Which shocks and rear springs did he go with, King/62" deaver? I wanted to stay stock width on the Taco, so TC wasn't an option. Glass fenders and bedsides wouldn't last a week in the trees for me, and there isn't currently a solution for the longer axles which retains the stock AISIN manual hubs from a '95.5, which I swapped to ditch the electric dependent 4wd on the '02. After a quick study of the wiring diagram made me realize too many things had to go right for that shit to work for my comfort level.
Seen and driven a few... for a bolt on kit TC is soundly "THE shit"... if you don't mind the wider stance. I've seen buys beat the living fuck out of their trucks with that kit, and other shit on the truck might give it up but the TC parts took it and kept ticking. They're well thought out and have solutions for most resultant weak links in the stock parts. It's what will be going on my play toy, an '86 that will be getting stripped to the frame and built up with a 4 seater tube chassis, for rally and play duty.
I have rallied the '97 2wd Taco that my good friend built, hard. He's run it hard enough to have to replace 3 steering racks... one broke in half. It made me realize building a daily driven truck for that type of use, was useless. Triple bypass all around, tube chassis, fiberglass cab, linked rear, 2uzfe Aluminum V8 from a Lexus, Spooled Ford 9" rear. If I remember right it HAD 14-16" of travel in the front and over 20" in the rear. First time I drove it he had to keep telling me to go faster to smooth it out... wish that machine was still around.
Sadly a 16 year old's dad bought it for him as his FIRST truck, and it lasted almost exactly 3 weeks. Rolled it end over end several times whilst speedily making time on traffic across the desert next to I-8... daddy made him part it out instead of rebuilding it.