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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

	Wishbone Crossmember On A 1972 Toyota Hilux - Project Low Lux, Part 3 For this installment, we set up the wishbone to mount flush inside the rear crossmember. more

	Full Frame Build On A 1972 Toyota Hilux - Project Low Lux For this installment we began the frame and suspension buildup on Project: Low Lux. more

	2002 Nissan Frontier Desert Runner - Front Clip - Project Desert Dragger: Episode I Bring Down The Trojan Horse more

	Wicked Nissan Hardbody Buildup on Hydraulics Chassis By Aaron Iha Bringing the Heat more

	1993 Toyota Pickup - Payback - The Fated 'Yota Build Eddy Cebreco's Payback more

Mini Truck Body Parts & Kits

	LED Tail Lights On A Chevy Blazer - Do-It-Yourself Custom Tails Flush-Mounted LED Install more

	Fiberglass Hood Install On A Nissan Frontier Show Down Customs Shows Us Some Hood Tricks more

	Chevy S10 Front End Swaps - Get Your Grille On Swap Out Your S-10 Front End more

	Body Modifications on a 1972 Toyota Hilux - Project Low Lux World's First Rockered 1972 Toyota Hilux more

	1997 Toyota Tacoma Cover Truck Rebuild - Back From The Dead Extreme Audio & Kustoms Cover Truck Rebuild more

Mini Truck Suspension

	Shock Absorbers And Air Springs - The Inside Scoop Are Shocks Necessary With Air Bags? more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - December 2009 Great ideas for your mini truck! more

	Air Management System - AccuAir Suspension Check out the very first self-leveling and programmable air suspension system from AccuAir Suspension. more

	Custom A/C Build And Tubbed Firewall On A Chevy S10 - Daily Dime This month we show you a creative A/C solution in our project S-10 along with some quick firewall tub tricks. more

	Maximized - The Breed - October 2009 Max Fish talks about how minitruck fabricators set the bar for all other custom cars. more

Mini Truck Engine Tuning

	Toyota Pickup Alternator Upgrade - Upgrade Your Alternator Check out this alternator upgrade for a Toyota! more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - July 2009 Great ideas for your mini truck! more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - February 2009 Want Find Buy Build more

	Conventional Petroleum Oil Vs. Synthetic Oil Does The End Justify The Means? more

	Gas Saving Tips - Better Performance, Better MPG A Mix Of Basics And Well Kept Secrets more

Mini Truck Electrical

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - October 2009 Great ideas for your minitruck! more

	H.I.D Retrofit - High Intensity Everyone who drives our nation's highways has seen expensive cars and SUVs driving with headlights that, although not modified from stock,... more

	Missing Link Audio's Voltage Control Module - The Juice...Is Loose! Increase the charge and give your battery a new lease on life with Missing Link Audio's Voltage Control Module. more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - April 2009 Great ideas for your mini truck! more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - May 2007 Check out these parts & products! more

Mini Truck Interior & Upholstery

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - November 2009 Great ideas for your mini truck! more

	Custom Headliner - Heads Up! To build the ultimate show mini, you have to pay attention to details that most people would take for granted. To be able to have the most... more

	Extreme Audio and Kustoms - Extreme Shop Tour We go behind the scenes of the SoCal shop that is building some of the craziest West Coast cover trucks. more

	Mini Truck Parts - Mini Market - May 2009 Great ideas for your mini truck! more

	BedRug Install on a 2007 Toyota Tacoma - Make Your Bed BedRug From Wise Industries, The Alternative To Spray-In Bedliners. more

Read detailed reviews on the all new Toyota Tacoma and compare it with other vehicles you may be thinking of buying. The Tacoma comes with a V6 standard engine and goes for a suggested retail price of $24,595.00. It can seat 4 people comfortably. Also check out the Chevy Colorado and the Ford Ranger.

Tech Articles by Category

• Chassis & Frame Welding

• Body Parts & Kits

• Suspension

• Engine Tuning

• Electrical

• Interior & Upholstery

• Wheels & Tires

	2009 Show of the Year Tie Breaker - Web Poll West Coast Nationals or Tex Mex? Help us break the 2009 Show of the Year tie!... more
	The Best Of 2009 - Truck, Club & Show Of The Year The votes are in! Check out who our dedicated staff chose as the truck, show, and club of the year... more
	Best Club of 2009 - Web Poll Best club of 2009? What do you think?... more
	Truck Club Profile - Down To Earth For over 20 years, Down To Earth has been hitting the scene strong sporting some of the lowest,... more
	Shock Absorbers And Air Springs - The Inside Scoop Are Shocks Necessary With Air Bags?... more

	January 2010 Issue Clickable Table of Contents Check back often, as stories from the current issue (January 2010) will become "clickable" as they... more
	1,622 Owner Ride Profiles Uploaded - Is Yours One of Them? About 2 and half years ago, minitruckinweb.com added a section for vehicle owners to upload ride... more
	Tomorrow Is the Last Day to Vote for Scale Model Build Round 3 Winner This is just a reminder that by the end of the day tomorrow (11/11/09), by 6PM PST, voting for the... more
	SEMA 2009 Girls & Models The following collection is just a taste of the beautiful girls we found at SEMA this year. ... more
	SEMA 2009 Mini Trucks Hello from the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada! ... more

	Things that are bro 1. Black socks 2. Flat-billed hats 3. lip piercing 4. lifted trucks 5. bagged trucks?? c'mon... more
	February 2010 Issue - officially on newsstands 12/1/09 soooooo what's in it? Well I can't tell you quite yet. Ummmmm I could easily give away the cover... more
	Severed in the Southwest - Phoenix, AZ - December 6, 2009 [IMG]... more
	Question on bagging the front of my mazda. i have a 1980 mazda b2000 sundowner. the back is in the process of being bagged with a 2 link, but... more
	Bluesonoma's B Well after missing the model contest 3 times, which is funny cause I was building during the... more