2005 V6 ext. cab Tacoma ENGAGE LT build

Hello TW!! I am just now posting this build because my truck is going to be LT front and rear by the end of next week if all goes to plan .

For the front end, I will be picking up my engage LT kit with king c/os hopefully on monday.

For the rear end, my truck is in the shop right now getting the engage 50T pack installed with 16 inch fox remote resis to a bed saver cage. All of this work will be done a local fab shop called killer off road. Look them up online at killeroffroadfab.com, they do great work. The rear end work will be done by this weekend, and the front by next weekend.

here is the build up leading to LT.










heres my truck when i bought it





I know it looks built already but it dosent have much money into suspension.
I bought it with 32k miles for 16,000.
The mods that came on it when i bought it are: Camburg front bumper, Camburg oem bolt on c/o, Glassworks glass on all four corners, stereo system from JL audio, AR mojave 17 inch wheels on 33 inch pro comp xtreme all terrains. Rear suspension was bone stock.








For the next 3 or 4 months of owning the truck i was doing mods here and there, but nothing huge. 3 months after owning the truck and here is the result



Nothing really changed, I painted the grille and toyota emblem black, added 3 kragen H.I.D lights to the front bumper, and put a tint strip across the windshield. (side window tint is next)




Another 2 months went by and this is the result




Added to the truck in the above pics are 33 inch general grabbers on 16 inch kmc enduros, deaver 10 leaf bolt on pack (J66) with a pair of 14 inch SAW's with limit straps and shock hoops, the side window tint(5%), BHLM, a magnaflow muffler, dynamat liner on all the doors, a black rear bumper, and painted the silver grille work on the bumper black.

to tell you the truth i was not very happy with the way i built the rear. the SAW's rode very stiff, and shock hoops were nothing special. I knew i messed on the rear setup and i was going to basically re-do the rear end, but i left it for a while until rear LT.



So I left the truck like this for a while to get some money built up for LT front and rear. When the time came to buy i went with engages front LT kit with king coilovers. And for the rear i chose the 50T long travel leaf pack, u bolt eliminator kit, 8 inch shackles and fox 16 inch remote resi smooth body shocks. The front and rear install will be done by a shop here in Moorpark called Killer offroad, check them out killeroffroadfab.com

Pics will be posted for the front and rear build. Along with the finished product so stay tuned TW!

 

Holy cow! I didn't know they were making 16 ft shocks nowadays.

jk. I look forward to seeing the end result and I hope you have a video camera for the action.

 

haha hey im still editing this thread no comments yet!! haha jk
and yeah i will try to get some video when it goes to the dez for the first time

 

looks great

 

NICE,


there was a thread around here somewhere about the tires you recently bought.

 

thanks man, i have not seen the thread though. can you get me a link?

thank you sir

 

looks sweet! it will be over the top with the Engage installed.

 

Nice truck and build.

 

thanks. nice signature! haha

thank you. and i hope so...i sure am stoked to get it to the desert!

 

do your tires stick out past the front fenders now? no lt

 

looks great bro....

 

no they sit just about flush, i have a 2 inch spacer on the front, which i cant wait to get rid of!

thank you sandman!

 

how big are your flares..???? 2.5x6" rise..????

 

they are a 4 inch flare and 3 inch rise. click here for all the info

 

nice... thats the size im gonna go with.... when i go 35s... its gonna fit well with my spindles... and i might go long travel sooner or later

 

yeah i need to get my hands on some 35's once i get the engage front kit on because i will have the race spindle on there too

 

hey guys here is an update of the rear...




still to go is rear cage and shocks.

 

rear cage is in. next is to the driveshaft shop for slip yoke..

 

Sweet, but what happen if you need to use the bed?