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When I first mounted 35s yes. But very quickly after swapped to 5.29s

Can you still drive up to 80 mph in the freeway? A friend of mine change the gears on his Tacoma, and he only hits like 65mph

@@JuanPerez-sy1jg you can but you'll be at like 3700-3800rpm. I find 70mph to be best at 3200rpm or so to maintain some kind of decent mpg. 80 is do able and it's happy to sit at 3700 but you'll guzzle the gas. Ultimately for me totally worth it. I built to for off-road. It's amazing in the dirt.

Thanks for the response, clears my doubts

It's cantilevered off of my bed rack. I built it.

Full write up is here: www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-frankenstein-build-lt-expo-trail-rig-and-bs.159436/page-300#post-7959810

I was never really ever able to do that super successfully. However, I had a friend that was able to do that. I think the difference is you either leave your bedding inside, or the annex on. That said, if you get a newer Summit series I doubt you can since the cloth is so much thicker.

Yes and No. I still have Frankenstein. But has a few issues I have to fix and upgrade. Current residence doesn't have the garage(literally too wide to fit through the door due to the long travel haha) so I haven't been able to fix him. I have plans too soon as I have the space. Have a lot of parts collected for it.

Awesome! Take your time. They are great trucks even stock!

I built the whole rack myself. The roof part is actually part of the bed rack and is suspended of the roof 1'' or so.

Elite Off-road bumpers. No longer made though sadly

Damn it

Yes. Next version will use round tubing

Mo Escalante you bet!

Andrew Le back when I bought this it was just the Shasta. But now it would be the same as a Shasta extended. Star gaze wasn't an option back then.

1859ddd if that were true there would be a lot of LS tacomas put there and not a lot of supercharged ones. This video is pretty old. Pulls way harder after a regear. Is lots of fun and been reliable. No regrets.

Love it! Have a lot of miles on it now and it has worked flawlessly. Yes running 35s. Only regrets is i wish i had gusseted the coilbuckets sooner and a cross brace.

Oh and adding Clevis limit strap mounts

right on, I see you around on TW. Im trying to figure a way to do LT with Manual hubs, and ive been researching the MCM kit.

you can't do it with manual hubs without custom CV axles. You have to use a tundra shaft and inner joint and a manual hub tacoma outer joint. Which will be weaker then a tundra outer as well. A company used to make a conversion kit but i don't think they are around anymore.

correct. ORS used to do it, and they are in fact around again.... there are people who did manual hubs on tundras.... so if it will hold the weight, and power of the 4.7 im relatively confident that itll hold up to the 3.4 and lighter weight tacoma.... i havent ever broken a cv here in the AZ rocks.... and if i have too ill go back to ADD.... but i like the manual hubs. even the tundras that are long travel are just a longer intermediate shaft with the stock outers and they hold up..... have you had a problem with broken cvs when you were able to maintain and inspect them?

littlefarmer32 thanks! They are great! Rig has changed a lot. Still have the tent though.

Kay Saephan more beefy I think. Ads shocks are the best as well.

I don't. I have a write up in my build thread on TW though. No video though.

Monte Nickles how long did u take u do the front? I know there's wires on the inside of the firewall...did u have to remove wire clips to be able to have room to cut?

Monte Nickles can u send me the direct link to which edge trim u use?

Kay Saephan took a long time. Full day if you're good. Two to three if you're not. You have to undo and make sure you don't cut the harnesses inside the cab under the kick panels. I just got the trim at orielys autoparts. Just called edge trim

Monte Nickles did u spray on what you cut on the fender with paint just in case it rust? Or did you just covered it with the edge trim without spray paint? I just got done cutting my fenders and rear bed...idk if I should spray it with paint or just cover it with edge trim

CBI Ditch light Brackets.

haha those are the ones i bought! hey do you have your measurements for the bed rack you designed on your first rig

Dr What98 not sure. it's not considered a lift. maybe 2.5-3"

Monte Nickles Ok thanks

Jorge Garcia thanks man. takes time! it'll get there

Why wouldn't you be able to get it down? If you buy the right struts, you won't have any issues. i bough 80lb ones i believe. 50 would have been perfect though. I just stand on the handles and it goes right down no problem. I would use round tubing though not square. it'll make things work much smoother. I plan on doing a v2.0 with round tubing and having the lift pistons inside the tubing.

I was just thinking that if all 4 corners are extended then you would need at least another person on the other two corners to push down at the same time. I can see pushing it down alone if just two corners are extended. Sounds like it's not too bad though. I started brainstorming after I saw a locals trailer (BoxRocket) who had a very similar frame on a trailer that held his rtt. He mentioned it was difficult to compress alone but I think he had 100lb struts. I'm on TW frequently and wondering if the 2.0 version is going to be on your new dbl cab Tacoma build or Frankenstein? Thanks for the tips. Hopefully you include that in your build so I can see how it worked out. Thanks again for the reply.

Oh I see..yea I stand on my support bar by the cab to get it down. If you had all 4 go up at once, would be hard to get it to lower right for sure. But again. If you got lower pressure shocks that don't fully support it so you have to push it up or help it up. It could work well. V2.0 will be on Frankenstein not igor. Don't worry. Be in the build thread as always!

Yeah, that makes sense. I will definitely consider a lighter weight strut and lock in the height with a pin or something. Looking forward to it thanks. I'm UtahTacoma02 on TW fwiw. I have been needing to start a build thread but keep putting it off. I will get going on it soon. I have just been gathering parts, and sketching ideas, haha! You're always invited to joint the Fb Microlander Overland Group down here we would love to have you. We usually do a good size group outing each month. Safe trails.

Awesome! Stop in on one of my threads and give a shout! Always like wheeling with new folks.

Thanks! Rear is custom leaf packs, 10'' shocks and 1'' lift shackles. Front is MCM long travel.

Front is MCM Fab Longtravel kit with ADS coilovers. Rear is custom leaf packs and some destroyed old 5150s. Rear needs updated and fixed.

For the whole truck or the LT kit?

For the whole truck

ha...uhhh...well last time i counted was about 25k..but that was easily 10k ago or so.

Oh boy

BeThinkable yea. over the last 6 years or so it adds up fast

Bob Preis I have never setup a smaller one. I am willing to bet you just slide it into the channels of aluminum if there is no zipper. or you need to put the zipper part in.

Monte Nickles I called CVT about it. They recommended prying open the extrusion channels a little to make sliding the smaller annex easier. They also recommended a silicone lubricant and using a hammer to smash the first inch of plastic tubing that slides into the channel. Smashing the tubing helps feed it into the channel to get it started. I'll give it another shot this weekend but a zipper sure would be easier!!

Bob Preis ah glad to hear! hope it works out!

Bob Preis how is the standard size wise? I’m 6’/220 and have 3 kiddos age 4,8,10. Would we fit ok or should I look at something larger

Eric Zhu light force 240 blitz

BoBo Aurelius Fortuitous Coriolus III yes I do. It's in my build thread. Link is in description

Yes I do and have a write up. Link is in the description to my build thread. There are hyperlinks to all my mods in the 1st post.

Awesome thanks, That's a mean looking taco you got there! Sub'd, would love to see a video of the LTS off-road. (3rd person view and undercarriage view)

The one and only! Looks much different then that now though haha

patrick evans not really. Wasn't ever strong to begin with. It's paper thin steel. Not like if something hit it it would deflect it before I cut it. Or..just stick with smaller tires :p

or weld another lip on the bed side

patrick evans yea. No thanks. Having tubbed the front and welded in the body there. It utterly sucks ass to do that. It's really not that weak. Has connection points on both ends still. It doesn't flap in the wind or anything. They are steel.

How much lift do you have ? And did you trim the front also?

Could maybe epoxy a plastic piece to fit on the backside? would probably make it stronger than factory with the right material..

Jfontini1 yawa a ako

Thanks

Yes you have to use tundra CVS for all long travel kits on 1st gen Tacomas. All are 3.5" over per side. Comes with tie rod extensions. Matt can sell you CV axles too. Nothings broke. Been rock solid

Thanks man! Ive been reading about your build, travels and misfortune on expedition portal but it only goes to page 22, wheres the rest of the story!?

Sam Karrenstein oh ha. Yea I started that and need to finish. That thread is like 4 years behind. Go to tacomaworld. 627 pages there haha everything is there and I'm on there daily to answer questions

4500 with shocks and axles about I think

Elite offroad. They are no longer in buissness.

i was fearing that please tell me if you come across a company that has bumpers similar to that one

James Flores relentless offroad is the closest.

Monte Nickles ill take a look

+adidassc12 Thanks! I didn't make it lockable in that way. But would be very easy to implement with padlocks.

Sort of I guess it would be easy to make it lockable. I don't have it locked myself as Im not that worried about that happening where I live. But could!

The limit straps

What made you choose the LT kit over the SAS swap?

For what I do it fits my style better. More go fast stuff the crawl. But we will see. If stuff just breaks all the time I'll 3link the front. For now though this setup has been working awesome.

+Monte Nickles what company is the LT kit from?

Jonathan Huitron MCM Fabrication

+Robby Wallace Thanks! Have some plans to make it better.