2002 4wd Little Burro Build by a Russian

Here we go.
Purchased the truck with 242k miles
Truck came with ARB bumper and king coil overs


1) Truck interior smelled horrible (To me, might be ok for others). Removed Carpet and seats out of the truck. Tried cleaning the seats but was still not happy. Cleaned seats but removing the cloth and machine washing the covers and the foam was washed with a carpet machine.
Center console also smelled like armor all or something. Washed it many times.
Sold interior to a board member.


New carpet.



2) Installed racing seats and built my own arm rest out of an ammo box. Covered steering wheel in leather.
Racing seat mounts by Planted Racing Seat Technology.
Cipher cloth seats.


3) Removed door skins and cleaned out dirt and mud out of the doors (Previous owner really used this 4wd)


4) took out headliner and washed and also replaced smelly insulation in the headliner, Replaced window switch on Driver side. Door lock was not working. Now it does


5) Replace Master Brake Cylinder (Had a leak and a noise)
5.5) Decided to have the timing belt replaced and clean throttle body
All the parts were done using Aisin and Japanese parts.




6) Camper shell. Found a used Snugtop Sport (not cheap) also color does not match but in todays market I am not complaining. Shell had all the upgrades. Did my own camper shell tint inside

7) Upgraded wheels. Purchased a set of steelies for $60 from a TW board member and tried to sell my oem but ended up giving them away to another board member .
Added 1.25" Amazon spacers. Worked great. Also replaced front brakes and rotors. Due to shacking of steering wheel when stopping.




8) Time to upgrade them racing seats with more foam and sheep fur so I don't get the bolsters up my butt.


9) New headunit installed Pioneer 1500 NEX. Old one I still have. Trying to sell it cheap to get some funds back.



10) Add front, rear and right side camera. Used a cheap switch from amazon and added by own buttons to activate right cam. Front can be switched on or turns on for 15 seconds after you shift from reverse to any other gear. Reverse activates rear cam. Added 1 more screen at eye level front and rear show up on both head unit and top screen. Right cam shows only on top screen so I can see both rear and side or front and side.
Also added my radio from Midland.



11) Replaced AC Control light bulbs with t4 neo wedge led bulbs

 

12) New OEM Toyota Lower Ball Joints Installed today.
Lower Ball Joints changed at 243254 miles. Got toyota OEM from http://toyotapartsdeal.com .
The install it self gone well at my mechanics.
It gone bad after we started taking apart the right side 2 of the bolts broke while we they were hitting the assembly with the giant hammer to loosen it.
1 of the bolts was already broken from before and portion stuck in the hub.
Boy did it suck drilling that out and then as we started to tap a new thread the tap got stuck solid in there.
So we welded a nut to it and got the tap out. Anyways. Everything after that gone smooth and worked out.
Now driving on the new LBJoints.
After that gone to my alignment shop and had it realigned.

 

More work done
Interior

New Wheels


HID Headlights and DOT approved Fogs


Also changed my starter.