My '04 Build up...

[KamoKid]

Well, after several years of working on my truck... Here are the results.

I will update the thread regularly to keep people informed.

Those who wish to contact me about any part of the truck may do so. Glad to help where I can. Simply PM me here or email at

redturbo _ 24 at yahoo dot com (remove spacing)

Truck
2004 Toyota / SR5 / Extra Cab
4x4 (Prerunner convert) w/Aisin Manual Hubs
Automatic Transmission
3.4 V6 Engine
TRD (Rear E-Locker)



Wheel & Tire Setup
Pro Comp 8069 Rims
Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ Tires
Full Size Spare & Matching Rim



Mods Completed
Alarm Mod
Deck Plate Mod
Pinch Weld Mod
ABS Cutoff Switch Mod
Door Lock Reverse Mod



Rear End Setup
Alcan 8 Leaf Packs (Alcan)
Sealed Rear Differential Breather (Trail Gear)
Timbren Bump Stops (Wheelers Offroad)
Greasable Shackles (Wheelers Offroad)
Polyurethane Bushings (Wheelers Offroad)
Extended Brake Lines (Wheelers Offroad)
ICON Rear Resi-shocks (MandAtaco)



Front End Setup
DR 2.5 Coil Overs (TacoTex!!)
Tundra Upgrade Brake System w/Slotted Rotors (eBay)
Front Extended Braided Steel Brake Lines (All-Pro Offroad)
Polyurethane Steering Bushings (Wheelers Offroad)
700lbs. Coils on C/O’s (SKINUM)
ICON UCA's (eBay)
Heavy Duty Homemade Skidplate (CMartinez95)
Aisin Manual Hubs and Spindles (Oranso)
A1Cardone Manual CV Axles (CRSturdivant)
Front Diff (Man Hub) w/4.88 (Craigslist)



Engine
Magnaflow Exhaust (Local Shop)
RedLine Premium Hood Lifts
Royal Purple Synthetic Fluids (Eng, Trans, Diffs, Rack, etc)



Armor
Rock Sliders (JBD Offroad)
Rhino Lined Rocker Panels (Local Shop)
CBI Front Winch Bumper (CBI)
CBI Rear Tire, Jack, & Fuel Carrier (CBI)
*Bumpers were designed by myself*



Lights
Hella Yellow 6" Fogs (SummitRacing)
Hella 550 (eBay)
3x Kragen 7" HID's (johnalagna)



Interior
Scanguage II (Parksoffroad)
Raptor Bedliner-ed Complete Interior Floor (TP Tools)
Waterproof AirBubble Insulation (Lowes)
Flashing Insulation (Lowes)
Black Vinyl flooring (Auto Interior)
Aluminum Window Hinges (JSI Motorsports)
iPod Cable Adapter (clemsonxplorer)



Body
ARB Snorkel (Rockey Road Outfitters)
Roger Brown 1" HD Body Lift (4Crawler Offroad)
F350 Smoke Colored Marker Lights for Turn Sigs (eBay)
Black Front Grill (eBay)
Synthetic Winch Line Cover in Gray (TRDParts4U)



Recovery Gear
Smittybilt XRC10 Winch w/Syn Line (4wheelparts)
Hi-Lift Jack 60” Cast Iron (Poly Performance Offroad)
Hi-Lift Base Plate (Poly Performance Offroad)
Red Hi-Lift Handle Keeper (Poly Performance Offroad)
Jack Mate (pi)
D-Shackle Recovery Hitch (pi)
2x Carpet Strips
2x Warn Large D-Shackles
5x Warn Med D-Shackles



Items Bought & Waiting To Be Installed
Viair 450c Air Compressor (kytaco04)
Air Tank (kytaco04)
U-Bolt Flip Kit (Trail Gear)
IPT Tranny Cooler w/Temp Gage (Import Performance Trans)
Lotek 2 Pod Pillar (Droolio)
4’ K40 Tunable Whip Antenna (Pepper Electronics)
Roof Rack Clasps (Texus)
Uniden CB Radio (Fry’s Electronic)
E300 Leather Seats w/Elec & Heat (eBay)
E-Locker Guard (Marlin Crawler)
Rear Full Diff Guard (Marlin Crawler)
CBI Rear Frame Plates (CBI)
Ravelco Security System (Ravelco)
Wood for sleeping system w/Drawers Below
Front HID Headlights (ThunderOne)
Total Chaos Spindle Gussets (Poly Performance Offroad)
OEM RR Locker Switch ** Will convert to FR Locker ** (Genshammer)
Inchworm Prerunner Adapter (Inchworm)
RED Lefty T-case w/4.70:1 XD Gears by Marlin Crawler (Inchworm)
Speed Sensor (Inchworm)

Future Parts to Still Be Bought
BudBuilt Belly Skid
ARB Front Locker
ARE Camper Shell w/carpet kit
Bedrug Carpet Kit
Roof Rack for Camper
Custom Roof Rack Built for Cab
LED Light Bars for Roof Racks
Wrangler NW Dual Battery Setup
ICON C/O's sent in to do Resi Setup
Mean Green H/O Alternator
Mean Green Starter


**The names and businesses inside the item in () are where/who I bought the parts from. Most parts have NOT been bought new to save $$ on the build. **

Total Invested in Parts = $15,124 (as of 06/2010)

People on the board I'd like to thank:
Truck Builds
TacoDell
Sar_Squid79
RSB
Tacogunner

For Lending a Hand
My2Coma
Snorkie
Roach

[KamoKid]

I only had 1 week to work on my truck. I did it all myself with my wife bringing my a fresh glass of sweet tea every 30 minutes.

Here's the pics:
new lift parts

new breather

rear finishing up

new CO's

Yard poser shot...

[KamoKid]

Well, I got home and was able to start this last week on the truck again!

Here's the pics!!
Tundra Upgrade Brake System
(ECS slotted/drilled rotors, 2002 Tundra calipers w/Hawk Pads)
NEW / OLD Rotors

NEW / OLD Calipers

Scanguage II
(I liked how easy this setup was to do...)

[KamoKid]

Today (27 Oct 2008)-- I took the truck in and had the Transmission Shop in Bryan, TX do a transmission FLUSH with ROYAL PURPLE! I like the oil, but NOT the bill that goes along with it....

Also, got the brake lines flushed and re-bled...

Rhino Line the Rockers & Fenders
I like the look. I know that it'll fade a little over time PLUS get dirty but I LOVE the way my Rhino Lined bed has held up over the years.

Anyways, here's the pics...




Also had them do a strip across my tailgate to cover some rusting spots from getting banged from hauling and working.

[KamoKid]

So, my wife and I have been strung out the last few times when I came home because of having only one car (she sold her car and fell in love with MY truck!).

Anyways, we wanted something easy to store. I worked hard this year overseas and only took 35 of the allowed 90 days vacation... This was my present yesterday!!!

[KamoKid]

Roger Brown 1"BL and mud flaps reinstalled...

I spent all day working on getting the 1" RB polyurethane body lift. I like how it sits and rides. I took it out on the lot my father in law owns and flexed it a little bit to see how it'd do.

[KamoKid]

Well, today I managed to break a front brake line... So I ordered a new one just now, but switched from the Wheelers to AllPro. We'll see how better they are I guess...



Also since my lift the tire well coverings were no longer working because they were too short. SO I made my own! Cost was $11 from Home Depot.

Here I laid the new material (think black vinyl) out with the old one as a template on top.

Closer pic...

I traced the old one, but added about an 1.5" to the width to allow for the BL. I made the first then used it to help make the second.

Here the new one is installed. Nice and clean!


I might set something up on the rear as well. IDK yet.

[KamoKid]

So I pulled my entire interior out...

Then I scrubbed it all down with paint thinner and a wire pad...

Front Part...

Then I started to spray the inside with Raptor U-POL. (I loved this stuff!)

Then I decided I should remove the back box parts too... (this shot is after the first coat. I did 2 full coats on the floor and 1 coat on the rear box top portion)

Then I turned my attention to insulating the doors. I put flashing adhesive inside of them, this stuff is in a way like Dynamat but supposed to be for your home. I also lined the back of the cab with it too...

Shot of the doors after putting on the bottom layer of flashing adhesive. I went up as far as I could to cover as much area inside the door as I could. I also sprayed rubber undercoating inside the bottom of the doors.

Next I used air space insulation to help against outside noise as well. I also replaced all the speakers inside the truck to some better ones. Nothing fancy though.

The finished result... (I didn't want to try to stretch the vinyl over the cubby hole tops so I left them carpeted)

Vinyl front shot...


Makes a HUGE difference on the road now!! Me and my wife love it!!!!!!!!

[KamoKid]

Truck gets new rear axle seal & Steering bushings

Old bushings coming out...

Old bushings removed...

Nice new ones installed... Says they make a difference too in steering! Cool!

Old Skid Plate off!!!

New one installed!!! He even hit it up with a fresh paint before install!!!

[KamoKid]

NEW SHOES are on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ 285/75/R16 Tires w/
Procomp 8069 Rims 16x8

**Tundra Brake Upgrade worked fine with these!!!**

[KamoKid]

Hit a snag in a few things (winch, lights, and UCA bushings...) but all in all things have gone well.

Here are a few pics of the new stuff going on...

[KamoKid]

So a BIG "thanks" goes out to ICON for helping me out with some awesome customer service with getting parts for my UCA's. They work great!!!!

The line speed on the Smittybilt XRC10 is actually better than I thought it would be, so that's cool. Also, grabbed a winch line cover from TRDParts4U while I was in Dallas!

Installed the 700 x 14" coils on the ICON Coilover's up front! Nice and stiff, and helps a lot with the winch and bumper. No more front sag!

I changed my turn signals to clear "marker lights" for a cab. I wired them to be park lights as well so they look great at night and are highly visible, which is nice.

I installed one Kragen HID, and have two more to put where the yellow 500 Hellas are right now. The 500 Hella lights will be moved lower, and some additional 550 Hellas will be added next to the turn signal marker lights.

[KamoKid]

Rear ICON Resi Shocks installed. Love'em as always. Gotta get a replacement boot for one though...

Pics-

[KamoKid]

Ordered the Aluminum window hinges from JSI Motorsports.

BUT.... They don't work on my windows... I read that they had some problems making them work properly for a few years of the Taco and could send them back to be reworked. I think I'll try to keep them and work on them myself though.

Here's the pics of them. Very nice quality and JSI has super fast shipping to me.

[KamoKid]

All the Kragen HIDs are now up front with my Hella fogs lowered on the bumper. These things are awesome and work great together.

The airflow is effected by the lights but the truck hasn't wanted to overheat any. Gonna be modifying some things to help out with that too.

Also got the Redline Tuning Elite shocks installed on the hood... Boy these things were EASY to do. But I did break a brand new rivet gun... Not sure what happened with it. Exchanged it for another new one and worked perfectly.

Pics-

[KamoKid]

Added some flexible LED strip lights to the bottom of the headlight area from www.Oznium.com. They are "Super White" colored. I like the way they look for now. I wired them into the park lights so I can drive during the daytime with them and the park lights on but save my headlight bulbs from having to be on. We'll see how good it works out...

Pics






Gonna also change out ALL the interior lights to "super white" LED squares...

Pics

[KamoKid]

OKAY.... FINALLY.... LOL!!

Got started on the 4x4 Swap.

HUGE "THANK YOU"

goes out to Chris (aka: Snorkie) for all the help.

4x4 Swap with Manual OEM Aisen hubs
Front Diff with 4:88 gears & 1" diff drop
A1 Cardone CV Axles

Pics-













If anyone can tell me the difference between these hubs please PM me... Thx

[KamoKid]

So got the Install done on the front end for the Prerunner to 4x4 Swap with the help of Snorkie. Diff Drop was taken off after a week...

ABS Mod
I also decided while working on a brake issue to do the ABS cutoff switch Mod. It lights up the DIFF LOCKER and ABS lights on the dash when in use so you don't forget to turn it back on when you need it.


Also, finally took my truck in to the stealership to be looked at because of a pulsing brake issue. I went through the whole brake setup that I installed to do a check before taking it in. I told them my thoughts about it and after some cross talk between myself and a Yota Mechanic there we finally found the issue-- A Speed Sensor. $250 part + $125 install... Sux but at least my brakes are badass again. lol!