GA Tacoma Owners BS Thread

The 5speed manual trans swap is going to be a breeze in my truck

 

Nice! The ultimate man cave.

 

Where is that??

 

The answer better be "where the next mod day will be".

 

Hopefully it's right up the road from me

 

Actually I hated missing Mod day the other week. Hopefully we can get another one together sometime soon. I'm hoping to have a good bit to do in the near future.

 

Very nice shop.

 

Same. I was also unable to make it last minute.

 

I can reopen the old thread and start over. We can either host it again or maybe @taco71742 can if need be. I'll have a few things to do prior to my bumper getting here

 

I imagine folks will have plenty to work on after thanksgiving/Christmas too. Which I just realized are approaching quickly.

 

I sure will, frame plates need welding, AAL added and then if my bumper arrives before mod day that will go on. So hopefully I'll get that and have it painted prior to mod day

 

That would be awesome!
Started looking at lifts for my wife's 4Runner, and I'm still trying to figure out my future tires situation and if I need to cut my fenders and flares.

 

@BYJOSHCOOK and @Mudfootshuffle did y'all go swing out on y'all back bumpers? That's a regret I have for not doing mine.

 

Oh snap- you know how to change a ring and pinion in a front and rear diff??

 

Speaking about that ^^^^^ does anyone know how difficult it is to switch out the front and rear third members/clamshells if one was to get a set from ECGS????

 

I haven’t ordered yet but that’s the plan

Not hard just a PITA. Just need to remove a bunch of bolts and driveshaft for the rear. Front is a little more difficult but shouldn’t be bad. Take a weekend at most. Now I say this not having done it before but from what I’ve seen and looked around it doesn’t seem bad

 

I tired to to find a video on Youtube about it, but was unsuccessful. I heard the back is not that hard, but front is more time consuming and difficult. My ability to do this project with some help, may determine if I go 35's and regear. the tires and regear alone is costly, as I would like to keep my truck out of the shop as much as possible, especially after the unforseen clutch replacement. Im running out of money, lol

 

Yeah the front is definitely a bigger PITA. But I’d start with that because the rear is super easy. Haha I’m quite sure we all are running out of money

 

hell, who am I kidding, Im out of money and running out of credit

 

well, looks like I have my project for the next mod day, hahaha