Taco52's 01 Budget Build

try torchin em for ya cut em. cause then youll have to get a new top plate for the strut.

 

We have one of those small propane torches. Would that work? If so i will try it.

 

Ehh, it might. You'd be better off borrowing a set of torches from someone you know though. It would take alot for a propane torch to get it hot enough.

 

I think that a small propane or map torch probably will not get it hot enough but if thats all you have try it. Heat then cool heat then cool heat then try to get them loose. Also i think wd40 is just not enough to penetrate really frozen bolts. I would use something a little more formulated for breaking fee rust not just for squeaks.
Also for your dash squeak/rattle get a length of vacuum line and tuck it into the dash at the window from one side to the other and its black so it hides in their nicely. just my 02 cents if you want it.

 

Great idea on the vacuum line. I might have to try it.

 

Before the rear lift

After rear lift. Dont mind the the yz250 in the truck bed.





Installing the Eibachs and Bilsteins tomorrow. For real this time.

OP Updated too

 

Lifted

 

thats pretty sexy man.. gives me hope to get mine done.

now wheels and tires! they need to come! but my buddy had an idea, the thing for trucks around where i live is for the "bro lean" as everyone on here calls it. and i like it so i think im gonna take my overloads out until i lift. that way ill have some cause i got a levelin kit. but i cant wait to get mine done. what about your strut nuts what did you have to do on them?

 

dude you need to slap a diff drop on that baby!!! then youll be set for life. ebay has em for $15 and you get free shock extenders. cause i didnt see anywhere where you had one put one too.

 

that thing is loooking good!! can't wait to get mine if that day ever comes

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONT-DIFF-...2002|Model:Tacoma&hash=item2a20de3734&vxp=mtr

 

whats that greasable eye bolt btw?

 

you not see that up in the corner? it says free shock mount extenders. idk what they do but they are free, and every other diff drop costs like $30

 

its 15 bucks. throw it on there at least and see if it helps though? thats what im gonna do and then if things still tear ill do the slide mod. but i dont offroad hard. just out to the farm is about it. mines just for show. and to change all the girls opinions about how small my truck is, and how they want me to get a bigger one cause im such a big boy... thats all.

 

On the topic of diff drops. I already got one from Low Range Offroad. I put it on there before i drove it. Im doing the boot slide mod soon, I just need to get some hose clamps.

My truck does look like it has "Bro lean" but i threw a level on the bedside just to see and its damn near perfect. Just looks like I got a bro lean.

On my strut nuts. I had to cut the damn things off with a sawzall. Even tried heating them up with a torch. I replace with some grade 8 bolts and double nutted them for extra saftey. My lower shock bolt rusted to the bushing too and We couldnt break it loose even with an impact wrench. We had to cut it off too and we replaced it with a grade 8 bolt too.

Ive never heard of shock extenders. But like stated above I have a Low Range Offroad diff drop already on there and bootslide mod is soon to come.

The greasable main eye bolt is the bolt that attaches your leafsprings to your frame. Its got a hookup for a grease gun so you can shoot if up with grease every once in a while. Its just like a greasable shackle

Hope that covers everything. Updating op

 

you must be one of them....? against the diff drop kit?

 

Thats weird that your cv angles are so bad if you have a diff drop. I have a 3" spacer lift and a revtek diff drop and mine are almost straight.

 

You infact are correct. I am not against a diff drop as I have one installed on the truck. I was weary about lifting without any weight of an aftermarket bumper. Since the lift and diff drop I have got rid of previous vibrations on stock suspension so i am happy about that.

 

and so that picture of your cvs is with your diff drop on too? or without?

 

man we all got ahead of each other, i was talkin about bassman. but 52 is the pic way up there, yea does it have the drop? or is that before? cause it should have done more than that....