Taco Sauce TX Pro Build: Custom LT, 37’s, Tundra Axle Swap, and now a Back Half?

Right on dude that's awesome. It's super fun building all that stuff right?? Cool Moorpark is only about an hour away from where I live in Torrance. That's cool man, good to hear you like Flagstaff. From what I've heard and the pictures I've seen it looks like an awesome place!!

 

Yeah you aren't too far from where I was, but I'm loving it here. And yes it is fun building stuff. I'm just learning as I go

 

Bumper v2 in the works.



Gonna be raising the front cross member and gaining a fair bit of approach angle.

 

Spring break has come to an end and my two free days have netted me this progress. Still got a little bit more to go, but I'm happy with the results thus far.

 

how do you like that allpro pack?

 

Bumper looks great dude

 

I like it a lot. It does everything very well for me. Good load carting capacity without being too stiff when the bed is empty. And hopefully when I do my new rear bumper and tire gate in a few months it will sit the truck almost perfectly level. My only problem with it is that it is my limiting factor for droop/ flex, but unless I go sua I think that's just gonna be the case.

 

Thanks. I only had one design flaw so far and it basically just forced me to make a decision on something I was torn about anyways. Other than that I'm excited to hopefully finish it up sooner than later, but spring break is over so I'm limited to weekends for working on it now.

 

Right on man! I really like how you have bends on multiple planes on the tubing

 

Ah gotcha! Yeah its a constant fight to balance load capacity with flex

 

Thanks. I'm still learning the bender and notcher so those pieces don't quite fit perfectly and pissed me off a fair bit lol.

 

Haha I feel your pain! It's tough to get all that stuff perfect!

 

Bumpers looking good man! I used to see your truck every week in front of your old job on my way to work. I had the access cab silver truck with and ARB front and probably one of the few EEZI-AWN's in Ventura county mounted above the bed

 

Thanks and sounds familiar. I guarantee I saw you around somewhere or another.

 

Just need to finish up a few welds and paint. Should be done this weekend. Leaving the sides open (for now) unlike my old bumper that I plated in. Got to have it a little different or why did I build it lol.



Now I just need to ditch the front cross member and redo my front skid for better approach angle.

And sell the old bumper and my rear so I can get going on making a new rear bumper too.

 

By far not my best paint job due to windy conditions but the bumper is at least done. Chopped the front cross member and now need to get going on a new set of skids.

 

Mmmm new skids making some progress finally.



And loving the new welder

 

Bumper looks sweet man. Reading the comments above and you consider doing a shackle flip kit you'll definitely gets some good flex with that.

 

Thanks.

Yeah I think I'm about as good as I can get now without going spring under or going through the bed. Just gonna play with valving a little when the shocks need rebuilding.