Finally some progress so ive got PICS!!!!

nice....great job..

what size wheels are those? what did you do to lay the front?

nice project i dissagree w/ S10 rearend!! sorry, you cant kill a toy rearend if you tryed

I am not running a s10 rearend... I am using a 99 ranger rearend... I would have went w/ a yota rear, but i was originally going to put a 99 ranger 3.0 flex fuel motor in my truck well it did not quite fit in the truck w/ my body drop so i had a rearend w/ the parts ranger i bought and decided to use it instead of having to go and spend more money on the yota rear.. it seems to work great! it is just a hair narrower that the stock mazdas.

I am running 17" rims w/ 205/40/17 tires.. what i did to lay out in the front was i had to pie cut the upper arms cause the upper ball joint were binding..
I also had to notch and beef up the driver upper arm cause it was hitting the steering column shaft..
I raised the lower ball joint to the top side of the lower arm.. i think some people call it flipping the ball joint, but its really not getting flipped...
I had to cut the lower arms so the would be able to travel up more..
And i was not happy w/ the lift i was getting up front so a friend and i notched the frame and moved the bags in closer to the pivot point so i am getting like just about 11" of lift w/ re6 slam bags and about 13" in the rear w/ 2600 contitechs, which i am going to eventually switch to slam bags.

I did do the front setup twice.. the first time i did i had chasis tech drop spindles and i was not getting hardly any lift cause my upper arm was binding w/ the spindle and i was able to raise the truck enough to turn my wheels.. it would have worked great if i didnt body drop my truck...
Anymore questions let me know...

can i have that frame? it'll match my trucks colors...

man, that is some killer work for your first mini! lookin great! wish i could do a body off frame job like that on mine....just not enough space in my garage, or time to do it, maybe a few years down the road when i can build a shop.....again, keep up the good work & keep us posted on your progress!

oh they are similar in a way but if im not mistakin they are better than the dimes

my god! if that's what the dirty bits look like,I can't imagine what the rest of the truck will be like!

WOW!

I wish I had a shop

I am wanting to get this truck done by spring and out on the road to some shows this summer.. OH and i WILL Be Driving it everywhere... This is not going to be no trailer Queen!!!!!