2002 Tacoma Build Thread

Havent updated in a while but I finally got some to give the yota some much needed loveGot my radiator and Flex-a-lite fan all wired up, it was a pain in the ass to find hoses that worked.Fabbed up a bumper after getting rear ended and having my shackles almost hit.Also got a spare tire mount made up before heading down Mexico for the 1000

 

Nice truck man. I'm interested in doing a full width rear axel conversion. Is your a modified ford 9 or standard width?

 

Its a standard width 9" i have 1.5 spacers in the rear because the axle wasn't wide enough to run my bypasses on the outside of my frame, one day when I have the money I wanna get a Camburg housing so i can ditch the spacers.

 

if you ever wanna trade

 

Haha you so close tho! just gotta build your rear end and your there. I need to get this thing out it hasn't seen dirt in months

 

mine hasnt seen dirt since march lol still undecided on the rear but itll get there. really need to do the timing chain/belt here soon i can start to hear the lope in the slack now

 

oh ya you wanna do that soon, my buddys chain was slappin and it left a pretty deep mark in his motor. I have alot of work to do to mine, I have to cut both front hoops off up front to fix my ride height and so i can bump on my upper arm instead of on the lower. trucks are dumb lol

 

yea im at 120k miles and had it done at 50k so better do it now than risk it anymore. doesnt seem like fun! time for that engine cage!

 

Would you be interested in making another bumper like your's? If so.. How much $$? And where are you located? If not can you post up more pics?

 

Ya it wont be fun, make sure you get that timing right my other buddy just bent his valves cause he was 90* off and the piston slammed his valves, long story short we rebuilt his motor in 3 days lol it was hell.

 

Charged other people 600$ to make the front one, and 300$ to make the rear one, Im in Nor Cal

 

I'm in Southern Az. Shipping would probably be a lot.

 

Probably around 120$ I work for Fedex so that my best estimate lol

 

That's not as bad as I was thinking. You interested?

 

120$ for the rear that is, i could get a better idea if i ask them, cant imagine its more than 200$. Ya its your call if your interested in one

 

The rear is the one I'm interested in ATM. What's your build time?

 

I could get it done in a weekend, only thing is mine is welded to a tube under my frame so I would build the Exact same as mine and mounting it is up to you.

 

Can you post a pic of that? Would that require a bender? I have most tools incldg welder just no bender ATM

 

Nope no bender needed, just a welder and some tube to mount it. Ya gimme a min I can get one

 

Dont have any pics of how its mounted I can get one tomorrow, but heres a better pic of it.