Box Rocket
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Not much time to work on this these days with the holidays and family stuff happening almost every day it seems. But I did get a few hours over the weekend to do a couple things.
Got the MTRs pulled off my 80 and mounted back on the factory 80 wheels. The 80 wheels are still a bit chewed up from their last trip, but we'll get them cleaned up and repainted soon. But we got them swapped out with the stupid wheels and 33's that were on the Hilux.
The 35's look so much better IMO. We still want to get the lift a couple inches shorter. The 63" chevies in the rear should work well and I'm looking at pulling one of the leaves out of the front Skyjackers to see if that drops the height a bit and also rides better. take a look at the thick 2nd leaf in those front packs.
Anyone think the main leaf will have problems toward the eyes without a leaf adding support farther out?
Obviously we're still working on body work. I was able to get the tailgate cleaned up and prepped after these pics were taken so we're down to the driverside door and bedside and it will be ready for paint.
Here's a little better shot of how we modified the grill. We kept the outer edges of the old grill (gills) to fill the gap between the headlight buckets and the narrower '83 grill. Works ok IMO. This is a better view of that 2nd leaf in the front too.
Got the MTRs pulled off my 80 and mounted back on the factory 80 wheels. The 80 wheels are still a bit chewed up from their last trip, but we'll get them cleaned up and repainted soon. But we got them swapped out with the stupid wheels and 33's that were on the Hilux.
The 35's look so much better IMO. We still want to get the lift a couple inches shorter. The 63" chevies in the rear should work well and I'm looking at pulling one of the leaves out of the front Skyjackers to see if that drops the height a bit and also rides better. take a look at the thick 2nd leaf in those front packs.
Anyone think the main leaf will have problems toward the eyes without a leaf adding support farther out?
Obviously we're still working on body work. I was able to get the tailgate cleaned up and prepped after these pics were taken so we're down to the driverside door and bedside and it will be ready for paint.
Here's a little better shot of how we modified the grill. We kept the outer edges of the old grill (gills) to fill the gap between the headlight buckets and the narrower '83 grill. Works ok IMO. This is a better view of that 2nd leaf in the front too.
, bring a copy machine and have at it. 
