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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 9:03pm On Aug 02, 2014
Today, things really moved up a notch.

The front half of the frame was cleaned up, and under sealed. I removed the oil pan bash plate, it was only slightly dented in the middle, and would straighten out real good. But, I've opted to have a new one made out of of 3mm aluminium.

The cabin has had all the filling and sanding down done, the only areas that required Bondo were the roof, where the hole for the old revolving beacon used to live, and now has steel plate welded over it. The same goes for the roof gutters, that now have steel welded on to fill the groove. The cabin then had primer laid down, the roof had a few coats.

I'll upload pictures in a little while, though it's all looking great.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 12:41am On Aug 03, 2014
Some pictures - please ignore the fuzzy images. Sharp on the camera, once uploaded onto an old PC, then sent to an iPad, quality seems to degrade.

Just for reference, the truck will be painted in the spray booth. The priming can be done pretty much anywhere. I'm particularly pleased the way the roof has turned out:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 12:45am On Aug 03, 2014
Some more:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Lexusgs430: 1:15am On Aug 03, 2014
This your project seems, no expense spared, no corner corner.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 1:32am On Aug 03, 2014
Lexusgs430: This your project seems, no expense spared, no corner corner.

I do try my best bro. I have set a budget, so far, I'm well within my target.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Shagati(m): 10:19am On Aug 03, 2014
Siena: Some pictures
[url="http://s768.photobucket.com/user/NaijaGuy/media/Project%20Toyota%20Hilux/imagejpg7_zps2710ef84.jpg.html"][/url]
I have always wondered, how are you able to fit more than four pictures in one post?
Device enabled?
Photo bucket?
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 10:22am On Aug 03, 2014
Shagati:
I have always wondered, how are you able to fit more than four pictures in one post?
Device enabled?
Photo bucket?

Photobucket. I can't remember when last I used Nairaland's upload facility, which sucks balls.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by lungwun(m): 4:14pm On Aug 04, 2014
Hello Siena,

I would be grateful for your thoughts on this matter,

https://www.nairaland.com/1842664/e46-323ci-need-more-power

After-all, all these your swaps started it all cheesy
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 8:31pm On Aug 07, 2014
My 11-day vacation officially started today.

Not a vacation of travelling, seeing different places, getting embroiled in diverse cultures, taking the wife and children on a road trip.

A vacation of delving into the innards of my Toyota truck.

I spent the day in the bodyshop. The cabin is all primered, the front fender flares have been trial fitted, though not with the stock Toyota plastic clips. I opted to use M8 bolts and nuts. Fit is perfect, with the edge of the flares resting snugly against the fenders. I have not fitted the rubber gaskets, those will go on after paint.

As the EX Single Cabin models were designed strictly as Workmate Utes, they left the factory pretty basic. To my knowledge, fender flares were not an option on UK SC's. There's always the glass fibre replica option, a route I did take initially, until I offered them up to my truck, and found they would take hours, if not days to get anywhere close to fitting.

I purchased genuine Toyota Hilux Double Cabin flares in the end. I was going to fit the rears as they come - 2 separate pieces. Today, I ended up bonding them together to make single flares each rear, and additional security in the form of M8 bolts, nuts and washers. Three bolts per side.

The join will be scored with 80 grit paper, then a layer of glass fibre added. Final layer will be a thinner layer of Bondo. They will then be trial fitted to the bed. The fuel filler flap will be modified to clear the flare on that side.

I took some pictures today, tomorrow hopefully there should be more progress. And more pictures.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 12:19pm On Aug 10, 2014
welldone sir
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 3:32pm On Aug 10, 2014
IHate9ja1: welldone sir

Thanks bro!
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 9:35pm On Aug 10, 2014
Yesterday, I spent half the day at the bodyshop.

The rear fender flares have been trial fitted, so all the holes are in place where they need to match the fitting points on the flares themselves.

Of course, the fuel filler flap needs to be cut down to match the curve in the flare. I removed it, and brought it home. I don't just want the bodyshop to grind it down, I'm taking it over to my guy who has built the bed lid. Here the fuel filler flap will be precision cut, and the new edge folded over on a press to match the original edge.

Once this is done, I'll refit it, and make a cardboard template, which will form the basis for the new steel that needs to be welded into place on the bed. The flares will first of all need to be fibre glassed, and finished off with Bondo at the join, before they are removed.

The bed lid is finished, and it's a work of art! I had a tab welded at the rear to accept the latch, and locating pins that will mate with recesses in the bed rear top rail. I'll bring it home until the bodyshop is ready for it, as I do not want water splashed on the fresh steel surface, which will encourage rust spots before it's even painted and fitted. I'll take some decent pictures of the lid tomorrow, once I get it home.

Transport calls for a van of some sort, which I'll organise tomorrow.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 7:41am On Aug 12, 2014
I picked up my custom bed lid yesterday.

Very well constructed, once that's locked, the bed will be as safe as a vault. The steel sheet is 1.4mm thick. Very heavy though! I might have to revise the rams I was going to use (Saab Convertible tonneau cover rams).

I'm looking more at industrial rams, and matching hydraulic pump.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by drcenti07: 8:52am On Aug 12, 2014
Hi
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by mastro: 9:01am On Aug 12, 2014
Siena: My 11-day vacation officially started today.

Not a vacation of travelling, seeing different places, getting embroiled in diverse cultures, taking the wife and children on a road trip.

A vacation of delving into the innards of my Toyota truck.


I took some pictures today, tomorrow hopefully there should be more progress. And more pictures.

Morning boss, where are our pictures??
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 7:48pm On Aug 12, 2014
mastro: Morning boss, where are our pictures??

Hello bro! Pictures will be posted.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 5:06pm On Aug 13, 2014
waiting sir
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 1:05am On Aug 14, 2014
Some pictures, relatively late from the time the areas were completed.

Bed lid. There are no steel sheets wide enough to stretch the entire frame width. So 2 sheets were used. The 3mm gap in the centre was deliberate, to allow a skim of filler to smooth things out. If the sheets were butted together, the filler would sit proud of the surrounding steel.

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Underside, during construction:

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Underside, showing larch mounting tab:

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Underside, showing locating pins, to prevent sideways movement when closed, and truck is in motion. They are on each rear corner, and will locate in matching holes in the bed rear top rails:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 1:32am On Aug 14, 2014
Front fender flares fitted. They are coming off before paint, which is why the rubber gaskets were not fitted:

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Rear fender flares. These are Double Cab items, hence the join:

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Rear fender flares fitted, again temporarily:

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The join in the rear fender flares will be filled with fibre glass, then a light skim of Bondo. Once hardened, the flares will be removed for sanding and shaping.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 1:43am On Aug 14, 2014
Fuel filler flap, modified to clear the rear fender flare:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 4:22pm On Aug 14, 2014
great job....following
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 4:23pm On Aug 14, 2014
in other to do a job like yours sir,what course/training do i need to do/study
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 4:33pm On Aug 14, 2014
drcenti07: Hi Siena,
Apologies for bumping into your thread for a different reason.

Vehicle make - hyundai xg 300
Engine- 3.0l V6 DOHC
VIN - KMHFU4IDR1A115573.
Part no - 39110-39108
I need an ecu for my vehicle..

If you recall, I called you from Nigeria, and we spoke about the location of a map sensor on my vehicle...

This was after a scan result that I dictated that my map sensor and maf sensors were bad. Twice

I have dismantled the engine and coupled it back up. There is no such on my vehicle.

I can see the groove where the map sensor is supposed to be in, even the holes for the
Supposed bolts, but no map....

Am forced to believe that the ecu in my vehicle Is a wrong one, having confirmed now, that the part number of the present ecu is different from that for my vehicle..

The part number of the present ecu in the vehicle is 39110-39208..

But I even doubt this number,cos @ ladipo, Lagos, dealers swap ecu panels with different casings.

I need your humble response..

God bless..

I'll be in touch, bro.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by drcenti07: 8:17pm On Aug 14, 2014
Siena:

I'll be in touch, bro.

Remain blessed
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 8:25pm On Aug 15, 2014
I didn't go to the bodyshop today, as I need to balance things out between my truck and family. As I'm back to work on Tuesday, it's only fair I spend some of my vacation with my wife and kids.

Yesterday though, I was at the shop for an hour. The bed has been temporarily lifted onto the chassis, to make it easier for the filling and sanding of the steel panels, which were welded over the hook recess area. The areas are first filled with fibreglass, sanded down, before Bondo is applied.

Due to the thickness of the steel plate used (1.4mm) using Bondo alone won't be ideal. One side was being sanded down after the fibreglass had been applied whilst I was there. Both front doors are in primer, and as for the hood...

...I opted to have the screen wash nozzle holes welded up, and smoothed.

The rear fender flares have been filled, sanded down, and removed for finishing. The front ones will be removed too prior to the truck moving I to the paint booth.

Tomorrow is another day.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by kablooee: 8:41pm On Aug 15, 2014
impressive!
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 9:38pm On Aug 15, 2014
kablooee: impressive!

Thanks bro. I can't wait to start tearing down my 2001 Lexus LS430 for the 4.3 V8 and other bits. A shame though, as the car is mint.

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 10:56pm On Aug 16, 2014
Update!

The bed is 80% filled. Both sides are smooth and level - I took my trusty steel flat rule with me during today's visit, looking for dips and troughs. I found a couple, and marked them for levelling.

The rear reflectors have been junked, so the holes that were plated over much earlier in the build have been filled, and sanded. The same goes for the single foglamp on the rear panel.

The bed floor was being sanded to remove loose surface rust from key areas. The wheel arch tubs are done. The hood needs the Bondo on the tiny welded squares (redundant washer jets) sanding down, then primed.

There are two small square holes in the forward bed rail,where I cut off and ground down the ladder rack / bar stubs. These will be welded over and filled. The 3 lower strips (below the headlamps and grille) need prepping, along with the front plastic valence (below the bumper) as it will be body coloured. That will be plastic primered.
Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 10:59pm On Aug 16, 2014
Some pictures.

Bed work - it is sitting askew, not bolted to the frame:

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Inner wheel wells:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 11:02pm On Aug 16, 2014
Rear reflector holes plated over, filled and sanded. Note the seam between the rear valence and side is deleted for a smoother look:

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Smoothed rear, showing the 3 key areas:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by Nobody: 11:06pm On Aug 16, 2014
Doors in primer:

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[url="http://s768.photobucket.com/user/NaijaGuy/media/Project%20Toyota%20Hilux/h1_zps382b1fa7.jpg.html"][/url]

Rear fender flares:

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Re: Siena's MK5 Toyota Hilux Customisation Project - "Apple Candy". by omanko: 4:40pm On Aug 17, 2014
Hi Siena, am new here and don't know how to use the forum to contact you. Having read your excellent and most informative section on Timing chains vs. belts, it would seem that for a inexperienced mechanic like myself, the best solution would be the Landcruiser J80 (1990-92) that has neither, using instead (according to toyota) a gear. What do you think about that?
Thanks,
Tom

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