CrazyRussian's Tacoma build

How she looks today Feb. 15, 2014









General:
2007, Tacoma 4.0 DC TRD OffRoad 4x4

Major improvements:
Rebuild the rear suspension from "leaf" to "coil" type:
- Profender shocks and bumpstops;
- TLC80 rear coils;
- Montero2 rear arms;
- disc brakes;

Front suspension:
- Icon's 2.5 C/O;
- CST UCA's;

Armor:
- front armor bumper with winch ComeUp 9500;

33/12.5/18 tires.

Minor other:
- 33/12.5/18 Nitto tires;
- hand-made aluminium box;
- black front grill;
- WeatherTech all-weather floor mats;
- all-time fog lights;

- rear arm bumpers;

How it was ~1 year ago













New photos coming soon .

 

Whats the advantage of coils in the rear instead of shocks/leafs?

 

x2

 

Ford radius arms?

 

I'm seeing rear disc's. Complete rear end swap?

 

To my knowledge nothing has ever come with radius arms in the rear. that axle looks to be to be toyota. Looks like radius arms from the front of an older ford.

 

Nice build!

 

advantage ?

I think leaf springs (and drum brakes too) are so good for heavy load trucks and old "jeeps" and but they don't work as well as coil springs do for everyday driving and "sometimes" offroading.

Leaf springs win in:
- load capacity (but who load a tons in to Tacoma? );
- Simplicity and cost;

Coil springs win in:
- flex;
- jumping;
- climbing;
- ride tuning (now my own Tacoma suspension is really easy to adjust);
- lifespan;

 

The axle is original Toyota Tacoma rear axle. Radius arm from Mitsubishi Pajero II (MMC Montero in USA as I know).

 

All this is true, i hate leafs

That's awesome, I like this build a lot!

 

Thank you! it's just a beginning!

 

I started to make the front bumper

 

the half is done, looks "heavy"...


this supposed look like this


so, will see...

 

Thanks!

The truck looks good man!

 

My Morimoto Retrofit lights are complete!





so, it was easy

p.s. front armor bumper already done, rear armor bumper almost done - photos coming soon

 

hell ya this build is crazy!

 

X2 pass the over here


Dam op looks good are you doing all the fab work yourself

 

Yep, with my friends help, of course

 

more pictures

Front armor bumper, custom build also I change a "factory" fog lights to the 90mm HELLA Classic - the HELLA lights looks good but I'm not impressed with the "price/perfomance".










And yesterday night I "check" the lights. I was impressed and I still impressed

only Hella "fog" lights ("all-time fog lights mod" was easy to implementation)




with Morimoto Retrofit






and 180W LED bar




And for the dessert today - My wife presented me with new Nitto 33/12.5/18 tyres