Canadian 'Yota Glass Skins
Another group of Canadians, Precision 4x4 Center is in its seventh year of business and has more than 125 custom fiberglass beds and tailgates built. With shipping all over North America, the products include custom hoods, half doors, and bobbed beds with tailgates for '79-'95 Toyota mini-trucks. Information: Precision 4x4 Center, 250/493-9473, www.toyotafiberglass.com
'Yotas Steered Straight
Sky Manufacturing has a number of products that can help you dial in your Toyota project, including high-steer kits and a new billet pitman arm. Many of its machined parts are built from 4140 chromoly, and all steering parts are CNC-machined 4140. The company's other Toyota products include U-bolt flip kits using 9/16-inch U-bolts front and rear, with special plates to fit the wide diff side of the front axle. Axle trusses for the front axle, disc-brake conversions, wide front-axle kits, transfer-case mounts, solid-axle kits, disc e-brake kits, and shock mounts and hoops front and rear are also available. Information: Sky Manufacturing, 541/736-3743, www.sky-manufacturing.com
Old School 'Yota supplier
Since 1970 Downey Off Road has been making and selling Toyota parts and accessories. The years of experience have put Downey in a position to supply Toyota owners with products to give their rigs the desired performance and personal look they want. Downey has everything imaginable for your Japanese rig, including suspension components, conversion parts, stock replacement bits, and remanufactured engines. So if you are thinking about putting fuel injection on your Land Cruiser, a lift on your mini-truck, or a skidplate on your Tacoma, check out the Downey catalog full of products and technical information. Information: Downey Off Road, 562/949-9494, www.downeyoff-road.com
Northwest 'Yota Crew
Northwest Off-Road (NWOR) Specialties can upgrade Toyota owners with performance parts from bumper to bumper. Mini-trucks and 4Runners are its specialty, and its 150-page catalog carries nearly anything you would want to put yours a step ahead of the rest. Northwest's inventory includes such items as traction bars, high-performance fuel injectors, complete differential assemblies, Ford manual-transmission adapters, and Tacoma suspension systems. With nearly everything needed to get you on the trail in your Toyota, NWOR is a great place to start. Information: Northwest Off-Road Specialties, 360/676-1200, www.northwestoffroad.com
'Yota Catalog of Parts
In 1964 Performance Products was started, and in 1990 the Toyota Division for Trucks and SUVs was introduced. As one of the world's largest retailers of parts and accessories for Toyota trucks and SUVs, Performance Products has a working relationship with its suppliers that allows it to co-develop exciting new products. This allows the company to produce an exclusive line of parts and accessories that perform, look, and last different from anything else on the market. Choose from its large selection of products such as chrome-plated stainless steel sidesteps and Bull Bars, floor liners, air-intake systems, adjustable front coilover shocks, urethane spoilers with driving lights, progressive-rate springs, stainless steel exhaust, and mesh grille inserts. Information: Performance Products, 800/553-2840, www.performanceproducts.com
'Yota-Go-Slow
Marlin Crawler is the home of the original go-slow Toyota. With adapter kits for multiple transfer cases, lower transfer-case gears down to 4.7:1, rebuild kits for '79-'02 Toyota truck transmissions, and steering arm, link, and joint upgrades, Marlin can fill in the beef and trim the fat that already comes on your stock truck. In order to upgrade your solid axles, the company can supply a set of its own Marfield Birfield joints to help your solid-axle Toy survive up to 35-inch tires. Let Marlin know you are ready to slow down and start crawling. Information: Marlin Crawler, 559/252-7295, www.marlincrawler.com