Recent content by rustED71

Oh I forgot, I installed these hood struts, got them from AVR Customs, A toyota youtuber I follow...it's a good kit, love these!

Wow it's been 4-1/2 years since I last posted...well I still have my pickup. I haven't done much to it lately. Having three young drivers (21, 20 and 16 and trying to keep the fleet of cars running, I havent had much time to work on my own lol. My tires were wore out so I pulled my steelies and...

Thanks!..You got a good eye, lol. Thats my 91' that I bought off the original owner back in 2018...it had 101,600 miles on the odometer at the time...has about 160,000 on it now. I need to get some new shoes for it, it currently has my steelies/ Yokohama's off the FJ40 on it.

I almost went and picked up some self tapping screws to use in mocking up the wheelwells, then I remembered that I had these clekos...hadn't used these in awhile, but they sure came in handy today!

Thanks cylonfj40nut!...I feel like I should have gotten more accomplished, but progress is progress. Yes I would definately recommend the Bud Built quarters to anyone looking for an alternative, they are beefy...I shouldn't have to worry about them rusting out anytime soon 😉 Today's progress of...

Check out Nomad wheels...they come in 16x7 and 16x8... I've been following Shannon Campbell on YouTube and he is building a FJ40, thats when I first saw these wheels made by Nomad, they look sick, and they make a stainless optional hubcap that is held on by two counter sunk screws: 504 Field –...

^I somehow messed up my measurements on the top piece of the wheelwell 🫩...I will fix that tomorrow...measure twice cut once!

Made some progress this weekend. I got the Driverside rear quarter tack welded in place, Im pretty happy with it the Budbuilt quarters as they lined up nice. I got my rear sill with the uprights all in place and the tailgate opening came out square so thats good. The weather took a turn and it...

Thanks clrussell, It feels really sturdy for just being tacked in place!

Also worked on the rear sill as well as the new uprights that will make up the tailgate opening. These were 2"x2"x.125 square tube. For the uprights I cut 3/16" out of the front, basically turning it into C channel. By doing this it allowed me to align the quarter panel and get everything...

Today I got the C-channel body braced welded in and then was able to get the passenger side quarter panel tacked into place. Used some copper infused weld thru primer on all the seams. In the 1st Pic you can see where I had to add 3/16" to the front of the quarter panel as it came up a little...

Decided to add one gusset per side instead of two, pretty happy with how it turned out...my welds aren't pretty, but they'll hold. The last 2 pics you can see daylight from a gap between the Channel/body brace and the front floor pans. I cut out the lip of the floor pan do to rust and left this...

I was thinking of making some gussets to brace the body mounts, what do you think, good idea or overkill?

Looks good! I like the idea of it being open, at least that way I can pressure wash an keep it clean, & not have to worry about dirt collecting inside the boxed in body brace.

I've been looking for a big piece of angle to build my new middle body brace out of. The idea is to keep it open instead of boxed so it won't trap dirt inside. I found this 6ft long channel that is 6-1/2" wide by 2" and 1/8" thickness. I decided to cut the lower lip off so that water can't...