my 720

[eighty_six_720]

hey guys i've been checking forum for a little while now and I figured i'd start posting some of the stuff i've been doing to my truck. I live in San Diego California I'm 16 and this is my first car. I worked my ass off and made the 1400 bucks i paid for this truck. i've been working all summer and just about every cent i've made has gone into this truck (in gas, repairs and other stuff). I've been doing just about everything mechanical on this truck myself minus anything that requires a welder(as I dont have one). I'm tryin to clean this truck up and make her look nice so any tips or common failure points on these trucks would be awesome. The truck is pretty much all stock with 200k miles on it. despite the milage she runs like a champ and does 70 on the freeway no problem thanks to the z24.

 

 

heres some pics

 

when i brought her home (she looks a lot better than she was paint wise)

 

 

new front shocks and a few bushing kits. didnt have a jack but there was a forklift

 

blew a tire on the front right so i have the spare on, which isnt black like the rest of the rims

 

Picked up a camper shell for 20 bucks, missing the drivers side window and no keys to the locks, but it fits perfecct

 

 

and heres how she sits in my driveway today(plus four brand new tires)

[flatcat19]

A fucking forklift.

Awesome.

 

Welcome to Ratsun, new guy.

 

Keep up the work.

Any plans?

[poor-mans-720]

She is looking good... congrats. Nothing like your first truck. Can lower it a bit, doesnt cost anything. look up torsion bar lowering. Score on the camper. I wish i could find one up here for a deal like that. The one i have doesnt fit my truck to well...

[eighty_six_720]

I've considered lowering it for a while, It would definitely look better. but as it sits I've never bottomed out on anything and I have smacked a few steep driveways pretty hard without scraping. but with torsion bars I can always go back. maybe i can try it out tomorrow after work. And i was thinking about getting her painted sometime soon. maybe the same color so it matches the interior and all the little nooks I wouldnt be able to get painted for cheap. I was also gonna go matt black on the camper shell.

[Jdm720]

Damn that's a pretty clean 720 man, and the body looks pretty straight :thumbup:

[schassisowner]

sweet truck.... looks alot cleaner than mine does

[Alec 720]

Good Looking truck :)

[eighty_six_720]

with a little help from my dad and some wok friends I got a free camper shell paint job

 

 

 

 

It is still missing the drivers side sliding window. any budget suggestions?

[datzenmike]

Lexan.

[Dead91silvia]

Nice! Doing the torshion bars is easy if you want to just see what it looks like. I did that to mine, but mine is so low the ride is really bad! And only od 2" blocks in the rear... I have 4" and my frame hits the U-bolts! haha... Then again I dont care, I have a Toyota truck I drive for work thats not lowered.

[DREWSDIME]

Hit up some of the local junk yards. alot of camper shells use the same type windows. I also recently got shell for my 720 and was looking for parts for mine when I noticed the glass being the same .

[SHORTDOG]

I also recently got shell for my 720

 

Hey me too! :thumbup:

 

[eighty_six_720]

I like the shell a lot better than an open bed. especially with the single cab. I've looked EVERYWHERE for a piece of glass that'll fit this shell and there is not a single shell with the same glass dimensions. I think ill just grab a cheap sheet of plexi. Also I was going to throw a nice paint job at her in the somewhat near future. Any suggestions as to how I could get a nice ish paint job for as cheap as possible? A friend of my dads said hed spray it for me if I did all the prep work and bought paint but I'd like to paint it the same blue as to avoid any mismatched inner and outer panels (as i dont think I have the time/money to spray things like the inside of the doors or under the hood.) Any Ideas on where to get matching blue paint????also another question my back bumper is pretty torn up and I was thinkin of getting a new one if you have any suggestions of what bumpers from different model trucks would work or what aftermarket ones give good protection(I am a teenager and its nice to know I've got a foot of steel between my truck and a pole) thanks for everything guys I've been workin hard to make this a respectable lookin and reliable truck.