Robmonster117's Little Monster Build Thread

Brace Yourselves, It will be slow, and often painful to watch.

Welcome to My build!
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Specs
2002 4x4 extra cab, TRD Offroad

Drivetrain
-3.4l V6
-2nd gen (Black housing) Trd Supercharger
-2.2 pulley
-Snow Performance Progressive Methanol Injection #3 Nozzle
-5.29 gearing
-05 sequoia rear axle w/custom back truss

Wheels/ Tires
-16x8 SCS Stealth 6 Matte Bronze
-315 75/16 Nitto Ridgegrapplers

Brakes
-2005 Tundra Brake Calipers
-2005 Sequoia Factory rear discs
-1998 T100 booster & MC
-modified brake pedal box & pivot

Suspension
Front
-Solo Motorsports +3.5LT KIT
-King 8” Coilovers w/ remote resi
-king 8” Trip-Bypass w/ piggy resi
-King 2x2 bumps- spacer limited to 1”
-TC - dbl-shear LBJ eliminator kit
-kartek Tierods
-Dirt King Inner clevis kit
Rear
-SUA swap-random bits
-Deaver F67 leaf pack
-TC 12” shackles
-TC front leaf hanger
-King 16” trip-bypass w/piggybacks
-King 2x2 Bumps

Bumpers/ Armor (Everything Painted Semigloss Black)
-Trail Gear low profile front bumper + Hoop - chopped to bits
-RAT product Full set 3/16 Skidplates
-Trail Gear Rock sliders

Exterior/Body
-Adv. Fiberglass Front 3.5” Flare 3” rise
-Adv. Fiberglass Bedsides 4” flare 3” rise
All trimmed for 35s
-Aerocatch Hood pin flush latches


Interior
-Digital Camo Wrapped roof Liner
-Digital Camo Shift boot
-“Flocked” suede dash and A-Pillars

Recovery
-60” High Lift Jack
-Smittybilt tow strap
-a few D-rings
- Lots of chains
-Warn XP 9500

Lighting
-Rigid pods
-junkyard Piaa 80W spots & floods
-Phillips Xenon ultra white Headlights
-Scamazon rock lights

Future Mods/ Purchases
-Rear bumper
-Race Cage
-bucket seats + harnesses
-front bumper
-Half (Party) doors
-motr go brrr

 

Snippets/ Adventure Photo Highlights:

 

In Progress
-OBA Air tank, - done writeup incoming
-Air locker wiring - done writeup incoming
-rear chase light housing 6” oval Leds
-Rock lights
-Corbeau Forza buckets install
-PRP + quick release steering wheel
-3D printed cruise control steering column adapter


Todo:
-Fix 4wd
-Redo front limit straps
-Offroad jack mount
-need new/ rebuild driveshaft

 

Ok one more
Chapters of shenanigans will go Here:

 

Sub'd!

Saw your post in the 1st Gen mod thread, and I'm super curious to see how you tackle that fender trimming! Also, your truck is damn near the twin of mine (White 2002 TRD OR), so that's cool too.

What size tires are you running? I'm picking up my 315/75R16 Cooper ST Maxxs tomorrow. Can't do anything with em until after the 4th, though...

 

Its an tedious process for sure!
Alot of cutting, jacking the tire up, turning to lock, checking, rinse and repeat.

And Im also running the 315 75 16. I haggled the tire dealer down on the price, showed them some numbers I found online and negotiated myself a set of 5 Goodyear MTR's.

They are a great looking tire for sure and they'll get me down the trails I'm trying to hit this summer!
Ill get some better pics of the actual cuts tomorrow to show you how were handling it.

 

Nice work, man. I saw that you'd like to do the Tundra brake upgrade. Just finished mine, along with extended front and rear lines, and I can't recommend it enough. I also did the 'bedding in' process that I found online with the write up, and I think it really helped get the new rotors and pads started off right.

 

subbed for pics

 

Well I think all the cutting for the Tub is done!

Passenger side came out alot cleaner than the drivers side. Im going to try and put a thicker plate over the cab mounts. I took a decent amount out of it now I want to reinforce it some.

Both sides are pretty even as far as how deep into the cab I ended up cutting. And im still thinking the tire will rub the plating a bit after its all done!
Should be rolling tomorrow for a test run if all goes well

 

And you got extra ac......if you don't plate it

 

Ooh I was definitely feelin the breeze lol




I'm trying to keep this mod process as picture heavy as possible. When people say it is a pain, that is an understatement.

 

doesnt look fun at all....but definitely cheaper than SAS, with your 5.29 gears you had to do something.....or you would of been screaming on the highway with 33's

 

Oh trust me I've been screamin down the highway for a while. Pretth much through the entire life span of these 33's. I hardly ever went over 70 just to keep rpms as low as possible.

 

I'm with @LogCabins. It can't be anywhere near as painful as SAS, and definitely not as spendy; although SAS is exactly where I want to be in a few years... MT, 35s, and tubbing seems like a good interim solution in the meantime.

So you're running 5.29? Have you run those gears yet with 35s, or are your MTRs your first go at that size? Just curious, as I'll be regearing soon, and was looking at 4.88 for my 5-speed and 315s.

 

Pretty sure this is his first 35 as he was running 33's prior...but you will be good to go with 4.88 gears, but if you ever are considering running 37's I would get the 5.29 gears

 

Damn! No wonder he was screaming at 70!

Thanks for the input! 4.88 seems to be the consensus for 35s and the manual. When (not if) I get to the point where I SAS, I'd like to run 37s. At that point, I'll be looking at D60s, Ox lockers and 5.29s.

Anyway, enough with the threadjacking... That's looking really good, Rob.

 

Im with you on that. Tub and 35s is a good intermediary to SAS. Especially when im still in college, trying to balance being not totally broke and still enjoying my hobbies.

Logcabin hit the nail on the head^
Back with the DB the truck had 37s the 5.29s match the tire size perfectly. Ill be it the tires were super heavy and the truck drove like a slug but, It never seemed lacking in the power dept. 4.88s are the popular choice for 35s and those will be your closest match on your speedo. Ive also read from some guys here that regearing with 35s is night and day noticeable with a manual, Not so much for us lazy auto people lol

 

Trying a little something with the stock flares. See how much of them I can keep. Going to cut them a bit and drill holes in the stock snap pin positions and mount them kinda like bushwacker style with some bolts and rubber washers. I saw a few guys do it with their 2nd gens and it turned out nicely

 

Hey, what backspace are you running on those wheels, bro?