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Popped by the paint shop to check on the Troutfinder and it was done, so I brought her home and put her back together-Mostly! Complete color change. Color is Thunder. Toyota color from the 2018 Toyota 86. Pre-pictures are over in the Garage forum. Really like the outcome. It came out Sick! More of the blue comes out when in the shade as can be seen in some of the pics. They were supposed to leave the decals off of the back. I was gonna paint them flat black or just leave them off. Gonna have to prep them and spray them black now! Daylight was running out, so I still have to put the rear tire, jack and rod cannon back on. Although I'm debating the cannon or switching over to an awning. Next up: -Put the interior back together -Build custom slim line nerf bars from stock mounting hardware. -Cleaning and painting the under carriage black including visible exhaust piping, accenting some pieces in Red. -Detail the engine and engine compartment-Blackout with Red accents.

thanks for all that! got the 9448s and 29” bilsteins and i love the way it drives now also that looks way better too Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

thank you! i honestly wasn’t expecting to find the same purple as our front springs but rustoleum has it at my walmart ! i got lucky lol. i need to bang around with a hammer some more and really under coat the truck as the next project. i LOVE this spring shock set up especially paired with the front. this damn thing handles like no bodies business (i do also have the missing link in the front as well) and i have all my tools in the back of the truck in that picture already. i normally would see two inches of sag from all the weight. thanks again for your help on the front set up, you doing that and making that an option really improved these rigs. i still somehow haven’t managed to get topout up front and paid less than half of ac spring set up for it. also i did keep the full coils in my 9448 just because why not i like the way it looks a whole lot Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Welp, nobody tired to stop me and I'm too lazy to scout a better spot so I went ahead and tore out the headliner so I could mount the inverter and run the power lines. Made a bracket and mounted that to the seam of the truck then drilled holes through the headliner for the bolts to come through. Ran 10awg wire since it was all I had at the time and I'm not using this inverter for anything real so it would have been sufficient but I ended up botching out and buying some 8awg and going to run that instead for peace of mind and possible expansion. Wires were easy to run and super clean. Drilled a hole and mounted the switch but need to hook it up. Now with the new wire and come grommets and conduit I can finish it tomorrow. It's actually a pretty good spot, out of the way of everything and it doesnt interfear woth looking in the rear view mirror or anything so overall I'm really pleased with it. Before I stick the headliner back I'm I'm going to clean and reglue it so it stops folding out. Now time to start sodering and crimping.

I like that you painted the rear springs to match the purple up front!

installed a CB radio and antennae. Cheap uniden unit off of amazon and a 4 ft firestik antennae on the roof rack. Built a crude swivel mount (thanks @micahfelker for the brainstorming help) with clevis pins so that it can lock at a 90* angle or fold down for parking in the garage. I stuffed the actual radio in between my driver seat and center console, it sits almost flush with the level of the seat, then I can swivel it up for a better look at the buttons. I also did my power valve screws, they were all still there! Thanks @02_Pathy and @Astrorami for the help.

Jwt makes some pretty sweet cams as well. Supposedly they’re one of the biggest bang for the buck mods. Headers would help and aren’t too pricey. Then exhaust and a snorkel to let her breathe