My New 1st gen build thread

Sup guys I got my 1st gen back in 01/2014 and this is how she sits now! I wanted to go LT for a while but I like a lot of tight rocky trails up in the sierras soooooo 4x4 LT it was and God damn am I happy with my setup! Enjoy the pics and build!






total chaos here I come!





. Spindle gussets welded and painted


Finished modifying the tundra axel CVs and now installed with spindles



. Damn these LCAs are soo beefy


New brakes, brake lines, and welded in my straps! Coilovers are being put together at fox as we speak!!
Here are some of me cycling the suspension! It's not down to full droop so it can actually droop about another inch and a half but this got me stoked to get it finished!

 

Nice!!!!!!!! Very nice!!

Welcome aboard!

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Thanks brotha ya I'm excited I'm lovin this build so far! Next step fiberglass! I miss my 2nd gen but I have always had a thing for the 1st generations!!!

 

Welcome to the forum , looks like you have an awesome build

 

Thanks trying to make it awesome! Arnt we all haha

 

I also had a 2nd Gen, For me Aint nothing out there as cool as 1st Gens!!!! You have Skillz!!! She is looking good and will be living a whole new life!!! Born again!!!!!!!!!

 

Did you LT your 2nd gen or is this a new venture for you? TC set up is looking solid

 

I bought my 2nd gen with a fabtech dumb DB lift on it and wanted to do LT but I moved and the. Needed a commuter, and also you have to reweld in a new front cross member into the frame so I decided sell it while it's worth alot and then get a commuter and buy an older taco. So to anwser your question haha ur this is a new venture and I am loving it it is a ton of fun teaching myself how to do the LT axels more welding and all the LT fun haha it's not my Dailey driver anymore either so I can have more time on jack stands fabing up stuff!

 

Haha thanks man

 

So I decided to post some pics on how to do the tundra axel conversion to the Tacoma LT axels. It's very easy and it took a while for me to find out how online with wicks so here it is if you have questions let me know! Pulse axels from companies are usually just new tundra axels modified for $800 I got 2 PAIRS of these axels at a pic n pull for 200 now I have spares also for 1/4 the price!...



Slide the boot down and pop the c-clamp open and slide the inner cv cup of the axel
Then I drew a line about 3/4-1 inch towards the joint (in red on the cv) this is where you will cut back the cv cup so that the axel will be able to achieve a great angle (Long travel droop) you should put something in the cv cup so that the bearings don't get metal shavings in them. BEFORE
. AFTER
once you cut it back clean the sh!t out of it and repack with cv grease. You will need to by the high angle boots to replace the old boots which you can google and find from alot of different off road sites I think mine are from polyperformance.com. Slide the new boots on the axel down to the putter cv and pack the boot with grease. Slide the newly modified and greased inner cv back onto the splines ( you may need to tap it pretty hard to pass the c-clamp) and it should lock into place! Slide the new cv boot up and over the main part of the inner cv and clamp it on and BOOOM you just made LT axels! And saved hundreds of $$$$ hope this helps anyone looking to do LT axels!

 

That's really cool, I'd never seen that done before.

 

Sweet glad you enjoyed it! I hope people see this that are looking for it! I posted a link for it in the 1st gen threads board

 

Looks sick.
May I recommend getting the total chaos bypass hoops to prevent the coil buckets from bending on you. (or better yet an engine cage)

And saw you on whitetoblack's build thread. Check your tire clearances before you hack away the inner fenders they do help support everything without any tube work

 

Hey thanks alot for your input! I'm gunna get the total chaos shock bucket gussets they are massive check I'm out http://www.chaosfab.com/96-04-Tacoma-96-02-4Runner-Off-Road-Suspension-Accessories.html also thanks for the info on the wheel wells ill just trim what I need!

 

Subbed!

 

I decided no on kumho tires I was on a budget when I got them, so I changed out and I'm gunna run cooper STTs they seem pretty lagit and have a similar pattern to Mickey Thompson Baja mtz which I love. Has anyone ran these and what do you think!!?

 

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Really enjoying your Build, Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks alot I'm glad!