What did you do to your truck today?

Thought this would be a good ongoing one.

I'll start:


I put wood rubrails and wooden divider boards on the truck box.

 

unloaded the little load of wood
removed the LCA's in prep of the ball joint replacement
test fit the projector beam back up lights

 

Started to mount some 18w 1350lm led lights on it.

ebay Item number: 230516827637

 

Started a beer can collection.

 

If you count stuff like that. I cleaned out close to 200 rds of brass from my truck… (had to bring it into auto pack and I don’t think they would like that…

 

You Americans and your guns ,LOL.

 

Hauled a VERY heavy 13 foot Western maple log

 

Returned the speakers I bought from the store cause they SUKT
Put in the nice Pioneers that I snagged at the wrecker for 1 nickel

Also picked up the seats from the wrecker
Found a set out of a Toyota Passeo - kinda rough, but I can see how they will fit nice

Also grabbed a set of racing buckets outa a civic
Don't think they will fit, but it was a seat sale so why not

they look pretty much like this
http://www.sz-wholesale.com/uploadFiles/upimg9/racing-seat_181759.jpg

Also put replace my weenie horn with a Wolo Bad Boy Compact Air Horn
http://www.amazon.com/Wolo-Model-419-Black-Design/dp/B000F5DQWY

Just for fun

 

Now that's a log

 

HA, HA He IS from Winipeg, that's is funny........Sorry US buddies

 

re-installed the LCA's ball joints back ordered
then I blew the valve stem out of the tractor and had to
repair it and haul the tire out of the woods

 

Improved my quality of sound

Just for sheets n geegles
(seems to be a lot of that with these trucks)

In an attempt to have a better - fuller - sound system
( and be a cheap-a$$ as well )

I wanted to try some little dome tweeters on the dash

I figured all the tenny boppers in their civics have em why not me?

I was not willing to pay the $40-$50 I have seen them for in the store
so I got on ebay and lo-and-behold $1 and $1.29 to ship

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140430898905&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2356wt_1165

Soo I says to myself - self - why not - I'll by that for a dollar...

Under a week to ship them here

They were TINY
About the size of a loonie around and about 3/4 of an inch thick

Thought they were gonna suck bad
But I tried em anyway

Holy krapola batman !!

They sound great!!

Just enough to give it a more spacious sound

I just ordered a few more
I want some up on the pillars behind the seats, above my head

they come with 2 way tape for mounting the little holders
the speakers snap right in to the holder

NOW who's spankin munkie butts???!!!

 

removed the jap p700 headlights and replaced with uk replicas , 96 sambar vw replica

 

Pictures are always good with mods

 

I got stuck in the sand again... and blew apart a front ring and pinion 5 miles from the trailer... bad day! This was the only differential that i had not opened up to install one of the lsd kits. it didn't have a drop of fluid in it:frustration:

 

anyone have a ring and pinion set for an old 94 mits?? #mb527795

 

Woo Hoo the mail came in !!!

The mail came in and all the krap I ordered off ebay showed up....
so I had to put it all in.

got my LED 1156 for the front driving lights
and my LED 1157's for the tail lights

Killer price too

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270611501875&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_2238wt_1137

The wheel spacers came in !!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300456300383&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_4592wt_1165




This meant I could finally put on my 13 inch rims !


To be on the safe side I added the helper leaf springs i found while cleaning out some of the garage the other day.



They gave it a little lift
And hopefully a little more capacity

May have to do an actual lift kit, but we will wait and see

 

lookin good

 

Rebuilt front struts.
Measured and ordered outer tie rods.
Removed door panels for redo.

EDIT: '93 Hijet S80lp LHD

 

Painted my steel rims for my "street tire" set of wheels semi-gloss black.

Finished painting the bed.

Went a little white trash and installed a black skull stick shifter knob

Took it the gas station and filled it with premium.

Played Joan Jett's greatest hits....

 

Today I ordered my new coil springs

After putting on my wheel spacers
And my 13 inch wheels

The bigger wheels make a big difference
a much smoother ride

But now I find out that I need a bit of a lift

Had to stick more coil spacers in just to even things out
This of course sucked

Makes for a pretty rough ride

This of course forced me to do a ton more reading on the forum

I found all the right info

Tried finding something that will work at a couple different local parts places
WOW do they suck nutz!

Thanks to the info on the forum I found a local hot rod shop that brings in the right springs

Today I removed my struts and
measured the springs to be sure of the size.

All is good, springs are ordered now.
Can't wait to see the improvement.

Springs should be here in a few days

 

Wood bed rails

Looks cool, I haven't added as of yet but was thinking of hard wood bed flooring?

 

finished painting the bed sides and headache bar

 

Sounds good, teak wood is the best if you can get it I think.

My truck is actually sheet metal bed sitting on top of 3/4" teak plywood.
That then sits on 2x4 teak "joists" and they span the steel truck frame.

So........ "wood is good"

Show pics when you get the wood done.

I had 1x4's in the box in my last wood bed truck

 

What kind of paint are you using?