my buggy and tacoma

i traded my truck for this buggy. It has good drivetrain, but comsmetics are lacking. My dad is supposed to be getting me some old signs so i can skin it and do all that stuff. I will repaint it also, pobably bright red or orange The buggy also was built by a guy that was 6'3 so i have to redo the seat/pedals
22re, w56, duals 21spline input 23spline bobby long output, 4.7 in rear case.
dana 60 front 35spline throughout 4.88's with longfield driveflanges full hydro
dana 70 rear 35 spline,discs
dual tri four link set up for 18's front and rear, but i am gonna put 16's on the front because it only has a couple inch up with the 18's
front and rear suckdown winches
he wanted to keep his tires so it has my old 42's on it
here's what the buggy was built after
http://www.azrockcrawler.com/ go to chassis plans its the "hellraiser 4"

my plans
weld on tabs everywhere so i can skin it
ditch the expanded metal floors and put in real floors
repaint and new skins
raise the seats so i don't look like a 10yr old driving
build or modify a hood for it
replace the front lights with 4 4" hids
in the pics it doesn't have any shocks on it so thats why its saggin in the rear

Dude I shed a tear for your 1st gen going byebye... but your new rig is SICKKK!!!!

FFC wrote:Dude I shed a tear for your 1st gen going byebye... but your new rig is SICKKK!!!!

couldnt have said it better myself.

once i put the cosmetic details to the buggy it will be so much better

looks nice man good job bro. alot more room?

BIG BLING wrote:looks nice man good job bro. alot more room?

ya the chassis is a 4 seat chassis. It is just set with 2 seats right now. Its cool because i can run it as a two seat with lots of storage and when needed i will be able to add more seat when we start having kids

Got any passenger plans for MCR?

FFC wrote:Got any passenger plans for MCR?

most likely my dad again, why?

Just wonderin. I can't wait to see what you do with this sucker

the buggy came from socal, so he didn't need floors or skins. I do so i started on that today. He had a little piece of expanded metal where your feet were and a small strip next to the trans and the piece on the doors. I cut the expanded out and pieced in metal in all the holes. I also started building a trans tunnel. It will get metal sides with a piece of aluminum polished and swirled on the top. I also picked up a can of red spray paint to see what it would look like red. Pretty sure it will be red with aluminum skins

got the floors and most of the tunnel done. I need to go get some sheet metal. I had been using some panel covers i had laying around, but i don't have any left. My truck goes in the shop tomorrow and gets the passenger side repainted, new rear axle, new wheel, new bumper, and new running board. when i get it back next week i hopefully should be able to go get my aluminum for the skins from my dad

With as nice as your old rig was I am sure you will make this one sssiiiiiiaaacccckkkkk! Damn I need to get mine done so we can wheel hard.

BUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGYBUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGY,BUGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

thanks chris, we are both in the same boat. I need extra money to buy some coilover or airshocks and you need some extra money to get your chassis. I should be able to get it all cosmetically done for pretty cheap though. I want to eventually get some sticky tires also which are spendy

Go with coilovers. Airshox are to sensitive to a loaded rig vs. an unloaded rig.

here is what it looked like with shocks on

hey justin,
Have you looked into ORI's DP3's yet? http://www.oristruts.com/dp3strut.html

Pirate hook up for ORI's http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=693364&highlight=dp3

Reviews..

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=742860&highlight=ori

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=666656&highlight=ori

ya i have seen the ori's. I have not priced them, but i heard they are expensive. I know they have around a 16 week lead time right. I'll probably just try to get some used airshocks for now and then upgrade them later when we are working more

yeah, there is a 3 month lead time on them. i understand they are priced between air's and a complete coil over, but not 100% sure.. What length are you shootin for in air's?

i need a set of 16's and a set of 18's. he had 18's on all four, but he said that it would work better with 16's in the front. He said with the 18's he only had a couple inches of up travel

If you can afford the ORIs, get them. There are very easy to adjust and they have advance valving for side hilling. Buddy has a set and they work very nice, worst case get a set of coil overs.

If you do get the airs, you will need an anti-rock or sway bay of some sort.. It will lean sidin or under accelleration. Coil overs and the ORI's don't...

dude that thing is awesome

oldyellercj wrote:dude that thing is awesome

thanks dave, where have you been? i haven't seen you post here or marlin in a while?

too much bs and a holes on marlin lately, and ive been around...just hiden in the shadows