trad BD on an 03 taco

Any progress yet

naw not yet, waitin till i get all the xmas stuff done and over with

im driving my trad bd taco no z wishing i had them bio spidles! but it lays i got drop spidles and spaced out ball joints! thanks for jinx ing me brian! dicklol!

Mine doesnt lay flat on 18's .. i need to  raise my rack and  cut my oil pan to lay flat

Edited: 2/21/2009 9:59:11 PM by low mazda

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by 1 big tacoi want to man, i just dont have the money too---------------------------------------------what do you mean, you don't have the money to stock floor it? All it cost's is maybe $200. All you need for a stock floor if some 2x3 1/4 wall for under the cab. What like maybe 12 feet. I am doing my truck right now, and didn't realize how quick it can come together when you build everything and not have to buy everything. It's a cake walk dude as long as you know what your doing and take the time and not try to rush it and get it done in a weekend. Plus the extra room inside is gonna be the best part. Not having to be a tight fit on them 12-16 hour drives to VA, TX, MS or KY for shows.  BTW i priced a 20 foot stick of 2x3 1/4 wall friday and it was $130. so being broke is no excuse not to stock floor something instead of trying to cheap out and go traditional.   Not saying that's why you want to go that route, but there are some people that go in that direction.

i raised my rack and drug the piss piss out of the crosmember and the  oil pan sits on the ground it  doesnt lay flat frame without a  Z.. 

my pan touches, oil pan bolt, auto tranny pan bolt all touch and it finally lays flat frame

i am runnin all  stock front   suspension up front  zd  layin on 19's      and  even in rear i  still got    gas  stock gas tank with  the   stock floor  bd

my lays flat without zing the front or messing with any of the steering. didin't even have to cut the steering shaft. my front was sitting on the stock tow hooks but now she lays hard on the pinch till i drag it to rockers.

Edited: 4/30/2009 10:33:53 AM by stsweep

  When I did my old truck we had to take out the steering shaft too.  Made things alot easier.  I also had flipped lower ball joints but I broke both uppers until we remounted new uppers on top of the control arm instead of inside it with the old broken off balljoint used as a spacer. if that makes sense.  We basically took the part of the baljoint that slides inside the upper arm and cut off the actual ball joint and used it in the stock location and got longer bolts to hold the new one on top of the arm.  I really hop this makes sense.  I know its kinda ghetto but it was years ago before you could get control arms for everything and it did work.