1988 Toyota X-Cab

I've owned my truck for almost a year now, but I'm fairly new to the site. I thought I would post up and get some local opinions and support.
Owners Name & City- Jared, Logan Utah.


Make, Model & Year of Vehicle- 1988 Toyota Pickup xtra cab


Engine- 22re


Transmission- w56


T-Case- Gear driven top shift


Axles- Rear - Trucks original housing, Aussie locker, yukon 5.29's
Front - 1985 4runner axle with high steer and 5.29's


Suspension- 63" Chevy leafs out back, Toyota rears up front.


Wheels and Tires- 35" bfg mtrs on 15" aluminum wheels


Favorite Trails- Providence canyon, willard peak, little moab


I didn't know a lot about toyota's before owning this truck and when I first bought it I thought I had a decent platform. I guess it was a start but I want this rig to be very capable and not very problematic...
Here's a few pics of when I first bought it, and the very weak flex shot.

 

[Yota]

Got my aussie installed:greg:

Zuk's site has awesome info. gearinstalls.com

 

[ricsrx]

My aussie works fantastic!!!!

 

[4x4addiction]

sweet truck man! i got an 85 extended cab flad bed im building!

 

[SLC97SR5]

My aussie works fantastic!!!!

It's all in the setup...for the $$$ the Aussie is where it's at. Tough to screw up, great warranty and they just work.

 

[4x4addiction]

i just got a lock rite for 80 bucks cant complain there ha ha

 

[Yota]

I'm excited to see how it performs on and off road!!
4x4addiction where are you located?

 

[Yota]

kinda off topic but my roommate just bought this steed.
I'll talk him into getting an account here and a thread on the truck!

 

[4x4addiction]

Yota im located im west valley why do you ask?

 

[Yota]

Ah just curious. I was just in west valley yesterday picking up that runner. It's just cool to see what other people are building.

 

[Yota]

I made this nifty little tool to tighten my carrier bearings and get the back lash reading I want. I'm going to put the locked diff out back and freshen up the open one to put up front.

 

[GEEPAHOLIC]

did you ever find a 22re ?

 

[Yota]

Well it was for the 4runner my buddy is working on, we found out his timing cover was cracked from the timing chain wearing through it. We ended up rebuilding his 22re since the head and block were both okay. So I've built two so far and neither are mine unfortunately.. it just keeps running haha.
But here's a few pics of the rebuild, it's done now and running nice and strong.

 

[Yota]

And with my build... A buddy of mine welded up some armor.. nice and beefy

Another lame preview.. I swear next time I post up on my axle it'll have steering and be ready for some action.

 

[iamsparticus]

It's looking good, what springs are you running up front? if you want some new shocks the rad jeeper on here has a bunch of good used ones

 

[Yota]

I really have no idea what springs, I think they're allpro ones, they came on the truck and do a pretty good job so I haven't felt the need to run anything else. I'll keep that in mind though since I'm looking for some bilsteins in the near future.

 

[Yota]

Did some painting

My buddy got some new painting supplies and we took advantage of the nice weather earlier this week.. I have to give him a big thanks for hooking me up!!

My arp steering arm studs finally came and are installed... And my front end should be going under my truck this weekend! :greg:

 

[toyota rockhead]

sweet truck man it will be very similar to mine once you get it all built up keep up the good work!

 

[ricsrx]

very nice!!

 

[Yota]

Thanks for the compliments guys. Rockhead, do you have a thread for your truck? Or some current pictures? Feel free to pm me, your truck looks nice and stout.

 

[mierdota]

thats funny our trucks are almost twins, i just did the black on the bottom and i was going to tape off the same lines on the hood haha great minds think alike i am doing mine all flat black now so i dont copy you