The Frankenstein Build! LT/Expo/Trail rig..and BS

yea FIPG Is Form In Place Gasket. Great stuff. Yes you can use it on the oil pan and id recommend it over a cork gasket. You can use just the FIPG

I have 3.75'' BS rims i believe. So you'll be .5'' wider over all and .25'' wider per side. Over all that depends on the tire width.

 

Alright cool sounds good
And tires are 12.5 so should be the same as you just don't have 35s yet but I'm going 35s just not looking forward to cutting the cab and playing the fender wells gonna be a bitch

 

Plating

 

It's definietly a bitch. Really 33s are the best tire for our rigs. I love the 35s but really in terms of cost vs performance...not totally worth it for most.

You'll have to regear as well if you actually want to drive it more then just around town too. 5th gear will be useless, literally. Crawling...would be terrible.

So you'll have to add into the cost 1000 bucks for gears IF you do it yourself...which i also don't recomend because every time ive had to tear a diff out and apart it always bites me in the ass and takes like 3 weeks. So if you pay someone to do it, your looking at like 1500-2000 for both diffs..and then you might as well just put an ARB in the front while you're at it..so there's another 1000ish..haha

Oh yea, and the tires themselves..

THEN you can tub haha which is a terrible job to do but no impossible. Just takes a while.


So...yea..

For most i say just stick with 33s and just learn to love the sound of skid plates being used That's what they are there for. Plus you can buy full skids all around for less then regearing and lockers and the works. And 33s will take you pretty much everywhere any 35 can.

I know i won't go over 33s on my double cab.

 

I want 35s so bad man my truck is just my toy now I'm gonna get a another truck eventually to be my luxury truck. Truck is to damn old to really DD it. I'm planning on putting dual cases on it. 35s are the future but god damn they look so good. I have 33s now to me they look small lol won't go any hirer then 35s unless I 3 link SAS later but for know I want a rig that will go on expedition trips. Don't care how much it costs I want a DAMN LOOK AT THAT TRUCK haha I got lots of plans and 35s are a must lol I'm young I want cool shit haha

 

All the power too you! I do enjoy mine. They are nice indeed and i dont regret it on Frank at all. But for a more...tame..comfortable build..i would pass on them was point. Since you're not doing that, go for it!

 

I've been alright man. Itching to get back up to your neck of the woods though

 

Don't want a tame buil I want and badass truck haha

 

You and me both..mid west blows..haha

 

Heard that my friend. When will you be back in the more western portion of the states?

 

Ill be back for xmas break and then the summer again.

 

35s do it

 

Hey are the headlights in our truck 7x6 Avec has these badass headlights that are all led

 

Yea those are the right size. I was looking at trucklites led ones for awhile. But..whatever. I have the Lightforces so don't really need better headlights.

 

These ones are like led bars there pretty sick

 

first gen guys!

What gas do you run in your 3.4s? I run 89 in my 4.0... just curious

 

Probably get more answers in the 1st gen section haha

But I'm pretty sure most of just run whatever we can find unless you have a s/c.

I just buy whatever's cheapest.

 

Oh yeah or taco bros haha. Forgot we have like 5 3.4s in there

 

87. That's what Toyota recommends via the manual.

 

I run whatever is cheapest