yea, i'd go with some armor

 

trailgear sliders are $145. that leaves you just over 8 bills for a decent suspension lift. go with the tundra setup up front, and maybe some AAL's out back. I take it your taco is the TRD flavour? then you should already have some decent tires on there...

sliders & oem lift+aal's.

 

id get some 16" trd special edition wheels and tires.

 

hey thanks for the replies. Its just kinda nice to see what others would do. And gave me some new ideas. Im not sure that Im going to need a whole lot of armor right now, but definaley goin for some lift, and prob some rims but we will see. thanks for your ideas at least.

 

well thats what I have and i paid a little over 1000 for these wheels and 33" mtrs.

find em used or you will pay close to 700 just for wheels new

 

If your stationed at Mc Cord go out to roy y and hit the tank trails on the back side of Ft.Lewis . With the grand id get a bumper and winch so you can pull your self out of any trouble you may get into

 

I would get a winch and bumper then sliders from what is left.

 

welder and rear bumper

 

you can get them a set of 4 w/ center caps for 550 +shipping from toyotaworld.com. roughly 35lbs each wheel, shipping from houston, TX.

looks really rugged and sporty.

 

Lockers and a Welder

 

I cant use a welder at all right now. I dont have a garage or anything. If I was back at home Id have all this armor built already. So right now im thinkin the lift. Theres just too many options now with that so I got a lot of studying to do.

 

that 1000 bucks can go to my car insurance for half the year.

 

Gotta love deployment cash

I would reccommend

*Sliders
*Skid's
*small spacer lift (until you decide if you really need to $$ up for anything else).. Get ahold of www.cornfedsuspension.com if you dont want a ful 2" he will machine it down to 1.5" or 1.75"(what I am getting) for you. Its cheap, usefull, and the rear can be easily matched with a small shackle. No its not the most bling, but it is functional and lets you learn what you want to do.
*recovery gear

one you have all that you can go play, see what your needs are. Concentrate on building your rig to be protected while you learn how/what you wheel. I built my last rig too fast. And it took my 5 years. I built it for one type of wheeling, then had to adapt it when I moved (military joys), and dont wheel as much, so $$ down the tube. This next truck I get will be built like I am saying to you. You will be suprised what you can do with minimal stuff, espically with a locker. The only thing I dont know is what type of sliders I want, need to be able to get the baby in and out easily.....

Good luck...


Hey sent you a PM..

 

Skyjacker coilovers for my 00 Taco.

 

Stubbs welding sliders and Bud Built skid plates with the cornfed lift.

 

On my 89, I would do rear limited slip, front would get an air locker, and I would save the rest to help buy a winch.

 

Performance is always good, but I like the armour idea as well.

 

Why would you put a limited slip in? Espically when you live in oregon where it snows???

 

A brush guard , lights , arbfront bumper

 

Um... you cant do a brushguard AND ARB bumper????