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Dirty Dan's 08 Tacoma Build

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Builds (2005-2015)' started by mike175gr, Jan 19, 2016.

  1. Apr 6, 2016 at 8:14 AM
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    my truck got pretty dirty from all the four wheeling and camping so i spent all afternoon detailing it

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  2. Apr 6, 2016 at 8:18 AM
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    the truck cleans up nice i also got some goodies a scan gauge II and some rigid dually led pods

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  3. Apr 6, 2016 at 8:24 AM
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    screwing around on some trails with my buddy also replaced my cabin air filter

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  4. Jun 27, 2016 at 9:26 AM
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    i decided i that i needed some rock sliders but looking around i concluded that it would be way cheaper to just make my own. So went to harbor freight and bought a shitty flux core welder and taught my self how to weld. Then i bought a bunch of 2" square tubing, and a bunch of cutoff wheels/ paint heres some of the process...

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  5. Jun 27, 2016 at 9:27 AM
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    more pics

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  6. Jun 27, 2016 at 9:32 AM
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    just mocked them up a bit the inner rail is 78.5" the outer rail is 67.5" the bars welded to the frame are 8" the little bars conecting the rails are 3" the whole project took about 5 days and cost about $250 welder=$130 steel=$100 paint=$15 cut off wheels=$5

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  7. Jun 27, 2016 at 9:34 AM
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  8. Oct 2, 2016 at 8:28 AM
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  9. Oct 2, 2016 at 8:30 AM
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    had to replace my driver side wheel bearing

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