Turd Herding Jim's Impulse Red AC build

Figure I'll finally start a build page so here goes!


Truck: 2007 4x4, Radiant Red, 2.7L 5 Speed Manual, Tow Package.
Suspension: Extended Travel ICON non-RR front coilovers front with ICON tubular UCAs, ICON RR shocks with ICON 1.5" AALs.
Wheels/Tires: 16x8.5 Bronze Level 8 Guardians wrapped in 285/75/16 Falken Rocky Mtns
Armor: Custom driveway made front bumper made with 2" square steel tubing, garage fabbed skid plate
Drivetrain: ECGS replacement 3rd member and clamshell with ARB air-lockers and 4.56 gears
Lighting: stock housings with BiXenon HID setup.
AUDIO/VIDEO: Pioneer BT3300/DVD

The day I brought it home...March 9th, 2012


After alignment post Icon Install


First replacement bumper a TW member hooked me up with(Bandit)\


Started building my own bumper


How bumper currently sits with paint(still working with final design)


New wheels and tires, with great Gatorade product placement!




Edit 9/27/12:
Had a pretty productive week with my 3 days off, stripped off the jacked up powder coat on the bumper sprayed it with bedliner. I then made a skid plate from 12ga. steel plate also sprayed with bedliner. I then removed the grill sprayed it again with bedliner, and then gave the Toyota emblem a good coat of red with metal flake.

 

when you going to get the diff's installed?

 

Sitting here at the oceana auto hobby shop right now! Just doing the rear today, remove the front drive shaft and roll pre-runner style for a week

 

Nice...are you by yourself? I though you were going to get it done with Burry and Ryan.

 

Good looking truck cool bumper figured out bumper design yet?

 

u know u have a radiant red and not impulse red right?

 

barry couldnt this weekend and we were going to do it next weekend but looks like he is gettin impatient

 

details I can't believe how easy it was to do the rear! Myself and a guy a work with knocked it out already. I didn't mess with the compressor at all, saving that and the front end for next weekend. Just removed the front drive shaft for a little 2x4 action this week.

 

everything work on? no issues with havin a different front gear? just want to make sure. gladu got it in and told u that one wouldnt be hard

 

Ohhh there would be issues with it having different gears if I were to put it in 4wd, thats why I just yanked out the front drive shaft to prevent a grenade going off for the time being. I'm going to NEED you and Barry next weekend

 

i didnt think there would be. but dont change the switch either. that will make ur front diff "active" and might not like the differents in gears but doubt that would be an issue.

u glad to get ur get up and go back some?

 

Its so much nicer!

 

Hell yeah!!! I know mine felt like a completely different truck!

 

BURRY

 

potato

 

Very nice build!

I've asked this to a few I4 5speed drivers and have gotten mixed answers. But what do you think for the 5sp being someones first manual vehicle?

 

It's the easiest manual pickup I've ever drove. However, it's not the easiest one to start off with. There is a lot of weight with this truck, so in my opinion it's always easier to start off my a small manual car. My first car was an 86 Ford tempo with a 5 speed. Then again I grew up on dirt bikes so the clutch and gas method was already familiar with me, just went from hand to feet

 

Yeah, I've never successfully driven a manual. I've gotten quick lessons here and there for 10/15 minutes but nothing major. I think I'm going to take a dmv course and then rent a few cars before its time to purchase

Thanks for your input though! I'm definitely staying tunned for your build

 

started working on finishing the bumpa, forgive the crudeness with the cardboard. The two triangular areas I'm thinking of covering with expanded metal, and the center will get a skid of some sorts.