StrictlyToyz 07 Build & BS

Figured I'd start a build thread. Better late than never. I'll post photos as I find them. Grew up in a toyota family. I've owned a 92 4runner, 95 4runner, and a 99 tacoma. In August of 2015 I purchased this 07 with 60,xxxx miles.

How it sat when I first bought it





Throughout the years there's been many changes from mid travel setups to its now current long travel setup.

How she sits as of 01/29/2024



2007 Tacoma TRD OR

Suspension:
Front
Total Chaos +2 expedition series uppers/lowers
King 2.5 Long Travel spec RR w/ adjusters
18" x 500# coils
Wheelers super bumps
Kartek limit straps

Rear
Chevy 63 leafs w/ ruffstuff ideal 63 swap kit
King 2.5 x 14" RR w/adjusters
Archive Garage rear shock relocation
Wheelers superbumps with ubolt flip kit

Armor:
Pelfreybilt front bumper
Brute Force Fab high clearance rear
RCI sliders
SOS ifs, mid, tcase skids

Wheels & Tires:
SCS F5 17x9 -38mm
Kanati Mud Hog 37x12.50r17
Bora 1.5" spacers in the rear

Drivetrain/Misc.
4.56 gearing f/r
Fj tcase swap / twin sticks
A.D.D. Delete
ARB compressor
Factory rear locker
ARB front locker
Smittybilt XRC Gen 3 12k winch
3⁰ cam gear retard
Crown Performance extended brake lines
@Basikbiker Tundra rack

 

Random photo dump

 

Reserved

 

Tackled a few issues today during an oil change. Been dealing with pending p0420 and p0430 codes. The cats are fairly new and I leak checked the exhaust with no leaks found. Decided to just throw 4 new sensors and a MAF at it. Cleaned the throttle body, replaced intake air filter. Went for a nice long drive and codes are no longer pending. Second issue was my wiring to my pods in the front bumper. They've been disconnected for a while now due to the crimp connectors breaking from removing and installing the front bumper so much over the past few months.






After growing tired of having to deal with these connections every time I removed the front bumper, I decided to address it finally by pinning the wires into some connectors. I have lights again! This will make disconnecting these pods less of a headache when its time to reconnect them again.

 

Swapped out the uniballs in my uppers and lowers today as well as the bushings in my lowers. Holy fuck my uniballs were shot. Got rid of an awful creak I was getting when turning the steering wheel left or right. Steering also feels a lot lighter now and actually returns to center.

 

Woohoo finally a build I can follow

 

Eh, a little late starting it but it is what it is. I'll be updating the thread with whatever else happens down the road lol

 

Rad build, wish I could've seen some more of it at AOAA

 

Appreciate it man, you've got a solid build going too. Wish I could attend this year too but I'm moving back out to the pacific. Break some shit this year

 

How else am I gonna have the excuse to upgrade good luck with the move!

 

Just gotta keep finding the next weak link!!! Thank you!

 

Some last minute photos from yesterday's bushing and uniball replacement. Truck needs a wash

 

The driver side lower was in the worst shape. There was some sort of liner material was coming apart

 

My UCA uniballs have been lasting 3 years or so. I havent had to replace the LCA uniballs yet

 

These uniballs are about 4 years old. Well overdue for how much abuse they've taken from the elements and on the trail

 

So sub’d!

 

Won't be nothing too exciting going on in here truck wise for a while. Dropping the truck off on Wednesday to be shipped to Hawaii. I'd rather not break the truck before then. Mostly maintenance items. Trucks going back to being my daily after being a trailer princess. Doing a lot of long over do items that I didn't really care about cause it was a trail toy.

 

Painting up the bed stiffeners on won at last year's AOAA raffle. Figured it's time to throw em on lol

 

Have you removed your bed bolts in a while? I snapped one on the last truck, ruined the mood for sure

 

Last time was about 5 years ago. I suppose I could spray em and let em soak for a day