99 taco SAS rehab...

Well some people should get their hands slapped if they touch a welder or bender....


So with that said its time to rehab my new to me Tacoma...the first owner did a pisspoor job and some of the welds are horrid...I've picked better boogers than some of these...lol
I won't go into all the stuff just stuff I'm doing as I do it....and moving forward.

Deals I've gotten so far.
$390 39.5 Iroks (4 75% no plugs or patches no damage)
$240 Warn 9.5 CTI winch no pulls
$50 canopy (all there BUT DIRTY)
$70 ecology wrecking dodge Durango seats fronts and rear bench with seat belts


99 Tacoma ex cab
Sas
Front axle: Wagoneer d44 (ARB Locker, 4:88 gears, nitro chromoly shafts, 300m u-joints, RCV 30 spline outer conversion, nitro diff cover, warn premium hubs)
Rear axle: stock (ARB locker, 4:88 gears, full float conversion, cell a gt brakes with ebrake for 15" rims, Chromoly shafts,)
Dual transfer cases
Viair onboard air with tank
Bobbed bed 13"
Bobbed canopy 13"
Custom rack for convertible rear top
Custom bumpers
Warn 9.5. CTI winch
39.5 Iroks

What I've done in last week since getting it....
Cut canopy down to fit bed, added 39.5 Iroks, did front Chromoly axles with Excalibur u-joints and Rcv 30 spline outer conversion, added winch, made bumper, put in Durango seats front and 3rd row for rear, swapped nitro diff cover on, changed ball joints, redid bearings, adding 30" led bar tomorrow and doing creeper shackles mount in rear with longer shocks and new shackles.
Race line bead locks will be ready for pickup on the 21st

How it sits now


Yes it has a jeep shack sticker....I build jeeps and Toyotas....I swap between the 4drs now and the Toyotas...




How it started its life with me...



Then 8 cans of flat black


Started bumper






My warn 9.5cti winch I got for $240 from local car dealer...jeepers gave it to em with trade in


Grabbed a $50 canopy







Durango seats



Soft top framework


Got a care package from vendors






39.5 iroks



And a pic from this evening

 

Future plans are D60/14bolt, linking it, putting gas tank in rear a underbody skid,
Rag top for rear will be next week or 2 then off to paint within the month.

Beadllcks will be here the 21st via raceline

 

Slapped a Aussie lunchbox locker in a buddies rig for $100 and a 30" LED bar...





And then a random pic I need to get it on a lift and rework the rear.....

 

Subbed...

 

Subbed

 

Looking sweet, sub'd

 

Got the Rcv 300m hub gear kit for the warn premium hubs in and installed for 30 spline outers....supposedly strength of a slug ...







And a better lighted shot of the bumper

 

Fuck yes

 

Subbing to this one too! Truck looks good so far!

 

Didn't realize how exposed these are underneath and where we wheel the pans would get destroyed....so making underbelly skids and from rai. to rail to slide off the rocks with.
Made the tranny pan cover today, started the cross bars behind transfer case and will add another the. Bend up some plate to make the whole mid section 1 big flat skid and keep the weight down on it as well...

 

Is that a square drive shaft?

 

It is lol....1 more of the good things I inherited when I bought it...lmao

I've seen square 1/4 wall before and its tougher than sh!t on the rocks...its a pretty common thing be seen for budget or bullet proof cheap shafts in northern Idaho and some other places I've been. It will be getting swapped shortly.
Doesn't balance and doesn't like speed but with manual hubs and rock crawling its bullet proof so its not high n the priority list right now.

 

I had never seen that before haha, guess it works for crawling though.

Carry on.

 

Yeah that thickness will definently do that..lol

 

bobbed topper looks sweet

 

Wheels were ready at race line so went and grabbed them now for some cheapo used tires till my 40" km2's get in...buddy bought new ones his are 60% so he's kicking them down....

 

Snagged a set of BFG A/T 37/12.50/17 80% tread $150 from a buddy at a dealership.....
Balanced and on...Toyota drives amazing now....so this will be the tire on it till my new to me 40" KM2's get handed over in 30 days or so...not bad I can crawl with these for the price.....

 

thanks...
Yeah I'm starting to really like it as it cleans up...it was a rehab mess still has some stuff to address but its coming along...might have some coil overs for it shortly...then I'll link the front and then the rear will follow....then tons full width under it,...

I've been lucky with some smoking deals...its helped a lot and helped keep the negativity at a low...

 

Modified the rear shackles and packs some today...it works a TON better I'll finish up this week with creeper joints on rear shackle and longer shocks....
The front has another 2" at shocks of up travel...so I'll split it and drop the mounts 1" down

Had to find something high enough to hold back end up....new shop has all the lifts at it so running skeleton parts till I open up there...lol
Use what ya got.

 

Did the skids on the front bumper for bumping rocks and not hanging up...3/16 plate and center is bolted on so I can access winch bolts.
Headed to johnson valley too run sledgehammer on the 15th if all goes as planned.
Underbody skids will be done this week or by the weeks so I can slide over stuff...
Will do the winch fairlead as well....