Wheels In Motion

A Toyota pickup that never stops evolving

- Ali Mansour

THE FOUR-WHEELING HOBBY IS AS FAMILY ORIENTED AS THEY COME.

Thanks to his stepdad, Mitch Kleinstein grew up reading Four Wheeler magazine. With that love for wheeling and a want to build his own trail machine, Kleinstein purchased his first Toyota pickup in 1994. It happens to be the ’93 Toyota you see here today. However, the road to its current setup has been a long one.

While he started out small with a 4-inch suspension lift, rear ARB Air Locker, and 32-inch-tall tires, he would eventually transition from a simple solid-axle upgrade to the full rebuild you see here today. Its current build took about 10 months of nights and weekends, but the end result was a truck cap ba le of everything he wanted. While items such as his camo-wrapped fiber glass fenders a dn body panels may seem a little unconventional, it all has a purpose.

We caught up with Kleinstein in the wheeling wonderland that is Moab. There we were able to see firsthand how well the 23-year-old pickup gets it done. It may have been a long time to get to this point, but it was a journey worth t ka ing. Kleinstein states he’s sure there will be more changes to come, but for now, he’ll enjoy it how it is.