mrbeggins 04 Tacoma Build

How'd u attach it?

 

I have 35s and 4.88...perfect on road and off..I had 33s and crawling sucked with them

 

How much did you take off your bed?

 

It's like a giant sticker, but when you peel it off it doesn't leave all that sticky shit behind. It's awesome. I had to double up the layers though to really get an amber affect out of it. That's why I took it off

 

10.5"

 

Haven't updated this thread in a while! There have been some changes in the last few months.

A while back I broke my factory leaf pack in half on the drivers side. I took the time to build a custom set from a local leaf spring shop. The rear end dialed in now. The fox 2.0's along with a 3 leaf pack with larger overload and thinner leafs allowed me to drop the rear another 3/4" so the truck got even lower haha. Lots of droop now.

Next was fixing the crack in my frame between the gas tank and frame. It took the better part of a day to do. Take the box off

Dropped the gas tank

Cut the rotten section out

Platted the frame back in with 3/16 and over lapped it all the way around by 1/2"

After that was done everything went back together super smooth. The gas tank is incredibly easy to drop. Currently working on fabbing up a new gas tank skid out of 3/16!

 

Dude would u remake those led light brackets off the third break light?

 

I can make more yes. I have them saved on file

 

How much?! And what size light bar is it?

 

I'm not sure what they would charge for them. I made them with a buddy of mine who has a CNC table in his shop, so I'll have to ask if he would be willing to cut another set and ship them to you.


You can check their website out if you like. Talk to Landon, and tell him your interested in the rear light bar brackets you made for Tanner. He'll know exactly what your talking about.


The light bar is a 14" SR from speed demon lights here in Calgary

 

Are you locked in the front too, or only rear? Also, are you still on stock gears? I swore I saw some regear pics buried in your build a while back?

 

No locker in the front and yes it still has 4:10's in it!

 

Well, I guess I was imagining things. I was going to ask what locker you had on the front but never mind! How are the ol 4:10s kickin with those 315s? Primarily in high elevation or roads with steep slope.

 

There's still plenty of power. I drive with the OD off so that helps a ton with the shifting. It's not always searching for a gear. If the grad gets to steep I just use second. The only time I wish I had 5:29's was Dusy Ershim. My trans got pretty hot climbing up to Courtright Resivior. 200*F but that's it. Once I reached it and got back on level ground, it went back down to 150. And that's at 9000ft ASL.

 

Ahhh, I forgot you are auto trans. I'm standard. I'm looking at re-gearing in the next month or so in hopes of putting on 315s shortly after. Is it worth a regear w/o installing a front locker? I'm not sure if I want the front locked yet, but definitely need to regear. These Colorado passes are a bitch to drive...

 

Yea it's worth it. Not much to pulling the front diff out later on to put in a locker.

You'll definitely need to re gear for 35's if your a standard.

 

That's what I was leaning towards. You just reinstated what I thought to be true. Thanks bud

 

What do you think about the auto on 35's and stock gears?

 

Wonder how that would be as DD with stock 3.6 motor.

 

My truck is my daily driver...

Didn't know they had a 3.6? Lol