Slodgetto's Green Dragon 4x4 Conversion Build

SAS it! i think i'm ditching the idea of LT and going for a SAS. i'll lose some street quality but gain everything else.

 

SAS all the way, man. and if it's done right, with links and coilovers, it doesn't take much for it to be very formidable in the "LT" world!! #trophytruck

 

i'm still trying to convince myself to SAS seeing as how the main guy i wheel with is LT and goes everywhere the SAS rigs do. but i'm starting to lean more towards a SAS if i can justify spending that much at once haha

 

First batch:

New bushings installed, springs painted and assembled with the middle leaf taken out. ready to install...


New, custom, grade 8 u-bolts from Jackson's semi-truck suspension


The begining of the shackle hangers.. I don't really have a drill press, so I made them with the grinder as best I could... a bit ghetto, but it worked.






Front hangers. 1/4" plate from the scrap pile. I originally made the one on the right to go on the inside of the frame on the left where the gas tank is... I mad it like that so I wouldn't have to drop the tank to weld it on. But I later decided I'd just be safer to drop the tank.......



Time to cut into the 1/4" plate (yes, a little excessive... but it's all I had) for boxing the frame. Thanks for the tape idea, Jon!!

 

Yeah... Nick isn't planning on SASing his truck? I'd think he would be with all the trierods he keeps breaking

 

OHHH you know about it all then lol

nah he snapped a CV with me over the weekend. he says he will SAS eventually, but no time soon. same with me his main argument was ride quality. he went busting down a dirt road full of ditches and gulleys and it was like a floating boat. it was retarded haha.

 

hahahaha nice. I gotcha... Gotta say, he has the best crawler-built IFS set-ups on a tacoma, I've ever seen.

 

do tell...

 

i'd have to agree. i'd trade my truck and all my beloved possessions in a heartbeat for his truck.
btw those shackle hangers look sexy!

 

this is from our run saturday

 

Nick, aka "no mods"... i don't think he has a build thread. haha

but this guy..


And you guys thought my shocks are at crazy angles! (oh look, there's cody's truck! )

lol Yup.. and thanks, man, I was quite pleased with how they turned out!

 

ah dang.... lol I was beat to the post. Yes, I stole those pics from Cody's post on ttora

 

haha we posted the same pic can't wait to see those mounted though. i'm gonna have to get some new ones put on here soon, i need to do some new leafs back.

EDIT:
i'm just gonna leave this here
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/off-roading-trails/250535-491-offroad-shakedown-run.html

 

Frame all boxed...



My welding is getting better... still not perfect



Got the front hangers on. 7 & 1/2" foward of stock...


beads aren't quite as pretty..


Finished up the shackles hangers...


More coming...

 

Truck is looking great Silas! Your work area looks a lot cleaner than mine.

 

Thanks, bro! haha It can get pretty dirty....




Photobucket is being gay... won't let me upload the last 2 batches. May have to do 3 at a time at the rate of 3 every 20 min here on TW! grrr......

Just bolted on the IFS skid plate (finally! eh, Monte? ) and am in the process of Herculining the bed, now...

 

Welds look great man!

 

Hey man thanks again for the springs.
The truck looks good too

 

Ahhh so they went to a good owner I see