1993 Splash build

brinker88 · Apr 7, 2012

Weekend Warrior Build

Finally getting around to posting my build.

The day I brought it home. $400 truck. Nice body and came with a 3 inch body lift but both heads were cracked, no exhaust, missing front driveshaft, snapped front axle, no oil in the rear axle, bad brakes all the way around, mismatched wheels, etc...

Got a set of heads (aftermarket supposedly stronger). Port/polish job and a set of Hedman headers.

After that, I painted it and slapped a set of 32s on it with some steel chromies.

Fixed the 4x4. New transfer case motor, milemarker hubs, and replaced 3rd member (3.27s)

Got a brush gaurd off of a Cherokee to fit on the truck, UWS steppie toolbox, built a spare tire carrier, and added a set of American Racing AR23's

Added Rough Country leveling coils which netted 2.5" lift :icon_confused:

. Used 3 degree camber bushings to correct it.

Built front hitch reciever. Here you can see how far off the camber was

Added single 3" in, dual 2.5 out exhaust with Flowmaster Super 44 and 3.5" Silverline tips striaght out the back :icon_bounceblue:

Got a set of 33" Swampers and Mickey Thompson Classic IIs

More to come...

brinker88 · Apr 7, 2012

Start of the 4.56 gear/disc 8.8 swap. Bought complete 4.56 fron Dana35 axle from member TeamExplorer for $150. I opted for the open carrier as Im putting in an Aussie in the near future.

After the gear swap I dropped some coin on some brand new 35" BFG KM2s and found a Yakima roof rack on CL for $200 ( I do a lot of camping ). Snapped my newish lockouts and swapped out to the Warn 37780s...havent had a problem since.

No photos, but the exterior lights are all LED. Used flasher EL12L2 from napa. You need to revers the wiring for it to work properly.

And here's how she sets now. Just recently finished my front bumper.

Still yet to come is Aussie locker for the rear, F250 shock towers/longer shocks, extended radius arms (fabricated by me of course), and some EB coils for more flex because everyone know the TTB coils dont flex for shit

I'll update this thread from now on when the money burns a hole through my pocket or I get creative.

brinker88 · Apr 13, 2012

Just finished up the order on my Aussie Locker. $303.00 with 3 day shipping.

Oh and gear oil's gone through the freakin roof. Minimum of 19/qt. for full synthetic

railman · Apr 13, 2012

I have always liked your rig :icon_thumby:

wish I could have a steppie box, but I know it would never last where I go :icon_rofl:

keep up the good work....

l8r, John

prerunnerwannabe · Apr 13, 2012

Beautiful truck bro! I'm wondering if the RC leveling coils have you 2.5 inches of lift because you had saggy springs? Synthetic oil is like $8 buck over here. :dunno:

Repped...

brinker88 · Apr 14, 2012

railman said:
I have always liked your rig

wish I could have a steppie box, but I know it would never last where I go

keep up the good work....

l8r, John

Thanks man. Yea if I get into anything too extreme, the steppies gone. I just love the look of a cleanly built steppie.

prerunnerwannabe said:
Beautiful truck bro! I'm wondering if the RC leveling coils have you 2.5 inches of lift because you had saggy springs? Synthetic oil is like $8 buck over here.

Repped...

I had to have saggy springs. But the rough country ones havent settled at all yet so I dunno. As for the oil, Lucas brand standard gear oil is $8.99/qt so that's what I ended up getting.

And thanks for the rep! :icon_cheers:

matix99def · Apr 14, 2012

any better pics of the bumper? dam close to what i want to build

brinker88 · Apr 14, 2012

matix99def said:
any better pics of the bumper? dam close to what i want to build

Yea I have a seperate build thread on here. Thread's titled "my bumper build"

brinker88 · Apr 16, 2012

It's almost like Christmas, I tell you!

brinker88 · Apr 21, 2012

Got the locker installed today. Very easy. I think I'd rather do these than drum brakes. Im also amazed that the traction I have and how quiet the operation is.

jesse93 · Apr 21, 2012

i really like the roof rack. i was thinking about doing one on mine but idk if i could pull into the garage with it, could you tell me how high it sits off the roof?

brinker88 · Apr 22, 2012

^ Too high IMHO. The crossbars sit up about 3" PLUS the 6 or seven inches of the basket itself.

jesse93 · Apr 22, 2012

brinker88 said:
^ Too high IMHO. The crossbars sit up about 3" PLUS the 6 or seven inches of the basket itself.

...ugh...i have 6in before mine hits the garage door, there goes that idea

thanks!! :icon_thumby:

brinker88 · Apr 22, 2012

Absolutely KILLS your gas mileage too. I leave it off until I go on a camping trip when I need it.

jesse93 · Apr 22, 2012

well my mpg is horrible anyway..lol

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