Building New (To Me) Tacoma

Hey everyone!

Thanks for having me on the forum. I just bought a 2005 Tacoma with 220,000 miles on it, and I cannot wait to start making this an off-road machine! I just wanted to warn everyone that I will be raking through the used parts section, so please don’t get annoyed haha!

I want to build this thing up with all used parts. I will be looking for coilovers, UCA’s, leafs, Skid plates, sliders, and other random goodies.

I know you probably get annoying guys like me all the time, but please be gentle with me.

 

Nice looking Taco! Welcome aboard.

 

I really appreciate it. I am selling my 2008 tundra that has full fox factory racing suspension. I needed better mpg for work

 

Welcome man!

 

Update!

I have found some Toytec Aluma 2.0 coilovers for the front of my ride for $500. I am interested to see the quality of these as I have been a Fox guy my whole life!

A guy local to me bought the wrong ones, and only used them for a week. I will let you know how they compare to the 2.5 factory Fox on my Tundra!

 

Again, this is gonna be my budget build.. all used parts

 

The tundra must get really shitty mpg if a Tacoma is better.

 

Yup it gets about 12mpg on average haha

 

Thanks @Goose8651 !!!!

 

All done! Man these are bright.

 

Welp, coilovers are installed. I ended up just tearing the stupid stabilizer bar out of the truck while I work on grinding the stabilizer bar links off of it... they were pretty rusted.

Overall, the install was easy, especially with the support of David @Toytec Lifts. I have not really taken it for a spin yet, because I’m waiting for my JBA control arms, and rear AAF / shocks. So far it feels solid from my rip around the block!

stay tuned!

 

Well it’s been a crazy few days.. I found a topper for $60!!!! It’s was maroon, so I painted it black. I love the look of it , but you can tell my back end was sagging without the new toytec shocks.

 

Good news is, I got my progressive AAL from Deaver and rear toytec alumas on... the bad news is that my topper went flying off when I went off-roading ...

so I had to bend the aluminum back into shape, and replace the side window with acrylic .. what a hassle.. my topper is now bolted on with stainless bolts haha