2wd to 4wd

Looking to do a 4wd conversion into my truck, has anyone done this would have any tips? I want to do it myself to save some big $$$$$. I'm thinking about just buying a part out Tacoma with 4wd and putting it into mine. Suggestions?

 

Sell your 2wd and buy a 4wd

 

No......

It's gonna cost about 1k. This is VERY easy to do on a 1st gen
4wd tranny
J shift t case
Spindles/cv axles with manual hubs
Front diff manual
Front/rear d shaft

 

i just did my 2000 pre reunner. i had a complete 99 4wd. everything bolted up no problem. just swapped transmission transfer case installed front carrier assembly and axles. i switched over the knuckles and drive shafts. and is running

 

Highly recommend doing it yourself. I just finished mine kinda and I've learned an insane amount of things about how my truck works. My prior wrenching experience was installing a suspension lift, so going from that to doing this conversion I learned a ton.
It should in theory be a pretty easy conversion, but it took me pretty long just because I didn't really know what I was doing. It cost me about $950 for parts but ended up having to fork out a good chunk of money because I couldn't figure out something extremely stupid once again due to lack of experience. (you can read about it on my conversion post if you like).

 

That's a huge jump to take on. Congrats on completion.

 

Thanks man. Its soooooo satisfying when you finally get everything running.

 

Hi I just joined and I see you did a Prerunner conversion two 4x4 manual. I'm doing that. I have a 2001 4door prerunner and a 2000 Tacoma 4x4 extra cab for parts. I need help on the wiring

 

@Gnarlyshredder

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...thing-you-need-95-04-runner-or-tacoma.449765/