01 tacoma chase/prerunner budget build

I purchased my truck in 2006 when I was 19yrs old. It had not performance parts just a custom bumper,4.5" glassworks fenders, and SAW 2.0 coilvoers, Deaver 7pack



Right after I got the truck I started doing little things. intake, catback, throttlebody spacer, tint, stereo.

Little over a year later I decided to Long Travel the front.




There were minor things I didnt like about the front end. So I changed those


I wanted the rear end done but knew I needed fiberglass.



Then I wanted to go faster and I got laid off from work so I decided to long travel the back of my truck.




First shock mount setup was a total fail on my part since I had no clue on what I was doing. A buddy of mine helped me out. Best he could since I was on a budget.




I hated the way the truck looked in primer black. SO I painted it.







1 week later I needed to break in the new paint at battle at Primm



With not being happy with out things turned out in the rearend I am slowly finishing/changing things.
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That is how she sits as of now. With the lack of money. I have some really big plans brewing in my head. Just need to get some things under control first.

Any questions feel free to ask. I may not reply right away since im not on here much. You can always PM or Pm me on another forum. TTORA, Customtacos, dezertrangers

 

looks great man. id love to be able to do all that to my truck one day. but how hard was it to get your bed off? i have to take mine off soon

 

Originally its 4 bolts and 2 nuts that have a coming down from the bed into the frame. You will have to disconnect the gas filler cause its somewhat attached to the bed. other then that. then 2 or 3 people just lift it off

Thanks.

 

that is one sweet tacoma dude, love the look of 1st gen prerunnered out

 

Thanks, she keeps me broke

 

Badass Bro!

 

sooo yeah i want to get one of these. soooo if anyone know wheres to get a first gen and yeah hit me up ha

 

Thanks. If your looking for a first gen partly built check out Dezertrangers, Race-dezert classifieds. Sometimes theres some good deals

 

looks good.if i read it right you bought it in 06 with the glass fenders????? if so how are they holing up 4 years later.i always hear that most of those fenders are kinda crap and crack pretty easy

 

When I bought the truck it had 4.5" glassworks. I upgraded to 6.5" up front about a year ago. The 3years I had them on no issues. My Passenger side bedside is a different story. Its got spider cracks like CRAZY. But I cant complain knowing what the bedside when though before I installed it. It was on a buddies race truck that rolled at high speeds it was the only fender on his truck that didnt have a ton of damage. he sold it to me super cheap and then ordered me a new driver side bedside. I dont know how long he had it on his truck for im guessing a few years before I put it on my truck.

 

ammmmazing!!

 

had to bring this thread back up lol...your truck is sick and i saw it once parked at the walmart in chino

 

Wow sick truck man that thing looks MEAN!

 

Thanks!

Back in January i ripped the motor mounts from the frame so I had to rebuild those.Then a couple weeks back I got new bedsides. I got other things brewing in my head

 

Damn nice looking truck the paint looks good from what I can see. Keep it up man it's already bad ass!!

 

Thanks, Paint looked pretty good figuring it was done in the garage. But i used cheap paint and it didnt hold up for crap. Pretty much faded and lost its shine already. Iv waxed and polished it a couple of times still didnt help.

 

Damn that sucks. Will you paint again or just leave it?

 

Plan right now is to get it caged then paint. I don't see the point in painting then cutting up the body to run tubes though it. Then have to come back and touch up or repaint. So for now I plan to just leave it.

 

i think i might have to check this truck out one day!!!