client truck so it should progress a bit faster than mine 
a gen 1 surf cab.. stripped of all the crap you don't need
a gen 2 hilux double cab chassi
soon to be butchered the rest includes a 2.8 supra motor, a set of 94 hilux solid axles
The intent is a bit against the trend
Stephen wanted a capable hilux club truck on 35"s... that was all good till he started talking to me and a freind of mine who happens to be a trails class leader after sowing the seads of interest he was taken out for a play in my mates trails truck .... the build is now getting a trials "tweek" basicly a "junk yard build" (IFS rear springs up front, XD coon springs rear, 2.8 supra motor etc) but set it up to sit as low as possible for a good CoG and resumble travel and as light as possible and the wheel base will be shorted.... there are a few compromises the odd bit of extra bracing to make certain things last but that will be limited 
As Stephen wants to be as active as possible in this he's doing all the grunt work... grinding cutting etc, so the speed is being set by him
and I get to do the fun bits Starting from the ground up with the rear axle
Rear axle was swopped for an IFS axle, Filler was relocated and the pinion was rotated up a bit to help out with the shorter wheel base... the usual shave done with 10mm plate and a crown gard welded on. Then after a bit of talking he decided the axle need a bit of bracing ..... as hilux axles tend to bend just on the flat where the axle tube starts to flair for the diff head, a brace was added there, after talking to a few of the trails boys he decided it need a bit of bracing out where the bearing mounts weld to the axle tubes as well
I've also machined the axle flanges to take a disk conversion and installed a Lockrite....
After alot of talk 4.8 diffs were decided on along with a set of rock crawler gears from SNR (still to come)
might have something to do with the fact there is 2 rock crawlers sitting in the shed at the moment tho Oh and new bearings thrown on as well
We're now working on the front axle.... most of the bracing has been cut and its just the slow process of welding, weld an inch drink some piss talk a bit weld another inch
nice en slow to control the heat and avoid warpage 
While thats happening I've started to sort the front suspension.... (I'm getting old, theres only so much drinking I can handle
) part of the deal with trying to keep this low I'm moving the supension up a bit the front X-member is getting replaced with a custom unit and the shackle mounts well.....
theres a whole lot more about to happen here yet but this is the start
Anyway more to come
