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04 Tacoma turned Buggy

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

  1. Oct 18, 2012 at 8:53 PM
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    Outstanding build! This is one of the best!
     
  3. Oct 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM
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    thanks man.
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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.
     
  6. Dec 17, 2012 at 7:27 PM
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    pieces of the trashed wheels bearings i replaced

    [​IMG]
     
  7. 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.
     
  8. 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?
     
  9. Dec 29, 2012 at 4:05 PM
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    Bump. Anyone have any advice
     
  10. Dec 30, 2012 at 4:48 PM
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    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1356914900.229221.jpg finally got my engine out
     
  11. Dec 30, 2012 at 4:49 PM
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  12. Dec 30, 2012 at 4:50 PM
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  13. Jan 7, 2013 at 10:56 PM
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    Got my new winch today, 12000lb Engo.
     
  14. Jan 9, 2013 at 2:25 PM
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    Trail gear bomb proof motor mounts.ImageUploadedByTapatalk1357770296.918433.jpg

    These things are freaking beefy.
     
  15. Jan 9, 2013 at 4:08 PM
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    Those motor mounts should do the job.

    Never heard of Engo winches? Where did you find it and how much did it cost you? 12K is overkill but there's nothing wrong with that.
     
  16. Jan 9, 2013 at 4:18 PM
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    Wow! Great build! I'm looking for something to inspire me and your build is it! Thanks! Now I just gotta get the truck...
     
  17. Jan 9, 2013 at 7:35 PM
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    a few people i wheel with run Engo 9k winches with good luck. i payed $450 and decided to go with 12k, after i toasted my my 10k winch. ill put up a review after i test it out.
     
  18. Jan 9, 2013 at 7:51 PM
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    thanks man. lots of hard work into this thing. good luck on your truck hunt, its hard to go wrong with a tacoma.
     
  19. Jan 12, 2013 at 6:33 PM
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    ImageUploadedByTapatalk1358044322.617739.jpg busted motor mount
     
  20. Jan 12, 2013 at 6:34 PM
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    And my fix
     

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