1996 LT Tacoma

HoneyBadgar · Nov 17, 2014

Hey everyone! Been a Toyota owner ever since i could drive, but this is my first Tacoma. Also happens to be my first Long Traveled vehicle. I kind of fell into this truck because a buddy of mine was selling it for a good price and i couldn't resist myself and bought it. Now after doing alot of reading on this forum and a couple of others and seeing how the truck is built there are alot of goofy things done to it. Here's a breakdown of what i know is on the truck

Front end Has the Total Chaos Long Travel kit, King coils, race runner triple bypass shocks? Manual locking hubs, 4:26 gears locked with an ARB

Rear is 6' Old Man Emu springs, Also Race Runner Triple bypass shocks? Little bit of diff armor Has matching gears with another ARB!

Engine is a Supercharged 3.4l with 100,xxx original miles. The guy who built it for whatever reason also put a 3' Fabtech lift on the truck which seems odd to me because i would think you would want it as low as possible to the ground for stability. There are no fiberglass fenders on the truck so i believe he put in 1' 1/2 spacers in the coils to achieve the maximum travel for the kit. Skid plates riddle the under side of the truck which isn't a horrible thing. Just makes it a PITA when you want to change fluids or something goes wrong under there. It also has a 15 gallon fuel cell towards the back which i believe he intended to be a transfer tank, he just never got around to hooking it up. I'm excited to start wrenchin on the truck and making it my own. First thing that i will be doing is getting new CV axles for it as the ones in it now are shot. Now from what i understand for me to get the right length axles and to fit into my manual hubs i need the Toyota Tundra inner axle and joint with the Tacoma outer? however, since i have an extra 3' of lift will that be to short? I see that TC sells the tundra modified CV's but from my understanding i can do the same thing for half the price. I still need clarification on that subject. Anyhow other than the CV's being blown the truck is really solid! Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure and maybe you see something i missed!!