2002 doublecab turboed 3rz sas crawler build

Went on a camping trip and drove the taco!!! 2.5hr oneway and she did awesome with no issues, tons of limiter and beers involved

 

Today I decided to try and see if my 3rd gen tube doors I built were interchangeable, with some modification I got them on, added sheet metal filler to replicate fender to hide hinges

 

That is one bad to the bone Tacoma man

Looks like PNW. I grew up in Western Washington(Bremerton-ish), beautiful part of the country dude

 

Yep Washington buddy, pic is close to Mt. Adams! Thanks for all the kind words

 

Happy 4th

 

Took the taco to work day

 

Been keeping busy building link mounts for a few friends (lowers) and rebuilt two steering box’s then drilled and tapped for hydro assist$$$

 

Last weekend playing around in the hills

 

Spent a couple days at tsf Brownscamp, truck did descent but 21” frame height was kinda low for the knarlier trails. Thinking of raising it to 23 or buying 39 km3s?

 

I think going up to 39s sounds like a great idea

 

Awesome pics!! I agree on the ride height, I built a low rider as well and it kind of sucks to be honest.

 

Ya I kinda figured it would be, definitely be easier raising it with coilovers then building to big to start. If I turn up coils I’ll have like 6” of shaft and that’ll be a riot in the dunes

 

Sad day for me, said goodbye to my high school truck!!! The tacos got some big shoes to fill..... can’t complain about the 10k though

 

Wtf. That’s a keeper.

 

Very impressive work. Your truck is amazing. This is something I would love to be able to do in the future.

 

Have any pictures of your frame side link mounts for the front and how long did the links end up being? 39s with the long wheelbase around 21-23 in frame weight to be keep for southwest wheeling around me. Used to get hung on 37s all the time and now on 39s i have less issues.

Also not sure how i never saw this. Awesome work and clean fab

 

Lowers are 42” and upper is 34.5”

 

I’ve been putting on some trail miles recently, really enjoying this thing!
Hoping to get my wheels and diy bead locks welded up this week. Excited for some 39.5 iroks for some snow smashing

 

Just read through your whole thread, love the low ride height!

When you re-did your motor mounts raising the motor 1", did you have any issues with the fan interfering with the shroud on the radiator? or any other interference issues in the engine bay?

 

I ditched the shroud as I’m running a 3rd gen pickup radiator so my fmic would clear, I’ve not noticed any cooling issues in doing so