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Gear Head's Silver 2000 TRD Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by Gear Head, Jul 11, 2013.

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  1. Jul 28, 2013 at 5:23 PM
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    Thanks man! My friend is a really good fabricator, the upper crossmember was mostly him. I gave him my idea and he tweaked it. It came out really good!
     
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  2. Jul 28, 2013 at 5:43 PM
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    Still have some tweaking to do before wheeling. In this pic I'm on a 3ft bank and am at full compression (limited by the overload) and almost full droop. The driver's shock still has 5" of uptravel to go and the pass shock has 2" of downtravel left. Probably going to move the shocks to the outer hole on the crossmember.

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  3. Jul 28, 2013 at 5:48 PM
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    Nice, man!!!!
     
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  4. Jul 28, 2013 at 6:58 PM
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    Thanks!! Still have a while till I'm on your level... :rolleyes:
     
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  5. Jul 30, 2013 at 1:02 PM
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    Went and played around a little today. Wanted to cycle the rear suspension to make sure everything's good. Pretty happy with the droop I'm getting with the stock shackles. I will definitely have to relocate the shocks when I add 6" shackles. In the flex pics I am at 29" eye to eye and full extension is 29.95". A little too close for comfort. I have plenty of uptravel in their current mounting location and am not worried about bottoming out as long as the overload is in there. On to the pics..

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    Stuck. He's 2wd but still likes to play haha. Trying to get him to trade in on a 4x4
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    Full droop in the next 3 pics. About 1/2" off the ground.
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    Full stuff.
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  6. Jul 30, 2013 at 3:07 PM
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    1" Of shaft showing is plenty... I limit mine at 1/2" I'd recommend removing the rear overload and adding a bump stop. you could probably get another 2" of uptravel that way. (I need to do this...) Just haven't had time. But more uptravel might force more downtravel...
     
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  7. Jul 30, 2013 at 3:37 PM
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    Yeah that's the plan. The leafs are so damn chattery on the street since the overloads arc upwards like the leafs they touch, A LOT. I figure the inch I'll loose by removing the overload will be gained back with the 6" shackles. My crossmember/upper shock mount has another mounting option (outward) that I will move the shocks to and that will get me another 1" of downtravel but I'll still have to figure something out because the shackles will net more than 1" more of downtravel. I have room to move my lower mounts up on the axle an inch so I'll do that too.
     
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  8. Aug 14, 2013 at 2:53 PM
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    Did some maintenence the other day. Picked up some OEM denso plugs to replace my single electrodes and pulled a plug wire in half when I was changing them so I picked up some blue NGK wires too. Also I seafoamed and it made a big difference in overall smoothness and noticed an increase in power too!

    Also good news.... I got a second interview on the job I've been chasing! If I can nail this one last interview I should get it and then let the mods commence!! :D
     
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  9. Sep 4, 2013 at 1:58 PM
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    Well, second interview went really well! I think I have a good shot of getting it and that means more mods and a hyundai genesis coupe :D

    Did make some more purchases for the truck though. I've got a retro kit on the way.. mini h1, 35w 5000k bulbs, xb LED halos. I also picked up some LED rock lights today. 20 modules with 3 LED's each. Hoping they are bright enough but if not I'll pick up another set since they were only $40!

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  10. Sep 5, 2013 at 1:11 PM
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    Retro kit should be here tomorrow so I started working on the headlights. Got the lenses off. Going to black them out but wanna make sure I don't like it the other way first

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  11. Sep 6, 2013 at 2:43 PM
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    Finally! Working on them now

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  12. Sep 6, 2013 at 2:49 PM
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    I'm jealous...
     
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  13. Sep 6, 2013 at 2:56 PM
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    I'm going to torture you with pics until you decide to get some too :devil:
     
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  14. Sep 6, 2013 at 3:11 PM
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    It's not that I haven't decided. It's that my monies aren't there yet. haha
     
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  15. Sep 6, 2013 at 3:15 PM
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    Ha understand that. I wouldn't have done it now but my gf split the cost with me for my birthday :cool:
     
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  16. Sep 6, 2013 at 3:28 PM
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    I need a girlfriend like that...
     
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  17. Sep 6, 2013 at 3:34 PM
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    Haha yeah dude she's a real keeper! She was going to buy me a led light bar for my birthday but I told her not to worry about it since I haven't built my bumper yet.
     
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    IF she wants to buy you stuff for your truck, definitely keep haha
     
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    Mocked up

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    Best I could get it with that dumbass tab

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  20. Sep 7, 2013 at 8:28 AM
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    Well I painted everything flat black. Hopefully it turns out good

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