The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

[Blackdawg]

Hello and thanks for lookin at my build!

My truck is a 96 4x4 v6 5 spd Tacoma and has been dubed Frankenstein. Why? well..because most of the parts on it are not original. And by the time Im done with it, hardly anything will. I rolled the truck in May 2012 while at the Taco Take Over meet. Was a great meet..besides the roll over and my hand breakin. But you should go!

anyways, i did't have full coverage on insurance and didn't have any money for a new truck. I found a 2wd 1996 body for 500 bucks in ID and bought it and swaped it onto my 4wd frame and driveline over the period of the next 2 months. That is why you'll see some of the earlier pictures of my build are the awesome cool metlic silver, and why now its the dark green. Hope to repaint it one day maybe.

Anyways, that is why this thread is like 2 builds in one. Pre roll over, and post roll over. The first 45 pages or so are pre roll and 45 and beyond on post roll over.

Feel free to ask all and anything in here! this thread is half BS anyways haha

MODS:

Suspension:
-Eibach front coils
-Billy 5100s up front
-Billy 10'' travel 5150s in rear
-Wheelers 5 pack leaf springs
-Wheelers AAL
-Skyjacker Leaf
-Toyotech 1" lift shackles


Exterior:
-Decals by Sockmonkey
-Decals by scwerks
-Fiberwerx Front fiberglass Fenders

Armor:
-Elite Front Plate bumper
-BAMF sliders page 41
-Elite Rear Plate bumper custom with wrap around side protection and tire swing out+home made jerry can carrier
-BAMF Diff skid
-custom homemade skids coming soon!

Tires/Wheels:
-33x12.50R15 BFG KM2s
-Wheeler Type B 15'' wheels
-1.5'' Allpro Wheel spacers with Allpro extended nuts

Lighting/electrical:
-GM 140amp CS144 alternator swap
-Custom self built dual batteries. Optima red top starter, Yellow top aux battery
-2 Light Force 240s
-4 Hella 500ff 55w HIDs on Custom Roof rack allows Lights to fold down flat.
-2 PIAA 510 Ion Fog lights
-Custom Made Side Mirror lights with 6"Blitzpro LED bars
-2 6" Blitzpro LED Bars for rear lights
-2 21" Blitzpro LED Bars for side fill lights
-4 1' Rigid LED bars for bed lights
-20 LED rock lights
-2 Blitzpro 3lr Camp lights
-5 LED RTT lights

Other:
-Deckplate mod
-boot slide mod
-2 10'' Alpine Type Xs powered by one SSL CR4000.1
-Pioneer pbu4100 HU
-2 6x9 Kickers
-4 5 1/4'' Sony xplods
-14'' Magnaflow muffler with 2.5'' pipe out 3" tip
-Uinden 520 pro CB with 5' Firestick
-BAMF BPV bracket
-Homemade Custom Bed Rack/Roof rack combo with Mt. Shasta CVT Roof Top Tent(first build page41, rebuild page 113)
-20lb CO2 system.


To get/do list:
-Crawl Box
-Skids
-Front Long travel suspension
-Winch
-Rear Cantilever LT setup
-35s
-4.88 gears
-ARB front/rear lockers
-Safari Snorkel with prefilter
-TRD Supercharger..or custom turbo..or 2jzgte swap..undecided..
-Custom rear trailer
-fridge and freezer

As it sit now after the rebuild!



























Old body, it shall be missed..






































Video from the mudding trip in Lander last oct. Not great vids but good for my exhaust sound..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqzIA...lcp&playnext=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3269...1&feature=plcp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PAsB...2&feature=plcp







This is what she looked like when i bought her.



Rims and tires where crap so they got replaced first


cleaned up all the rims. Painted em myself look amazing when clean. Also got some mighty KM2 tires. 31X10.5



Really changed how my truck looked!




And im an audiophile so i added a massive car stereo setup. 6 total speakers and 2 apline type x subs. LOVE listening to music in this thing, eveerything from choral, jazz, rock, hiphop you name it it sounds epic lol

Just put on two of my four Hella 500ffs converted to HID. They are 55w, two are 4300k and two are 6000k. My silly bull bar had two places for light on it already but i think i might drill all new holes to fit all 4 lights i think...idk about that yet.

here is my switch location. I tell ya, that was a PITA to make that hole for the switch in that plastic plug. But turned out great.



And the lights



Low beams(stock)


high beams (stock)


Hellas!!


Then i did a lovely suspension upgrade and wheel spacers








And much more.

[Blackdawg]

Woot new parts! Can't wait to install this weekend!

Billys


Eibachs


Shackles and diff drop


And the leafs

[tacomarotto]

its gonna be bad ass

[scocar]

Originally Posted by Blackdawg

Hey all so i have a 96 tacoma V6 5speed, and have started changing her a bit so figured id share and get opinions.

Rims and tires where crap so they got replaced first
cleaned up all the rims. Painted em myself look amazing when clean. Also got some mighty KM2 tires. 31X10.5
Nice job

And im an audiophile so i added a massive car stereo setup. 6 total speakers and 2 apline type x subs. LOVE listening to music in this thing, eveerything from choral, jazz, rock, hiphop you name it it sounds epic lol

WTF, Marty McFly! Where is Mr. Fusion?


I like the random-pile-of-filth-in-the-shifter-boot mod. Do you have a write-up?



Next up i have to install my new suspention! WOOT! Which will consist of Wheelers 5 pack leafs, 1.5'' toyo tech shackles, Billy 5100s up front and billy 5150/25s (after i measure what size i need) in the rear, eibach coils, and diff drop kit.
You will find this the most impressive mod without a doubt. It changes the truck.

Thanks all!

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[trd7]

good start!

[Blackdawg]

Thanks trd7

and socar i didn't do a write up really on the lights. However i have to install a second relay and switch anyways so i will be sure to do a mini write up then of how i put the switch in. I can tell you now that it was a big PIA but well worth it IMO

[scocar]

Originally Posted by Blackdawg

Thanks trd7

and socar i didn't do a write up really on the lights. However i have to install a second relay and switch anyways so i will be sure to do a mini write up then of how i put the switch in. I can tell you now that it was a big PIA but well worth it IMO

No, I wanted a write-up on the pile of crap in your console!

[Blackdawg]

Originally Posted by scocar

No, I wanted a write-up on the pile of crap in your console!

ohhhh well that my friend is very excruciating mod. That takes Years of mowing lawns and camping and hard work to get it JUUUUUSSTTT right

[Blackdawg]

Got it all installed! Even got my dads 2008 old Ubolts which were pretty much new. Got to use a coil compressor at a tire shop for free too I must say i was kinda disapointed in the lift the leaf packs gave with the shock shackles, so i ended up using my Toyotec 1.5'' shackles. Here are all the pics!....now i need bigger tires...


Before:





Ring compressor


Before diff drop


after diff drop


Ubolts 5pks and 5150s!


Aftermath!







Took her for a spin nice flexin....think i shouldve maybe gotten longer shocks tho...but maybe not

[01Tac0ma]

nice, it looks good IMO, What lenght 5150's did you end up with?

[Blackdawg]

i went with 8.5s....but now i wish i had gotten longer. I am gonna need longer ones as ill prolly get the Wheelers AAL that they have for their packs. The rear is just a tiny bit lower then the front and id rather have a high rear then a lower one. Dan said id get about 1-1.5'' of lift from the AAL unloaded. So i think ill need the longer brake cable after that(i defiantly don need it now, have plenty of slack) and ill prolly get longer shocks too. so if ya want these, ill be selling em soon me thinks lol

[01Tac0ma]

haha i was just curious as i am going to be getting them soon as well but i was prob gonna get the 10" but im gonna run the expo packs so i didnt know whether to get the 10 or 12" ones

[Blackdawg]

ah yea, i kinda wish i had gotten expos now..cheaper and get tons of lift. But i think JLee is running the 10'' ones...i think..not sure. He also has much bigger bump stops too.

Edit:Yea man JLee has the 10.5'' shocks with the Expo packs. He also has them custom mounted different then stock. And has drop shackles so he has like 4-5'' of lift in the rear.

You can always install the packs then do the measure test to figure out what would work best for you.

[01Tac0ma]

Im slowly bulding up my list of supplies for the rear done, idk if its going to look weird with that much lift or not but hopefully not, i hardly tow anything but i dont want to be sagging either

[Blackdawg]

Yeah well stay tuned to see what mine looks like with the AAL. Maybe that will help make up your mind :P

And i know about the sagging thing. I didn't want that either. But i have my lawn trailer hooked up right now and i didn't sag very much at all. Like an inch or two. The Expos tho i can promise will be pretty damn bumpy to ride on without some weight in the back. (according the JLee) So depending on if you'll have a plate bumper and other stuff in the back, you might not need them.

I think if i can get my truck the way i want it...ill need the Expos. I want a rock cawler/trail riding expo truck. So ill have tons of gear when its all said in done. But untill then i think these will do fine..

Still..sometimes i wonder why i went for $459 5pks(soon to be 529 6 pks) when the all pros Expos are 349...*sigh* oh well..thats what i get for not shopping long enough haha i got mine in the Wheelers GB.

[Blackdawg]

yay AAL from Wheelers ordered!! I also realized today that i put on the leaf packs on the wrong sidesSo i am going to fix that when the AAL comes

Also ordered 1.5'' Allpro Wheel spacers and ET nuts!! should make my 31x10.5s look a lil more badass haha then when i get 32x11.5s they will look monster! haha

stay tuned!

[maroon97Taco]

any idea what brand that brushguard is or where a guy could buy one?

[Blackdawg]

Originally Posted by maroon97Taco

any idea what brand that brushguard is or where a guy could buy one?

Sorry man I don't. The sticker is gone on mine it came with it when I bought it. Its pretty generic tho I think. Im getting an Elite front bumper tho here soon so I could prolly sell it to ya if you want. Stock it only holds two light fyi. I drilled 4 new ones to hold my hello 500s

[01Tac0ma]

Originally Posted by Blackdawg

Yeah well stay tuned to see what mine looks like with the AAL. Maybe that will help make up your mind :P

And i know about the sagging thing. I didn't want that either. But i have my lawn trailer hooked up right now and i didn't sag very much at all. Like an inch or two. The Expos tho i can promise will be pretty damn bumpy to ride on without some weight in the back. (according the JLee) So depending on if you'll have a plate bumper and other stuff in the back, you might not need them.

I think if i can get my truck the way i want it...ill need the Expos. I want a rock cawler/trail riding expo truck. So ill have tons of gear when its all said in done. But untill then i think these will do fine..

Still..sometimes i wonder why i went for $459 5pks(soon to be 529 6 pks) when the all pros Expos are 349...*sigh* oh well..thats what i get for not shopping long enough haha i got mine in the Wheelers GB.

sounds good man, i just want to be able to sit level with just my toolbox plus its 100 or so pounds of crap, and when i get my bedrack finished up and have my tire and all mounted up on it with the hi lift and shovel and what not that will add a bit of weight then when i get the rear bumper put on it should also add a bit of weight over stock but i occasionally pull the boat to the lake and a trailer every now and then, thats when i want it to be sittin level!

& where are the expos at for 349? i havent started lookin yet but it wouldnt hurt to know!

[Blackdawg]

Originally Posted by 01Tac0ma

sounds good man, i just want to be able to sit level with just my toolbox plus its 100 or so pounds of crap, and when i get my bedrack finished up and have my tire and all mounted up on it with the hi lift and shovel and what not that will add a bit of weight then when i get the rear bumper put on it should also add a bit of weight over stock but i occasionally pull the boat to the lake and a trailer every now and then, thats when i want it to be sittin level!

& where are the expos at for 349? i havent started lookin yet but it wouldnt hurt to know!

Yea well will all that stuff they you might want these lol Sounds like your going for a rig like me

and Here ya go, sorry, 359 haha Idk about shipping tho, but its NOT cheap

https://www.allprooffroad.com/9504ta...504leafsprings