Toyota Hilux 4x4 Trail Truck/Prerunner

[deward]

I had originally built this back in 2007 as box stock.



Well I robbed the tires and wheels from it years ago to put on my Jeep buggy. It has sat in a box until now. I pulled it out and decided to make it into a trail truck.

First thing to go was the bed.



I wanted to be able to remove the bed sides or put them when displaying the model so I designed the cage around that idea. This isn't going to be as detailed as some of the builds here but it will suit my needs.





The sides still fit so I am doing something right.





Here the cage is about 75% complete. I need to make the shock mounts and figure out where I want to mount a fuel cell.





I've also got the rear axle finished up. It will be a 3-link set up. I would use the kits leaf springs but I lost one of them.



This should be a quick build. Who knows, I might go crazy on it though.

[GTRfan01]

this is pretty cool. cant wait to see more

[euro_z]

awesome

[deward]

got some more done on this the last few nights.

Added some more to the cage





I built a fuel cell and added shock mounts to the cage before I painted it. I might add a spare tire mount and a place for some fuel cans. I have not decided yet.



Here are the shocks and the rear axle mounted. I still need to make the 3rd link to finish up the suspension.