Recent content by IanDirte

Yep exactly, I love this truck for those reasons! About the only down side so far has been the thin rear axle housing cracking and leaking.

I had to cut the wheel wells a lot more than they already were. I also took some preload off the front coils and it evened out the height and feel of the truck. Overall I’m stoked and can’t wait for the next phase. I’d like to thank Salty Methods for posting his T100 build. It was like a...

Weekend day two I got the bed back on, and started working on the shock mounts. I was pretty burnt out so I forgot to take progress pictures. I wanted to retain the ability to carry 4x8 sheets of plywood flat in the bed so I built the bed cage to be very minimal. I plan on adding tube...

I pulled the bed the day before and drove to work like that. The old dudes I work with were confused when they saw me pull into work. Once I got home I immediately pressure washed the whole back of the truck. Ate some dinner and pulled it into the garage. Got everything cut off and still had...

Moving to the back I started building some knock off TC 12” shackles while all my ruff stuff parts were piling up on the service cart. Not seeing any 3 day weekends in my future I wanted to have everything built and ready to install on the truck in a 2 day weekend. Once I got the deavers and...

So I rocked just the front setup for about a year then I decided to sell my dirt bike and further the truck project. First I purchased some PRP seats. These are the daily driver series with some grey suede I picked out. Those took about a month to arrive. While waiting for them I was...

Next thing I tackled was building my own steering. I got my parts off ruff stuff and eBay. I used a swing out tire carrier spindle as a starting point for my idler arm. I got some bearing cups from kartek for the Pittman and idler. I then built some double shear tabs out of 3/16”. I will...

Step one was saving up, purchasing and installing a JD fab long travel kit with some King coil overs. I installed this kit on a long 3 day weekend. The install went well other than smoking the drill bit I needed to drill out the knuckle with. I went to Home Depot and purchased another...

Hello BLGT folks! How are ya? I decided I’m finally ready to post a little build thread on my truck now that the rear suspension is “done” for now. It’s a 1996 Toyota T100 4x4 5 speed I got it fall of 2019 and wanted to keep it stock and reliable. Here’s how I got her, photos are from the...

Thanks, and thanks for having me!

Not exactly sure on spring rate, I just got them from JD Fab when I bought the kit. Everything was back ordered but they had these on hand so it was a score. Hope this tells ya something.

Yep! Well It’s similar to the trail gear spindle but this one is just a cheaper one I found somewhere else. Maybe Amazon can’t remember now. I built the steering this time last year.

Last weekends project was making double shear plates for my knuckles.

Steering I built

Here’s some shots of what I’ve built so far. I’m currently collecting parts for the rear.