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And actually, I take that back about how old the kit is. As I look closer, it does have a total chaos spec uniball cup

Really cool build! That is a VERY OLD TC kit. Not that anyone cares but I can tell by the upper arm uniball cup. I would guess this kit is circa 2002-2005 because it has Kar Tek uniball cups which we used to use before having the machine shop across the parking lot make us our own uniball cups...

Bolt on everything https://forum.badlinesgoodtimes.com/threads/the-sleeping-taco.593/

Electric sway bar mount

In my opinion making stuff bolt on is just bonus points. Anyone can weld stuff on, but making things modular adds a lever of difficulty while also making it much easier to prep and gives you the ability to powder coat whole sections of builds. Here are a couple bolt ons as of late. The...

And it was Eliot's wife in the passenger seat!

In my opinion, if it’s your vehicle and you have physically wrenched on it and put time into it, I consider that built. I mean, I did my engine swap mechanically, but then had rock solid designs do the wiring, but I still consider myself building it.

I will try to find some pictures of my old truck unfortunately I got rid of it before I even had a smart phone so pictures are a little bit scarce. I really really liked that Bumper a lot though probably my favorite one I’ve ever built.

It does not necessarily lower the ground clearance. The ground clearance is just bad on those vehicles. The stock crossmember is the lowest part I believe.

JD builds some great stuff there is no doubt. In fact I really like their 2nd gen Taco stuff. That being said, when it comes to the early 4x4 stuff I prefer TC (obviously biased) because of all the add-ons for steering and the TC lower arms have more clearance. I'm sure you'll be happy either...

The radiator is out of a hilux diesel and bolts into the core support

I also got sick of the transmission jack being a pain in the ass to juggle so I made a custom transmission mount for the jack that bolts to the transmission mount on the body of the housing. That way it always stays in place and you don’t need to use a chain or strap to hold the transmission.

These are what I came up with as well as the trans mount. The trans mount uses stock tundra coilover lower rod ends

These are the motor mounts that came with the kit, and I was definitely not pleased with their quality or strength potential so I decided to make my own

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