Another toyota build....

[iamsparticus]

i understand i forget all the time but i still love to see them

 

[sixstringsteve]

sorry just been working on it too much and forget to take pics. Its madness at my shop right now.

that's better than lots of pics with no progress

 

[Panos]

it's coming together. I think I can have it done by friday.
There is nothing major to do, just a shit load of "one hour jobs" haha.

I hope to join you all on the trail this weekend.

 

[Panos]

 

[sixstringsteve]

That is sick Nick. What wheels are those?

 

[SUPERFLY]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe they are fj cruiser take offs?

 

[Panos]

yes, plain jane 17" FJ take off wheels. Same ones I had on my tundra and last 4runner. the offset sucks, and I wanted to weld some beadlocks on before this weekend but oh well it will have to wait.

 

[SAMI]

Looks great! Fingers crossed that you get it out in the dirt this weekend.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I love those FJ steelies. Wish they were like 3.0" BS, then I'd buy 'em up for every build I ever do.

Good luck getting it on the trail this weekend Nick.

 

[Herzog]

That's coming together very nicely. Post up the final shots before you head out.

 

[Panos]

well, I got it done!! I couldn't have done it without all the help from my friends. So thank you all that helped! you guys kick ass! Friday night we pulled an all night gang bang on it, and first drive was at about 5:15 in the morning SUCH A GOOD FEELING

I took it out saturday for a little test run, and it got hot. I took the thermostat out on the trail and filled it with about a gallon of water, I guess in out all night daze we had forgot to fill it completely with coolant, oops. oh well it didnt help much, still was getting hot..

We took it back in to the shop and called it a night, we where all exhausted. Sunday I pulled it out and dropped the back half off the trailer so the nose was pointed in the air and ran it with the radiator cap off to try to burp it a little. Thinking that there was a ton of air in the system. Sure enough, a TON of air was burped out. After that it ran perfect! We ran a few trails, nothing too hard just wanted to test it out. After we had a bit of fun burning around on the dunes All in all I am very happy. I have lot of tweeking to do on the suspension but other than that it was a lot of fun.

sorry, not too many good pics, I was having too much fun to take pics! but here are some.

 

[iamsparticus]

i love it nic i just wish i could of seen it on the trail when i was out there

 

[1\4elliptic toy]

It did awesome for your first run, Good times!

 

[sixstringsteve]

amazing work Nick. That's the best feeling when it's all working like that. You've got some good friends too.

 

[Panos]

Great friends !

 

[SAMI]

Love it. Wish I lived down there. Stoked that you got it out of the shop!

 

[sixstringsteve]

this is not "just another toyota build"

 

[SUPERFLY]

Saw it in action, it looks even better in person!

 

[mierdota]

damn man that turned out awesome!

 

[Panos]

this is not "just another toyota build"

haha, thats what it was supposed to be when it started. But yes certainly did not turn out to be just another toyota build.