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04 Tacoma turned Buggy

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by livel0veryde, Jul 4, 2011.

  1. Sep 18, 2012 at 8:18 PM
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    picked these up for $184, pretty good deal.
    there 16.5x10 so know i can run military tires. im going to re-gear to 5.29s then i just need to decide between the 36’s and 37’s

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  2. Sep 23, 2012 at 9:25 PM
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  3. Oct 1, 2012 at 8:12 PM
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    cycled rear suspension to find new shock placement
     
  4. Oct 1, 2012 at 8:18 PM
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    new rear shock tabs different then my old ones in that the shock eye is perpendicular to the axle v.s parallel to the axle, did this because the hemi joint in the lower shock eye was binding up limiting the my flex.

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  5. Oct 2, 2012 at 8:13 PM
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    ya im having second thoughts about the military tires now, i keep hearing all kinds of bad stories. and thanks.
     
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  6. Oct 18, 2012 at 5:49 PM
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    installed a trans cooler last night, and am in the process of doing a tundra brake swap right now.
     
  7. Oct 18, 2012 at 5:59 PM
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    nice man. You have been busy.
     
  8. Oct 18, 2012 at 6:09 PM
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    Like it bro Looks sweet
     
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    Outstanding build! This is one of the best!
     
  11. Oct 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM
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    thanks man.
     
  12. Oct 25, 2012 at 10:41 PM
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    took my truck out to the potowatomie offroad park, its a little offroad park about 40min from my house its no desert but usually when i go through the whoop section i bottom out quit a bit today it was a whole other store.much improved didn't bottom out once.

    fronts allot closer to keeping up with the rear now (didn't think it would make that much of a difference). my new rear set up flexes great much better. so all in all im satisfied... for now :D
     
  13. Nov 29, 2012 at 8:35 PM
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    blah. half way through installing new wheel bearing in my rear end, this will be the second time they have been replaced this year firs time i had a shop do it , so i thought id try it this time. it kinda sucks having abs makes it much harder to do.
     
  14. Dec 17, 2012 at 7:27 PM
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    pieces of the trashed wheels bearings i replaced

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  15. Dec 17, 2012 at 7:30 PM
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    and my busted motor mount.
    just borrowed my girlfriends dads cherry picker, so i should be pulling the motor here pretty soon and fixing/ reinforcing the crap outa my motor mounts.
     
  16. Dec 26, 2012 at 1:15 PM
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    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1356556407.413990.jpg in the process of pulling my engine and I can't seam to get the engine disconnected from the tran it separated like an inch but It won't come off.someone wanna give me some advice?
     
  17. Dec 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM
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    Bump. Anyone have any advice
     
  18. Dec 30, 2012 at 4:48 PM
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    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1356914900.229221.jpg finally got my engine out
     
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