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10-05-2007, 09:18 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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|   This just pisses me of, great find man, i am still trying to get my hi lux back from my "friend" that i sold it to over 8 years ago , he has it in his storage room collecting dust, i think he only ran it once when he bought it from me and then put it away, and he has been stringing me along that he will sell it back to me for over a year. Sorry for the rant, anyways looks like your truck is in great shape , and i am sure you will have another great build for us |
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10-05-2007, 09:21 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: OC, Oregon
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Damn, Looking better already Can't wait to see what you do with it.I always had a thing for the hilux bed aswell, its ugly as hell but different. |
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10-05-2007, 04:40 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Upland
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Nice build. Looks great!
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10-06-2007, 02:31 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: England, Where the birds fly backwards.
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I beleive this did come with shocks! This is a 1.9 vintage bruiser on flebay with shocks!  Just extra proof they do exist (I'm no expert but these look original!) |
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10-06-2007, 09:57 PM
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The Dampers were an optional hop up for the Hilux. They were the same dampers that were sold with the Sand Scorcher and rough rider. They are a horrible damper and will leak oil constantly. It looks like you have a good truck to start with, these are a classic and deserve to be built up properly. |
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10-06-2007, 09:58 PM
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10-06-2007, 10:07 PM
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Thanks shodog, I assure you itll be built right I even ordered some of the cool new "warn" hubs for it. I need to make the rear shocks next and go from there.
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10-06-2007, 10:25 PM
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The ones you made look pretty good. it might be just as easy to pick of a set of used SRB dampers. Another little scale trick is to use the rubber bellows from the bruiser dampers.  |
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10-07-2007, 01:14 AM
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10-07-2007, 06:09 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: Arlington, VA
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Did you paint the hubs black? Looks good. If you want some beater plastic hubs, a guy sent me some so-so resin copies and I since got some identical repro's off Ebay. |
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10-08-2007, 03:23 AM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Thanks for the pictures shodog, I have some extra Bruiser shocks somewhere, Ill probably end up stealing the boots from...did the same thing on my clone and when there painted white with a red rancho sticker look perfect I think I want black hubs, that looks great |
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10-15-2007, 08:43 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Made some rear shocks and got them mounted  Then found my rear hubs to look like this :-(   Gotta love old tamiya pot metal luckily I have a brand new set coming soon with new caps along with a entire custom set of 12mm Bruiser axles...not for this but for another project O and I attacked the dash too   its currently in 3 pc and I am starting to work on the gage cluster. Thanks for looking -Mike |
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10-15-2007, 09:43 PM
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| Gettin’ back on the horse Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hoonsville
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Wow buddy thanks for showing us how it is done. What is next teacher? |
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10-15-2007, 10:37 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: clarksburg
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You Sir Are A Scale Master Keep The Pics Commin Thanks For Sharing.
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10-16-2007, 01:00 AM
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10-16-2007, 01:55 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: OC, Oregon
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Wow, were the hubs really all cracked up like that? I never even noticed them.
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 was full of hair line fractures and when I went to separate it literally shattered . Trust me, its not at all your fault, most people wouldnt have even noticed it, I only saw it because where the screws thread in is chunking apart.
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11-04-2007, 06:13 PM
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Hevent updated this in some time, mostly because I hadnt had time to work on it. I got my new hub parts, and some cool "Warn" style covers for the front from some dude on ebay. I then came home from the GFs last night at like 12 and headed down into the basement till 3 which really was only 2 and got some more dashboard work accomplished 1st I finished the heater ducts, then I started on the glove box latch opener. On my last interior I glue a small circular piece of styrene to the dash with a "latch" glued to that piece however that wasnt the way it really is. The knob/latch is actually recessed and the opening to it is beveled. So after using a combination of 4 different drill bits by hand to get the contour correct, I then had to flip the dash and grind it down so the latch would be so far in and closer to flush. I then glued a piece in from the back side and cut a small piece of styrene rod to use as the knob/latch part   I think next time I am also going to try to make the heater duct look more realistic...we will see...I always try improve each time I do one a new one. I knew I had kept that camaro interior for a reason, got my self my heater controls (not exact but beats making them) and a full blown REAL heat duct    Next up I need to make the column, other controls, another CB radio, lower gage cluster,make my CD deck and Ipod and more Stay tuned -Mike |
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11-04-2007, 09:47 PM
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| I lost my vendor privileges Join Date: May 2006 Location: TOP OF THE HILL
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looking good Mike.
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