my first truck
my new truck
I had orginally bought a tacoma xtra cab prerunner (my first truck) thinking I'd never really drive offroad and would never need 4wd. After getting the truck I actually took it offroad and loved it. I built a pretty ghetto bolt on bumper for it and made it mid travel up front but the 2wd wasn't cutting it rock crawling. I traded that truck in and got a 4wd double cab. I got a double cab because I always read about people selling their 2 door trucks when they had a family and need to fit a child seat in and what not, plus its cool having friends along.
My goal is to have a sweet ass truck that I can offroad on trails and in the dunes but still be functional because it is my DD and I use the bed frequently for work. Anyway, here are my plans for the truck...
Suspension-
Front:
Camburg LT kit , Custom Upper Arm
Fox 2.5 x10" Dual Rate Coilovers, shortened to 8" stroke
Fox 2.5 10" Triple Bypasses, shortened to 8" stroke
Fox 2.0 x 2.5" Bumpstops, shortened to 2" stroke
Rear:
Ford 9" Full Floater. Cone Hubs
(31 spline, detroit locker, 5.29 gears,seal #417349, o-ring 2-223 2-243)
Willwood Ulta-Lite calipers, .81 x 12.188 Rotors
All Pro 50T Pack w/ 12" Richer Racing shackles
Fox 2.5 x 16" triple bypass with custom layout (Outboard of Frame)
Fox 2.0 x 4" Bumpstops, shortened to 3" stroke
Fabrication-
Bumper
Front Diff Mount Protective Crossmember
Hitch
Front diff Skid
Engine Cage
Roll Cage
Boxed in Frame
Spare Tire Carrier
Other
Glassworks 6.5" Front fenders
Glassworks 6" Rear Fenders
Magnaflow Muffler (done)
Mickey Thompson Classic II powdercoated Black
Sliders
Front Tundra Brake Upgrade
Supercharger
2 Kragen HIDs
Remote Tranny Cooler
Ammo Cans
Here is a list of some links I used as reference on my build
Front LT installation
http://www.off-road.com/trucks4x4/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=186292
Rear Suspension:
http://www.trailslesstraveled.com/viewarticle.php?id=37
http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=85240
Manual Proportioning Valve:
http://www.trailslesstraveled.com/article/rear-brakes-removing-lspv/
Service Manual:
http://www.ncttora.com/fsm/index.html
Mounting shocks outside of frame:
http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=88249
OBD Codes:
http://www.ttora.com/wiki/index.php/OBDII_Trouble_Codes
Rear shock angle:
http://www.dezertrangers.com/vb/showthread.php?t=64624
Steering rack bushing replacement:
http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/maintenance/steering_bushing/
Tundra brake conversion:
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51597&highlight=brake+conversion
Tire Carrier:
http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=70083&highlight=TIREGATE
http://www.tacomaterritory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32433&highlight=tire+carrier&page=2
Notes:
Front Coilover
6"x500#/16" x 800#
3,3 compression, 50 Rebound
Front Bypass
4,3,2 compression, 70 Rebound
Rear Bypass
3,2 compression, 30 Rebound