FarNorthTaco14 Alaska build on Wife’s approval

How she sits as of 4/24/2018:





Purchased in Aug 2015, after about 2 years I have FINALLY put my lift on! I have dreams of Long Travel, maybe one day when I pay her off!
This was how it was with old man running boards all stock (Don't mind the random ghetto tree in the bed). It had an old man style Leer topper that was huge, I sold it and got a SoftTopper instead. Love it especially for the price. After awhile went by I painted the stock steel wheels black, plastic dipped the front grille black to get rid of chrome, and added some vinyl stuff


Still need to delete the tailgate badges and paint the door badges black to delete all chrome besides the rear bumper. I have plans for the though and go High Clearance. But a few ago I installed the lift!

Here is the finished front!! (Yes I zip tied the ABS wire after this picture)



Installed 3 degree steel shims on the new design Dakars, I have put over 500 miles on them, on and off road and no vibrations.



New Axle angle!



Everything installed in the rear! New Dakars, Timbren bumps, All pro flip kit!



Installed the Carrier Bearing Drop kit! Helps with the vibrations along with the shims!



Got my alignment, everything is great and smooth after that! After about 120 miles I did my retorque, it was a good thing I did because my driver side UCA to spindle bolt was really loose! And I now have some damage to the upper misalignment spacer, in keeping an eye on it, hopefully nothing too serious. Still performs amazing!




Here is a bad quality but zoomed in photo, those aren't metal shavings, just grease. Hard to tell with the picture quality, it is slightly bent.



Anyways!!!

Current mods....

Front Suspension:
-Kings 2.5 remote resi
-Total Chaos UCAs

Rear Suspension:
-King 2.0 Remote Resi
-Dakar Leaf pack w/3 degree steel shims
-All Pro Flip Kit w/ Timbren Bump Stops

Drivetrain:
-Carrier Bearing Drop Kit

Exterior:
-Vinyl decals
-Cheap chrome delete on grille (Plasti dip)
-Black Softtopper

Interior:
-LED map and overhead lights
-That patch life!

Wheels and Tires:
-Helos 16x9
-285/75R16 Falken Wildpeak AT/3

Future Mods:
-Tires!!!!!! 285/75R16 Cooper MT
-SCS Ray 10 Matte Black 16" wheels
-Black Hybrid Steel bumper w/winch
-HC Black Rear Bumper maybe tire swingout
-Rock Sliders
-As many Skid plates as possible
-Retrofits
-Badge delete on tailgate
-Paint door badges black

Thanks for looking! Here are some more pics I have so far of up here in good ol' Alaska!

Winter pics are before lift!! Winter of 2016



Trip out to Knik Glacier with 907 Yotas and @NickofTime @SnowroxKT



My wife, myself (right) and some of the other crew on the Glacier



@NickofTime and I at Eska Creek Falls before my lift..

 

Just realized I didn't put this under the build category of 2nd Gens...

EDIT: Fixed lol

 

Couple more pictures of some close spots to town. Just needing them tires lol

 

Off to do a day trip today at Craigie Creek Road in Willow, AK. Will post pics and/or videos that I get!

 

Craigie Creek Road in Hatchers Pass!! Accompanied this with around 6 miles of hiking up Bullian Mt! Pretty beat lol

 

Which Dakars do you have? Did you measure the hub to fender before and after your?

 

EL095R is my part number. And I did not measure, wish I did.

 

If you get the chance can you measure the hub to fender height? I installed my EL095R this morning and they didn't give me as much lift as I was hoping for.

 

Yeah I will for sure! I know mine might also be more than yours just cuz you have the rack and tent.

 

08/12/2017
-Eska Falls
-Kings River Trail

First 3 photos are are at Eska Falls in Sutton, AK pictures is myself, @NickofTime @crazysccrmd @SnowroxKT.



Crazy bog that a SAS 4Runner couldn't even get across.


Kings River Trail, had a little accident in the group! Flopped over. Luckily only minor injuries, the passenger hurt their wrist.



Luckily we all had more than enough Recovery gear to get him back up on his feet, plugs pulled and drained and running again. We went home after that, long day!!

 

Hey so my drivers rear is 24.75"
Passenger rear is 25.75"

 

Thanks man. I'm at 23.25" driver and 23.75" passenger. That's with a little over half a tank of gas and about 200lbs on the bed and probably another 125lbs between the fridge and stuff on the roof. I'm a bit disappointed in how little lift I gained over the stock leaf pack with three leaf AAL.

 

Oh wow, I didn't think it would droop that much. I heard they are coming out with or may have already a heavy duty leaf pack with the new design? Kinda sucks though since you had to come all the way down.

 

Check this thread out, has some good info on the new packs.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/new-ome-dakar-leaf-pack-review.489540/

 

That's what I read prior to choosing the EL095R pack. I figured if it was rated at 2.75" of lift with no weight I would still get around 2" when loaded. Instead it's only sitting 1.25-1.75" higher than stock. Without much weight yours lifted it 2.75-3.75" so it seems to sag really badly once you start adding weight. Once winter gets here and I swap the RTT out for my hard tonneau cover I'll measure again to see what the lift height is. I might end up having to add the Dakar AAL.

 

Dang, it doesn't seem like enough weight to sag that much. It should definitely come up when you remove the tent and rack, but if you do the aal I would just be afraid of it being super stiff in the rear without the tent, but you could throw some sand bags in the rear when you don't like @NickofTime does in the winter, I'll end up doing the same.

 

Had to go get a couple quick pictures at Arctic Valley with the fall colors setting in.

 

This post coming in a little late, but finally got the newish wheels but definitely new tires delivered and put on the truck! I’m happy with the look!

 

Nice Truck! I've spent a lot of hours in that shop, I miss that place.

 

Thanks! When were you up here??