Long Travel, 40s and caged in progress

Today we did a little trip and ran some of the Vegas to Reno race course. But we started from the end of the course and did a quick loop.

 

During the summer I'll be piecing together the next big step of this build.

Cab cage, 40s, and hopefully some carbon fiber...

Until then I'll be enjoying this truck

 

This truck is so much fun.

Barely fits down some trails haha

 

I've added about 4k miles on the truck since March.
A lot of those being dirt miles.

Last night I blew up my rear diff

Not sure what the next step is but it's crazy how it only lasted 50k miles.

 

PARTOUT:
Method mr312 wheels for a Tacoma

17.5 x 8.5 -12 offset

One wheel has some marks in the back of the wheel from rotor rub.

Tires not included

Will be removed from truck in a week or two

$1000



Toyota tacoma 8 inch rear axle
Diff is probably blown, watch the video

The axle is currently set up for spring under and has limit strap tabs on it

Shoot an offer

Axle will be removed from truck in the next week or two

$250



Front long travel

Bought this kit last year and was recently powder coated. Uniballs and bushings have about 4k miles on them.

Parts included
Wicked creations +3.5
King shocks 2.5 with adjusters accutune
Dirtking gusseted spindles
Prg heim tie rods
Dirtking limit straps

Price for all $5800

Everything brand new with powder coat was well over $7000. Will not seperate. Parts will be removed from truck in the next week or two

I have a set of dirtking CV axles but they are currently disassembled. Will sell for an additional $800
Selling to buy a race kit

 

Back to the drawing board

 

Got the whole front end off today. Just need to remove the dash and headliner to finish the cab.

 

Te designs engine cage is on the way. Corbeau seats and prp harnesses are here.

So stoked to be building my own cage

 

Small update.

I have all my interior parts

Picking up 40s this weekend.

Picked up a rear axle out of 08 Tacoma. $125 and no issues. I know it won't hold up to 40s but it'll let me enjoy my truck while I decide if I want to drop 10k on a fabbed axle.

Currently just need spare wheels, jd fab pivot kit, and a rear disc conversion.

I'm doing a custom paint job on my wheels too, excited for that.

 

Picked up the 40s

 

Dope builds

 

Double spares is the way

 

Helps balance out these trucks so well

 

You'll be thankful too when you flat two tires at once. Been there with a single spare before. Hated feeling that helpless.

 

Pulled the rear axle, front suspension, and some other small things off the truck to get it prepped for new shit.

Pulled the old blown up 3rd member out. I bent the ring gear, took teeth off, and the pinion is basically smooth. When that happened I guess the bearings blew and started rubbing on the housing. We had to hang it from an engine hoist and bang the housing off with a sledge.

Getting the new axle re geared to 5.29. I will start prepping the new axle for a disc brake kit. The front lower pivots will be soon cut off to make room for the jd pivot kit. The dash and headliner still need to be pulled for the cage.

If anyone needs any stock interior parts lmk haha

 

Engine cage is pretty much almost tacked in all the way.

Pulled the dash so I can bring the engine cage through the firewall.

 

New wheels. So stoked on these. I've always wanted these wheels, can't wait to mount these on the truck

 

one of the best looking wheels out there, congrats!
would love a set of those in beadlocks

 

Thank you! I love these wheels so much. I think it's a great mix of simple and a busy wheel

 

raw aluminum looks great too. way too much black and bronze out there (coming from someone with black painted TRD wheels)