4banger Junkyard build

My truck came to me after a long ordeal at the dealership but it was mine on January 8th, 2011

most current pic of my truck

Specs
- 1998 Toyota Tacoma Extended Cab
- 2.7
- 4x4
- SR5
- Originated and assembled in USA

Mods

Suspension:
Front - SAW 2.0 650# (Used from TTORA)
Rear - All-Pro 3" springs/Bilstein 5125 9.25" shocks

Drivetrain
- 4.56 rear open (junkyard pick up)
- 4.56 front open ( new from ECGS)

Wheels & Tires:
- 33x12.50x15 SST (used from CL)
- Mikey Thompson Classic lock II with rings removed (used from CL)

Armor
-Relentless Fabrication front bumper with Center tube and Summit tubes
- cut up and modified Bud Built IFS front skid to fit relentless fab bumper (used from TW)

Exterior:
- pepboys black tool box
- 20% window tint
- Horse power stickers (all new)
- KC daylighter 55W reverse light (Used)
- Bedliner rocker panels
- 2001-04 Power mirrors
- Blacked out grille
- PIAA fog lights (used off TW)

Interior:
- Ultragauge II
- Rubber floor mats
- LED map light
- Stock bucket seat swap (used)
- Black Wet Okole Seat covers (used, Like new condition)

Audio:
Alpine 12" comp sub
Alpine 121 head unit
JL JX500/1 amp
Pioneer door speakers

Other:
- B.A.M.F. BPV Bracket
- Diff. Breathers F/R
- SS braided brake lines front and rear (Used TTORA)
- EBC green stuff brake pads
- EBC slotted rotors
- Safari LTD steering rack
- PVC snorkel
- EZ trac tie downs on tool box
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$125 Uniden Bearcat 880 CB Radio with 40 Channels and Large Easy-to-Read 7-Color LCD Display with Backlighting, Backlit Control Knobs/Buttons, NOAA Weather Alert, PA/CB Switch, and Wireless Mic Compatible

Uniden Bearcat 880 CB
- Wilson 4' flew antenna

Future mods
-Winch
-Air compressor
-Full belly skids
-Rear High Clearence Bumper
-V6 Swap
-rear locker
-Black out hood/fix hail damage
-Led Bar or Light force 240s

Alternator count: #7 currently in my truck now
2 bad bearing
3 short outs from water
1 randomly stopped charging over night


this is how she started 196K 1 owner being an old man

 

Me and my buddy decided to throw a snorkle on it with in a week of me having it so i could take it out swimming.

video my friend edited from that weekend, nothing to exciting but hey i wasnt filming
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNSlw0vqiy4

then about 2 weeks later i found out the carpet was still wet from that weekend so had to rip everything out and undercoated the floor of the cab.



moved up to Gainesville and found some stuff to play on



Picked up a tool box from Pepboys, couldnt beat the price and still works perfectly fine to this day


Joined the club!






Picked up some 31x10.50 wranglers after i found out that the tires on the truck were 7 years old



I hate people who take up 2 spots


The goodies have started to show up! All-Pro 3" leafs



Sway-a-Way 2.0s 650# coils


The collection is growing


Installed


EBC Front brake setup


Out with the old in with the new



Leafs and extended SS brake line

After the lift, still havent cranked up the C/Os yet

 

blew out my R&P, boots were filled with chocolate milk.



Painted the rockers with bedliner






Some dick bag keyed my truck. I wouldnt have been so mad if there was a reason for it, but still to this day i have no ideo who it could have been. I was only away from my truck for an hour




Made a trip up to North Carolina




Picked up a set of mickey thompson classic locks off CL and painted them flat black



Going to swap my tires to my new wheels :]


New rubber!!! cooper SST 33 1250


Before and after


Rebuilt my front end, New CVs (oem rebuilt) new 4.56s gears from ECGS, tie rods and lower BJs




and time for an alignment

 

well now that im done playing catch up, we shall see what is next

 

got my used budbuilt (From RSB) in the mail today and painted the letters on it for shits and giggles

 

Great looking build man!

 

Hmm, subbed. I really like the red and black look you've got going!

 

i was debating on painting the letters on the skid white or the same red that i used on the beadlocks. Not sure why but i have a thing with red and black.

Thanks guys

 

Red would have looked even better haha

 

we'll never know. Or well will know in a few months when i get an itch to repaint it.

 

Looks awesome man! Quick q - What liner did you use on your rocker panel. I want to do the same on mine. Thanks!

 

I forgot the name but it was the more expensive stuff from advanced auto. $13 a can. But I resprayed over everything with rustoliem pro grade because the bed rails were chipped real bad and the rockers were fading. I resprayed like 6 months ago and it's still black and nothing has chipped

 

I will have to check things out next time I'm in town. I sprayed flex seal on mine (oops) and it's made with tire rubber so it faded also, but I'd like to spray over it with a decent liner then I may paint over with Rustoleum. Thanks for the quick response.

 

subb'ed love your build man!!! Sucks about that dick keying your passenger side same thing happened to mine just not to the extent of yours.

 

It's not just the passengers side... They went all the way around over both tail lights across the tailgate and all the way up to the drivers door.

 

Put on my skid after work today

 

love those classic locks

 

Dude well done man, pretty clean truck you have man and lovin the wheels.

 

Thanks. I want to put the rings back on but when ever I go in the mud they get so clogged up with mud that I have to scrape them out just to drive home.

 

Exactly the rims I want , I regret getting the classic and not the locks