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FJAggie07
10-20-2008, 11:34 PM
Brought home a new toyota tonight. Next wheeling rig since the 4runner hasn't gotten anywhere quick. I will list the details tomorrow, too late tonight. First truck in the line of trucks here.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/LSLC%20Round-Up%2008/LSCR_47.jpg

BroncoJo
10-20-2008, 11:37 PM
more specs?

CheapJeep
10-20-2008, 11:39 PM
You going to sas it?

Do you still have the FJ-40 or what happened with it?

FJAggie07
10-20-2008, 11:47 PM
You going to sas it?

Maybe in a year or two. I might start building an axle in the garage.

start of the specs...

96 Extended Cab Tacoma with 3.4L V6 and 5-speed
128,xxx miles (most of them towed behind an RV)
4.88 Gears
Lock Right Front and Rear
Front Rand twin stick
33" BFG Mud Terrains
2" Body Lift
3" Old Man Emu shocks and springs up front
Custom Alcan Springs in the back with Downey Shackles
Painted Factory Dune Beige Color #0416 from the 78+ Land Cruisers
Rock-Tek front bumper
Ramsey 8K winch with Synthetic Line
Tuffy lockable center console
Custom tube flat bed with roll bar, shovel mount and hi lift mount
CM something or other spare tire mount
Tractor Supply tool box :gigem:
Rock-Teck Sliders
Some kind of skids
Hell she even has Cruise control, power locks, power windows, AM/FM and Tape Deck and COLD AC :gigem:

Ok that's all I can remember right now. It was a good friend of mine's truck and his boy was getting a little big for the back seat of an extended cab so he is buying himself a 4 door taco, and after spending so much time making no progress on the 4Runner I decided to go the easy route for a little while. Bought not built...:)

FJAggie07
10-20-2008, 11:48 PM
The 40 is Dad's and it will be finished with it's mini resto on friday, along with my FJ Cruiser from its body work.

TexTJ209
10-20-2008, 11:49 PM
Looks like a badass rig, I like it.

FJAggie07
10-20-2008, 11:49 PM
I will get more pics tomorrow in the light, that just happened to be one from us wheeling.

Shaggy
10-21-2008, 07:01 AM
you should take it to Mason this weekend

FJAggie07
10-21-2008, 08:16 AM
Taking her to Gilmer this weekend for the Land Cruiser ICBM/Halloween Run.

JeepPhisherman
10-21-2008, 08:28 AM
I know what diff would go good in the front of that truck with a mini-truck or diamond housing.

jerryg79
10-21-2008, 09:18 AM
Don't let Bob near it, ask coop!

william_ace
10-21-2008, 09:45 AM
Taking her to Gilmer this weekend for the Land Cruiser ICBM/Halloween Run.

cool i'll be in gilmer this weekend too

JeepPhisherman
10-21-2008, 10:30 AM
Who's truck was that Chris?

FJAggie07
10-21-2008, 10:32 AM
Jacque's, Or Coonass on TTR and TTORA

J Cooper
10-21-2008, 12:03 PM
Don't let Bob near it, ask coop!

**** that guy!

JeepPhisherman
10-21-2008, 02:49 PM
So, you need a 5.29 e-locked diff?

FJAggie07
10-21-2008, 03:39 PM
Nope. I am not planning on swapping an axle for at least 1 to 2 years. at that point I will decide what kind of stuff I want to run ;)

8Runner
10-21-2008, 09:10 PM
Sweet - way to keep it in the slant eye club.

Eckert
10-21-2008, 10:01 PM
Nope. I am not planning on swapping an axle for at least 1 to 2 years. at that point I will decide what kind of stuff I want to run ;)

boo, you sure do have a hard on for toyota IFS. nice looking truck, any more pics?

FJAggie07
10-21-2008, 11:01 PM
It's what I am used to.

Reckless
10-21-2008, 11:17 PM
Your use to gay man sex but doesnt mean you should keep doing it. What would the wife think?:flipoff3:

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 10:07 AM
snapped some pics in the driveway this morning as I was running out the door to get in the car.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/SSPX0093.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/SSPX0090.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/SSPX0091.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/SSPX0092.jpg[/QUOTE]

breckboarder55
10-22-2008, 10:56 AM
Nice truck! I've always like Toyota's. Would be happy to see any of your rigs in action, since I am yet to see an FJ in its natural habitat.

Fredo
10-22-2008, 11:04 AM
Turns out the natural habitat of an FJ is the campground while the driver rides around in a Scout. :flipoff2: :D

I like the new rig....needs a solid front axle though.

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 11:14 AM
Turns out the natural habitat of an FJ is the campground while the driver rides around in a Scout. :flipoff2: :D

I like the new rig....needs a solid front axle though.

Bad juju....

Yes, I know. But if I do it, I will do it right. Diamond Axle housing, Toyota parts, coil overs, it will be BADASS, and I don't have the money right now for BADASS, I have the money for a Waggy axle and some leafs so I think I will stick to IFS. :gigem:

uglyota
10-22-2008, 11:17 AM
Pretty cool rig. Are you going to change anything on it right now? Seems like integrating the cage and bed a little better would help its looks a lot
Oh and check your gear oil...it appears to be out :D

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 11:27 AM
Only thing I am going to work on in the near future is changing out the radio for a factory toyota 6 disc changer i have sitting in the garage.

uglyota
10-22-2008, 11:36 AM
does it have A/C?

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 12:28 PM
Cold A/C! Power windows and locks too (that work I might add)

JB
10-22-2008, 12:42 PM
reminds me of Frankentaco. Whatver happened to that guy?

uglyota
10-22-2008, 12:50 PM
sweet ass. I'd sell the lexus and DD it

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 12:57 PM
The Lexus is the wife's, I gots no control over that :). But I drove the Taco to work yesterday and loved it, it will now be a toss up between the FJC and the Tacoma as to what I drive for fun :D

Doug Krebs
10-22-2008, 02:29 PM
Looks like fun! I've always had a thing for rigs that can do well on the trail and then drive home.

BMFScout
10-22-2008, 03:24 PM
Looks like fun! I've always had a thing for rigs that can do well on the trail and then drive home.

You should get one that can do that some day dougie!

I dig it. I'd ditch the FJ and get a corvette. Then you have an off-road rig and something fun to drive on the street. Then when the taco is trashed, solid axle it, sell the corvette to me (partial trade on the trailer) and buy a tow rig! You really should just consult me before doing anything with cars, I've got it all figured out! :gigem:

Also the title of this thread made me want Taco Bueno for lunch.

FJAggie07
10-22-2008, 03:57 PM
Also the title of this thread made me want Taco Bueno for lunch.

I am glad I helped? :gigem:

Definitely was looking at getting something fun and ditching the FJC, I was really eyeing that 69 Camaro that Fred posted up, BUT I have decided with how little I owe on it, and how great of a truck it is, I will keep it for my trips to Colorado. Need a good SUV to tote the family around. :)

uglyota
10-22-2008, 04:52 PM
you could take the lexus to colorado and rent a 4wd when you get here. Hell I'll rent you the uglytruck and you won't have to worry about dinging it up!

DRAGOONRANCH
10-22-2008, 11:09 PM
would a ding even show up on it???

CheapJeep
10-23-2008, 02:52 AM
Look's badass. I dig it, nice and clean!:gigem:

I like that bed, exo needs more triangulation...:flipoff2:

uglyota
10-23-2008, 09:28 AM
would a ding even show up on it???

You can tell the new dings because they're not rusted yet :gigem:
My parents haven't seen the uglytruck in several years...might need to get video of their reaction tomorrow :D

DRAGOONRANCH
10-23-2008, 10:05 AM
the old ones on the beast don't rust, they just show the old Missouri Dept. of Transportation Yellow through. Video would be good. I need to get some of my gma when she watches some of the vids from the trail. :gigem:

Sharpe
10-23-2008, 12:24 PM
Yah my mom dropped a few F-bombs when she saw Pigpen for the first time in three years at my ringdunk...

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 12:34 PM
Ok been a while since I updated the thread. I have a big event coming up in two weeks and I decided it was time to make some upgrades to the Taco Bueno. since I am still getting used to how she wheels I decided not to do any wheeling upgrades but rather spend a couple of hundred bucks and replace the 1996 Tape Deck/AM/FM Wonderfulness.

-Pioneer Deck with CD player and USB cord for Ipod Control
-JL Audio 8" w3 Sub
-Pioneer 2 way door speakers
-Phoenix Gold 300x4 Amp to power it all

Pretty conservative system but it should be plenty to bump the Nuge down the trails.

Also got a couple of Tractor Lights that I am going to be using as back up lights in the rear. have to wire those up.

finally I traded a Clarke 220V Welder and cart for an ARB air locker and compressor for the front so I will be installing that in the next month or two.

Pics of it currently... to document progress. Will post pics of new stereo after tonight or tomorrow.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/CIMG0740.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/CIMG0742.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/CIMG0747.jpg

uglyota
12-31-2008, 12:59 PM
cute. needs dents. What are those stickers on your ds window?

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 01:02 PM
It's a thing in our club, a bullet style sticker for every run you go on.

uglyota
12-31-2008, 01:08 PM
oh, that is cute :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 01:37 PM
oh, that is cute :flipoff2:

how did I know this was coming...? :( :flipoff2:

BMFScout
12-31-2008, 01:57 PM
I have those on my truck too, but instead of stickers it's dents and then I just write with sharpie in the dent what run it came from.

uglyota
12-31-2008, 02:08 PM
sharpie on a black truck, eh? No wonder I've never noticed them :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 02:14 PM
I like my trucks to stay pretty :flipoff2:

Sharpe
12-31-2008, 02:34 PM
I like my trucks to stay pretty :flipoff2:

I was gonna say its too perdy for TAMOR. :flipoff2: Even Lynda's jeep has a few scratches already!

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 02:37 PM
Hey I have only gotten to wheel it once so far! This winter has been busy, I just hope she doesn't get as ugly as the FJ Cruiser was before I did the body work.

BMFScout
12-31-2008, 02:52 PM
Why bother with an off-road rig if you're skeered to scratch the paint? I'd get a corvette or something you can rub down with a diaper. It's a silver sharpie, ass.

FJAggie07
12-31-2008, 03:08 PM
Why bother with an off-road rig if you're skeered to scratch the paint? I'd get a corvette or something you can rub down with a diaper. It's a silver sharpie, ass.

Who said i was skeered to scratch the paint? I have already put a dent in the drivers door my first trip, leaned her into a tree, and there are scratches up and down it, that is the good thing about light colored paint. :) I just like for it to look perdy.:gigem:

jerryg79
12-31-2008, 03:29 PM
All those stickers for one run?

What is it like JROTC, they give you a sticker for pulling on and off the trailer, turning on the headlights, and not popping a boner?

Fredo
12-31-2008, 03:30 PM
Yeah...me too. That's why Lurch is always so beau-ti-ful. :rolleyes:

uglyota
12-31-2008, 03:44 PM
I am trying to understand why this always happens and it totally escapes me. At least it's funny!

BMFScout
12-31-2008, 03:46 PM
Why what happens?

uglyota
12-31-2008, 03:48 PM
why anything chris posts gets sh1t on. spectacularly.

Lynda
12-31-2008, 03:51 PM
I was gonna say its too perdy for TAMOR. :flipoff2: Even Lynda's jeep has a few scratches already!

A few...heck, the truck has already rolled twice. It stays pretty becuase it has steel body armour and so it doesn't dent :gigem:

All I know is that my dad gave me bullet holes as a stocking stuffer in 1999 for my Jeep and Scott told me that was the gayest thing ever. So I never put them on and still have them stashed in a filing cabnet. I'll send them your way :D

I do like the yota though

BMFScout
12-31-2008, 03:55 PM
All I know is that my dad gave me bullet holes as a stocking stuffer in 1999 for my Jeep and Scott told me that was the gayest thing ever. So I never put them on and let Scott run my life from then on out, and never expressed myself without running it by him first ever again. I'll send them your way :D

:flipoff2: I got the gayest fuzzy flamed dice ever from my nieces one year. They went straight on the scout and I never looked back.

Lynda
12-31-2008, 08:52 PM
:flipoff2:

Sharpe
12-31-2008, 09:43 PM
A few...heck, the truck has already rolled twice. It stays pretty becuase it has steel body armour and so it doesn't dent :gigem:

All I know is that my dad gave me bullet holes as a stocking stuffer in 1999 for my Jeep and Scott told me that was the gayest thing ever. So I never put them on and still have them stashed in a filing cabnet. I'll send them your way :D

I do like the yota though

I would put them all over Pigpen without hesitating. I am still in the market for an "Aint Skeered" decal as well :gigem:

Lynda
12-31-2008, 10:26 PM
I could probably find you one of those too :)

redcagepatrol
12-31-2008, 10:46 PM
That Taco is pretty sweet looking, I bet it wheels great too.

I'm still a Toyota purist up to a point - like I'm tired of fixing the Toyota 8" in the Patrol, time to spend some money on something different...

Cool stuff, too bad there's no way I can get the Patrol finished for the next (Toyota) trip. - And I hate Gilmer...

FJAggie07
01-01-2009, 12:52 AM
All those stickers for one run?

What is it like JROTC, they give you a sticker for pulling on and off the trailer, turning on the headlights, and not popping a boner?

No not one run, it was a truck within our club before I bought it, so it has all the runs it has been on. Unfortunately I didn't religiously participate in the sticker tradition on the FJC and have a lot of them on my toolbox but I think it is cool.


why anything chris posts gets sh1t on. spectacularly.

Ah it's no big deal.

FJAggie07
01-01-2009, 12:53 AM
That Taco is pretty sweet looking, I bet it wheels great too.


Actually it really does. I haven't pointed it at a 3 or 4 at BMRA that it hasn't crawled up. I really like it, hopefully I can bring it out to a TAMOR run soon and show it off. :)

FJAggie07
01-01-2009, 12:54 AM
That Taco is pretty sweet looking, I bet it wheels great too.


Actually it really does. I haven't pointed it at a 3 or 4 at BMRA that it hasn't crawled up. I really like it, hopefully I can bring it out to a TAMOR run soon and show it off. :)

jerryg79
01-01-2009, 02:36 AM
so no sticker for not popping a boner, what a gay club!

BMFScout
01-01-2009, 03:49 AM
it's ifs, bringi to tclayton or katemcy,. if you donot agree, se the drun postin thread. i podsted without editing, I'vr never been this hammered, happy new years!!! I'm just sayingit can't hang with as $700 scout,. but past that I',m hammered so whatever.

BMFScout
01-01-2009, 03:50 AM
your ifs **** sucks, thats hammered speak too

Sharpe
01-01-2009, 04:01 AM
it's ifs, bringi to tclayton or katemcy,. if you donot agree, se the drun postin thread. i podsted without editing, I'vr never been this hammered, happy new years!!! I'm just sayingit can't hang with as $700 scout,. but past that I',m hammered so whatever.


your ifs **** sucks, thats hammered speak too

I would say Fred should take you to the ER but he's probably worse off wherever he is right now.

Fredo
01-01-2009, 05:23 AM
I represent that comment. Actually, I don't. i had a pretty subdued new years. I figured 2008 sucked so bad, that I would take it easy in hopes that 2009 does the same for me. Time will tell I guess. All I know is I just got home and I can hear Jimmy sawing some logs from the kitchen, much less the rest of the house.

JB
01-01-2009, 11:11 AM
Old pictures? Or do you still have the 4runner?

FJAggie07
01-01-2009, 07:50 PM
Nope don't have the Runner still, I just took those pics the day I sold the 4runner. Haven't changed the outer appearance since.

Thanks Jimmy for the pep talk on IFS.

Worked all day on a stupid stereo install. Kept getting a whole bunch of alternator whine. Disassembled the whole install about 6 times before I finally realized that the antenna was causing some kind of grounding loop thing. what a ****ing pain in the ass.

BMFScout
01-01-2009, 11:13 PM
Sorry Chris, I haven't been that hammered since college, good times.

FJAggie07
01-19-2009, 11:49 PM
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f108/Fosterja/Lone%20Star%20Toyota%20Jamboree%2009/101_0064.jpg

Went wheeling this weekend and had a blast, took the Taco up the Exit to Sierra Skyview in Fred and Lurch's defense and made it up without any body damage. Good times indeed. Will be updating this thread with pics of this thing actually wheeling. :D

redcagepatrol
01-20-2009, 09:05 AM
I like the Land Cruiser 4WD emblem...

Sharpe
02-16-2009, 07:43 PM
Chris, can you get me a pic or two of the tube bed from directly behind the truck and a quartering away angle from each side? I'm planning on stealing a few ideas for Pigpen's bed.

FJAggie07
02-16-2009, 10:39 PM
I'll try to snap some in the next couple of days but I think I can get a couple of them now...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/DSC00754.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/DSC00622.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/P1010124-1.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/SSPX0092.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/SSPX0093.jpg

FJAggie07
03-22-2009, 10:45 PM
Made the trip to K-Rocks this past weekend for the Lone Star Land Cruiser Roundup. I busted a CV inside of my Hub trying to go up Waterfall. Limped it back to camp and changed the CV and Hub and now my damn truck won't steer while the hubs are locked. Anybody got any ideas. I am going to figure out tomorrow night wether it is just the hub i replaced or both. May reinstall the CV just to make sure everything got seated right in the spindle.

Eckert
03-22-2009, 11:04 PM
my friend just got back from the round up. man was his FJ40 screwed up. must have been a good time.

fix=sas

FJAggie07
03-22-2009, 11:34 PM
my friend just got back from the round up. man was his FJ40 screwed up. must have been a good time.

fix=sas

Definitely got me thinking about it that is for sure. I wouldn't have this CV issue if I threw a 60 up there...

bcolman
03-22-2009, 11:52 PM
Definitely got me thinking about it that is for sure. I wouldn't have this CV issue if I threw a 60 up there...

my brother has one in the garage that is for sale, just do it :D

Graystroke
03-22-2009, 11:53 PM
can you get them out of sinc? maybe when you put the cv back in it is out of phase w/ the inner and is binding

DRAGOONRANCH
03-23-2009, 03:19 AM
Dont listen to him Chris!:flipoff2:

Yeah, keep tryin to prove the ifs is better! U kin do eet!`

FJAggie07
03-23-2009, 08:35 AM
Yeah, keep tryin to prove the ifs is better! U kin do eet!`

Well it is only the first time i have ever broken anything on the Toyota IFS in three years of IFS rigs... ;) :flipoff2:

AggieTJ2007
03-23-2009, 09:07 AM
yeah and it only took me 3 years to break a dana 30 so what are you trying to say.

anways, do you have the ARB in the front yet? if so I would check it first

it sounds like the CV is binding somehow, we need pictures

FJAggie07
03-23-2009, 09:30 AM
yeah and it only took me 3 years to break a dana 30 so what are you trying to say.

anways, do you have the ARB in the front yet? if so I would check it first

it sounds like the CV is binding somehow, we need pictures

Nah I actually ended up selling the ARB, and still have the Loc-Rite up front.

I am uploading some pics of the break now, it will be wednesday before I can start disassembling it.

DRAGOONRANCH
03-23-2009, 09:53 AM
Well it is only the first time i have ever broken anything on the Toyota IFS in three years of IFS rigs... ;) :flipoff2:

you wheel like a *******...


yeah and it only took me 3 years to break a dana 30 so what are you trying to say.

anways, do you have the ARB in the front yet? if so I would check it first

it sounds like the CV is binding somehow, we need pictures
and you were just the luckiest sumbiatch known to man (unless this was before Eric started giving you wheelin lessons ;) )

Fredo
03-23-2009, 10:05 AM
you wheel like a *******...



Almost had coffee coming out of my nose on that one. Thanks Ed.

DRAGOONRANCH
03-23-2009, 10:08 AM
as long as it almost ruined your company computer than I have done my good deed for he day. :D

but being that it is sunday, you better not have your ass at work like other dumbasses I know, and better have a line you are gettin ready to wet, or lots of wrenches to turn. :D

FJAggie07
03-23-2009, 10:10 AM
as long as it almost ruined your company computer than I have done my good deed for he day. :D

but being that it is sunday, you better not have your ass at work like other dumbasses I know, and better have a line you are gettin ready to wet, or lots of wrenches to turn. :D

It's monday morning in the states goober.

DRAGOONRANCH
03-23-2009, 10:32 AM
It's monday morning in the states goober.

yeah, well it's monday evening here. now who's the goober?


wait, nm. :doh:

FJAggie07
03-23-2009, 11:39 AM
Not to self if you wedge tire between two rocks

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/LSLC%20Round-Up%202009/IMG_1173.jpg

don't gas it to hard or this will happen...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/LSLC%20Round-Up%202009/IMG_1178.jpg

uglyota
03-23-2009, 01:14 PM
(unless this was before Eric started giving you wheelin lessons ;) )

for the record, I haven't taught creighton anything he didn't already know about the stupid pedal. Pretty sure he was born that way :D

DRAGOONRANCH
03-23-2009, 01:27 PM
for the record, I haven't taught creighton anything he didn't already know about the stupid pedal. Pretty sure he was born that way :D

:laughing: I don't doubt that.

Graystroke
06-13-2009, 11:56 PM
you need this
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/pts/1185098979.html

FJAggie07
06-14-2009, 05:18 PM
Wow. Neat find Grayson.

Reckless
06-14-2009, 11:30 PM
For 2k, thats not bad

FJAggie07
07-22-2009, 10:30 PM
So for the past four months my truck has had some weird bind in it. Finally got around to taking a look at it with a couple Toyota mechanic buddies and after taking it apart and reassembling I think my front Lock-Rite has done blowed up.

I have three choices:

1) Replace said Lunch box locker - $300?
2) Replace with ARB - ~$1200
3) Let it sit for about 8-10 months and collect parts for Solid Axle Swap - $1000 - $3000

:D

AggieTJ2007
07-22-2009, 10:36 PM
it is probably just the pins which you can get for like $18 and takes a couple of hours. I would just replace those and call it good for now

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWT-1025350KAP/

BroncoJo
07-22-2009, 10:37 PM
thats easy number 3

bcolman
07-22-2009, 10:39 PM
id say 3 or maybe this is a good reason to sell it and get some thing else :flipoff2:

Eckert
07-22-2009, 10:40 PM
thats easy number 3

x2

word on the street you can do a complete sas with two all-nighters.

bcolman
07-22-2009, 10:41 PM
x2

word on the street you can do a complete sas with two all-nighters.

you just need some random people to stop by and help out

AggieTJ2007
07-22-2009, 10:41 PM
yeah but you have to have a welder at the house already

AggieTJ2007
07-22-2009, 10:41 PM
you just need some random people to stop by and help out

Rowdy?

Eckert
07-22-2009, 10:42 PM
you just need some random people to stop by and help out
:gigem:



Rowdy?

rowdy is only good for finding blown fuses!

BroncoJo
07-22-2009, 10:47 PM
this doesn't feel right but...

without Rowdy I don't think we would have ever made it :shakeheadindisgust::gigem:

FJAggie07
07-22-2009, 10:50 PM
it is probably just the pins which you can get for like $18 and takes a couple of hours. I would just replace those and call it good for now

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWT-1025350KAP/

This is a great idea, if at this point I felt like getting my diff out of there. Between my skids and pulling a front diff in a taco, that is half a day right there. :(

No matter what this situation is going to sit in the driveway for a little while.

And no Brian I ain't selling the thing. Jackass. :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
07-22-2009, 10:50 PM
And I was leaning towards Number 3 also... :D

DRAGOONRANCH
07-22-2009, 10:50 PM
rowdy is only good for finding blown fuses!

And that's only because he can't stand to have one actually working.

I agree w/ Creighton, try to fix the pins (and if that's it, save the money for the sas).

Reckless
07-22-2009, 10:51 PM
:gigem: rowdy is only good for finding blown fuses!


this doesn't feel right but...

without Rowdy I don't think we would have ever made it :shakeheadindisgust::gigem:

not just fuses, bad oil pumps and fuel injection too

Eckert
07-22-2009, 10:55 PM
not just fuses, bad oil pumps and fuel injection too

i still have no idea what those damn triangles on the pump meant. that truck made me hate 22re's.

FJAggie07
07-22-2009, 10:56 PM
I agree w/ Creighton, try to fix the pins (and if that's it, save the money for the sas).

I think this is my motivation to start saving for the Swap. I have the new (to us) beater 40 to wheel for a while and the Taco ain't costing me anything to sit in storage at the Ranch for a while until I have an axle and all the suspension and steering sorted out. Decisions, decisions...

Eckert
07-22-2009, 11:00 PM
from my experience, trail gears quality control is not par with the other companies, spend the extra.

personally id just buy a marlin kit and be done with it, given you have the cash.

BMFScout
07-22-2009, 11:02 PM
This is a great idea, if at this point I felt like getting my diff out of there. Between my skids and pulling a front diff in a taco, that is half a day right there. :(

No matter what this situation is going to sit in the driveway for a little while.

And no Brian I ain't selling the thing. Jackass. :flipoff2:

Don't forget yanking the shafts so you can get the diff out. I'd say sell it if you can't find the time to fix something this simple, or just pay to have it fixed and get on with it. SAS is the correct way to fix this problem, the IFS **** evidently doesn't work.

FJAggie07
07-22-2009, 11:12 PM
from my experience, trail gears quality control is not par with the other companies, spend the extra.

personally id just buy a marlin kit and be done with it, given you have the cash.

That would be great if this was a 4Runner or a Truck, but it ain't it is a Tacoma. Little more difficult to do a swap. No Marlin kit. I think all-pro has a coil over kit that is way more money than i will ever spend, but there are a couple other places that have some spring hanger kits ready to go, I just need to start researching.

DRAGOONRANCH
07-22-2009, 11:19 PM
not just fuses, bad oil pumps and fuel injection too

If you ever need the heads knocked off of sparkplugs, Rowdy is definitely your man. ;)


[Fat Bastard] get on with it.[/Fat Bastard]

How I read that part when I came across it. :gigem:

Sharpe
07-23-2009, 08:10 AM
it is probably just the pins which you can get for like $18 and takes a couple of hours. I would just replace those and call it good for now

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWT-1025350KAP/


And that's only because he can't stand to have one actually working.

I agree w/ Creighton, try to fix the pins (and if that's it, save the money for the sas).

This coming from the guys that welded a lock-rite into a giant paperweight in the A&A parking lot :flipoff2:

uglyota
07-23-2009, 09:11 AM
Is there a Summit Racing in the A&A parking lot?
nope, but there sure was a welder! :D

DRAGOONRANCH
07-23-2009, 09:13 AM
This coming from the guys that welded a lock-rite into a giant paperweight in the A&A parking lot :flipoff2:

IIRC, Creighton was just drinking beer, and all I did was hold the flashlight. Besides, you try to get pins for a D30 lock-rite overnighted on a weekend to Clayton, Okrahoma!

ass

:flipoff2:

DRAGOONRANCH
07-23-2009, 09:15 AM
EDIT: Can you believe that was three years ago!

BMFScout
07-24-2009, 01:59 AM
That was the night we met the Jabnasty. I had known him for about three minutes when I asked him if he would weld up the lock-rite. I told him we could do it in the morning if he didn't want to do it at that very second. His response: "Well, in the morning I am going to be pretty hungover and probably pissed off, I say we do it now."

Please follow this comment with gay love comments, I would expect nothing less.

Reckless
07-24-2009, 02:40 AM
That was the night we met the Jabnasty. I had known him for about three minutes when I asked him if he would meet me in room 3b. I told him we could do it in the morning if he didn't want to do it at that very second. His response: "Well, in the morning I am going to be pretty hungover and probably pissed off, I say we do it now."



fixed:flipoff2:

sasquatch
07-24-2009, 02:42 AM
fixed:flipoff2:

fag

bcolman
07-24-2009, 02:44 AM
you are gay !!!!!!!, is that gay enough for you?

DRAGOONRANCH
07-24-2009, 04:18 AM
fixed:flipoff2:

Nice! :gigem:


fag

Hater! :flipoff2:

Graystroke
07-24-2009, 06:53 AM
fixed:flipoff2:

:D

FJAggie07
10-27-2009, 05:09 PM
2010 is the year of the swap on the Taco. That means it is time to start building up parts now... :gigem:



Fawk me. Looky what i just bought...

http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/ss137/yesgeek/axle.jpg

Seth
10-27-2009, 05:38 PM
Looks like its all there. How much to have it installed?

robertf03
10-27-2009, 05:39 PM
what is the necktie piece for?

FJAggie07
10-27-2009, 05:45 PM
Looks like its all there. How much to have it installed?

Don't know, but I will be paying someone to do it. I don't have the skill nor the tools. I was going to start looking around tomorrow for someone to do it.

FJAggie07
10-27-2009, 05:46 PM
what is the necktie piece for?

I think you speak of the Transfer case cross member.

bcolman
10-27-2009, 06:19 PM
i opened this up half expecting you to say the taco was sold, but this will do as well, you going to have it ready for clayton?

Eckert
10-27-2009, 06:22 PM
looks like a custom housing. saweet!

the FROR crossmember sucks IMHO.

sas is easy, dont be a puss.

you have an IFS box, why buy another?

FJAggie07
10-27-2009, 07:53 PM
Everything in the picture was included for the price. Diamond housing with v6 third w/5.29's, Detroit locker, 30 spline longfields, v6 calipers and rotors, and all-pro springs. The guy bought all that stuff and never installed it and then the economy bit him and he had to get rid of it.

Won't be ready by Clayton for sure, maybe January. I was actually thinking of selling it to buy a buggy after looking into how much a setup like this would run, but this came along at the right time.

AggieTJ2007
10-27-2009, 09:11 PM
I like that housing but all that work and just to put leaf springs under there. Well I guess anything is a step up from IFS

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 08:12 AM
I like that housing but all that work and just to put leaf springs under there. Well I guess anything is a step up from IFS

Yes it is.

uglyota
10-28-2009, 09:14 AM
Don't know, but I will be paying someone to do it. I don't have the skill nor the tools. I was going to start looking around tomorrow for someone to do it.

aw it ain't rocket surgery, you can do it. Might have to borrow your balls back for a couple of weekends though...


:flipoff2:

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 09:19 AM
aw it ain't rocket surgery, you can do it. Might have to borrow your balls back for a couple of weekends though...


:flipoff2:

Negative Ghostrider. T-Minus 3 months tomorrow until my baby is born. Balls are in complete lock down at the moment, I am a slave to what the experts call "Nesting". I will be lucky to get out of the house for Clayton.

robertf03
10-28-2009, 09:20 AM
10/28 who got that square? :flipoff2:


I don't get toyotas. Why don't people buy the wagoneer looking toyota since it already has a solid axle and leaf springs? And why don't they copy the fj80 suspension instead of the wagoneer looking toyota suspension?

Sharpe
10-28-2009, 09:36 AM
Negative Ghostrider. T-Minus 3 months tomorrow until my baby is born. Balls are in complete lock down at the moment, I am a slave to what the experts call "Nesting". I will be lucky to get out of the house for Clayton.

Funny, Davido, Scott, and Scotti didnt seem to have any problems going out and doing stuff when their ol' ladies were knocked up :flipoff2:

DRAGOONRANCH
10-28-2009, 09:39 AM
Funny, Davido, Scott, and Scotti didnt seem to have any problems going out and doing stuff when their ol' ladies were knocked up :flipoff2:

Three of the best examples of 'How to annoy the **** out of your wife just enough to run you out of the house (so you can tend to your hobbies) and not get thrown out on your ear'. :gigem:

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 09:41 AM
I don't get toyotas. Why don't people buy the wagoneer looking toyota since it already has a solid axle and leaf springs? And why don't they copy the fj80 suspension instead of the wagoneer looking toyota suspension?

So why don't people buy the 60 Series Landcruiser? People do buy the 60 Series Landcruiser all the time. One would just have to deal with the 2F motor and a huge, heavy beast of a vehicle.

Why would someone want to copy the Radius Arm style suspension of the 80 series? Because it is complex, expensive and very limited would be my guess.

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 09:43 AM
Funny, Davido, Scott, and Scotti didnt seem to have any problems going out and doing stuff when their ol' ladies were knocked up :flipoff2:

I went wheeling last weekend and I am going to Clayton, that's about as good as it gets for me :D, and I didn't have to annoy her too much ;)

Eckert
10-28-2009, 11:40 AM
10/28 who got that square? :flipoff2:


I don't get toyotas. Why don't people buy the wagoneer looking toyota since it already has a solid axle and leaf springs? And why don't they copy the fj80 suspension instead of the wagoneer looking toyota suspension?

you know damn right. i can see through your BS:flipoff2:

stx4wheeler
10-28-2009, 12:36 PM
Congrats on all sas stuff, looks pretty sweet all laid out like that.

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 02:02 PM
37's and a Lock-Rite. Ok or Disaster waiting to happen?

uglyota
10-28-2009, 02:11 PM
depends what's in the axle and if you're putting gears in the tcase. I imagine chromos would hold up. I hope they didn't put stock shiat in a diamond

DRAGOONRANCH
10-28-2009, 02:19 PM
Doo eet!

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 02:26 PM
depends what's in the axle and if you're putting gears in the tcase. I imagine chromos would hold up. I hope they didn't put stock shiat in a diamond

No this is for my Tacoma's rear. Right now my 3rd is set up with 4.88's and a Lock-Rite. I can get some 5.29's for it and have them set to match the 5.29's and Detroit that will be in the Diamond, and keep the Lock-Rite. This Option is about $650. Or I can get a new assembled Third with 5.29's and a Detroit for $1180 and sell my Third that has the 4.88's and Lock-Rite in it. Question is will the Lock-Rite hold up in the Rear of a Tacoma with 5.29's and 37's?

And no I will not Weld the Rear or Spool it, this thing will still be driven to the trails sometimes and around town when other vehicles are in the shop.

The Diamond has 30 spline Long's in it no stock shiat here. :gigem:

DRAGOONRANCH
10-28-2009, 02:34 PM
All I will say is if you are going to do it, do it right (which usually means 'not cheap'). :D/:(

uglyota
10-28-2009, 02:39 PM
It costs $650 to swap gears? I'd put 4.88s in the front if I were you. The way that last post reads you need to set up the front chunk anyway. That thing's got the v6, you'll be screaming at hwy speeds with 5.29s even with 37s, and the 4.88s are stronger.

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 02:45 PM
The front third is already set up with 5.29's and a Detroit.

$350 in Gears and install kit and $300 to have them set, I am at the mercy of the local shops due to my lack of ability in this regard.

I run 4.88's now with 33's, with the 5 Speed they are great. 5.29's and 37's will be perfect.

EDIT: I see how it could read that the third isn't set up in the Diamond yet, but it is just still on it's way to me so I used the future tense.

uglyota
10-28-2009, 03:09 PM
good lawd, that's a lotta money! If it were me, I'd wait and pick up the first 4.88 or 5.29 chunk I found a good deal on and be happy with whatever lockah it comes with, but since you're going 5.29s in the rear (and it's your money) I'd put something better in the rear.

However, you're probably going to break the stock shafts before you break the lock-rite.

OR you can take the professionally set up (hopefully?) chunk that comes with your new axle, put it in your rear axle, try your hand at setting up the gears for the front and save $300, then if the lockrite or your gear job fails, you take it out of 4x4 and drive home.

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 03:21 PM
Can't do that either. Tacoma Axle is different than the V6 Third that is in the Diamond. :(

I will start scouring TTORA for a used set up Non-Elocker Tacoma chunk. That's good advice.

Eckert
10-28-2009, 03:25 PM
just regear to 5.29s. or buy an aussie and sell the lockrite.

uglyota
10-28-2009, 03:28 PM
sell the whole Taco rear axle and put in an IFS minitruck rear axle. What are those, $150 complete? Might as well have matching diffs

Eckert
10-28-2009, 03:37 PM
yall need to do some more web wheelin...

v6 & taco diff are the same deminsions, both have 8" ring gears, with the only differnece being the squared off girdle on the taco diff, which is 'susposed' to make it stronger by cuttin down on gear deflection. the girdle is what makes it not fit in another toy housing. so by going from a taco diff to a IFS rear he would be going down in strength. your over thinking the situation. just regear to 5.29 and be done, or sell the lockrite and pick the few remaining dollars off your money tree and buy either an aussie or detroit.

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 03:43 PM
No more dollars to be plucked. I think you right, I am overthinking it. Thanks Tyler.

uglyota
10-28-2009, 03:48 PM
I thought tacos were 8.4? Is that tundra/T100?
regardless, I'd want to keep things interchangeable if possible, and the IFS minitruck axle will be plenty strong

FJAggie07
10-28-2009, 03:55 PM
It is 8.4", the E-Locker Tacoma axles are 8"

Seth
10-28-2009, 06:44 PM
weld it. you can still drive in town no prob...

8Runner
11-04-2009, 03:10 PM
I went wheeling last weekend and I am going to Clayton, that's about as good as it gets for me :D, and I didn't have to annoy her too much ;)


Bring her with you. Hayley wheeled at 7months...best incentive to put doors in the buggy ever. :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
11-04-2009, 03:11 PM
5.29's came in for the rear of the Taco today. Axle and most front end components will be here tomorrow.

bburris
11-05-2009, 01:07 PM
Your family employs someone who can set up a Ford 9" 3rd member...how much different is a Toyota 3rd?

AggieTJ2007
11-05-2009, 09:19 PM
that would be too logical

bcolman
11-05-2009, 10:04 PM
and too cheap :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
11-12-2009, 10:53 PM
fun times ahead...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/930b3b09.jpg

AggieTJ2007
11-12-2009, 10:57 PM
they put it on the pallet w/ zip ties? Wow

DRAGOONRANCH
11-12-2009, 11:30 PM
Yeah, but those are really BIG zip ties. It's cool man.

:gigem:

Doug Krebs
11-13-2009, 12:26 AM
If you're a joo like me, you'd save those big zip ties!

KrazyKarl02
11-13-2009, 12:44 AM
Wow, I mean normally I would make fun of you for something, but the zip ties, why, I mean, who would, I mean what the .......

Amazing!

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 07:40 AM
If you're a joo like me, you'd save those big zip ties!

Two steps ahead of you bud :D already saved them. The guy through everything on a pallet and tied it down with what looks like television cable and ginormous zip ties and the wrapped everything in plastic. I kept it tied down to the pallet and took it out to my parents place and unloaded it with the front end loader on their tractor, cool story I know.

DRAGOONRANCH
11-13-2009, 08:44 AM
threw

God dammit, I am not getting a very good return on my money here. Can I get a refund???

:flipoff2:

You have ~34 days, you gonna be able to get it done? :D

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 09:54 AM
No I dont think I will be able to do it Ed. But I have a back up wheeling truck and will be there no matter what.

Question for the much more knowledgeable folks on the board. Are re-centered Humvee wheels with the Double Bead-lock worth a damn? What about the 8 Bolt Vs. the 12 Bolt? The guy on Pirate selling them can get me 4 re-centered with rock rings and PVC Inserts wrapped with those 37" Humvee tires for $1178 delivered. It seems like a good deal to me but I just want to ask?

Sharpe
11-13-2009, 10:26 AM
The bias ply tires that come on the 8 bolts rims arent worth ****. When I was selling my bunch of rims I gave a couple sets of tires away because I didnt feel like disassembling the wheels. The 8 bolt wheels are designed to be used with the bias ply tires and can only hold ~35 PSI or so. The radial tires are better though. The 12 bolt wheels are stronger and designed for the radials, but IMO arent really necessary for what we do considering most wheelin tires are bias ply. Not factoring in labor, that price is a little steep. It is quite a bit of work recentering H1's but I only have ~$400 into mine, not including purchase price.

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 10:35 AM
That's including the radial 37" tires not the bias plys and 120 bucks in freight. Let me see if I can find the thread and maybe ya'll can look at it a little more and tell me what you think.

It's this dood.

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=746158&highlight=

http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=779576&highlight=

Sharpe
11-13-2009, 10:52 AM
Hmm, his work looks solid but for $200 each I would go with Trailreadies.

DRAGOONRANCH
11-13-2009, 10:52 AM
If the tires are the 37", then they are probably the Goodyear Wrangler MT's. The bias were only 36".

That is ~300/tire, not far off what it will run you if you include your time as labor to do them your self.

Rim ~40
New Center ~40-75 (depending on pressed, flat or type of design)
Rock Ring ~45
Paint ~40
PVC runflat~40
Decent 37" Wheeling Tire ~50-15

That's close to 250/wheel&tire without labor. Deals can be found, and prices can fluctuate. If the tires are brand new (or real close) then it's a pretty good deal if shipping doesn't kill it.

I think it has been mentioned before, but the 8bolt rims are more than enough for what we do. We are not trying to run a 10,000lb truck out on the trails, and we aren't running tires up near the 35psi most of the time.

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 10:55 AM
Hmm, his work looks solid but for $200 each I would go with Trailreadies.

This is why I am asking ya'll I have never run any kind of bead-lock before. I will look into these Trailreadies.

Sharpe
11-13-2009, 10:59 AM
After lookin, Trailreadies are ~$300 each, plus tires so your deal might not be a bad idea after all. I thought they were cheaper.

DRAGOONRANCH
11-13-2009, 11:00 AM
Hmm, his work looks solid but for $200 each I would go with Trailreadies.

The trailreadys will be lighter, but I think you would be hard pressed to find 4 of them w/ tires for that price.

EDIT: I am typing too slow tonight.

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 11:09 AM
Ok thanks guys for the input. I am in no rush to get this done, just probably going to buy wheels and tires by the end of the year.

DRAGOONRANCH
11-13-2009, 11:11 AM
Pressed over flat center unless you need to keep a deep backspacing.

FJAggie07
11-13-2009, 11:18 AM
yeah the quote above included Pressed centers also.

JB
11-13-2009, 11:47 AM
I recently purchased new inserts, o-rings, and other assorted items to rebuild my H1 rims and I bought it from 406 YJ. No problems and the inserts are beefy PVC. I run 8 bolts and my only leaking issues are more than likley due to me not greasing up the o-rings when I first put them together. My other issue was the ****ty inserts from USA6x6. One of them broke at K Rocks, causing me to debead a tire on Sunday.

Mounted/dismounting H1 rims is not fun. I took me about an hour per tire my first time and that was with a 12.50 tire. I am sure the wider tires are a bitch.

JB
11-13-2009, 11:48 AM
You would also want some sort of rock ring/rebar. Check Copperhead Fab for rock rings.

FJAggie07
12-12-2009, 03:40 PM
Ordered some 12 bolt beadlocks with PVC Inserts, rock rings, and 37" Radial Humvee Tires from 406YJ. I will post up pics when I get them.

Should look like this:
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t213/406yj/PowderCoated%20H1s%2014/Doublebeadlocks9-16-09001.jpg

FJAggie07
12-23-2009, 03:15 PM
Decided today that a Lock Right Locker and 37's was a bad idea so I found a guy on pirate selling a Detroit for a Tacoma rear, should have that in the next week.

Also decided in Clayton that I really REALLY liked hippie's doubler in the ugly truck so I ordered me one from Marlin for the Taco. Fun times ahead. Can't wait to get this thing finished.

uglyota
12-23-2009, 03:32 PM
meant to ask you where the taco was this weekend...also should have let you drive uglytruck a little bit, I let brian drive it. I wouldn't worry about the lockrite; that was my second busted inner on mine, but if you got a good deal on the Detroit it's definitely a better option. Shock-loading will frag a detroit though, so you might wanna upgraydd those axles :D

FJAggie07
12-23-2009, 04:06 PM
I blew up my lock right in my front running 33x10.5's and the weak point was supposed to be the CV Axle. I hope the Detroit will be ok in the back if stuff breaks I will upgrade when it do, but as long as I am regearing the rear i might as well get a better locker in there.

FJAggie07
01-05-2010, 05:37 PM
It's so shiny...


http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/8a788be0.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/6f23e496.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/ad1926cd.jpg

Eckert
01-05-2010, 09:21 PM
4.7?

FJAggie07
01-05-2010, 10:02 PM
Yup. :D they were having a sale.

Eckert
01-05-2010, 10:45 PM
360*? didn't know they were available yet.

edit: looked up the price...:eek::eek::eek:

$1500 was 'on sale'
+$350 for the trans adapter
+$250-350 for skid/cross member

then triple drilled flanges, longfield output, etc

i would have looked into a used atlas, fawk that's a lot of money.

FJAggie07
01-05-2010, 11:18 PM
Lotta modification to get an atlas in a taco, I readand read and read. No adapter needed and I already had the cross member as part of my solid axle swap stuff from FROR. It is a lot of money I agree but it will be the easiest for me (and that is worth a lot for me, seeing as how I am a mechanic tard) and with the baby due In three weeks I need easy for the the mods on the truck.

Sharpe
01-06-2010, 01:54 AM
Cool. I dont know **** about Yotas but thats alot of holes in the adapter.

uglyota
01-06-2010, 11:37 AM
holy hell are you trying to tell me I no longer have the coolest yota tcase in the club?

FJAggie07
01-06-2010, 11:52 AM
Should give me a 207:1 crawl ratio in Double Low... That is stupid slow.

DRAGOONRANCH
01-06-2010, 12:14 PM
that's only dumb low, you need another 50% to get into the stupid category... :D

FJAggie07
01-06-2010, 12:17 PM
I'm with Stooopid... ^^^^ :D

DRAGOONRANCH
01-06-2010, 12:20 PM
that's what she said...

Seth
01-06-2010, 12:36 PM
don't worry eric, you have a better story to go along with yours.

davido
01-07-2010, 02:00 AM
Should give me a 207:1 crawl ratio in Double Low... That is stupid slow.


....until you get real sized tires. :flipoff2:


Congrats on the imminent kiddo. I forgot you two were knocked up! Good times are coming. It's so much fun, and I'm not being facetious.

FJAggie07
01-24-2010, 09:23 PM
Progress...

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/d8b9d34d.jpg

DRAGOONRANCH
01-24-2010, 11:09 PM
Chiney!

This reminds me that I need to see if moms still has the 95 that got forked up in the creek. Chop the top, SAS and some real axles in it and it would make a hellufa little wheeler.

FJAggie07
01-25-2010, 09:32 AM
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/8914f217.jpg

Off with the old.

FJAggie07
02-02-2010, 08:56 PM
Ok I got the tires in last week but then the baby started kickin momma's ass and I forgot about em. I was planning on using part of our tax return to get some pitbull rockers to replace the H1 tires but delivering a baby and hospital stays were about $2300 more than i was expecting so these tires will work for now. :)

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/eab26131.jpg

Sharpe
02-02-2010, 09:19 PM
At least you got the less-****ty ones :gigem:

Shaggy
02-02-2010, 09:20 PM
what size?

85cj7
02-02-2010, 09:21 PM
those are the 37x12.5x16.5 aren't they?

FJAggie07
02-02-2010, 09:27 PM
Yeah they are the 37x12.5x16.5's. I have heard they are hard as hell too, oh well.

eight
02-02-2010, 10:45 PM
I think the real problem is that they're normally seen on fullsize trucks with normal 16.5" wheels, both of which suck and probably give them most of the bad reputation. On beadlocks, I bet you'll be OK.

DRAGOONRANCH
02-02-2010, 11:03 PM
If you air them down far enough they will break in faster and are not that bad of a tire. Had a few sets on work trucks and they always did a good job for me running around on site.

AggieTJ2007
02-02-2010, 11:22 PM
looks good

DRAGOONRANCH
02-02-2010, 11:44 PM
I saw the 'new' H1 beadlocks this morning. They look to be 32 bolts now. Will have to see if I can catch one sitting still to take a picture.

AggieTJ2007
02-03-2010, 09:34 AM
do they have the rubber runflats in them?

StevenAg03
02-03-2010, 09:35 AM
I saw the 'new' H1 beadlocks this morning. They look to be 32 bolts now. Will have to see if I can catch one sitting still to take a picture.

they are 24bolt... ;)

Its part of their reliability enhancement effort to increase load rating...

AggieTJ2007
02-03-2010, 09:39 AM
I think i have seen a set of those on some H1s in transport,

Ed do you think you can get set shipped over here

DRAGOONRANCH
02-03-2010, 09:42 AM
they are 24bolt... ;)

Its part of their reliability enhancement effort to increase load rating...


I would believe 24.



I think i have seen a set of those on some H1s in transport,

Ed do you think you can get set shipped over here

I will see what I can do, I am sure they are already throwing them away when they get flats on them instead of breaking them down and repairing them. :laughing:

StevenAg03
02-03-2010, 09:45 AM
pictar...

DRAGOONRANCH
02-03-2010, 09:56 AM
Yep, that's the one. It looked odd w/ the uneven spacing of the studs.

agjohn02
02-03-2010, 10:20 AM
they are 24bolt... ;)

Its part of their reliability enhancement effort to increase load rating...

that's 16 too many for us. PITA.

My 8 bolts have been holding 32 psi for about 2 years now.

StevenAg03
02-03-2010, 10:29 AM
that's 16 too many for us. PITA.

My 8 bolts have been holding 32 psi for about 2 years now.

they are designed to up the weight rating of the wheel. that being said, the GVW limitation of the vehicle is still the suspension/axles. i dont really see what changing to these wheels gets them....

FJAggie07
03-03-2010, 05:57 PM
lil update today. Still buying the last remaining pieces and parts and crap to get this thing wrapped up.

Russ down at Baertrax ended up setting the gears and installing the Detroit in my diff for $200. That to me is money well spent, cause I didn't have to screw with anything. I dropped it off two days ago and my wife picked it up yesterday done. I am very happy.

My buddy has been working on it the past couple of days and is currently changing out the oil pan to a 2WD T100 pan as I type this. He also got the steering box mounted up, the firewall plate put in, and the front spring hanger in. Tonight I am going to throw the rear diff in and reinstall the rear axles and hopefully get a mock up shot with the wheels and tires on the rear. :D

yay for springs
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/aarushing/Aggie%20Taco/DSC08096.jpg

Steering box mounting
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/aarushing/Aggie%20Taco/DSC08099.jpg
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/aarushing/Aggie%20Taco/DSC08105.jpg

Oh I think the steering shaft I got was too long...

http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/aarushing/Aggie%20Taco/DSC08108.jpg

uglyota
03-03-2010, 06:20 PM
Russ down at Baertrax ended up setting the gears and installing the Detroit in my diff for $200. That to me is money well spent...

good deal...definitely worth it

AggieTJ2007
03-03-2010, 10:08 PM
it looks like that shaft has alot of splines just cut it down

redcagepatrol
03-03-2010, 10:18 PM
it looks like that shaft has alot of splines just cut it down

or as I've done several times - chop saw and welder in the unsplined portion

Eckert
03-04-2010, 12:23 AM
Oh I think the steering shaft I got was too long...


move the box further forward. that way it lines up right and you can redrill the perches to move the axle forward another inch or so. you wont have to worry about the draglink hitting the tierod on compression too.

fawkin 'yota newb :flipoff2:

FJAggie07
03-05-2010, 11:04 AM
http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss77/aarushing/Aggie%20Taco/DSC08129.jpg

fun times.

davido
03-05-2010, 11:16 AM
Sexy pumpkin. I dig those on Busa's also.

Eckert
03-06-2010, 09:25 PM
how wide is the diamond?

FJAggie07
03-06-2010, 09:33 PM
63"

85cj7
03-06-2010, 09:39 PM
whats going on with the u-bolt closest to the pumpkin? it looks bent, and even has a white discoloration like it was heated?

Eckert
03-06-2010, 09:59 PM
63"

sweet, i know its a diamond housing and all, but you didn't feel the need for knuckle gussets?

x2 on what ryan said, doesnt look right at all.

FJAggie07
03-07-2010, 10:36 AM
Nah no gussets, it's a diamond. Never seen one that needed em.

I am going to check on the truck I will check on that u-bolt, it does look a lil funny.

tigweld
03-07-2010, 10:55 AM
you can get custom u bolts at any spring shop and they are cheap. not only is it unsafe but there is no need to heat and bend one when u can get one made in the correct machine for less than 10$.

colman
03-07-2010, 11:41 AM
bvd wants at least 45 or so, but still cheaper than a trip to the hospital

Shaggy
03-07-2010, 11:47 AM
should have outboarded the springs a little to get away from that

tigweld
03-07-2010, 01:41 PM
bvd wants at least 45 or so, but still cheaper than a trip to the hospital

he only needs one, i got 4 at weaver spring for 42$ not to long ago

bcolman
03-07-2010, 01:43 PM
they may be a little bit cheaper for smaller axles, but i needed some for my d70, you also have to factor in that there is very little if any competition in this town for things like that so it will be more expensive

85cj7
03-07-2010, 02:05 PM
they may be a little bit cheaper for smaller axles, but i needed some for my d70, you also have to factor in that there is very little if any competition in this town for things like that so it will be more expensive

you ended up getting them from bvd? well there is your problem, that place is overpriced as sh*t. Gooseneck didn't have what you needed?

colman
03-07-2010, 02:10 PM
did you miss the 4" part? no he didn't he ordered from ruff stuff

FJAggie07
03-08-2010, 03:19 PM
Ruh Roh Raggy!

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/starranchjoker/Tacoma/13fc9c3c.jpg

:D

DRAGOONRANCH
03-08-2010, 03:24 PM
ruh roh indeed!

uglyota
03-08-2010, 03:30 PM
Nice! I couldn't believe you were going to all that work and putting on shatty surplus tires! That's gonna be superpimp

FJAggie07
03-08-2010, 03:32 PM
I had hinted to the wife what I wanted for my birthday (said tires above) and in the off chance she didn't pick up on the hint I wanted a back up plan (said shatty surplus tires). I will now have 4 shatty surplus tires for sale soon. :D

Sharpe
03-08-2010, 04:10 PM
Any reason you went with radials over bias?