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Mini Truckin’ Technical Articles

Mini Truckin's tech section gives you insider tips on how to customize your truck. Whether it's body, chassis, suspension or electrical, you can find valuable tips and advice here.

Mini Truck Chassis & Frame Welding

	Chevy LUV Junkyard Jewel - Part 4 Frame game more


	Tool Party: Garage Products & Accessories Round up a few of these party favors and keep the neighbors up all night long! more


	Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel, Part 3: Frame Our project Chevy LUV gets bodydropped more


	Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel, Part 2: Teardown Step Two: Tear It All Down more


	Home Garage - Tools Of The Trade Ready to work on your truck? Find the tools you need for the job right here! more

Mini Truck Body Parts & Kits

	Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel, Part 7: Rust and Rocker Replacement One of the things a lot of these old minis have in common is how the rockers on the cab hang way down compared to the rockers on the... more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - December 2012 Guilty by Design's new gussets, Turtle Wax's new ICE liquid wax, and Ingersoll Rand's new Edge Series gravity-feed spray gun. more


	Street Scene Mirrors - Better Backward Vision Stock mirrors on S-Series platform trucks suck. more


	Auto Art 101: Pinstriping and Lettering Pinstripe and Patina Techniques more


	Chevy LUV Junkyard Jewel - Part 1 We drag an old forgotten Chevy LUV out of a field and have a crack at building a cool daily beater. more

Mini Truck Suspension

	Maximized - Letters - March 2013 Questions, Answers & Letters more


	Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel, Part 6: Four-Link In the last installment, we showed you what it took to scratch-build a set of link bars, and expanded a bit on how to be smart about where... more


	Maximized - Letters - February 2013 GO EZ's very own Art Gomez takes a few moments to answer some of your questions. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - February 2013 Central Pheumatic's Earthquake 1/2-inch Impact, AMK Compressor, and Pioneer head units more


	2009 Ford Ranger - Flattened Ford We install a set of DJM drop-kit on a 2009 Ford Ranger. more

Mini Truck Engine Tuning

	1986 Nissan 720 - Drift Core What happens when you mix a 1990 Nissan 240SX, a Nissan 720 truck body, and GO EZ? more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - July 2012 3M Windshield Repair Kit, GoJo Wipes, and Cool-View's Thermostat more


	LMC Fuel Tank in a 1989 Chevy S10 - Built Like A Tank Got a severely dented gas tank? Well, draggin' will do that. Check out how to easily swap that old clunker with a brand-new unit! more


	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - July 2011 Great Ideas For Your Minitruck! more


	Toyota 2RZ LC Engineering Supercharger Kit Install - Supercharged Tacoma Installing an LC Engineering supercharger on this month's killer performance feature. more

Mini Truck Electrical

	Mini Market - Truck Parts - January 2013 Mac Tools' Creeper Seat, Ingersoll Rand's LED Light, and Clarion's Next GATE Smartphone Controller. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - August 2012 Pioneer Electronics' AppRadio 2, AirBagIt's Smart Ride System, and Mother's Water Spot Remover. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - April 2012 More great products for your Mini Truck! more


	Xetronic HID Kit - Dream Beams To complement our S-10’s fresh front-end swap, we wanted a premium lighting system as well. more


	Electric-Life Power Window and Door Lock Kit - Lock & Roll Ditching The Manual Labor more

Mini Truck Interior & Upholstery

	LMC Auto Carpet Install - Floor Restore Nobody wants to ride around in filth, especially if it isn’t your own. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - September 2012 3M Leather & Vinyl Repair Kit, Craftman's Floor Squares, and Control Cable's Pedals. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - May 2012 Lincoln Electric's Viking 3350 helmet, Seatbelt Superstore, and GOJO's Hand Medic more


	Interior Overhaul: Fighting The Funk A Quick and Crisp Interior Overhaul more


	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - September 2011 Great Ideas For Your Mini Truck! more

Mini Truck Wheels & Tires

	Mini Market - Truck Parts - November 2012 MiniTruck Cartel clothing is back, soft jaws for your vise to protect your parts, and Boyd Coddington inspired wheels. more


	Mini Market - Truck Parts - June 2012 Custom iPhone cases, JL Audio JX Amp, and Eagle One EnviroShine more


	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - December 2011 Great Ideas For Your Mini Truck! more


	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - October 2011 Great Ideas For Your Mini Truck! more


	S10 Rear Disc Brake Conversion - Bye-Bye To Dumb Drums Little Shop of Horrors shows just how easy it is to tackle a rear disc-brake conversion for your 1st or 2nd gen S10 more

Tech Articles by Category

• Chassis & Frame Welding

• Body Parts & Kits

• Suspension

• Engine Tuning

• Electrical

• Interior & Upholstery

• Wheels & Tires

	Construction Zone - 1986 Ford Ranger 1986 Ford Ranger... more
	The Long Haul - 1989 Chevy S10 Chris Clark of Bristol, Tennessee has built a few vehicles in his day, but in 1995, when he was... more
	California 'Zu - 1991 Isuzu Pickup Buying a “completed” truck is never a sure bet, especially if you don’t know much about the quality... more
	Blue Ignition - 1987 Mazda B2200 Some of you may recognize this Mazda, as it was featured here exactly one year ago.... more
	Freak Show 12 For the twelfth year, Dropjaw presented and hosted Freak Show 12 located at the Lenoir County... more

	Table of Contents: January 2013 The first 2013 issue is on sale now!... more
	Table of Contents: December 2012 The December 2012 issue is available online now!... more
	2012 Cover Trucks It's time to submit my nomination for the 2012 Cover Truck of the Year. ... more
	Table of Contents - November 2012 The November 2012 issue is now completely online!... more
	Ute With Appeal The editors of Lowrider are in the process now of building this ’66 El Camino for the 2012 SEMA... more

	KP Concept's Toyota Build: Brunette Beauty Went and picked up this bone stock 1991 Toyota Pickup from Missouri about 2 weeks ago. Still... more
	Looking to buy a Diesel Mini Truck preferably turbo interested in any make Thanks!... more
	Meet and Greet, Carson City, NV I have seen a few minis driving around town. Doesn't matter if your finished or not with your ride... more
	Meet and Greet, Carson City, NV. I have seen a few minis driving around town. Doesn't matter if your finished or not with your ride... more
	Meet and Greet, Carson City, NV I have seen a few minis driving around town. Doesn't matter if your finished or not with your ride... more