i have a 2000 tacoma and i want 01-04 front end so i was wondering what all do i need to do the swap

i have a 2000 tacoma and i want 01-04 front end so i was wondering what all do i need to do the swap

Can't be done! :flipoff2:

Headlights, corner lights, grille, hood, lever & handle mech. for hood hold down, a few holes need to be "relocated" for the grille and a lot of patience to get it all lined up.

this is a good post. i am totally partial to the 01-04 tacos, mainly because the way the grill/hood looks...if i had an earlier truck or was building a smash victim, id put all the younger sheetmetal/grill on it for sure

Mine started out like this...
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/FAUX_X_4/Poser%20Shots/PassengerFront.jpg

and wound up like this...
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/FAUX_X_4/AzRocks_09/DSCF1113.jpg

so i have a question. will i be more welcome here if i do the 01 conversion on my truck? :flipoff2: been having thoughts for a good while now.

so i have a question. will i be more welcome here if i do the 01 conversion on my truck? :flipoff2: been having thoughts for a good while now.

fawk no!!!!:flipoff2:



actually i really looked into this when i had my stock 02 and the 91 truggy...the measurements arent too far off and if youre willing to mount the grill with zip ties(they really work good) and leave the older style headlights, the ony real issue is the area up by the wipers/windshied, which is TOTALLY differnt. if you trimmed the taco hood(fiberglass maybe?) and mounted it with hood pins i think youve got a better chance at making it look good, then attempting to make the door edge of the taco fendersif you can even come close to mounting them on the 90's truck, match the 1991 doors/body/hood line, etc

i know the 1st gen tacos match up basically from one end to the other on the 3rd gens. i was measuring that out one day on my room mates tacoma.

fair common swap for the street crowd, if my memory serves me correctly everything should bolt up and you might have to massage the core support for the headlights ... www.customtacos.com/forum plenty of information there

Make look better but visibility sucks.

Make look better but visibility sucks.

why?

I did my 95.5, don't know how much different the core support is on the 98-00 models though. Fairly easy, took me about 3-4 hrs by myself.

Went like this

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01322.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01321.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01323.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01348.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01349.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01354.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01353.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/DSC01356.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/ballardford006.jpg

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e293/Gravid/longbottoms427017.jpg

Sorry for all the pics

Yep, its been done many times. Even to other Toyotas.

http://www.streetsource.com/uploads/Ownerprofiles/PHATTIREGUY/49200824926PM69521.jpg

Not my style on that one but yeah Customtacos.com will help you out on the conversion.

http://customtacos.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=27735&d=1185892440

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a374/idroptrucks/IMG_9139.jpg

My dad has 2 of the newer models and I feel like I can't see as well when I get in them. I like the way the older style hood stays down. Much easier to see over. My mom has an 08 with the scoop and that thing is even worse.

thats weird/pretty cool looking in the last picture there of that 3rd gen runner.

My dad has 2 of the newer models and I feel like I can't see as well when I get in them. I like the way the older style hood stays down. Much easier to see over. My mom has an 08 with the scoop and that thing is even worse.



yea, i have the 02 and can see fine, my brother and father have the new style tacos and that hood scoop thing sucks for visiion and its not even doing anything for the truck motor??? wtf!

yea, i have the 02 and can see fine, my brother and father have the new style tacos and that hood scoop thing sucks for visiion and its not even doing anything for the truck motor??? wtf!

Mine's a fully functioning dirt scoop................ sucks the dirt from the trial right into the throttle body for added HP! :p

Visibility on mine is a non issue........ or I guess I'm just used to it I guess? I did notice a big difference in visibility after going back to stock fenders over the fiberglass fenders though. :D

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i267/FAUX_X_4/AzRocks_09/DSCF1113.jpg

What hood scoop is that?

What hood scoop is that?

It's a glassworks fiberglass hood.
http://www.glassworksunlimited.com/20to20totasc.html

I did my 95.5, don't know how much different the core support is on the 98-00 models though. Fairly easy, took me about 3-4 hrs by myself.



Where'd you get that grille and hood from?? and how much did it run ya, if you don't mind me asking?

They are factory aftermarket pieces from a local Crash Parts Supplier. I think I paid $90 for the grille, $120 for the hood. Spent $50 on paint and painted it, and $170 on the headlights and corner lights from Ebay.

Converted my 96 to new model clip..
Lined up well.. zip ties on a few holes where the grill didn't line up..

From this..
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/CheapJ7/onlay001.jpg

to this
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/CheapJ7/newclip001.jpg

To the finished product...
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e259/CheapJ7/IMG00035.jpg

Links and Tons comin next month,,,