Sas'd 2nd gen Taco

Been forever and more since I have done a build thread but I have such a ridiculous amount of pics on my phone why not share some ? We have Sas'd a number of 05-15 Taco's now even put together a pretty decent 3link front kit with coilovers , fabbed 9 builder package , LS swapped a couple now so I thought why not give some photos out there for people to get ideas from .

This one started off as a 2011 auto , had a worn out mid travel allpro/swayaway kit in it , all the oem front end parts were toast and he wanted to have a larger tire , more travel , stronger front end so why not sas it lol ...

Parts list was

-TG fab9 front roller kit
- custom inner length yukon cromo 35 spline shafts
- yukon 35 spline hubs , nitro outer f350 stubs , fully built big bearing arb 529 yukon drop out
- moog balljoints , modified TG steering arms and full TRE histeer
- Big country customs 3link kit
- Radflo 14" 2.5" body remote resi coilovers
-willwood brake set up
-1350 custom d-shaft
-hydro assist toy ifs box and borgstein intermediate shaft set up
-s.s lines
-modded exhaust set up
-rear allpro expo leafs
-radflo 2.5" body extended travel emulsion shocks
-BCC shackle flip and hd shackles
-37" treps
-modded allpro apex bumper
and a bunch more I probably forgot ... enjoy some pics ...

 

First.

 

making progress cutting , blending sorting out wms and pinion offset for fabbed housing


Built some frame reinforcement plates for both sides



screwing around sorting caster angle and pinion angle before cutting down front diff to wms that we want .


figuring out wheel base and box placement

 

Sub a dub dub

 

Now that we sorted that out cut the housing down , some light tacks on knuckles tell we are closer to the end ..

 

sorting out full compression what needs to move

 

using some mock up links and steering to help sort out placement to build real ones after ..

 

more cycling and mount placement , we generally will build just light material mounts before making final mounts and what not ... at this point we have around 45-50 hrs sorting things out ...

 

now that we have adjusted things a dozen times we feel more confident to make final product of mounts ..

 

final mounts built and added weld washers after with 3/4" gr8 hardware . all the links are 1.25" heims , lowers are 2.5 x .25 wall DOM , uppers are 2" .120 wall DOM , all mounts are .25 , lower pockets we incorporated airbump pads .. need it for the large speed bumps at the mall ..

 

Wow labor of love lol

 

subbed for awesomeness

 

Now onto building the rear cross member and link mounts

 

Now that everything was sorted the real towers could be built , front diff was fully assembled to be welded and prepped , front air bump placement .

 

couple more of steering box placement

 

throwing some color on the front end , shock towers , and re assemble

 

This is really coming along nicely. Keep the pics coming!

 

Looks sweet can’t wait to see more!!!!
Is your 3link kit by chance available for sale?

 

Yea we have sold a few of them , our website is old and outdated we dont have it up on there mainly just local people purchasing it ..