Recent content by Toyoland66

Your CV boots are torn so those can’t just be rebanded. I wouldn’t try to regrease and clamp those because the existing grease will be contaminated and the clamping surface of the boot is torn off. They can be rebooted with a kit from Toyota that includes new grease. Your rear looks like a...

The next stage of the build involves some suspension work in order to fit 35” tires. Step 1 is to swap in the JD fab lower control arm pivots, for anyone unfamiliar with this kit it is essentially a subframe that replaces the LCA mounts with 3/16 plate mounts and tubular subframe that ties...

If they are still available you can buy the OEM part, I think I got them from a combination of partsouq in UAE and amiyama in Japan, you have to swap the handles and the cover plate on the end like where the key goes on the drivers door. You just have to know what your paint code is. ETA...

This brings us to the current project which is swapping in 4.30 gears. Third generation Tacoma came with an option for 430 gears and the front clamshell swaps directly into the GX by swapping out the ADD axle tube for the full-time GX tube. For the rear, I found a 430 locker out of a third...

The next fun project was building an auxiliary electrical panel for future lighting, and other auxiliary electric needs. I followed a tutorial on Tacoma world linked below. https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-build-and-install-a-bussmann-rtmr-fuse-relay-block.399454/ This also has the...

After I swapped on the 255 tires, the spare tire would no longer fit in the stock location. Also, the sub tank goes where the spare tire used to be. I got tired of having the tire pressure light on all the time and wanted to be able to carry a spare so I fabbed a swing out tire carrier. It...

To complete the look, I went ahead and did a running board delete.

The next major project was swapping in a front Iron Man bull bar for a 120 series Prado.

My first major project that involved a bunch of research was swapping in the OEM sub tank from a Middle East spec Prado. Rather than going into detail here, the link to the thread is below. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/prado-120-sub-tank-in-a-gx470-has-anyone-done-it-well-im-gonna-try.1242801/

I discovered while trying to get an alignment that the driver side spindle was bent. I went ahead and swapped in a new OEM spindle. I found a deal on eBay for a conversion set of icon, delta joints, and shortly after that a deal on a set of icon Tacoma uniball upper control arms. I swapped...

The next thing to go in was a Grom Bluetooth adapter, and an owl expedition mount which replaces the stock tape deck and gives a spot to mount a ram ball for a phone holder.

The next thing to get addressed was the suspension. It already had the 5100 shocks on it with stock coils. I swapped in OME coils to get approximately 2 1/2 inches of lift. I also swapped in the 255 tires shortly after this.

We bought this car used in 2012 and it was my wife’s daily driver until 2020 when we got her a 200 series. I need a car with the third row, so I sold my Tacoma and took over the GX as my daily driver. up to this point I had only done the rear coil conversion and powder coated the wheels...

I thought it was time to create a thread to document the work I have done to my GX and have upcoming. Current stats 4/23/24: Suspension: -Bilstein 5100 shocks -OME 885 and 895 coils -Icon delta joint UCAs -rear coil conversion (SSO) -255/80r17 Toyo AT2 Armor/ body -Ironman front bumper -Warn...