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PreRunner to 4x4 Swap (Smooth Brain Edition)

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by jawmes, Jul 22, 2021.

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  1. Sep 5, 2021 at 7:53 PM
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    Hell yeah! You got the shaft done or did you do the wack extension to the support bearing?
     
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  2. Sep 5, 2021 at 8:18 PM
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    Got the wack extension for now! Lol I need to find someone to do the driveshaft still
     
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  3. Sep 6, 2021 at 9:19 PM
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    Sitrep?
     
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  4. Sep 6, 2021 at 9:24 PM
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    Taking it for a drive into town tomorrow for alignment, gonna see if the same shop can do the exhaust. Super excited to drive this truck now lol

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    jawmes, Sep 6, 2021
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  5. Sep 6, 2021 at 9:44 PM
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    Hell yeah, once it put traction on 4 wheels to the ground you’re required to change your vehicle info. Congrats dude.
     
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  6. Sep 6, 2021 at 11:08 PM
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    Hahaha, PROrunner! I love it. Good job man. When you said your mechanic skills are limited, you were lying. Congrats.
     
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  7. Sep 7, 2021 at 9:36 AM
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    I gotta admit I was biting my nails a few times following your thread. Don't know if I have the time or patience to go through this. Rather gather up my own parts (I'm good at that) and give someone a thousand bucks to get it done with me as an assistant.

    Congrats this must be very rewarding for you!
     
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  8. Sep 8, 2021 at 10:02 AM
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    Smooth drive yesterday to the repair shop and around town. Drove about 30 miles in total. Showed them a picture of @Ricardo13x exhaust for reference :rofl:

    working on the shifter now!

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    jawmes, Sep 8, 2021
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  9. Sep 8, 2021 at 10:04 AM
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    Brian422 I fell into the pit that is TW

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    ppl who spend xxxxx money on this swap ill never understand. Its really not that hard.
     
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  10. Sep 8, 2021 at 10:06 AM
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    Noice! You got a lot of pot back there tho:rofl:
     
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    Thanks y’all, this has been a journey. To be honest I didn’t think much of the truck before, but now I fckn love this thing LOL.

    I’ll consider all well and done for this project when I take it on the sand:D
     
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    part out
     
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  13. Sep 8, 2021 at 11:31 AM
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    *pot out
     
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    Having an extra hand would make everything go a lot faster. I probably spent hours in total just staring at things or seeing how to find leverage lol. It’s a fun project to see how everything fits together, would definitely recommend it
     
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  15. Sep 9, 2021 at 11:21 AM
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    Welcome to the I love my truck gang. Cheers! Look up what I did for shifting. ;)
     
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    Just gotta say, congrats! As you pointed out earlier, there is very little info and love for this on second gens v. first gens. But you did this shit. Right on, brah.
     
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    Did you get your dash lights sorted out? What did you use to connect them? Just bare wire?
     
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    I believe he went with the same route as me.
     
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  19. Sep 10, 2021 at 6:50 PM
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    Not completely yet, I had the mishap with the exhaust melting my wires lol. But I did use just a bare wire and it worked, the 22 AWG wire held in place nicely
     
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    Thanks!! People seem to get the most anal on the 3rd gen forums lol. The 1st gen forums are great
     
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