The Golden Triangle (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Nederland)

For our tacos? Sure. For pics browse through the LT section or look up jjhitchen, he's prob over 15k by now, but it would consist of something like this:

Linked rear, with a good truss / or swap axle for a RJ 60
Bed cage with coil over towers, matching coil overs
(alternative to the top would be cantilever setup.. high $$$ stuff though)
Plate frame / box frame from front to back
Glass front and rear
DTF 6 over, matching C/Os, maybe run 2.5 x 10 or 2.5 x 12s
Smoothies / doubles / triple for secondary shock
Cut off shock towers and mount new ones
Extended axles (4wd) or just buy some RCVs (over $1k a piece)
Engine cage when you do the towers, full inside roll cage.

Albeit a lot of the costs could be lowered by a lot if you did the fab work yourself but in parts alone I wouldn't be surprised if the list above goes past 15k. If you don't do the fab work yourself you are looking at well over 20k. I would go this route with a bone stock taco and still spend less than a raptor.. and walk circles around it.

Edit: Here is joel's build:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-builds/248722-joels-4wd-lt-build.html

 

Claim it on city insurance. It was the cops fault...they were obstructing the normal flow of traffic

 

Rear diff breather? Get the two main parts from a cheap dealership. Call around and check the prices. The tube and clamps you can pick up from Home Depot.

 

Ok need some input I'm looking to sell or trade my current wheel set up which is are only a couple months old. Price I put was $2100 or trade for stock 17's and cash I payed $2400 for setup. So some offered me some stock 17's with cooper atp's with 10000 miles how much should I take cash with trade?

 

I like the ATPs, and they're on my truck. But not sure how they'll look with that much life on them. Depends on how they were treated and maintained. But I've seen people using them for 60K.

 

Yeah idk if I should just keep my setup and just do cab mount chop or trade

 

Or just don't wheel super hard?

 

We'll if I get these I will eventually buy new tires and get the Kevlar mtrs on stock rims but will I need spacers??

 

I bought my parts from the dealer. only reason was the next day availability. The only part I used was the new union that goes into the diff. I bought the other part but did not use it because I felt more secure with the stock diff breather. I forget which part costs what.

 

KEVLAR MT'S woooooooo, same thing i'm getting, eventually

 

Are you going to run spacers on stock rims if you do??

 

I already have spacers 1.25"

 

Welcome to your new obsession, Lol. To much to look at and learn, not enough time.

 

Yeah, I mentioned that before but got some feed back that not everyone thought it was a good idea. I still think the group should have a name. GTT - Golden Triangle Tacoma's or something catchy if we do the cards.

 

I heard that they ride hard due to the stiffness of the side wall.

 

Yes. I used the stock breather as the endpoint. I drilled a hole a hair more narrow than the threaded part on the stock breather, and jammed it in there. It fit snug and I have not had any trouble with it moving or whatever. It also depends where you want to relocate the breather to. It might work differently for you, depending where you put it.

 

or money

 

I plan on letting that sidewall eat. The sidewalls on my KM2's do seem a bit weak

 

Doesn't have to be anything too fancy. "Hub City Tacomas", for my corner of the state. Leave them on windshields and whatnot.

 

I have seen it behind the tail light, in the storage bins by the tailgate, in the gas lid compartment, some have ran it up under the hood

Gas lid-http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/15223-diy-differential-breather-extension.html

Tail Light-http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/286097-rear-diff-vent-behind-tail-light-mod.html

Extra Info-http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/off-roading-trails/15093-scuba-mod-relocating-front-rear-diff-tranny-transfer-case-e-locker-breather.html