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Wow its been more then two years since i posted. I purchased a 2015 dclb tacama 4x4 and ended up selling all my 4x4 conversion stuff and used the blue truck as the work truck now. Well the camper is still used as a shed and will most likely be turned into a paint booth as I don't think there will be a market for it. Stumble upon a very neat Maranda V165 shell, so this will be my new temporary camper aka cheap sunrader. I still want to built another camper for the tacoma since the layout will have more space so stay tune for that in a couple of years.

A little update Our primary pickup engine/transmission almost is at the end of its life and needs a rebuilt. therefore my 4x4 project will take even longer. I am going to yank the blue truck drivetrain and install it in this white truck. everything is good in it I will then rebuilt a 3xx,xxx as the odometer broke, original never rebuilt before head/block out of the white pickup for the blue truck. White truck engine just get steady oil changes and timing chain PM (this will be my first 22re rebuild) yanked the engine yesterday W56 mockup just to see if i got the right flywheel and see how she looks Started stripping the engine today and put it on the engine stand gotta have the proper tools to build the engine to factory specs of course there is more to what is pictured here i am inspecting if the bore is still a circle. it is slightly oval so its time to go .5mm over and get decked Parts will need to be ordered. some will be from engnbldr, others will be from 22reperformance, and locally that's all for now. I cant wait to get a reliable rig for another 200k easily. Hope everyone rig is running smoothly

Thanks I will pm 85diesel for his setup

The tape is holding up well. I run the tape along the length of the aluminum to aluminum joints as well. As for corners I haven't attached a 1x1 angle yet but that will come. It's just silicon for now. The tape is stronger then rivets and it has been on fwy with plenty of cross wind. The ff was designed for 2wd And the ebreak lever is attached to the transmission mount that us welded to the frame. 4wd it is along the frame rail. I hope to find a pic of a 4wd with a ff ebreak setup. If not I will have to figure something out.

I got my custom wheels from stockton wheels finally! I went with 15x8 instead of 16" rims. front 2.5" b.s. rear 5" b.s I believe I have sourced all my parts needed for the 4x2 to 4x4 conversion except front leaf springs and find metal for the front spring hanger. I'm still waiting for my 23 spine input shaft from marlin crawler. hopefully it will come soon to swap in the tranny and send out my order for the rear driveshaft. Anyone with pics of a 4x4 ebrake setup for the ff rear end?

I got my rims from stockton wheels finally! I don't have any tires yet and will need to paint the rims once i find some time how it lines up with the truck bed. The full floater hub bearly stick out rear track front track its off by 1/2" i can deal with that and the rims are not hub centric like to the oem wheel. it is only offer with this one center bore size All in all im happy with the services from stockon. I just need to call and ask about about what lug nuts i need to use as the toyota lugs don't match up with the new rim.

Thanks for the attachments jdemaris. I still didn't get those #'s in the Diagram we will see how it all fits. I just place my order with stockton wheels. 15x8 with 5" backspacing. should be in my possession in about a month.

Stockton also quoted me on a solid 1/2" center. Purplhay did you get a measurement of 61" wms (wheel mounting surface) to wms for the dually axle. I am finalizing my back spacing to match the front solid axle to have the same track. I measure 56.5 for a solid axle wms to wms as oppose to 55.5 found online. just double checking

Nice looking set of wheels you had made. Im doing a similar setup for my 4x2 to 4x4 conversion with a 1 ton rear toyota axle. I have contacted Stockton Wheels (http://www.stocktonwheel.com/) and they quoted me just a hair over $200 each 15" wheel, forgot to asked if shipping was included. 16" is the same price but i cant locate new 6 on 5.5 bolt circle with the right offset. I will be ordering a set of only 2 for the rear soon. A loose tire will be hauled with me along with my manual tire changer for a roadside repair. I would greatly appreciated hearing who built yours.

Can't believe its been over a year since I put the project on hold. It's time for me to jump start it again and I have some questions for those of you that own a 4x4 with the dually full floating axle. How did you or the previous owner manage to keep your e-brake system as the 2wd system is different? Any pictures will be appreciated. I have read about guys doing a 2wd --> 4wd with pickup trucks just using a 4wd axle to keep the e-brake but I want to keep the full floater. I will be converting it to a single wheel instead of using duallys. i have finally picked up a w56 transmission and ordered a marlin crawler adapter to have two transfer cases all I need left is manual pedal assemble since my truck is an auto clutch/flywheel clutch master/slave piece together a solid axle swap kit to keep the budget down custom front/rear driveline I will be able to achieve the same track width by using front wheels 16x8 with 2.5bs custom rear wheels from Stockton wheel 16x8 with 5.5bs as far as spare tire goes I will just have to bring along a plug kit and I have a no-mar bar I can use to swap out a loose tire aboard stay tuned

not much progress on the rig itself but i got a hold of a solid front axle so i will be doing a sas. I just need to get a hold of a manual transmission and transfer case now to make a 4wd rig http://s49.photobucket.com/user/ejonemydm/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20131107_201925.jpg.html'>

Its been quite sometime since i have gave my camper attention. My girlfriend and I are planing another trip for next summer to the NW. I have used the camper here and there for short trips and mainly as a shed until recently. Its back on the truck and its time for me to address the bugs before my next big trip. I will update this thread when i start my carpentry work and under mount storage space. I am building the kitchen cabinet for my uncle and there is a messed up wall mount section that i can use for my camper. Its gonna be a slow process but I'm glad i got more time this round

Thanks bajadulce! Great find on the link with the supercamper. The camper box will be revised for sure. Just have to save up for my house purchase at the moment. I plan to build a v6 Tacoma crew cab but just extend the frame. The bed length is lousy for that model and only want to used this model since the dually rearend will bolt right up. Just got to convert to 4x4 which is a plus. Plan b is to extend the wheelbase on the truck i have currently and do the 2jz swap. Only time will tell and my dream is too far in reach haha.

The truck currently sitting with the regular truck bed for my side jobs. I plan to make another flat bed to accommodate the dually rear end. I just got too many projects up my sleeves so it will be awhile till i get to it . I had only 6 full weeks to finish the camper project for the trip plus upgrade/service the truck. Gotta thank my uncle for his help after we got off work 5pm till 11ish at night for the 6 weeks. If it wasn't for his help I wouldn't meet my deadline and will have to cancel the trip due to campsite reservations. I would love to have window but since it was a last minute vacation I used what i was able to source. Eventually it will have windows. Who knows i might keep the current one as a shed and make a new one on an extended chassis For those who might be interested i spent roughly 1,000 in materials to build this camper for how it looks now. Not bad but i also got away with a 1/8" aluminum sheet and 1.5"x3" c-channels for free.