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96 tacoma slow long travel build from Yuma, AZ

Discussion in 'Toyota Trucks & SUVs' started by Siktaco, Aug 7, 2013.

  1. Aug 7, 2013 at 3:38 PM
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    Siktaco

    Siktaco [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Total chaos long travel kit 8" king coilovers Short course 3 link with 16” king coilovers 32 gallon rci fuel cell Msd fuel pump Mini d2s 4.0 retros 5 hella 4000s hid McNeil fenders Fiberwerx bedsides
    hello tacoma world, my name is robbie and i purchased a 96 tacoma 4wd a few months back, i have a new member post floating around somewhere. Anyway i decided i was going to longtravel the truck and I figured why not post up the progress! This is my first build thread so bear with me...this is also my first truck lol. Im doing the best i can so far with some help from my friends, so sorry in advance if anyone asks questions and i dont know how to answer them.

    here is how the truck first looked when I first got her, Sorry for the crappy picture, its the only one i can find of her all stock.
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    I bought a skid plate and spacers and put em:
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    I took spacers off, got some HID hella 4000:
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    Than after breaking a few joints and reaching a breaking point i decided to order a Long travel kit off a gentleman in Show Low.
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    after borrowing plenty of tools from my friends and with A LOT of help from them, i finally got the kit on:
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    Then i got the fenders paint, custom krylon paintjob ;)
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    Took it out to fortuna to play around
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    well thats it for now!!! when the time comes for the back, i plan on running an f55 deaver pack with triple bypasses hopefully, if i have to ill run smoothies with the external resis.

    getting the f67 put on


    Finally doing a retrofit after looking into it. It was cheaper than i thought it would be! definitely worth it.

    f67 put on with new fiberwerx +8 bedsides.


    Well the truck had a lot of work done for the first time in almost 2 years. Current status of the truck. Now short course 3 linked I the rear with king coilovers. Folding light rack with 5 hid hella 4000s, cage started on the truck. 4wd hooked up finally and a couple other things. All work done by DB fab out f yuma AZ
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    Picked up some new wheels thanks to Baja Racing supply out of yuma Az. Raceline monsters BDC2F5AC-5A06-4B49-8360-E8042810735F.jpg7C6F8D9A-ADBF-45AA-841F-8AD01A82B753.jpg

    Got the wheels painted locally by dreadywerx
    . Looks killer!
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    Got general grabber x3s put on. 33x12.51BDFDE39-06AB-40AD-B5FB-2805E2E24690.jpg

    Truck is finally painted!
    #customshit

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  2. Mar 15, 2014 at 11:20 AM
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    Total chaos long travel kit 8" king coilovers Short course 3 link with 16” king coilovers 32 gallon rci fuel cell Msd fuel pump Mini d2s 4.0 retros 5 hella 4000s hid McNeil fenders Fiberwerx bedsides
    I picked up some bilstein quad bypasses 2.65x17 and some f55 deavers and also bought a t100 rear end in the last few months 2iaeipl_265444ae07f05aa26d757c6a0f5bd655ba62a3b6.jpg
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  3. May 9, 2014 at 4:28 AM
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  4. May 10, 2014 at 10:06 AM
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    The deavers and quad bypasses are going to get mounted Monday
     
  5. May 10, 2014 at 10:10 AM
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    2rc0f9s_7d5e0921dbe459e82c3d18c51dc18620e0be9363.jpg got my frame all boxed
     
  6. May 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM
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  7. May 13, 2014 at 6:13 PM
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    Took my truck to a local shop called one stop and they finished up reinforcing the frame and fully boxing it and cleaning the frame up. Also got front hangers mounted for deavers. Tomorrow the deavers should be mounted.
     
  8. May 13, 2014 at 6:29 PM
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  9. Jul 1, 2014 at 11:21 AM
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    Deavers mounted and bypasses mounted. Decided not to keep the bed
     
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  10. Jul 1, 2014 at 11:28 AM
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  11. Jul 1, 2014 at 11:36 AM
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    Got bed cage painted and bedsides on
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  12. Nov 9, 2015 at 8:51 PM
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    So I totally forgot about this. Since my last post I have : gotten fiberwerx +8 bedsides, deaver f67, new wheels, bigger tires and retrofitted myheadlights
     
  13. Nov 9, 2015 at 8:56 PM
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    I bought pilot housings and got a set of MH1 6.0 with mini gatlin shrouds to retrofit into the housings
    After a couple days i got them finished upthe ballasts are generic 35w ballasts and the bulbs are morimoto xb35 6000k
     
  14. Nov 9, 2015 at 8:57 PM
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    starting to get the f67 onHere is how the truck looks now with the new bedsides, deaver f67 and headlights
     
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  15. Sep 4, 2017 at 9:39 AM
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    Well the truck had a lot of work done for the first time in almost 2 years. Current status of the truck. Now short course 3 linked I the rear with king coilovers. Folding light rack with 5 hid hella 4000s, cage started on the truck. 4wd hooked up finally and a couple other things.
    IMG_3881.jpg IMG_3913.jpg
    IMG_3863.PNG.jpg IMG_3865.PNG.jpg IMG_3897.jpg
     
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    Looks awesome! What fenders are those?
     
  17. Nov 2, 2017 at 5:10 PM
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    Thanks man! Fenders McNeil +6 and the bedsides are fiberwerx +8
     
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    New wheels just added!45BD21BC-FAFC-4D32-9FAF-AB96D5C3D3AF.jpg
     
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  19. Jan 9, 2018 at 7:58 AM
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    General grabber x3s were put on yesterday. 33x12.50336210C-F3EB-4E0B-9D3D-0747EFC0CDD8.jpg
     
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    Hey there, I'm way late on this but what front bumpers did you run?
     

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