My first Toyota

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reevesci said:
P, Did I miss it, which tires did you get? The 211 is a good starter-long term machine, you guys will like it.

J
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I got five 37x12.50r17 Goodyear Kevlar MTRs. So same tire (because i was so impressed with how they held up in the mud and rocks at Windrock), only BIGGER :steer:. Even got my fifth FJ steelie in the mail today to put them all on! i feel so prepared having a spare and road hazard lol. Might need that rear tire carrier a little sooner than expected haha.

And yes, my brother and I are SUPER excited about the welder, can't wait to start messing around with it and attempt to quit embarrassing myself with my ugly ugly UGLY welds.
 
robustbambi said:
I got five 37x12.50r17 Goodyear Kevlar MTRs. So same tire (because i was so impressed with how they held up in the mud and rocks at Windrock), only BIGGER :steer:. Even got my fifth FJ steelie in the mail today to put them all on! i feel so prepared having a spare and road hazard lol. Might need that rear tire carrier a little sooner than expected haha.

And yes, my brother and I are SUPER excited about the welder, can't wait to start messing around with it and attempt to quit embarrassing myself with my ugly ugly UGLY welds.
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Good choice, I went with the KM2s because I didn't want to buy new rims (17s) so I stuck with the 16s and 345s (actually bigger/wider than the 37 x 12.5).. Take your time and practice, practice, practice with the new machine. The autoset feature will help you out considerably, but learn to use the welder without it.. Just think of the sound of sizzling bacon.. then you are pretty close to dialed in... ;)

J
 
I went with 17 because i really like the mtr and cuz I knew I wanted to run Hutchinson beadlocks (I know, super poser lol) eventually. And yeah, I've heard the bacon noise a time or two and made a couple guys think I knew what I was doing because of it. We're planning on practicing a bunch on Rusty to get used to different metal widths and stuff. Already bought many pounds of wire so that my brother can waste it all playing around haha.


...via IH8MUD app
 
Not flux, gas is gonna be what I assume is the norm (75/25 argon/CO2 mix).


...via IH8MUD app
 
Too bad i can't "like" my own post (cuz I'm an a******)... These things got shipped WAAAAY early and I'm really excited about it! I can't really do anything with them while Woody is being worked on, but I don't care. I learned my lesson and went back to Kaufman Tire this time, and they took excellent care of me. Don't know why i ever went somewhere else.

The Kaufman guys were very curious about what they were going under, they might even check out mud to see some of the real crawlers on here haha.






Only 3 fit in the back of an 80... 2 trips in rush hour traffic ain't fun.






315s vs 37s. Its actually true to size... massive :)
 
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Heavy I bet
 
Finally!! Actual progress!!!
Went and picked up this cool blue machine yesterday from a fellow Ga Cruiser member who sells welding supplies :)




After we loaded it up, we raced over to my grandmas house and hooked it all up so that we could get to fooling with it. After an hour or so, it was set up (thanks to the little pre purchase installation tutorial haha) and we felt pretty confident that we could tack the 2-piece spring perch together... No problem.

When we got started today, we decided that we wanted to have the thinner perch in place and burned in completely so that the only major thing left to do on that axle is the cut and turn. After a little bit of morning stupidity (measuring the pinion angle WITHOUT the full weight of the truck on the front end lol). After that little fumble, we got the weight over the front axle and the diff pointed directly at the TC flange.

So we tacked the perches to the axle and brought everything up to the house.












Then came the fun part, doing the actual welding. We wanted to make sure it was going to penetrate well, so we prepared by welding lines all the way around a couple pieces of scrap 1/4" axle tube that a Ga cruiser member cut off of a 9.5" 60 series rear axle (he's making it into a 9.5" front axle housing for his 80, something we too need to get started on).


Anyway, I think we did an ok job, smashed them with a sledge ALOT, so I'm thinking they should be strong enough...




Just to show off the relatively beautiful first section I did. (I'm better at welding than my younger brother, @pandathrust, now :flipoff2:)


After letting the exterior cool down, we welded the insides as far as we could reach with the gun, but the phone died so no pictures of that.

We also finished making our 220v extension cord (25' of 6-3 wire), so we will finish welding the 3/8" 2-piece perch another day, then my search for a huge ass pipe cutter begins. Found a cheap one at harbor freight, if it doesn't work, ill get one from work.

Im very happy with the 211, works really well! The auto set feature REALLY helps get your confidence up so that you can then learn to set the machine manually pretty quickly.
 
Yaay! First person to ever compliment any sort of fabricating i did LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks maat :cheers:
 
robustbambi said:
Finally!! Actual progress!!!
Went and picked up this cool blue machine yesterday from a fellow Ga Cruiser member who sells welding supplies :)

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That picture where you can only see the grill and the eyes of your toyota is cool. I bet you an photoshop it to look evil.
 
Thanks J! I really wasn't expecting it to be THAT bomb though haha. And yep, we made sure to take a few breaks in between sides and inner/outer parts. Any other welding tips are very welcome!
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The Phoenician said:
That picture where you can only see the grill and the eyes of your toyota is cool. I bet you an photoshop it to look evil.
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Ive grown kind of partial to the "meaner" looking 62 front end. I wanted to swap it to the round lights when i first bought it, but 60s are too kind looking for Atlanta traffic. Right now, I only get cut off like 4x a day instead of a 40000 lol. And If i knew anything about photoshop, besides "enhance" when the photos too dark or something, id do some stuff haha.:beer:
 
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