Down For Mobbing
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Picked up a 1999 Toyota Prerunner last weekend from a buddy. I don’t know a lot of the backstory on it, but I do know it was built by an employee at Dirt Designs out of Paso. The truck is TIG-welded bumper to bumper and all chromoly tubing. My buddy bought it, drove it three times in the dunes, then COVID happened and it’s been sitting on the side of his yard in Pismo Beach, so it got pretty weathered from the salt.
It’s got a TRD supercharger with a URD lightweight crank pulley, LCE supercharger pulley, and I was told the timing belt was done. Moving to the interior, it has carpet, A/C, heater, manual trans with manual 4WD, radio, PCI radio and intercom. All the headlights, dash lights, and blinkers work like normal, and the cage work is really clean considering how much OEM interior is still in it.
Each corner has King 2.5 coilovers, bypasses, and bumps. Up front is a custom long-travel kit (assuming Dirt Designs). Out back it has a custom fuel cell using the OEM fuel pump, 3-linked, Cone Industries sway bar, full-float rear, 2.5 hubs, and the bedsides are a little beat up.
Overall, the truck has great bones. Most of the work is just going to be prep, Scotch-Brite, and a few late nights. Goal is to have it back in the dirt by Halloween.
Bonus: the truck came with a DH mountain bike, a trailer, spare wheels and tires, and a pile of other solid parts.
Not sure on the plan yet. Might keep it, might fix it up and sell it. Raffle it off? Either way, I’ll give it the same attention to detail my Ford Ranger gets and have it dialed.
It’s got a TRD supercharger with a URD lightweight crank pulley, LCE supercharger pulley, and I was told the timing belt was done. Moving to the interior, it has carpet, A/C, heater, manual trans with manual 4WD, radio, PCI radio and intercom. All the headlights, dash lights, and blinkers work like normal, and the cage work is really clean considering how much OEM interior is still in it.
Each corner has King 2.5 coilovers, bypasses, and bumps. Up front is a custom long-travel kit (assuming Dirt Designs). Out back it has a custom fuel cell using the OEM fuel pump, 3-linked, Cone Industries sway bar, full-float rear, 2.5 hubs, and the bedsides are a little beat up.
Overall, the truck has great bones. Most of the work is just going to be prep, Scotch-Brite, and a few late nights. Goal is to have it back in the dirt by Halloween.
Bonus: the truck came with a DH mountain bike, a trailer, spare wheels and tires, and a pile of other solid parts.
Not sure on the plan yet. Might keep it, might fix it up and sell it. Raffle it off? Either way, I’ll give it the same attention to detail my Ford Ranger gets and have it dialed.
