1985 Toyota Xtra Cab 4x4 - updated pics & vids p. 3

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By 1ACarlos
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:24 pm #260819 That's awesome
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By teal_dx
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:55 pm #280119
dawg316 wrote:nice find. toyota pickups are very popular here. great price for the pickup. every thing here is all rotted away lol. must lean like a cholo with no sway bars ? what mods you got planed for it ?

get a solid bumper front rear. mount a winch. add lockers. and you should be set for anything :woot:


I'd love a build front bumper but they're big bucks... same for the winch. So my budget plan is to not get stuck :) One of the guys I wheel with has a winch, he's saved me a couple times. Truck is already locked front & rear.

The springs are stiff enough for road driving that it's able to take corners about as fast as a normal car when I have the 33 BFG AT's on.
With the 35" DC Mud COuntry tires on, it's all over the place lol.

I already put a 106k mi 22r in from an 86. And repaired the inner frame rails this summer because one of them was already getting thin and rusting through :thumbdown:
I parted out the 86 and actually made a profit + have every spare part I need. Then I bought an 87 for the fiberglass bed and I'm in the process of parting that one out to make some profit. Both trucks had rotten frames beyond repair.

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Working on these trucks usually ends up in a pile of rust on the floor. :lol:

Here's the new inner frame rail on the 85:
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After welding in I coated it with POR 15 :thumb:
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By teal_dx
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:01 pm #280121 I don't have the new bed on yet... still need to paint it to match. For now I'm rocking a quick home depot wood bed:
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I took it off roading like this last weekend:

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By dbrooks
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:50 pm #280138 That thing is soooo sick! :thumb:
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By Apexracing
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:03 pm #280142 Brian i'm jealous that looks like allot of fun!
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By Chance
- Sat Nov 05, 2011 12:29 pm #280240 Nice.. I've never really been "off roading" looks legit! :thumb:
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By teal_dx
- Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:34 am #280365 I never thought I'd get into it but it's fun! After 10+ years of zipping around the city in lowered cars, swerving around every speed bump and pothole, being extra careful not to curb rims when parking... It's nice to take a beefed up 4x4, a cooler of beverages, a few friends and head out into the wilderness where you can run over huge rocks, logs, whatever is in the way you want to go. It's relaxing and you can camp out and make a weekend out of it.
Until you break something :lol:

I don't take some of the really crazy trails that some of my friends take their rigs on... and I'm usually the one heading back to camp to retrieve parts when they break something :lol:

Here's some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdV2gvQo0Qg
climbing up a crevice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHuFMF0CLqI
climbing through the bowl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asuLqChmPgk
muddy hill climb

http://www.youtube.com/user/6thGearAdve ... CAE343C130
Here's all the videos from offroading if you want to see more. There was a 1971 Toyota FJ40 and a few Samurai's and a RZR. THere's a roll over in one of the vids. :twisted:
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By leeb18c
- Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:47 am #280369 nice! I wish i had a truck for when it rains here in baja

By tegpower18
- Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:02 pm #284107 heck yea man I had no idea u still had this thing looks great and like tons of fun I cant wait to get a truck that I can beat up and not have to worry about
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By teal_dx
- Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:16 pm #315370 Took the truck to Southington Offroad Park last weekend.
It's not as extreme as Wellsville, so I didn't bother taking the bed off, putting on the cut fenders or my old beat up bumper. Also didn't have a trailer lined up so we chanced it and drove (1.5 hr each way) and tried not to break anything while there.

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The first trail I picked to go on turned out to be the worst lol
Getting stuck in a big mud hole- Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu4liY27 ... CAE343C130

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And that mud hole was fun, but no more. Cleaning out the inside of the frame was a PITA.

Obstacle Course Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFoGq5rp ... CAE343C130


My friend brought his 99% stock Suzuki Sidekick and I'm impressed what that little 4x4 can do!
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Video Highlights of the Sidekick:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmqNQimS ... CAE343C130
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By teal_dx
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:17 pm #354029 These days I might get to take the truck on a weekend offroad adventure once a year, if I'm lucky. It was looking pretty rough from the first few years I owned it:

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Rolling on the daily 33" all-terrains

I took it to Wellsville once last year:
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Then I parked it for winter and started catching up on maintenance. I also decided this truck deserved some fresh paint for its 30th birthday. I did a walk-around video before taking it to the paint booth...
https://youtu.be/IlCmOYdwZII

The amount of dents in this truck was ridiculous...
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Of course, there was some rust lurking...
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Well that escalated quickly :shock: I kept cutting and cutting until I was sure all rust was removed.

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Blocked the body and it was time for the first coat of primer.
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Blocked & primed some more.

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painted some new wheels in between primer coats.

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Gave the calipers & hubs some attention, since it would have nice wheels.

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By teal_dx
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:35 pm #354030 And here's the finished truck:

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The wheels are painted with Dupli-color Bronze wheel paint. They were black with a silver 'beadlock' ring before. I wasn't sure if the red ring would be overkill, but now I think it looks perfect.

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Tan bedliner to match the interior & bronze wheels.

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When you paint a truck, all the black plastic suddenly looks 2x as bad. So I painted the grill & trim as well.


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Seeing daylight for the first time since paint.
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