The Frankenstein College Budget Build

JohnBill53 said:
One more year of school and the real transformation will begin....I hope
still back and forth between LT and the conversion

2wdRools
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That is awesome man. I would love to do one with mine but looks like in the end it will become a tree house (my buddy owns a tree house company and we have already designed it. Now we wait for the end, haha) and I will buy a 4wd and transfer all my stuff. Can't wait to see the conversion/LT.
 
DizzyDoyle said:
That is awesome man. I would love to do one with mine but looks like in the end it will become a tree house (my buddy owns a tree house company and we have already designed it. Now we wait for the end, haha) and I will buy a 4wd and transfer all my stuff. Can't wait to see the conversion/LT.
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It'll be a while, me and [MENTION=76419]Doc2012[/MENTION] have tossed around the idea of me driving up to NC so he can help out. Really too far out to tell what I'll do. As much as I'd like to buy a 4wd and part swap, given the circumstances I can't see anyway I'd ever have the overhead. And if I did it would be contingent upon me being able to sell the 2wd and lets get real...who's gonna buy a lined 2wd with 215k+

And a tree house you say? :crazy:

How'll that work?
 
JohnBill53 said:
It'll be a while, me and [MENTION=76419]Doc2012[/MENTION] have tossed around the idea of me driving up to NC so he can help out. Really too far out to tell what I'll do. As much as I'd like to buy a 4wd and part swap, given the circumstances I can't see anyway I'd ever have the overhead. And if I did it would be contingent upon me being able to sell the 2wd and lets get real...who's gonna buy a lined 2wd with 215k+

And a tree house you say? :crazy:

How'll that work?
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Ya got to juggle funds for all of that. My buddy and I are planning on placing the body and frame into a tree in my backyard when the day comes. Of course removing everything that will weigh it down (engine, tranny...) but still have it functional (radio, lights...) whenever the day comes I will def post but I hope it does not come anytime soon.
 
I told ya man. All ya gotta do is let me know.

Honestly, what I would do, and I can't remember if you have a e-locker retrofit or not, but I would get the dIffs from ECGS.

Get them locked and geared, then all we'll have to so is swap a trans.
 
Got new tires today
Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs 285/75/16
Also, got winch for my birthday should find some time to install it over thanksgiving



 
NJCatalana said:
nice looking rig man!
I'm in college as well, building a rig and going to school isn't easy, but well worth it
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Lol I hear ya! I'm back in college after the military :painkiller: with 2 kids and a wife.... so I'm just trying to build as fast as the boss will let me.:pray:
 
Cried when I found out this was a 2wd 4runner. Im Sure it's still Capable but dang all that money for a 2wd. At least if you ever wanted to convert it to 4wd you could go straight to solid axle swap.
 
JohnBill53 said:
Got the truck back from paint today! The guy I had paint it painted my satoshi for free so that was pretty cool, no pics of the satoshi in the works but it was easier than expected. bed liner comes this week and then I will officially be broke. I'm so pleased with how the truck looks it's amazing.



The new addicted bumper is great too, so much more than I could ask for, it bolted right up and fits amazingly









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Hey man! Back again lol. I bought the logo like yours and I'm running into trouble.. I need the mesh grill background doohickey. Did u buy it online?
 
Charles_M said:
Hey man! Back again lol. I bought the logo like yours and I'm running into trouble.. I need the mesh grill background doohickey. Did u buy it online?
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No sir I did not, I bought it at home depot then painted it. You can find alot cooler mesh patterns online though. They're just a bit more expensive
 
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