rattlewagon
shitboxin
I have this on other forums, but wanted it here too. The truck has never really had a name expect " The blue truck "
I also consider this my learning truck. The welds I did on it in 2010 look way different than the welds I did over the summer.
Ive owned this truck since march of 07. Bought it as a DD in college, kept it on the road till it started getting too beat up to pass yearly state inspections around 2012, then it got turned into a shitbox crawler around 2014 and ive been wheeling it ever since.
Heres the current cliff notes:
3.4 5VZFE and whole wiring harness from a 98 T100. Yotashop crossover with EMT exhaust with a cherry bomb. Was originally a 3.0 truck
r150 trans with 3.4 flywheel and clutch, 3.0 throwout bearing. Dual 23 spline gear drive t-case with 2.28/4.7 gears, tg twin stick. Advanced adapters V6 and dual case plates held up with a Bud Built 1.5" lift v6 skid plate and some 4xI sliders.
38TSLs SX on Procomp steelies with Margison Metal Works DIY beadlocks and tire chains for winter, or 37 reds on steelies for summer
85 Front axle with all the TG Armor, OldManEmu/RUF springs. Sky hanger/shackles, 30 RCVs, 7/16 hub bolts, Shaved drain plug, 5th Stud high steer arms, 8" long spring perches, RuffStuff 7/8th Heim joint steering. IFS hubs ground down used with Tacoma slip on rotors for a 3"wider stance. 4.10 high pinion and a welded diff. Ford 12" shocks and towers, TG extended brake lines. chevy 1500 bumpstops.
Rear is welded with 4.10s with some armor and a shaved plug. Ford 12" shocks and mounts, Chevy 63s bastard pack with Sky hangers/shackles
10 gal summit plastic tank with e2000 pump.
TG winch plate based front bumper with a Warn XD9000I and amazon synthetic line, diy in cab controls. Duralast p4 battery
126" Wheel base. Front is stretched 3" and the rear went back 1"
First time wheeling the truck, spring of 07
Went through the normal getting into wheeling motions.
33s
Next phase was no lift, cut fenders and 35s, 4xinnovation sliders, Downey off road read springs, Budbuilt single case v6 skid and a rear spool, and a winch.
Around 2012 the front spider gears let go, and it was easier to cut everything off than unbolt it, and thats what started its transformation to it current state, which ill go over in the fowling posts.
This is the truck today:
I also consider this my learning truck. The welds I did on it in 2010 look way different than the welds I did over the summer.
Ive owned this truck since march of 07. Bought it as a DD in college, kept it on the road till it started getting too beat up to pass yearly state inspections around 2012, then it got turned into a shitbox crawler around 2014 and ive been wheeling it ever since.
Heres the current cliff notes:
3.4 5VZFE and whole wiring harness from a 98 T100. Yotashop crossover with EMT exhaust with a cherry bomb. Was originally a 3.0 truck
r150 trans with 3.4 flywheel and clutch, 3.0 throwout bearing. Dual 23 spline gear drive t-case with 2.28/4.7 gears, tg twin stick. Advanced adapters V6 and dual case plates held up with a Bud Built 1.5" lift v6 skid plate and some 4xI sliders.
38TSLs SX on Procomp steelies with Margison Metal Works DIY beadlocks and tire chains for winter, or 37 reds on steelies for summer
85 Front axle with all the TG Armor, OldManEmu/RUF springs. Sky hanger/shackles, 30 RCVs, 7/16 hub bolts, Shaved drain plug, 5th Stud high steer arms, 8" long spring perches, RuffStuff 7/8th Heim joint steering. IFS hubs ground down used with Tacoma slip on rotors for a 3"wider stance. 4.10 high pinion and a welded diff. Ford 12" shocks and towers, TG extended brake lines. chevy 1500 bumpstops.
Rear is welded with 4.10s with some armor and a shaved plug. Ford 12" shocks and mounts, Chevy 63s bastard pack with Sky hangers/shackles
10 gal summit plastic tank with e2000 pump.
TG winch plate based front bumper with a Warn XD9000I and amazon synthetic line, diy in cab controls. Duralast p4 battery
126" Wheel base. Front is stretched 3" and the rear went back 1"
First time wheeling the truck, spring of 07
Went through the normal getting into wheeling motions.
33s
Next phase was no lift, cut fenders and 35s, 4xinnovation sliders, Downey off road read springs, Budbuilt single case v6 skid and a rear spool, and a winch.
Around 2012 the front spider gears let go, and it was easier to cut everything off than unbolt it, and thats what started its transformation to it current state, which ill go over in the fowling posts.
This is the truck today:
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