paranoids kinda expo build

[paranoid56]

recently picked this up after selling my 85 2wd LT truck and needed something that held more people and was newer.

and wow, this truck is much much nicer then my 85 was
Truck will be built with just basic off roading and camping in mind, as i have a 71FJ40 i am building for the major rock stuff


how it currently sits.

2003 double cab 4x4

Engine
stock 3.4 V6
auto trans

Suspension
Icon 2.5 coilovers
Camburg upper arms
Total Chaos upper arm gussets.
Total Chaos knuckle gussets
1.5" lift rear shackle
diff drop

Wheels/tires
Some black fake beadlocks
285/75/16 treadwright guard dogs


Other Stuff
LED interior lights
Hella horns
Custom front grill
debadged somewhat
On board air
Manual hub conversion
ARB snorkel

Protection
ARB front bumper
4x4 innovations rock sliders
Trail gear rear bumper with extra support for the hitch

Future Mods/Coming Soon
Winch
plate rear bumper
1" body lift (have but havent installed)

 

[paranoid56]

fist mod was kinda cheesy but i liked the look as it reminds me of my fj40.
bought a new grill and grillcraft grill and a toyota badge and installed it.
also installed some hella horns to fix the anemic stock toyota horns lol.

 

[paranoid56]

started to make some upper arms for the truck, but ended up making a few (selling them) and finding a deal on some camburg ones :lol:

 

[paranoid56]

oh lookie, more parts showed up.
figured mind as well beef up the front in case i do dumb things

and finish welding up one arm. thinking of still gusseting the uniball more. but nobody else does it i see. now to make another one.

 

[paranoid56]

wasnt worth the time to drag the bender out and these were so cheap i just bought them.
great product for the price

 

[paranoid56]

got a great deal on a trailgear bumper so decided to pick that up and not build my own (dont have much time on my hands anyways lol)
i also beefed up the hitch part with some square tubing and extra braces. i almost bought the 4xinnovations one, but just didnt like the bed side protection (how it looked)

hard to see but here is a pic of the braces.

 

[paranoid56]

well finally got the locking hub setup installed.
guess i didnt research enough i guess and didnt know about the abs issue lol.
i just swapped full knuckles so i lost the abs port. i will probably fix that soon, currently i just put a cap over the sensor and zip tied it to the spindle and took out the abs fuses.

also, got it all bolted up and finished spun the wheel and come to find out one of the damn boots has a hole in it and was oozing grease lol. doh.

also welded up a TC spindle brace.

and installed

 

[paranoid56]

then next up was making a front bumper.

 

[paranoid56]

then i realized that i always really wanted the arb bumper so sold the tube one and bought the arb
man, after almost a month after i ordered it, it arrived

god damn, i think a wizard makes the ARB bumper. who needs this much hardware? i installed it and still have 90% of the hardware :lol:

sure i will use a few more for the skid plate and license plate.

 

[paranoid56]

more updates.
got my snorkel installed

 

[paranoid56]

Bought one of these a bit ago and realized there wasn't a great spot to mount it. even with the brackets it didn't fit where i wanted it.

so made up a quick plate to hold the bussmann.

damn phone died before i could take pics in the truck. but it goes next to the master cyl and bolts to a stock bolt hole. easy install.
will get pics tomorrow.
freshly cut.

and with the bussmann panel in. fits perfect

then bent up.

and installed.
plan on running some LED lights and air comp off the relays and CB, seat heaters and inverter off the fused side.

almost finished up with the switch panel.

 

[paranoid56]

also worked on getting my air compressor hooked up. needed to make a plate to hold it. bolts to factory holes.

top side.

and how it bolts to the one spot.

and compressor installed. woot.

 

[austintaco]

Nice work. I like the switch panel. Very clean

 

[paranoid56]

Thanks, i ended up having a lot of people like them so ended up making and sell them
also make a spot for the ash tray and clock for first gens.

 

[SDDiver5]

Do you have any more pics of the wiring for the switch panel?

Awesome build and cutsomization.