Toyota Pickup Build Takes Member Back to the Future
Next, the OP scored a set of Smittybilt bumpers on Craigslist as well as a set of big mirrors. Followed by 6″ KC light covers and 5×7 amber KC Fog lights. But locating a Smittybilt roll bar proved nearly impossible, so one had to be fabricated. But as good as it turned out, you’d have a hard time telling the difference!
Small but important details were next, including painting the trim and turn signal surrounds black. And of course, a custom Toyota decal for the windshield. The side mirrors required a lot of work to make them shine like new, but it was well worth it. And then it was on to the interior.
“The seller had placed in a drop-in red carpet and red 1987 Toyota 4Runner seats into the truck. Luckily, he also had the original seats, which he passed along to me. The red obviously was not going to work. So the time came to get the original seats reupholstered and replace the red carpet.
For the seats, finding matching factory fabric was near impossible. So I went with a basic grey and had them keep true to the original stitching and headrest (cost $525). I also picked up the floor mats in factory dark grey from Vark Motors (on sale and free shipping for $140). With the help of my good buddy, we were able to tear down, trim, install, and knock it out in 4.5 hours.”
And just like that, the OP’s childhood dream/obsession was essentially done!
A project this awesome is worth reading about in detail, however. So head over here and check out all the details (and tons of pics) as this Toyota pickup goes from stock to dream ride!
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