The Taco is getting 35's

[Okie81]

So I can go tundra brakes. Look at the very first picture carefully :P

You'll clear the 231mm's no prob

[Scuba]

I started gutting the interior today. When fitting 35s on a tacoma without ~5-6" of lift there is serious firewall interference. Well, I'm on ~2.5" of lift and its staying that way.
So I pulled the seat, the kick panel, the cruise control brain, and moved everything else out of the way of the passenger side fender well.
For reference, this is about what I'm going to have to cut out:

And I will be following these instructions

Excuse all the junk:
[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/c983b24b.jpg[/img]

[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/e8ab4240.jpg[/img]
[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/39dc91bd.jpg[/img]

And heres the outside. It's kind of hard to tell the dimensions from a computer screen but I think you get the point.
[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/873d938d.jpg[/img]

The cutting starts 0900 tomorrow morning. I've got all weekend off, so I'd like to be able to compete both sides within that 48 hours. We'll see.

You'll clear the 231mm's no prob

Think so? I haven't put much research into it but I know its probably in the future.

[Scuba]

Troy, I know it's a taco, but have you seen this?

http://www.expeditionswest.com/equip...fuel_tank.html

[X-Tool Pimp]

Troy, I know it's a taco, but have you seen this?

http://www.expeditionswest.com/equip...fuel_tank.html

That just looks like a problem on the trail...

[troyboy162]

hangs too low but sweet idea for extra fuel. the ford tank that bruce sourced really looks like it was made for the rear of a 3rd gen. ill get there haha. but i need a decent garage and a welder, so...its after the house.

lets see some pictures of your cuts, and your STOCK bump stops :P

[Scuba]

Done for the night.

I'm 97% done clearancing the drivers side. It got late and my neighbor decided to come remind me that its 9PM

I still haven't gotten to any of the patching or welding. But that shouldn't be too bad tomorrow.

Couple more pics..

When I started I made my lines and drilled some small holes so I could look from the inside and make sure everything was kosher.
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/14668a68.jpg[/img]

Same picture from my last post, the passenger side done with the cutting. If you look at where the firewall meets the floor pan on the right side of my cut, you'll see a > shape. Once I got some slack right there I was able to beat the fender well back with my rubber mallet.
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/5be85222.jpg[/img]

I ended up cutting the bumper edges about 3" back..
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/aa02fba5.jpg[/img]

Decent clearance between UCA and tire at full droop:
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/53ee8c97.jpg[/img]

Testing clearance and some point during the day.. BTW, testing and retesting and whatnot took up most of the day. I'd have gotten further along had I not tested it SO MANY TIMES.

[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/a1966bac.jpg[/img]


Drivers side was more of a PITA because the grinder wanted to shoot sparks at me.
But here's how the drivers side started out. You can see that it is somewhat deformed, I had to lay over the pinch weld and beat the firewall back a while ago when the KM1's were still fresh.
[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/d485c63f.jpg[/img]

About done. The lines weren't as clean as the other side. Again, because the grinder was shooting sparks at me and body of the grinder was hitting the truck body:
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/106bdb6d.jpg[/img]

Will update tomorrow.


Oh, Stock bumpstops BIOTCH!
For anyone not following, I toyed around with the idea of extending these front bump stops. Decided to just go all out. I'm already cutting so why limit travel on an already crappy suspension.
[img width=800 height=600]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/e9ad77d1.jpg[/img]

[troyboy162]

that looks bad ass! i love the width!!!

[troyboy162]

hows it fitting into the wheel wells with the width?

[Scuba]

hows it fitting into the wheel wells with the width?

What do you mean? Obviously, it didn't fit very well. But its getting better. I have a feeling when I plate it, it may rub the plate. But it will be a flat non sharp edge so it'll be fine. Read the caption above the second pic, thats how I'm getting away with not cutting so much. Getting some slack and then beating that tire/foot well back a bit.


Forgot to add, Avy's diff parts in a bucket make a great seat for tubbing.
[img width=600 height=800]http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a168/Sycosurfer150/Truck/15d348bf.jpg[/img]

[troyboy162]

i didnt word that right haha. im working on 3 hours sleep and a full day wheeling. i mean the top part. are you going to have to roll your fenders? i know the firewall is just cutting but id like to push my tires out that far but wondering it they will hit on top