2nd Gen Tacoma 4.6 V8 1UR-FE and GX powertrain Swap

@JustDSM done any work with these yet? Justin and OTT have profiles for beta or unpublished models. I know he started on the 4runner early not. Not sure about Tundra or similar yet. But He would be a good one to peak ideas from.

 

Oh yeah I know @JustDSM is the man when it comes to Hp Tuners, I read a lot of the HP tuners thread. Like I said, I wish they supported the GX460 because I would be buying.

 

Well guys where there's a will there is a way. I don't have a car lift but I do have 2 Toyota truck jacks along with the 2 lifting jacks I used to support the rear end. This is how I decided to change the cab mounts. I jacked up the truck, setup jack stands to support the cab and very slowly lowered all of the jacks about 1 turn per jack until I got the clearance I needed. Definitely one of the more sketchy things I've done in the garage but it seems to be working.

 

Sketchy set ups and crazy swaps. Really good combo! Cheers!

 

find something other than the cinder blocks, on their sides. The cell walls are very easy to break. You are doing a great job, no sense having to take a break, just to heal up....

 

Cinder blocks are fragile. I used to use one with the openings vertical, and a thick piece of wood between the jack/jack stand and the block, and on flat ground. Last time I used that setup, the ground wasn't perfectly flat, and my block cracked in half. Luckily the wood keep the load distributed to my setup didn't collapse.

 

Hopefully they’re concrete blocks

 

New body mounts and hardware is installed successfully. I am glad someone on here recommended to have these replaced. My goal is to tear apart the interior by the end of this weekend. Then start wiring the next week after.

 

The bolt pattern on the front seats appears to be the same. My 2005 does not have seat airbags. I will be installing GX seats which also have butt warmers and coolers. I am pretty excited about that and no additional fab work is a plus.

 

Making some progress today. In the process of removing the left side body harnes I discovered a resistor around the drivers seat belt. Gotta love it when people don't fix things properly. Drivers side seat belt has low resistance, I am not sure why but I'll be looking for a replacement.

 

Wonder if someone got tired of the chime when the seatbelt was unbuckled

 

No this is not the seat belt sensor under the seat. This is the pin that fires when a collision occurs to lock your seat belt.

 

I’m sorry. Gx460 seats bolt up in the Tacoma?

 

I will throw my seat in there tomorrow to verify but my rough tape measurements indicate that it should.

 

My wife is going to be pissed when she finds my Tacoma seats in her GX.

 

Just buy her a cruise to Bahamas to provide the seat swapping time

 

Can confirm the seats bolt right in, however they are considerably taller. About 1.5" taller It seems to me that this might be a problem because I am not sure if this is the highest the steering wheel goes. I will cross that bridge when I get there, nothing a bit of cutting and tig can't solve. There will be plenty of room for the 5 channel amp thats for sure.

 

I ordered up some side curtains airbags since the 2005s didn't come with them. Might as well integrate them since I have the capability.

 

Those seats go up and down electronically, ya? Maybe they can go down once they are powered up.

 

lol so many different colors going on in that interior already. Just need a red dash and maybe some blue rear seats. kidding. Love the work so far and enjoying the thread. Keep it up!!