Looking for a 4 door manual 4wd in CA

Hey just joined this site and it's fuckin rad !!!! Love you fellow tacoma drivers!

I have a 98 white manual 4wd ext cab SR5. It has 242k miles on it but wow it has NEVER let me down. One time the battery died so I got a new one 6 months ago.

Only thing is I really need a 4 door truck.


If someone wants to do a trade or I could just buy the truck and sell mine. It's a little hard for me to part with my taco but I really need a 4 door..
So if anyone out there has a 4 door 1st gen, please let me know. I can come pick it up anywhere in CA.

If you are interested in doing a trade, I have done so many things to the truck in the last 6 months.. I have all the paperwork of everything I have fixed, spent more than $1400 on it.

Otherwise I can buy your 4 door.
Thanks!

 

The double cab trucks only came with automatics from the factory, so the only ones out there are conversions and they seem to sell for a premium.

Good luck!

 

I thought some of the limited 4 doors came with manual?

 

not 1st gen tacomas

 

No

1st gen 4 door are all factory (in the USA) installed autotragics

 

thats a shame

 

It really is a shame!! I dont understand why they did that! I want a 4 door so badly too but i refuse to drive a 1st gen with an auto, i hate em, all autos!

 

hehehehe yaaassss!! can never drive an auto.. forget it.. really wish there was a 1st gen 4 door that was stick guess i'll have to go for a 2nd gen ?

 

So in your vehicle description you must mean the 4wd system is all manual? I thought they had never come with any transfer that wasnt electronic?

When i first saw it i thought you had it converted! But then read your post...

 

the truck i have now is 4wd manual yeah. but i want one the same except with 4 doors

 

The 3.4 with a 5-speed is great. I miss my 01 Xcab. I drove double cabs with the same 3.4 but the automatic, and said fuck this. The auto tranny cuts the balls off that engine. That's why I have a 15 DCLB now. I needed the DC for my growing family, so my path became clear pretty quickly The new truck is also an automatic because you can't get a 2nd gen DCLB with a manual. But for an auto, paired with the 4.0, it's not bad at all. And I've never driven anything but manuals since I got my driver's license in, like, 1982.

So if you go looking for a second gen, beware on those options too. There are more models and trims that vary with powertrain options.

 

Welcome to the forums.
Looks like a 2nd gen is in your future.
I wish my "02" doublecab was manual...that's for sure.

Luckily...I can still row gears in my other vehicle.

 

Gotcha, it just says 4 door on your description, so it threw me off...

 

You could have gotten one, but it would have been a special order form the factory. I'm sure there's 1 or 2 out there, but good luck finding it!

Probably be cheaper to just do a swap anyway. My brother and I did it years ago to my '86 22RTE 4Runner. Used the manual trany off a '92 reg cab IIRC...

 

When I bought my '01 ExtraCab in December 2000, I was originally looking at the 4 door. Then I found out they only came as an automatic. So I got the manual Extracab. I'm glad I did, as I would've dreaded having a short bed.

 

Yeah, that was the other lame thing about them that drove me to 2nd gen.

 

Sweet truck! Those 4 door 4wds are the unicorn in the first gen world. I love the 6' bed, but a four door is appealing. They often go for 11.5 grand or more in the bay area, I check frequently. Any low mileage one sells within 24 hours, if under 14K

 

Theres always the option of getting one swapped in if you cant do it. Theres a company that will do it for about 3k. Parts and labor included. Im seriously considering it as an option of my auto ever takes a shit on me.

 

Link to company ?

 

Haha ur gonna make me dig for it. Let me look

Edit:
http://www.toyonlyswaps.com

Good used R series transmission, T case, Shifters, cross member, trans mounts, hydraulic lines, rubber shift boot, shift knobs, $650
Drive shafts front and rear $200
Shift trim bezel / shift boot $0-$100 "these can be hard to find in the correct color, you may have to source yourself later"
clutch master $75 new Aisin brand,
clutch slave $65 new Aisin brand
Clutch pedal assembly Used $75
3.4 Aisin clutch kit, New LUK flywheel, and OEM hardware $385
Manual transmission 3.4 V6 ECU $250
Parts Total $1800
Conversion labor $1200
Total parts and labor installed, $3000

They would need the truck about two weeks is the big issue though.