1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Nice, enjoy em! What hangers you using?

 

Post your work here!

Learned quite a bit reading Zane's posts and helping a friend with his own 63 swap

Might not get a Taco in the future but would be applicable to a Pick Up anyway

 

Slag factory. Seemed to be a lot cheaper than Ruffstuff and similar design. I wanted the gradual angle of the front perch unlike some. Buddy used the barnes kit and was getting hung up on the front perch quite a bit this past summer. Only downside of these not being french is that lip that could hang me up. But i think itll work out nice.

 

Will do. Wanting to be done by the end of the day tomorrow. We will see if that works out.

 

Those look like they'll work well, I might take a piece of plate yourself and bridge the ledge to make a smooth ramp all the way to the rail, would be super easy.

 

Thats what I was thinking as well.

 

I'm thinking to make/french a set for the front and Make a rear unit from a ballistic fab 2.0 joint similar to a trailgear joint

I also have a ridiculous plan to make 2x rear crossmembers to stiffen up my already boxed rear frame.... and box the little bit where the fuel tank crossmember currently sits

 

You sure do got plans An actual X shaped crossmember would go a long way to stiffening up the rear though. A ballistic joint would work well since it is rebuildable, the TG ones have been really pain free so far.

 

Main difference I see is that the ballistic units have adjustable preload, so the stints between rebuilds should be longer.

also planning to run their threaded ballistic joints instead of heims for UCA's

 

also speaking of grand plans... did you ever get that sequoia rear end under your rig?

 

Because you're wheeling so much these days....

I just load up the TGs with some grease after each trip so far no slop after lots of driving and a good amount of wheeling for 3 years.

 

I got it into the shop again, but no haven't taken out my rear yet because I have a few trips coming up

 

I'm feeling that. going to knock out a rattle can job and tie up a few loose ends then I'm done fawkin with it and just driving it

 

I've had to stop rattlecanning things I care about, it just doesn't hold up that well. Started using the two part heavy roll on rustoleum stuff.

 

well that's the thing, I don't care too much about the Tacoma lol

It's currently got failing clear, brown primer, and mismatched blue touchups going on. If I had the energy I'd probably do a cheap HVLP job

 

Have a sneaky suspicion my workload is about to triple maybe I'll get a couple
dollar raise next month

 

Then break and beat on it all summer and then comes the repairs in the winter

After many rattle can jobs, I have found the Rustoleum Professional Enamel Primer and Paint is extremely durable IF you allow it to completely dry which seems like a long time to me. But once its hard, its pretty surprising how hard it is to grind it away with an angler grinder wire brush.

 

that's the ideal way to do it. hopefully less breaking and more wheeling while I collect SAS parts