Ive gotten so much off pirate over the years I figured I should give a little something back.
Build specs
2003 2wd ext cab taco
1992 SC400 1UZ motor
AX15/NP231/Dana 300
FJ80 front, 4.10 Elocker with hellfire knuckles
Tacoma rear, 4.10 ARB with full float conversion
4WU 3 link or radius arm front (TBD)
64” chevs out back
1979 F150 reverse swing steering box
Dual batteries in rear underbed storage
OBA electric pump(s)
Underbed water storage (40 litres ish) with coolant heat exchanger for showers etc.
It will be my daily driver. Im building it to be a versatile rig for crawling and hauling. I do a fair bit of exploring, camping and occasionally harder trails. I will be driving it down to moab etc once she is done.
Original plan was some 34x10.5 ATs for DD, and 37s for wheelin but i really like snow wheelin so i jumped on a set of 39.5 iroks with internal beadlocks. So now im going to have 3 sets of tires. Keeping it as low as possible with 39.5 so it doesnt look retarded with 34s. I might have to lower the bumpstops when i put on the 39.5s to accomplish this
Unfortunately i don't have a shop of my own so im using a friends shop and i have to work around its availability. My truck is currently sitting in storage but i still have plenty of prep work i can do without having truck in shop.
I bought the axles about a year or so before i found the right truck for swap and started working on getting axles etc ready. I already have a bunch of pics from build, so pics will come fast until the thread is up to speed.
https://i.imgur.com/h36dRRP.jpg
Picked up front axle from a wreckers
https://imgur.com/gallery/8heeOF4
Rear axle. When i built the diff cover i massaged the factory cover to help with clearance for my cover, hence using playdoh to check for clearance
https://imgur.com/gallery/1Sacwiu
Still plenty more pics, but thats it for today
Build specs
2003 2wd ext cab taco
1992 SC400 1UZ motor
AX15/NP231/Dana 300
FJ80 front, 4.10 Elocker with hellfire knuckles
Tacoma rear, 4.10 ARB with full float conversion
4WU 3 link or radius arm front (TBD)
64” chevs out back
1979 F150 reverse swing steering box
Dual batteries in rear underbed storage
OBA electric pump(s)
Underbed water storage (40 litres ish) with coolant heat exchanger for showers etc.
It will be my daily driver. Im building it to be a versatile rig for crawling and hauling. I do a fair bit of exploring, camping and occasionally harder trails. I will be driving it down to moab etc once she is done.
Original plan was some 34x10.5 ATs for DD, and 37s for wheelin but i really like snow wheelin so i jumped on a set of 39.5 iroks with internal beadlocks. So now im going to have 3 sets of tires. Keeping it as low as possible with 39.5 so it doesnt look retarded with 34s. I might have to lower the bumpstops when i put on the 39.5s to accomplish this
Unfortunately i don't have a shop of my own so im using a friends shop and i have to work around its availability. My truck is currently sitting in storage but i still have plenty of prep work i can do without having truck in shop.
I bought the axles about a year or so before i found the right truck for swap and started working on getting axles etc ready. I already have a bunch of pics from build, so pics will come fast until the thread is up to speed.
https://i.imgur.com/h36dRRP.jpg
Picked up front axle from a wreckers
https://imgur.com/gallery/8heeOF4
Rear axle. When i built the diff cover i massaged the factory cover to help with clearance for my cover, hence using playdoh to check for clearance
https://imgur.com/gallery/1Sacwiu
Still plenty more pics, but thats it for today