"post your trucks" Toyota Baja Build NEED ADVISE!!!!!
05-04-2009, 08:58 AM
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"post your trucks" Toyota Baja Build NEED ADVISE!!!!!
O.K Need advise and ideas ive got a 1990 toy shortbed lifted already and stuff. PLease post your pics if u have a Yota all Bajaed out. Anything fenders bedsides hood suspension set everything i need HELP with ideas Thanks
05-04-2009, 09:40 AM
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There was a thread about a truck someone bought that was set up for baja. You'll want a Total Chaos long travel up front and some serious long travel shocks in the back.
That's the basics for withstanding jumps, but you'll want a full roll cage in the truck and probably some tubes going out to the end of the bed to help stiffen up the frame also. Baja's pretty damn expensive and its not like rock crawling where you can build up piece by piece over time. Its pretty much all or nothing.
That's the basics for withstanding jumps, but you'll want a full roll cage in the truck and probably some tubes going out to the end of the bed to help stiffen up the frame also. Baja's pretty damn expensive and its not like rock crawling where you can build up piece by piece over time. Its pretty much all or nothing.
05-04-2009, 10:11 AM
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oooh ok, I thought you meant competition.
You're probably still looking to do some jumps though, and the long travel is still required for that. And its better to be safe than crushed in a rollover so I'd invest in a rollcage too...lol
Competition is definitely more expensive than just recreational baja fun, but its still pretty much all or nothing.
Its like when you want bigger tires you have to regear and lift along with it. Everything goes together or you break something.
You're probably still looking to do some jumps though, and the long travel is still required for that. And its better to be safe than crushed in a rollover so I'd invest in a rollcage too...lol
Competition is definitely more expensive than just recreational baja fun, but its still pretty much all or nothing.
Its like when you want bigger tires you have to regear and lift along with it. Everything goes together or you break something.
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05-04-2009, 10:47 AM
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it's my sons truck
the previous owner did the paint & graphics
I decided to leave it like that
everyone knows who's truck it is, poor son can't get away with anything
the previous owner did the paint & graphics
I decided to leave it like that
everyone knows who's truck it is, poor son can't get away with anything
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05-04-2009, 12:33 PM
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you're an awesome father for getting him a cool looking truck (that's also a toyota), but at the same time it IS so obvious who's truck it is like you said haha
05-05-2009, 06:27 AM
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cheap way is to get bj spacers and relax a set of stiffer t bars for a softer ride and increase travel but keeping the spring rate stiffer to deal with the speed. get a set of soft rear shocks, live Doestch tech mv 12's, so that the back end stays planted. then get a shock like a bilstein or the liking the front that is a bit stiffer so that it tracks well. I have similar setup on the rear my 4runner and it does really well, no bounce in the rear. different because of leaf springs but same basic idea.
if you go all out, Total chaos would be the way to go IMO. THat is the direction that i want to go.
if you go all out, Total chaos would be the way to go IMO. THat is the direction that i want to go.
05-05-2009, 06:44 AM
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Total Chaos fo sho .... unless u have really deep pockets then id find a wicked fab shop and have them build something from scratch... as the saying goes, custom doesnt bolt on. id deff. look at re-inforcing the frame, maybe cut out and replace some of the original x-members and replace with some thick tube... i dont know if you have ever had a chance to go out in a rig built for pre-runnin but if you can go out with someone before you build, it may change your mind on how you want it to end up.. no point in spending alot of money just to cut it apart and re-do it. Baja is an addiction and over time your going to want to go bigger and faster lol i had to get back into a wheeler because i knew i couldnt afford to build a prerunner at this point in my life.
05-05-2009, 07:01 AM
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Total Chaos fo sho .... unless u have really deep pockets then id find a wicked fab shop and have them build something from scratch... as the saying goes, custom doesnt bolt on. id deff. look at re-inforcing the frame, maybe cut out and replace some of the original x-members and replace with some thick tube... i dont know if you have ever had a chance to go out in a rig built for pre-runnin but if you can go out with someone before you build, it may change your mind on how you want it to end up.. no point in spending alot of money just to cut it apart and re-do it. Baja is an addiction and over time your going to want to go bigger and faster lol i had to get back into a wheeler because i knew i couldnt afford to build a prerunner at this point in my life.
05-05-2009, 08:11 AM
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Yea hopefully i can find someone that can do that type of fab its funny b/c i live in NY and no one around here prolly has never seen a baja truck and most of the fab shops do the basics like lifts and axels nothing to the extream but thats awsome guys thanks for the advise!!
05-05-2009, 08:56 AM
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+1 for Total Chaos. I run the gen 2 caddy kit and it's excellent for a bolt on kit. If your just looking to make a toy then bolt on is the way to go.
Here's an older pic of my truck
Here's an older pic of my truck
02-11-2013, 10:53 PM
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So, I'd like to resurrect this thread as I'd like to know what happened?
I'm also trying to figure out the best way to do a similar build.
Did you ever get this setup how you wanted?
I'm also trying to figure out the best way to do a similar build.
Did you ever get this setup how you wanted?
