My "other" Isuzu, well, Honda lol

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04/14/2011, 03:12 PM
RamAirZ

My "other" Isuzu, well, Honda lol

So figured I'd post up my most recent project. Yes I still have the Sierra :bwgy: I missed having an offroad toy to play with so started looking for another Zu'. I came across a 1995 Honda passport (Isuzu Rodeo) just north of me, and for the right price I picked her up and brought her home:

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She's got 130K miles, power windows, locks, mirrors, sunroof, heated mirrors, etc. AC doesn't work and needed a transmission but it ran great! I didn't like the color plus the paint was real beat up so I decided to take it apart and paint it a satin tan color:

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I went ahead and ordered some Calmini 2" lift shackles, Calmini shocks, Rough Country add-a-leaf, Superwinch hubs, and a few other goodies to get her going:

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Picked up a set of 5 34x10.50 Super Swamper LTB's mounted on some Montero rims from my friend Dustin's VX:

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After getting it all together I drove it over a few streets and played with it a bit:
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04/14/2011, 03:12 PM
RamAirZ

Still needs a transmission so I picked up the auto from my buddies 99' Amigo. He came up during spring break and I helped him swap over to a manual trans so he helped me out with my auto needs:
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Started pulling the trans yesterday and gonna start dropping the front diff too. Gonna make some drop brackets, install new upper/lower ball joints, CV's, weld the front diff, and some new control arm bushings. Hit up the junkyard and found a stock tire carrier (mine was gone) and got it all mounted:

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I took the hitch off today and I'm working on recessing the receiver into my current bumper:
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My friend Brandon also sent me his 4wd shifter so I can extend it for him since he has a body lift:

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Gonna weld it up in a little bit then make it all purty. He has a Rodeo with an IFS drop lift on 38's!
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This will be my second welding job for his truck, I modified his ARB bumper to fit with the body lift :yeso:
04/14/2011, 04:09 PM
Bob Barker

Neat-O!
04/14/2011, 04:11 PM
VX KAT

Good gawd man.....:eek:
1) Is there any part of a truck you can't make/fix/remove/build/invent/tweak/lift/mod/create/paint/weld/install/uninstall/and fix again and again???

2) Where do you find the time....and the money!?:freek:

....sheeshh, you'er amazing!
04/14/2011, 05:00 PM
Triathlete

Ram, you need to move to Tucson!:yesy::bwgy:
04/14/2011, 06:33 PM
Gussie2000

Well done job !

Love it
04/14/2011, 06:37 PM
VXjunky

is it just me...or did the color change again since you've had it?....or was that primer before it became black?....
04/14/2011, 07:06 PM
vt_maverick

That's his friends rig Junky.

Nice work Ram, although I must say that if women were your hobby instead of trucks I would be buying stock in Trojan and/or Valtrex. :D
04/14/2011, 07:39 PM
RamAirZ

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Originally Posted by Bob Barker

Neat-O!

:smilewink

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Originally Posted by VX KAT

Good gawd man.....:eek:
1) Is there any part of a truck you can't make/fix/remove/build/invent/tweak/lift/mod/create/paint/weld/install/uninstall/and fix again and again???

2) Where do you find the time....and the money!?:freek:

....sheeshh, you'er amazing!

Awww thanks Kat!! Well I like to pride myself in the fact that if I haven't done something before I'm always down to learn and try it. It also helps that I love doing this type of stuff lol. As far as time, I am Mr. Mom during the day so during naps and what not I have free time, when I get home from work I get bored and work on stuff too. Money wise, I sell alot of car parts and buy/flip stuff on craigslist to fund alot of my builds. I have about $1500 total into this truck, maybe a tad less.

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Originally Posted by Triathlete

Ram, you need to move to Tucson!:yesy::bwgy:

I'd LOVE to move back west actually :) You just want my company huh?

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Originally Posted by Gussie2000

Well done job !

Love it

Thank you very much!

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Originally Posted by VXjunky

is it just me...or did the color change again since you've had it?....or was that primer before it became black?....

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

That's his friends rig Junky.

Nice work Ram, although I must say that if women were your hobby instead of trucks I would be buying stock in Trojan and/or Valtrex. :D

Yes VXJunky, that's my friends rig. And Mav, I don't need to have women as a hobby, I just have a woman as another hobby :)

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She puts up with all my car crap :p
04/14/2011, 07:44 PM
vt_maverick

At long last the real pics we've all been waiting for finally materialize... ;)

Nothing better than a supportive wife. :)
04/14/2011, 07:45 PM
RamAirZ

Finished welding the shifter, gonna do a little work on it to make it look prettier lol, didn't have access to the shop's miller tonigth so used a 110 flux core welder, you can make it work but damn it's hard to get pretty welds:

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Ha ya she's great. Here's a few more pics of said wifey :)

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The family:
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04/14/2011, 08:22 PM
RamAirZ

oh and I have some GOOD pics of her, but probably not forum appropriate haha
04/14/2011, 11:10 PM
RamAirZ

Finished the shifter :)

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04/19/2011, 09:04 PM
RamAirZ

Needed to figure out a way to mount my plate since the stock bumper is gone and the tire carrier covers where the PO put the plate. I found a neat trailer plate holder with a built in light and modified it for my tailgate. I would have liked it a little lower but then it would hit the bumper when folded down. I drilled out the bottom of it to make room for the hatch release button and sanded the edges to fit the contour of the gate:

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04/19/2011, 09:06 PM
vt_maverick

Nice work!

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