Zam15’s Tacoma Build

[Clutch]

yea i think you could make it work with a tundra rear axle and some tweaking. I do like how you get to keep the full bed though. The CO rates right and you can haul a ton of weight good too.

Just got message back from Giant...yeah just need a wider axle. How much wider is the 1st gen Tundra rear end?

 

[Blackdawg]

Just got message back from Giant...yeah just need a wider axle. How much wider is the 1st gen Tundra rear end?

6'' wide, 3 per side.

this a 1st gen tundra/t100 rear axle. Uses the same 8.4'' diff too so if your not an elocker you can swap your diff over if you have gears and arb. what i plan on doing.

 

[Zam15]

Tundra axle would nearly match the front end, just wider +6" wider than the stock Tacoma I believe. Although it would not be that much of an upgrade strength wise. The owner of the fab shop I go to has blown several tundra diffs on his double cab so he upgraded to a Ford 9".

The Giant kit is not bad... But I see a few issues that would keep me away. First the lower links hang lower than other setups I have seen and I can picture smashing them into things on the trail. Also the air shocks on the lower links, not sure how durable those would be.. I would rather have one top link, panhard bar + sway bar setup. Or possibly two top links reversed to the rear of the truck.

Like this artic tacoma from several pages back.

Rear suspension: Custom 3 link HT springs Bilstein coil over + Bypass 600 mm (23.6") of travel
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[Clutch]

Are those Reiger CO's on the arctic truck?

I hear you on the Giant kit.

Looks like it works well though.

 

[Clutch]

6'' wide, 3 per side.

this a 1st gen tundra/t100 rear axle. Uses the same 8.4'' diff too so if your not an elocker you can swap your diff over if you have gears and arb. what i plan on doing.

Thanks...I was too lazy to look up the specs.

Sounds like a cool plan.

Found this on Tacoma World. Looks to be what Zam is talking about.

 

[Zam15]

Thanks...I was too lazy to look up the specs.

Sounds like a cool plan.

Found this on Tacoma World. Looks to be what Zam is talking about.

Ooooo! Nice find! Your Google foo is superior to my own! :coffeedrink: :bowdown:

Now I finally have a picture example to use! :drool:

I would go with something similar, the upper links would be super close to that setup. But I would use trailing arms with the coilovers and bypass shocks attached rather than just lower links and coilovers attached to the axle. His post said he was getting 19" of travel out of the rear. I would be more than happy with those numbers! Dude.....

 

[Clutch]

Ooooo! Nice find! Your Google foo is superior to my own! :coffeedrink: :bowdown:

Now I finally have a picture example to use! :drool:

I thought for sure you saw that before. Found it by complete accident! LOL

Not crazy about his lower links, not beefy enough for my taste, plus I would want the CO's up by the cab. Giant does have weld your own link kit, if you don't have the means of cutting your own plate, has a nice little how-to video on it too.

Their website seems to be acting funny right now...cant seem to find it on there.

From their FB page $550 for the kit

 

[Blackdawg]

550 for a WIY kit?! ****..thats a deal right there.

I like the reverse links too..but i have not read many good things about it since the axle is wanting to go backwards and the links are pushing the axle instead of pulling it..

 

[Zam15]

I thought for sure you saw that before. Found it by complete accident! LOL

Not crazy about his lower links, not beefy enough for my taste, plus I would want the CO's up by the cab. Giant does have weld your own link kit, if you don't have the means of cutting your own plate, has a nice little how-to video on it too.

Their website seems to be acting funny right now...cant seem to find it on there.

From their FB page $550 for the kit

Think we have a winning combo right there... Too bad I can't weld but I know some pros that can lay down better welds than I could dream of doing.

Next would would be to re-route the exhaust and drop in a passer side tank from an old school Toyota "pickup" 32 Gal, low and center CG, no Jerry cans, skid plates and high clearance :elkgrin:

BD - Ya that is my only concern... But I have never heard from anyone that has actually run or seen a setup, so it's all just hearsay at this point. Wish I could ask that guy if he had any issues but from the post he indicated it drove great and looks like he even towed with it just fine.

 

[Clutch]

Think we have a winning combo right there... Too bad I can't weld but I know some pros that can lay down better welds than I could dream of doing.

I have learned a lot of from this guy. But I have good and bad days.

Next would would be to re-route the exhaust and drop in a passer side tank from an old school Toyota "pickup" 32 Gal, low and center CG, no Jerry cans, skid plates and high clearance :elkgrin:

Now you're talking!

 

[Clutch]

550 for a WIY kit?! ****..thats a deal right there.
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Yeah it is, wish I could find his step by step video, he walks you through the whole process...tells you a couple little tricks too.

It was on their website...but seems to be down currently.

 

[Blackdawg]

what old toyota truck came with 32? my 86 and 87 did NOT come with 32 gal tanks..haha

 

[Zam15]

I meant the total capacity of two stock tanks.
How big was the tank on your old truck? On our current tanks they are 16/17Gal.

 

[Clutch]

Wonder if you could fit two 1st gen Tundra tanks in there, aren't they 20 gals? IIRC?

 

[Zam15]

"The 1989 Pickup had three fuel tank options: 13.7 gallons, 17.2 gallons or 19.3 gallons"

18.5 (current tank) + 19.3 = 37.8 Gal capacity.

Close enough to the Tundra.... I like "pickup" tanks because they were designed to go on the passenger side of the truck so I don't think it would take much work to get one installed and hooked up. It will also remove any Taco lean haha