Sunday, May 2, 2010

The result...


Here is the first mistake i made.I used a spot weld drill to remove the crashed rad support and prepared the surface with a grinder nicely.I thought the new support will come with the holes in it where the factory spot welds are. But there was none. So i driller holes where the spot welds were and welded the support from the inside. I talked with a autobody guy later who told me i should have drill the holes on the new support and weld it on the outside (which would have been a much easier). Overall the result is the same.I bought a special airtool since that. It can punch 5mm holes, so next time i will do it in the right way:).


But let me go back in time a bit.A few month prior i bought this for my project. Originally i wanted to part this out and just use the parts i need, but as i started to remove the broken parts i realized it is an easy fix (however i have never done this type of work before).The biggest work was to replace the rad support. The rest was just bolt on.(I was lucky and find all the parts i needed at one autowrecker. Of course the rad support was new. Plus there were paperworks and it had to pass the inspections.)

Thursday, April 15, 2010



Just got this 02 Tacoma frame today.I am planning to do some insane (according to my wife and the 99% of my friends,LOL) modifications and build my dream truck. (Of course i could imagine better, but i a have a limited budget too...).(Small comment: i am sorry for grammar errors. English is not my first language, i will try my best. If you think something needs to be correct, please write to me: maxi357@freemail.hu. Thanks.)