Een's 4door build, the long road too... oh it never ends. 4door sc 3link sas

Bought my (second) Tacoma sight un seen from a dealer in Utah. When my wife and I decided to start a family the extended cab went on craigslist and sold in a day. Colorado demands silly prices on Tacomas so buying out of state and shipping it here was was still 5k cheaper.
I slacked starting a build a thread so there will be some catch up, but now that i am on the road to linking it i figured a build thread would be fun and may help others down the same road. After all i have been stocking otger SAS threads and trying to soak up as much as i can.

Stock stats:
2004 4 door tacoma, bought with 40 something k. TRD with standard fair for a 4door.

Current:
All pro uca's
Sway away extended travel coilovers
All pro rear 3" springs with longer all pro greadable shackles.
Fox shocks in rear
Cooper stt maxx 35x12.5 equiv on 16" methods
All pro sliders
Relentless diy front bumper, 1/4" plate aluminum
All Pro Sliders
Magnuson supercharger
7th injector with all the urd electronics and fuel pump goodies
2.1 urd pulley
Tundra brake caliper and rotor swap

Misc
Homemade windshield washer reservior
Stereo with single 10 behind the seats in a homemade box
Sound mat throughout
CB radio in ashtray
4runner oem roof rack chopped down to fit
LED bars on roof / bumper
Optima battery
Deck plate in air box
Tubbed fire walls

Parts pile
SAS:
4 wheel underground 3 link kit
4wu cobra shock towers
Diamond axle 67wms with 9.5 center and fj80 outers
Hellfire knuckles / arms
Ruffstuff 7/8 heim steering

Misc parts pile:
Ruff stuff ideal chevy swap kit
Some 63's from a junk yard

Currently installing:
Smitty 10k synthetic winch
12volt guy in cab winch control
Cutting my fenders (again and again or more like more and more)
2:28 crawlbox infront of stock chain drive

 

Sounds awesome. Lets see some pics!

 

Here is the truck on its first trip to Moab when she sat on 255 85 16's. In my opinion that is the perfect size tire if you are running an ifs or mid travel ifs setup. No rubbing and the narrower tires did great in snow, I could fly through bumpy sections and hit the bump stops all day long without any rubbing.

 

Some more from the first Moab trip Car wash tub]
Kanes Creek, put the first little dent in her on that rock off the driver rear.


Bit long of a wheel base for 255's, I humbly admit it took a tug from above to get up.

 

255's tuck nicely and required minimum work to the fenders. Going to 35's was a cumbersome step, I'll dig up some current photos and take some as she sits now.

 

Awesome truck man! I wish I wasn’t 8 hours from Moab. I used to live 4 hours from there in co.

 

Older picture on the escalator

This one is a more current picture with the 35's trying the ledge on Kane's again. Need a front locker, but that will wait until after the SAS.

 

Here is a little ring and pinion carnage from a run last August down near Colorado Springs. Super Charger + 35's = KABOOM! Whoops. Found the weak link hence the 9.5 that will be going up front. A rear axle build is also in inevitable, have not decided if that will be a ford 9 or a another 9.5. I don't trust 30spline in the rear, and I could go 32 spline but then I am limited to 4:88 gearing.

 

When's that flimsy IFS getting chopped off?

 

Not soon enough, not to jinx myself but i have yet to snap a cv but managed to explode the rear end!
Im actually headed to diamond / fror friday to get the caster set on my axle and finish it out with rcv shafts. Need a cross member to support the t case after crawl box install too.

 

Fun stuff! The CVs will last as long as you watch your wheelspeed and dont crank on them with the wheel turned hard. Spider gears are more what I would be worried about with your current setup

 

Here are some progress pics of the tcase build.

Welded keystock in shift fork to keep it in hi / lo option only.


Parts on the dining room table, just asking for trouble there.

 

Made the visit to diamond axle / fror to pick up my transfer case crossmember and drop off the axle housing for final caster set and have them burn in the stops and some gussetts. Those guys are great, Brian not only talked directly with Brian at 4wu to make sure we were headed the right direction but also gave me some tips and advice for my build. Ill be getting frame reinforcemnts, firewall plate and rcv 80series shafts from them.

Here is his 4runner on 37's with the rear axle and front clam swapped out.

 

I'm in

 

In case anyone was curious to see the differences of the landcruiser 9.5's side by side. top is out of a 80 series, and the bottom is the older 9.5. 80 series on the right has a thicker ring gear, 41 count, ill have to count again but i think the one on the left is a 37 tooth with 9 on the pinion giving both a 4:11 ratio.the plate the ring gear is bolted to is more substantial with more ribs on it compared to the older 9.5 both have 12 bolts though.

Need to figure out which ill install in the diamond, not sure if it matters much as i dont plan on putting a load bolt in it.

Ill snap a picture of the 9.5 next to the 8" i ha e for comparison.

 

Crawl box is ready to seal up, finally got the new bearings pressed on. Didnt want to risk damaging them installing with a dead blow on the inner race.
All i need now are the poly bushings for the fror crossmember so i know what height to weld frame bracket at. Cadence will be shipping them out once they get them in.

 

Took advantage of ECGS,s 10% off sale. Now i just have to SAS it to get my front locker!

 

can you get me a pic of the washer reservoir you made? I just crunched mine stabbing my v8 in.

 

Super simple... abs plastic with a screw on cap to fill (make sure to drill a pinhole in it or it will create a vacuum and not work)

Re used all the pump parts and attached them to a 3 way t fitting so there was a low spot.

Off the t is another piece of abs with a sealed end for more fluid storage... keeps it nice and warm tucked up next to the radiator.
I dod this so the reservior wasnt hanging down below the bumper. Can't take credit for it, saw it on here but forgot where.