EastWa's 95' daily adventure truck

Thanks for checking out my build!
Late February 2016 I bought myself a 1995.5 tacoma to replace my previous truck. After giving it a little tlc it wasn't long before I started "personalizing" it

How she currently sits 4/12/2016

How she currently sits 3/21/16


Heres how the truck looked shortly after bringing it home


After taking her home I spent a day installing new pads and rotors, a new thermostat, radiator, and little things I found here and there.



So far the truck has been great to me!... other than a few, umm.. "personality noises"
but don't those just add character?


Armour
Rear swingout bumper
Suspension
OME Dakar cso19r leaf springs
toytec/bilstein coilovers
diff drop
extended break line
10" bilstein 5100s
7" U-bolts
"Preformance"
FloPro muffler
exhaust dumped after axle
Accessories
Roof Rack/Basket
Canopy
Trasharoo
Jerry Cans
Body/Cosmetic
Black wire grill

To do
Wheels and Tires
Front bumper
Sliders
Timing belt and water pump
o2 sensor

I've found that there isn't as much information out there when it comes to lifting and working on these 95-97 tacomas, so I hope to answer as many questions as I can along the way.

Before I'm off to college in the fall the goal is to get as much done to the truck over the summer as I can. I've always been a fan of BlackDawg's and Boxrocket's builds as far as expo rigs go, but I'm always coming up with my own ideas. Hopefully I can create as many of my own parts as I can to save a little money. Things may not happen fast, but stay tuned!
I've got big plans for my little taco

 

Rear Bumper Build! Spent about a week welding together a rear swing-out bumper for the tacoma. Took a little while to get it off, had to cut a few bolts

Didn't buy very much metal, just used what was lying around

First time welding since junior year in HS

I should have made plans before hand rather then jumping in head first.

built the towers for the tire and jerry cans

Spent $30 on 1" rod bearings from NW bearing in East Wenatchee


A little ghetto underneath but it works!

Overall pretty happy with the results. I will probably make a new one eventually and just give this to whoever wants it. It holds up well but has it's flaws.

 

re named the title to something a little
More fitting..

 

I know the feeling of loneliness on a build lol. I really like the bumper, can't say I've seen anyone make one like that and the originality is nice. I just picked up a "new" 96 in addition to the 2000 I have. Look forward to seeing some more out of you, and if you have any questions hit me up. Also just an fyi, I know you did some brake work but I'd highly recommend you to check out the bushings on the UCA and LCA along with the ball joints. The reason I say this is the reason I got a good deal on mine was the last guys ball joints broke and jacked up the front end. With a bit of examination I noticed the UCA was frozen in the outward position, leading me to think he wasn't getting much movement out of them either causing some stress to the ball joints!

 

Thanks, yeah with the bumper I'm using pretty much whatever I can find.. Its on there pretty good though. I picked the truck up for $5800 with 170k on it. It was the cheapest one in Washington that was v6 and 4x4 haha. I'm happy with it so far. I'll make sure to check out the bushings.. I'll be getting new control arms within the next two months though hopefully.

 

Very cool, on my 2000 I got the Camburgs. Thus far they're squeaky and damn near impossible to get aligned unless you go to a "special" off road place according to Firestone. Next go around I'll probably try out the Total Chaos UCA's.

 

Good to know, I was thinking of getting camburgs

 

I'll sub, I also have a lonely build thread...
And I'll be building a swing out rear bumper soon... Looking forward to more progress

 

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Looking like this'll be a cool build!

 

Im in! Like that bumper.

 

Painted the swing-out and got my hands on a canopy.. Trying to decide if I want to semi paint match it, or make it black

 

Looks good! Where are you in eastern Washington? I'm just north of Seattle

 

I'm between Leavenworth and Wenatchee, in cashmere.

 

Also found this sweet roof basket thing for $30 in a wrecking yard!!

 

I used to live in shoreline!

 

Lifttttttt

 

Sooooo.... What all goodies did you get? Also before you start throwing it on, make sure you brace your self for the fact some stuff might/will need to be cut off. Hopefully not though.

 

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