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After my club’s trip this past New Years, where I rolled my truck for the second time and could have seriously injured/killed my gf (no cage :shaking: ) I decided it was time to build something safe, and caging my existing truck wasn’t worth it to me. I wanted to start over with an excab since I need the leg room and headroom and all. Looked, had a great Toyota lined up, jackass seller decided to :bendover: :boink: me on the deal and sold it out from under me, so I went back to the search. A buddy sent me an ad for a 2nd gen toy on 1 tons, I jumped on it, apprehensively, and then decided to make the 11 hour trip to get it: Lancaster - la verne - san marcos - stone brewery for dinner :flipoff2: - compton - la verne - lancaster. I started buying parts and getting ready for a whirlwind of build activity. I work for a utility contractor and am about 1.5 hrs away from my truck and have a girlfriend who likes to see me sometimes, so it was going to be a tough build to balance my time. I never understood why people would waste money buying things they can build themselves until I got my job and never am around to see my truck. I’d rather pay someone for a quality product and be done building it than spend a ton of time doing it all myself. I may get a Saturday once a week, at most. I just want to go wheel the thing…..
Existing:
- 88 Ex cab
- 3.0 V6 w/ 5 spd manual
- Dana 60, 5.13 or 5.38s, ARB
- 14 BFF, 5.13 or 5.38s, Detroit, Discs
- Stock garbage V6 tcase
- Chevy 63s with a block and double shackles
- All pro front springs with High AND low steer
- Worn 37” Parnelli Jones
- “interesting” wiring and patches under the dash
- Sweet mud flaps front and rear
- Less than stellar bed bob and frame bob
Current plans, hoping to be done by the end of summer:
- Fix a ton of the little issues all over the truck
- Fix brakes (stock toy stuff on it now?)
- Built 23 spline gear-drive duals clocked 10* and Marlin Adapter for r150 tranny
- HAD pinion flanges to run toy shafts
- Davez shafts front/rear
- 4xinnovations clocked dual case mount
- F-150 rears (no double shackle…)
- 2.0 or 2.5 resis front/rear
- RUF type pack
- Suspension seats
- Winch
- Deck, speakers amped and a sub maybe
- Full cage, sliders, etc
- 39-42” tires
Future hopes once it’s up and running:
- Traction bar
- Spare mount tailgate
- New bed with more bob
- 35 splines
- Harnesses
- Tube bed
- Links
- 3.4 swap and possibly 3rd gen/Tacoma body swap
Existing:
- 88 Ex cab
- 3.0 V6 w/ 5 spd manual
- Dana 60, 5.13 or 5.38s, ARB
- 14 BFF, 5.13 or 5.38s, Detroit, Discs
- Stock garbage V6 tcase
- Chevy 63s with a block and double shackles
- All pro front springs with High AND low steer
- Worn 37” Parnelli Jones
- “interesting” wiring and patches under the dash
- Sweet mud flaps front and rear
- Less than stellar bed bob and frame bob
Current plans, hoping to be done by the end of summer:
- Fix a ton of the little issues all over the truck
- Fix brakes (stock toy stuff on it now?)
- Built 23 spline gear-drive duals clocked 10* and Marlin Adapter for r150 tranny
- HAD pinion flanges to run toy shafts
- Davez shafts front/rear
- 4xinnovations clocked dual case mount
- F-150 rears (no double shackle…)
- 2.0 or 2.5 resis front/rear
- RUF type pack
- Suspension seats
- Winch
- Deck, speakers amped and a sub maybe
- Full cage, sliders, etc
- 39-42” tires
Future hopes once it’s up and running:
- Traction bar
- Spare mount tailgate
- New bed with more bob
- 35 splines
- Harnesses
- Tube bed
- Links
- 3.4 swap and possibly 3rd gen/Tacoma body swap
