Author Topic: My 98 Toyota Tacoma TRD V6 with a 5" lift (Read 38845 times)

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #30 on:** Apr 08, 2010, 09:21:31 PM »

Hells Revenge cont...

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #31 on:** May 12, 2010, 09:47:33 PM »

Worked on my bumper some more. Hopefully I will be finished with it soon.

Also my bosses dad made me a custom pry and alignment bar.

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2010, 08:47:54 PM »

painted hitch cover

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #33 on:** May 26, 2010, 07:55:12 PM »

Finally got the bumper painted and on. Now I just need to modify the hitch.

Mega Baby Huey · « **Reply #34 on:** Jun 30, 2010, 01:35:40 AM »

bump for the sweet truck!!!!

you're welcome!!!

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #35 on:** Jun 30, 2010, 09:06:29 PM »

Quote from: Mega Mormon on Jun 30, 2010, 01:35:40 AM

bump for the sweet truck!!!!

you're welcome!!!

thanks mega mormon

Mega Baby Huey · « **Reply #36 on:** Jul 01, 2010, 09:31:27 AM »

that's what i'm here for!

coarsegoldca · « **Reply #37 on:** Jul 07, 2010, 10:44:04 PM »

sick bro

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #38 on:** Sep 25, 2010, 10:01:10 PM »

Next plans for my rear bumper:

THK Matt · « **Reply #39 on:** Sep 26, 2010, 02:51:12 PM »

I dig it!

BlueTaco · « **Reply #40 on:** Sep 28, 2010, 07:35:04 PM »

Quote from: Yota87Truck on May 10, 2009, 08:40:42 PM

Hey...

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #41 on:** Jun 28, 2011, 05:00:34 PM »

Wow it's been a while since I have updated.

My rear Bumper and Hitch are finished.
I have a set of Off road Tires 33x10.5 R15 BFG KM2
My front bumper got painted and finished enough for moab. I still need to tweak it and add the top plate

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #42 on:** Jun 28, 2011, 05:04:34 PM »

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #43 on:** Jun 28, 2011, 05:09:24 PM »

Also fixed my door lock cylinder finally. It has had fits since I bought the truck. I can now unlock the passenger door with the key from the driver side. After tearing it apart no wonder it didn't work. 2 of the tumblers were messed up. Overall a way easier fix than expected. If I were to do it again I would have just had the locksmith fix my broken one instead of buying from toyota

and having the locksmith re key it.

OH well

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #44 on:** Nov 12, 2011, 08:34:31 AM »

Moab vid, here is my wife with a little 3 wheelin' action:
http://youtu.be/gznlEJ3Sbv8?t=53s

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #45 on:** Nov 12, 2011, 08:55:46 AM »

Moab 2011 Pics (way late)

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #46 on:** Nov 12, 2011, 08:59:49 AM »

More pics...

And the last pic is the famous yearly Moab brake job. Moab 2010 I had to do my front brakes, this year my back brakes. But come to find out it was actually my e brake cable that seized causing me to think I needed new brakes.

sabatoa1 · « **Reply #47 on:** Dec 30, 2011, 09:47:38 PM »

You should come run the snakes at five mile with us sun. We have a big group going and I think you will have a blast.

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #48 on:** Dec 31, 2011, 09:50:23 AM »

Sweet. I'll see what I can do. What time?, and where are you meeting?

yotaneck13 · « **Reply #49 on:** Dec 31, 2011, 10:41:10 AM »

lookn good

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #50 on:** Jan 13, 2012, 07:30:11 PM »

Did this a while back. Figured I'd throw up some pics of it. Funny I have had my green hitch cover on my truck for a while now (about a year ago I built it) built from ballistic fab skulls and now they sell hitch covers, which are a little larger than the ones I have made.

Here is a build of the one I made for my wife to throw on when she drives my truck.

My hitch cover:

My recent purchased tool!

wire:

Modified Hitch:

burnt hornets nest:

burnt hornets nest2:

before sanding, this skull sat for a while before I got around to making it.

after quick sanding

holes filled and ground smooth

holes sanded smooth

welded onto hitch end

painted black

painted end pink

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #51 on:** Jan 13, 2012, 07:58:29 PM »

Last weekend I started building my sliders

Tools I will be using for build:
Lincoln 140 Welder
Angle Grinder
Sander

Specs 80" long by 6" wide 1-5/8" diameter

75% of materials rough cut (this is what came out of 1 length of tube)

made a template out of painters tape, trial and error until I found what worked. The first cuts I basically made in 2 cuts but it created more of a V shape

After working with my cuts I found it was better to cut this way. I actually used a combination of the two cuts and cut at this angle with 2 cuts like first.

After making the cuts you have to take a grinder to the tips so the curvature of the tube matches. I just grabbed a spare piece an ground it til it matched. I just eyeballed everything like matching the 2 ends of the connector pipes. Seemed to work fine. Everything came out great for not owning a notcher.

On the agenda for tomorrow, patch father in laws roof and sand, weld and prime at least one slider.

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #52 on:** Jan 21, 2012, 07:29:43 PM »

Got one side welded together:

Still one side to go, paint and legs.

stufftheifs- · « **Reply #53 on:** Feb 11, 2012, 05:20:18 PM »

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #54 on:** Feb 27, 2012, 07:17:29 PM »

Sliders welded on

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #55 on:** Feb 27, 2012, 07:38:48 PM »

Definitely a learning experience to build my own. And the part that I thought was going to take the longest was actually the easiest and the part I thought would be easy took a while. If you have the money it is definably worth it to buy them. Although this depends on the tools available to you. What took me the longest was notching the pipe. I did not expect this to take as long as it did. welding it onto the truck I thought was going to be difficult, but I just tack welded it on the bottom of the sliders to the frame. Then I tacked all the legs and sliders on and then bent it until it broke my tack welds off the frame. I welded final welded up everything (moving frequently) and painted and installed.

These took me about 3 Saturday projects. Non pressure, probably 3 half days to install.

daniresch · « **Reply #56 on:** Feb 27, 2012, 08:11:02 PM »

the sliders look great, way to do them yourself!

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #57 on:** Feb 28, 2012, 07:05:00 PM »

Next project for Moab is suspension:

U-bolt flip kit
bump stops
custom leafs (current combined with 02 leaf pack)
new shock mounts ( /\ style )
possible extended brake line (Haven't looked at mine, had blocks on it when purchased but ya never know)
t case protection
modify front bumper
and with time add to rear bumper (quarter panel protection)

Mega Baby Huey · « **Reply #58 on:** Feb 28, 2012, 08:19:01 PM »

you gonna put your front bumper on before moab?

Yota87Truck · « **Reply #59 on:** Feb 28, 2012, 08:48:56 PM »

Regardless whether I get around to modifying it I will put it on for Moab.

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