Evolution of the prerunner to awd

Evolution of the taco 2x two 4-wheel drive


To start this off I don't want the " sell and buy 4x"
Picked up my 06 DCLB back in September 2015 stock with an aftermarket muffler.

As she sits currently:


Current mods:
Led interior
Center counsol organizer
Pop n Lock tailgate
Undercover flex
Custom mid height bed rack
Superwinch 8500 in custom Adventure off-road fab hidden mount
Kenwood exelon head unit
SumoSprings installed with tsb leaf springs installed may16 2016 99217mi
Profender 2.0 front coils (one adjuster seized)
Total chaos uca sold
Spc uca
On board water
On board air
Allpro Standard leafs
Cb floating around
255/80/17 cooper maxx on stock rims
400 watt anytime
Add outlets in center console
HAM radio ftm-400 with nmo mount
14” 2.0 kings with adjusters
650lb 2.5 king with adjusters front
Dakar hd leaf pack
BAMF hd hangers
Flexible 100w solar panel
Custom front and rear bumpers



Future mods:
T-case skid
Gauge color change (blue with white needles)
Map lights on with dome
Finish power sliding rear window
Heated mirrors
Door speaker upgrade


Things to finish:
Plum air into cab for air noses to blow out dog hair.
Install air tank under bed
Build hanger cross tube
In cab winch wiring.
Install rock lights

Saved for later:

http://www.expeditionswest.com/research/white_papers/tire_selection_rev1.html

http://accutuneoffroad.com/articles/digressive-vs-linear-vs-progressive-pistons-shock-valving/

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/boden-build-2015-dclb-4x4.362640/page-3#post-10274246 (big 3 upgrade info)

 

I want to help with the conversion and i can help with ALL of those future mods too.

 

I could and will have to be hitting you up for help. Also figured I'd wait to install the front shocks till you build the winch setup

 

Step 1 rebuild wiring harness and test before installing
Step 2 install front diff assymbly
Step 3 install tranny and tcase
Step 4 get rear shaft modified and exhaust rerouted

 

This is going to be interesting.

Edit: take a lot of photos of the wiring. That's what kills everyone. Post mistakes too. It will help others from making them.

 

Will do, hopefully this weekend I'll have enough time to test it all together, guess I should have mentioned there all parts from a 4Runner

 

I almost went the 4Runner route until I head something wasn't compatible. But I don't know if it's different on 2nd gens. Good luck

 

The electronics is pissing me off atm.. It wants an input from the truck to work right... Just ordered the parts I'm gonna try and build the controller forum an arduino board.

Edit: on further reasurch I might not need the arduino board be aside the computer is looking for the vss and nutural start switch

 

Why did Toyota decide to put 2 gray wires in the wiring harness?!? And both are without a stripe! One goes to add and one to t-case... So after the last 2 weekends of fighting the harness I was about to quit and decided to test all the wires before stoping, thinking one was broken in the harness.. Well none were. I mixed up the gray wires..
Downloaded the scribd app that has the wiring diagram for the 05(close enough) I found that my truck is wired for a 4wd computer that only controls the rear dif lock (which I don't have) but that connector is set up for power and the vss pins. The neutral switch I have the wire taped but not sure if I'm going to run that or send it to constant power yet
The white connector to the right was taped up to the dash harness , this is the 4wd computer connector. The purple-white strip is the vss signal. This can also be found at the 2nd connector from bottom at ecu. The neutral switch wire is blue-white strip goes into the second connector from the top on the junction box.

If anyone is interested the red-white strip located in the black connector on he left of the pic is +12v when in reverse for reverse lights.

So now my next step is to get hubs in and install add, as well as extend the wiring harness so everything reaches the locations I want them in.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

X2! HBD!

 

Thanks @nj636 for the hubs, they look great and should make installing the front dif easier. Got all the wires soldered and ran for the dash switches. Now after 3 weekends I can put the dash back together and ready for the hard parts to be installed

 

excellent! the popcorn is out.

 

What were all the parts you sourced for the conversion? I see a tranny, transfer case but not sure what the other piece is or what other parts you needed also.

Good luck btw

 

Also got the front diff with cv axels (they piled the joint apart at the dif, the blue rags are covering the greese)
4wd tranny crossmember with mount
Front driveshaft
yoke end that's on the 4wd shaft connects to tcase
Most mounting bolts
4wd computer
Center dif lock switch
4x4 switch
The electronics I got as much as possible without spending hours tearing it apart

 

Thanks! Where did your source all your parts?

 

Was trying a local auto recycler be they Dident wanna work with me cause I wanted the wiring first before all the other parts. And after no luck on craigslist I found a tow and salvage yard that had an 08 with low miles, they were willing to price it out now and not wait for something else later. And all except for the new hubs was just under $1k
Also used car-part.com

 

No work got done this weekend thanks to someone's school therefore @kashtyaatsi and I wheeled Yankee hill and got some shooting in Also Ash flexing

 

@3378jakesr5 at AOF got my winch installed and hidden! Good thing I Dident need fog lights last night...

 

Hahahah oh yah fogs ar for wimps. Sorry bud.