pedal assemblies, master and slave cylinders(which depending on the conditions i can find i may get new) and find a good flywheel.

 

Be sure to get the clutch fork and throwout bearing assembly with that W50. The slave cylinder and push rod are different too. It is a direct swap other than that stuff. Just did it a couple months ago.

 

Shouldn't the fork and throwout bearing assembly come with whatever clutch i get for it? Fortunately i'll hold out the actual swap until i have all the pieces for it so i'm not in a major rush to snatch all the parts

 

The throwout bearing will come with the clutch but you need the assembly the bearing is pressed onto and the cast iron (NOT the stamped later model) fork that is original to the W50. A lot of things changed between the early W series and super common later stuff.

 

Then i'm going to try and get as much of that original stuff as i can

 

Yea get everything you can, you'll need it. Get the clutch kit for whatever the trans came out of and you'll at least get the right bearing. The rest is all interchangeable.