The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

If you order a built clamshell with an ARB and pay for overnight shipping you can be dual locked and rolling in time for holy cross on Friday.

 

I bet that was a crunchy noise.

@anthony250f you might not be too far off after all

 

Say what?!

http://www.lcengineering.com/pdf/lce2006cat.pdf

(page 9 )

 

Dang, if you need some parts from the 97 let me know

 

No doubt! Not sold on them. Watched ben get almost stuck like 4 times.

Derp! How Ya been man? Didntknow that happened to you..odd. Not stoked it happened to me or that it can be reoccurring thing.

Nice! I forgot to grab the bag of carnage. Glad you took great photos.

I don't mess around.

Haha what am I made of money??? Tempting though.

Thinking maybe you're buddy can help me out possible instead. @thefatkid

Not sure that did anything yet.

How about..






All of it? jk.

thanks man. May need something at some point. I'm gonna source a new clamshell locally so you can keep that one to swap into your prerunner.

 

Yea. But damn close. Especially that one time. Kicking myself for no photo of that shit show haha

 

The new k02 that just came out?! I love my og bfg's

 

FIFY

 

Holy Hell! That is some great carnage. You think the pinion nut backed off? Or the little pinion bearing failed sucking the ring gear into the carrier?

 

Sounds good, if there's something you can put to use that I don't need you can have it otherwise it will just sit there.

 

Hard to say at this point. But that is possible as well

Thanks man!

 

I have 1 core front differential I could build at this point. I don't have an 8.4 core. I think I could find one though. I went back a couple of pages and didn't see what you were looking for. A re-gear or a differential to just throw in.

 

I need only a front regeared to 5.29s. Thinking about throwing an arb in as well since it'll be my second time Regearing the front. Rear is fine.

I can't send a new one. Yet. My front one is cracked. Totally useless. Haha. But I can get a core for you out of the junk yard near me.

What do you charge?? Because I am NOT fucking regearing the front myself again.

 

Was the alignment. PS somehow works. Idk how the fuck it does

 

Yea. Still don't know how. Lines are so freaking pinched up haha

 

He steers just fine!

 

Okay people. Debate time.


I have two options right now, IMO, for the front.

1) get a new clam shell, slap an arb and 5.29s in it. Call it good. ~$1500 ish bucks.

2) fuck the 7.5". Fit a 8" tacoma clamshell in. But I have to down grade to 4.88s as the 8" for some stupid reason doesn't have 5.29s. And add an arb. Plus to me this means I'll need to do a crawlbox for sure down the road. Could mean custom cv axles too. But..rock solid front end..or at least more solid. ~$$$$$$$

Obviously the first one is cheaper and easier. But it would be nice to know I can throw these 35s around almost care free, besides steering which I want to upgrade anyways. But not sure I wanna go to 4.88s

 

4.88s on 35s might leave you wanting dual cases on the trail.............

4.88s on 35s might leave you wanting a superchager on the street...............

 

Well..I have a supercharger. Doesn't work for shit yet but I have one haha

Would just bank on doing dual cases with 4.88s soon after I did it and got the blower working.

 

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