O3 4WDYOTA college build/488s/mall crawl + BS

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IMG_5353 by Austin Burton, on Flickr



The great adventure begun late into my junior year of high school. Saved up awhile and headed down to san diego area with @Andybear to pick her up. (3.4v6 4x4) The day I spent my hard earned savings an brought it back all stock and simple. The money pit has officially begun!


Loaded the bike up for a quick ride



Getting a quick bath before the drive home.



The day the wheels/tires got thrown on.. 285/75r16 bf k02 & ultra wheels


Going up on three wheels! (for the first time)
Throwing some roost in Johnson Valley on a dirt bike trip

Having some fun on the local rocks near camp... armorless




Throwing down some squirt gun welds on the all-pro sliders


Ordered the relentless fab WIY rear bumper and threw some proper TIG passes on it! Then off to powder coat an back on the truck


Picture is kind of dark but its right after @Andybear and I threw the all-pro baja bumper on as soon as it way back from powder coat


Little lighter pic of everything


First official attempt at the mojave trail (laughlin->barstow). I say attempt because although I was well prepared and ready, the chevy I was with was not which left us the decision to find highway at only mile 40! Itching it run it again!



Cleghorn TW meet!!



Putting the front MT on


Quick day trip to bigbear with @Andybear running jacoby canyon to 3n16



Throwing the rear setup on.. didn't go as planned the first time an had to "re-do" it

Super happy with the way it came out though!



Day trip to sedona, az. Got to test out the new rear setup and it rides NICE



Vehicle:
-2003 Tacoma 4x4
-3.4v6

Mods:

Suspension etc:
-(FRONT)
-Total chaos uca
-king 2.5 extended travel oem w/ resi's
-Total chaos coil bucket gussets
-Total chaos spindle gussets
-Pro flow brake lines
-1.25” spidertrax spacers
-231” Tunda calipers & drilled/slotted rotors
-(REAR)
-Deaver j59 pack
-Bamf shock relocation
-king 2.5 10" smoothies w/ resis & clickers (for the mall of course)
-wheelers superbumps
-u bolt flip
-bora 1” wheel spacers


Wheels/tires:
-ultra 16x8 wheels
-Cooper st maxx 285/75r16

Performance:
-AFE drop in dry air filter
-ARB rear locker
-488 gears

Armor:
-Allpro offroad baja bumper
-Relentless rear plate bumper
-Trail Gear tcase crossmember/skid
-allpro ifs skid
-allpro mid skid
-allpro weld on sliders

Communications:
-uniden 520xl
-3ft firstik
-baofeng mobile ham

Lighting:
-3 4.75” Westin circle lights
-rear flushmount bumper pods
-amber pods up front


Accessories/other:
-paranoid fabrications switch panel
-Kenwood head unit
-Blue sea aux fuse box
-tow strap & bubba rope
-hi-lift (in bed)
- n-fab tire carrier
-OTRATTW rocker switches
-fire extinguisher
-d-ring hitch
-ARB single compressor
-Polk DB572 speakers



Thanks for getting this far! More updates and pictures to come..

Happy wheeling

 

LOVE THE BUILD! LOVE THE PICTURES! LOVE EVERYTHING.

 

Thanks, its definitely been a semi-fast paced build from only owning the truck a hair over a year now

 

Awesome Austin!

 

Nice rig man!

 

Thanks!

Thanks as well!

 

Awesome build. I can only dream about working that easily on my Tacoma, Rusty. I need to move to Cali. I love snowmobiling though.......

 

Thanks! Definitely a work in progress but also helps a tremendous amount that there was zero rust I was dealing with

 

Nice build thread! Do you have any rubbing issues with those 285s? I want to upgrade I'm slightly rubbing with my stock tires when doing full turns, afraid I might have some cutting to do if I go any bigger. Got about 1.5" of lift in the front, might have to go up a bit.

 

That rear suspension set up Looks great man!
How'd you score the King coilovers with resis? I can't find that as an option for 1st gens anywhere!

 

Now that I have more articulation in the front I can definitely get myself into positions where I can rub. Ive cut all the plastic and took a grinder to the pinch welds (a BFH didn't work). After grinding I barely rubbed but plan to cut a section out of the fender and do some sheet metal work in there.

Aside from that the 285s are amazing. Glad I didn't opt for anything smaller! Hope this helped

Jealous of your s/c

 

Yea they don't offer it on their "oem" line. I went through DSM and told micah I wanted resi's on them with a 45 degree fitting from the hose to the resi, and angled the attachment on the shock body itself at a 45 degree angle so I could bend them up and keep them out of the way.. (also a mall crawler factor). If mounted horizontal I believe at full bump/turn I would hit the rest with my tire and knock it off

Hopefully that made sense, a picture would describe everything better

 

This should explain better

 

Nope, it all made perfect sense. I'm just haha. I actually asked King directly but they told me it would be way to expensive to have a set made with resi so I dropped the idea for Madison's truck. DSM sounds like a great option though. Always hear great things about them for suspension, and they hooked us up with a rebuild kit when we were in a pinch.

 

Yea it really wasn't too much more.. after doing some research on shock fade I definitely wanted to opt for something I would be happy with for the long run and not encounter any shock fade

ps: Madisons soft topper is seriously giving me thoughts of one for myself, looks good!

 

How do her fox's fair? Just curious as I'm still debating on what set-up to go with.

 

She's running Icons up front and out back. Been happy with them so far. They feel a bit firm though due to the digressive valving. I'm running Icon as well, mine have the cdcv so they're a bit smoother. If we could do it over again we would both pick King though. If you're a faster driver Icon works well but King works well all the time. I've been really happy with mine but after riding in @goblue82 's truck the Kings are just too nice.

@YotaGurlIAm what's your take on your icons?

 

ugh I want a softtopper so bad, that was going to be my next "mod" after I saved up for a bit, but I just found a member on here that makes sweet custom rear bumpers for first gens for under $200, so I'm going to go get one this weekend lol. I can't stop myself

 

Nice build thread! Super jelly of your truck!

haha just get the soft topper, you can find them super cheap and in good condition, and its good to have for camping! quick and easy!

Yeah exactly what you said, I liked them at first, but after realizing how stiff they really were, I'd probably go kings next time, or some other progressive valved coil over set up. I'm not a go fast kind of person anymore, I'd rather crawl.. 2wd regrets.