ZP 2005 Mid-travel Prerunner Build

Make/Model: 2005 Toyota Tacoma TRD Offroad Prerunner Doublecab
Tires: 285/75/16 BFG A/T
Front end: Fox Racing 2.5 internal bypass coilovers w/ remote reservoirs from a armored Hilux (was told only 2 sets were ever made). Just had this revalved for the truck by Fox. Fox Racing 2.0 bumps shorted to 2ins. Camburg UCA with 1.25'' uniballs.
Rear end: Allpro Expo 3'' Spring. King Racing Smooth Body 2.5x10'' (Revalved by Doug at Mirage Racing)
Other: Snugtop Xtra Vision shell, DMZ Motor Mount Gusset Kit, Total Chaos spindle gussets, 2 x 30'' BlackBox LED bars, custom bumper, Diehard Platinum Battery, custom C02 and gas can bed mounts.
Fabricator: My brother Landon McQuestion

Stock front end setup:


Stock coilover out:


Cutting off stock bumps:


UCA and bump in:


Fox C/O, UCA, bump in:


New spring and rebuild/revalve by Fox:


Bump:


Frontend finished:


Allpro Expos vs Stock:


Take 2:


Fox 2.0 vs King 2.5 Racing 10''


Cutting off stock shock mounts:


Cut off now grinding:


Shock mount on axle removed:


Doing work:


Plated the frame with 1/8" where the shock hoops will tie in:


Frame plating close up:


Cycling and deciding where the shocks will end up:


Shock hoop in place:


Finished shock setup:


It was a tight fit:






Extended brake lines:




The clips for the flairs just came in so those will be going back on soon:

 

Nice truck man!!! I like the suspension. Its a sleeper

 

loving the taco, reminds me of my truck when i didnt have long travel in front and out back. come out to a run sometime! im jelous of your tools to i want a plasma cutter!!!

 

Nice build dude! you've done what a lot of us are always talking about lol. How does she handle ?

 

awesome truck, is there a reason you removed the rear fender flares? did the shock hoops mess with them or what?

 

Thank you. She handles amazing right now, plans for a two shock frontend is next. I'll post some gopro video of last weekend's testing.

 

Had to remove them to remove all the shock plastic wheel well lining.

 

Looks like a great setup! Got any pics of how you mounted the rear shock to the axle? Also with the hoop positioned it looks like it causes the shock to lean inwards.. is that typical?

Let me know how that goes cause I was thinking about the same thing!

 

Bitchin build, man.
Thanks for a solid deal on those leaf packs again. Yet to put them on though.

 

Sweet setup, I've been looking into doing something similar with my rear suspension.

Did you cycle the rear suspension when you determined your shock size?

 

Hey this is Landon the fabricator of this truck, The shock is there because that's where it fit. It was like threading a needle between the frame and the tire. One side benefit is with that angle on the shock it will fight body roll a small amount.

Not before we got the shocks, I knew with that spring it would need no bigger than a 10" travel shock. At the slightly forward angle it uses all but 3/4" of the shock.

 

So it bumps out before the shock bottoms out?!

So now you just have to get a rear hydro bump & you're setup would be awesome

 

Yes that always the way you want to build it. The rear really doesn't need an air bump with this setup and this valving.

 

Gotchya... Is that hoop a custom one or is it sold as a kit?

 

why wouldnt you want a air bump in the rear? valving only determines how slow a shock compresses/decompresses. unless theres some type of internal bump like people do on bypasses..

 

Very nice setup!

 

It is custom

I just mean its got enough valving in the shock to slow the rear compression enough that it doesn't bottom out hard at all. Maybe once we get a dual shock on the front and his speed picks up even more it will need a bump in the rear.

 

Looks good man. What's the stroke on those FOX bumps up front? 2.0's right?

 

ahh gotcha. but you think the rear can keep up with how it is now with a air bump in the front and a dual front shock setup?

 

Dual front? What'd I miss?