okay so i have an 85 toyota pickup with a 22re it has a 4inch lift and 33x12.50's i have $1500 that i can spend on my truck. im thinkin about gearing it but im not sure if i want to do that yet. what other mods do you guys think i should do to my truck with the money i have to work with? your the experts.

 

Moved to the Newbie Tech section.

The original section you posted this is in is locked down so members cannot reply to threads.

This question gets asked all the time - it all depends on what you do with your rig, what you need to do with your rig and where your priorities are.

I always focus on mechanical things, making sure it's functioning as close to perfect as I can get it.

What do you need to be able to use your Runner for?

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what are you goin to use the truck for

 

mostly the dunes and the river. and most of the threads i try to post in the site doesnt let me. it says my account has certain restrictions or something like that

 

With 253 posts that's not right - only areas that are restricted are the Classifieds and that's only with members with less than 15 posts.

So no rock crawling or anything with your rig?

You can always go with the tried and true bumper/winch combo.
There are ideas all over the place on here for stuff you can do.

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Look at it this way, start with the truck it self, is it in good mechanical condition ?, is there anything that it needs now to keep it that way ?. If that`s all good then move on to what you want to use the truck for. If you want to wheel it then there are many directions you can go. You already have a lift and tires, and if you don`t want to regear yet then look into some armor. Sliders, front and rear bumpers. After that consider gears and lockers, and if you can afford it in the future consider duel cases.

 

we dont do much rock crawlin here. when it rains we go through some mud and when there isnt mud we go to the dunes or river bed. yeah im not sure why but alot of times when i try to post a new thread it doesnt let me

 

yeah i want to get some armor but gears would be nice

 

You should be able to get a decent front and rear bumper plus a decent winch for close to $1500 depending on shipping.

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yeah that would make my truck pretty BA. i gotta think about it. id like to gear it. this thing has no power especially up hills

 

Considering the 22RE, regearing would be at the top of my list. If you can remove your own 3rd members, I would get some geared and locked 3rds from eastcoastgearsupply.com. The new diffs wouldn't be much more than $1500 for both, and that's pre-geared to whatever ratio you want with the backlash set, and some Lockright lockers (or your choice) already installed. When they arrive, you just swap the new ones out with your old 3rds and send em back in the same boxes for a core.

 

^^^^^ yeah what he said. ^^^^^

 

so basically i get front rear lockers and gears for only around 1500? sounds like a plan

 

id say gears but unless u have a strap and a buddy then a winch is always nice!!!!

 

yes gears first...

i know how it is being young and wanting your truck to look as BA as possible.

Gears and Lockers don't look cool, but it's alot more important than bumpers and a winch in your case

and besides..you could always get a set of junkyard 4.88's and put the lockers in yourself ...just have to do some research if ya don't know how!

after you get those in..you can start saving money (since you'll be gettin better gas mileage for one )..and when ya get the money saved up...buy a front bumper and winch...or front and rear bumper.

 

i went on the site and went to the complete third and clamshells link couldnt find anything for my pickup. only tacomas or v6's can someone point me in the right direction

 

yeah i want it to look sick but gears gotta come first. im gettin crappy gas mileage no power

 

i guess i wasnt supposed to say the s word sorry

 

watch the language bro.

you'll be thanking yourself that you went with gears

 

Do watch your language here, this is a family site so the mods want it kept clean.

With the tires you have the first mod you should do is gears, that will get your power and mileage back up were it should be.