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Leadgolem's Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by Leadgolem, May 19, 2010.

  1. May 19, 2010 at 12:57 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    98 Tacoma SR5 2.7L 4x4 stick
    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
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    Although there are a lot of things on here, this really isn't a particularly aggressive build. IE: Very little lift.
    Blue = Haven't made up my mind.
    Red = Will do
    Green = Waiting for parts
    Orange = Have parts, or none needed.

    Repairs
    Fix Vibration (DONE, this was a bad U-joint and a damaged yoke.)
    Clean Rims (DONE)
    Replace Tires (DONE)
    Replace Windshield (DONE)
    Repaint Damaged Areas (DONE)
    Fenders (DONE)
    In front of Back Wheel (DONE)
    Chips/scratches various (DONE)
    Paint Hood+Re clear Coat (DONE)
    Prime (DONE)
    Paint Black Areas (DONE)
    Clear Coat (DONE)
    Fix Chips (DONE)
    Re clear Coat Roof Maybe get the whole thing painted instead?
    Replace Cracked Tail light (DONE)
    Replace Cracked Marker light (DONE, actually replaced both of them since they are cheap.)
    Replace AC Button (DONE)
    Upgrades/Mods
    GPS/Stereo Head unit (DONE)
    Install Head Unit (DONE)
    Mount GPS Antenna (DONE)
    Mount Mic (DONE)
    Bypass (DONE)
    Replace Carpet (DONE)
    Remove Interior (DONE)
    Remove Carpet (DONE)
    Install Sound Dampener (DONE)
    Cut and fit new Carpet (DONE)
    Cut Storage Compartment Holes (DONE)
    Cut Carpet to Fit (DONE)
    Cut Bolt Holes out (DONE)
    Install Interior (DONE)
    Side Panels and kick plates (DONE)
    Reupholster Rear bar (DONE)
    Rear Wall (DONE)
    Seats (DONE)
    Rear Seats (DONE)
    Install Plastic Pieces under doors(DONE)
    Re-carpet storage compartment doors.
    Recover door panels in leather. (DONE)
    Reinstall passenger side door panel, this time correctly
    Refurbish nudge bar (DONE)
    Replace driving lights (DONE)
    Replace driving lights, again, with piaa 525's (DONE)
    Solder connections for piaa 525's (Not Needed, rewired connectors more solidly)
    Install helper springs (DONE)
    Install quick oil drain valve (DONE)
    Bed Liner (DONE)
    Clean Rust from Bed (DONE)
    Drill New Drainage Holes (DONE)
    Prime Bed with Rusty Metal Primer (DONE)
    Roll on Hurculiner (DONE)
    Spray bad coverage areas (DONE)
    Remove excess spray bed liner on tailgate (DONE)
    Do Undercarriage Painting (DONE)
    Leather Steering Wheel Cover (DONE)
    Install sway bar quick-disconnects (DONE)
    Straighten front bumper mounting brackets (DONE)
    Replace bushings and washers on front shocks (DONE)
    Replace front coil springs (DONE)
    Install axle shims
    Install extended rear brake lines
    Electric Radiator Fan (Decided not to, to expensive and not necessary.)
    Remove crappy aftermarket window tint (50%, still need to do the passenger side window.)
    Remove scratches in glass from tint removal
    Repair/replace lock on gas fill door (Bought locking gas cap instead :p)
    Get 5th Alloy Wheel (DONE)
    Change Dash Lights (DONE)
    Replace Dome Light (DONE)
    Defog Headlights (DONE)
    Mutilate Exhaust (DONE)
    Spray Boom mat under hood (DONE)
    Install Wet Okole seat covers (DONE)
    Wire Wet Okole seat heaters (Decided not to, I never use the cigarette lighters anyway...)
    1" Lift (DONE)
    Billstein 5100's all around (DONE)
    Rear Shackle Lift (DONE)
    Install helper springs (DONE)

    K&N Intake Mod
    Enclose Intake (SKIPPED, flow dynamics says this is a bad idea without a lot of modding.)
    Relocate Air Source to Cold Air (SKIPPED, more trouble then it's worth.)
    Open up existing air draw in wheel well (DONE)
    Paint Bottom edge of body black (SKIPPED, decided I didn't want this look.)
    Install Fender Flares. (DONE, didn't like road salt thrown on my truck by the tires last year.)
    Replace Speakers This is back to a maybe.
    Seat Covers (DONE)
    Apply seafoam through vacuum assist line (DONE)
    Fix exhaust leak (DONE)
    Black out emblems (Decided not to.)
    Black out bumpers (Decided not to.)
    Black out wheels (Decided not to.)
    Make mounting brackets for new brush guard (Stolen before I got it mounted.)
    Paint new brush guard black
    (See above.)
    Restitch steering wheel cover
    Mods I've eliminated because they don't make sense for my daily driver.
    ARB bumper, to heavy and I don't need a winch.
    Supercharger, to expensive.
    Turbo, expensive and conflicts with a possible replacement header.
    Throttle body spacer, useless with a good air intake.

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    It's interesting how the camera exaggerated the difference in the blacks.
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    Balcony view after the lift and the flares.
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    New marker light, makes my headlights look like crap...
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    Debris screen I put over the air intake pipe. You can see the seeds that kept getting in my filter too.
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    Hole I cut in the wheel well for better air flow.
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    Reupholstered passenger panel.
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    As she sits right now.
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    Since it's getting cold here in colorado, all mods are frozen until spring.
     
  2. May 19, 2010 at 1:04 AM
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    rmarqu2

    rmarqu2 YES... i am a murse....

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    FOX 2.5 coilovers, FOX 14" rears, AP expos, AP front plate bumper and skid, lightforce 240 blitz, warn m8000, 3/8 amsteel, BAMF sliders, cheap Chinese rock lights, ARB lockers all around
    man that's pretty gangsta! tacomas have come a long way! how many miles ya got on it?
     
  3. May 19, 2010 at 1:17 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    219k, I'll take pictures of the carpet when I have that done. :)
     
  4. May 19, 2010 at 1:48 AM
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    rmarqu2

    rmarqu2 YES... i am a murse....

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    FOX 2.5 coilovers, FOX 14" rears, AP expos, AP front plate bumper and skid, lightforce 240 blitz, warn m8000, 3/8 amsteel, BAMF sliders, cheap Chinese rock lights, ARB lockers all around
    Damn that's good for 10+ years!!
     
  5. May 19, 2010 at 11:35 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    The K&N I've got is the full intake. I can't say how much it's helped as the previous owner is the one who installed it. I'm planning on enclosing it and relocating the air intake to the wheel well like it originally was. That way I will get the benefit of the increased surface area of the can intake and still be drawing lower temperature, and hence higher density, air.

    Your probably better off doing a drop in K&N filter + the deck plate mod. That way you don't change the air intake location to the corner of the engine case where it draws in warmer air.

    The dash lights weren't that difficult. Basically, you take the dash apart and replace the bulbs with ones that don't have a green filter over them. I did the lights for the ac panel at the same time. This isn't as hard as it sounds, pretty much everything is screwed in with just a few clips to hold it in place after you take the screws out.

    I used bulbs from www.superbrightleds.com, these are the 12v wedge shaped ones. You'll need 4 194 sized bulbs, and 2 size 74 for the ac panel if you want to do that too. I used wled-xhp5's for the instrument cluster, and 74-xHP3's for the ac panel. You can still dim the led's, but not nearly as much as the stock lights. If I were doing this again I would get incandescent bulbs with a light blue filter so they don't look yellow. That way you can dim them a lot more.
     
  6. May 22, 2010 at 9:05 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Actually, you can turn these completely off. All you do is turn the dimmer knob down to far. The LED's drop below operating voltage and go off completely. The problem is, they are still fairly bright just before they go off.

    I'm going to be updating the pics on post 1 in a minute. :)

    EDIT: Pics updated
     
  7. May 31, 2010 at 1:27 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Updated with pics of new carpet and rear upholstery.
     
  8. Sep 12, 2010 at 8:33 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Replaced my starter today. The old one was doing the "click" and no start thing about 20% of the time. I replaced it with a high output starter from http://www.mean-green.com/ This thing really is overkill for a starter. I barely tap the key into the ignition position and my engine is running. Kinda freaked me out the first time, it doesn't sound like the old starter at all. If I was going to do this again I'd go with the 2kw version rather then anything as fancy as mean green makes. The 2kw version is the cold climate version. Would have saved me some money.
     
  9. Sep 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Added updated pics, post lift. Also got some of the air intake mod I did, and the new marker light.
     
  10. Sep 28, 2010 at 12:08 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Added pic with passenger side re-upholstered.
     
  11. Sep 30, 2010 at 1:41 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Bump, for comments.
     
  12. Sep 30, 2010 at 1:53 AM
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    TacomaV6

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    what you use to paint ur interior linings? >.< not trying to do the same thing, just wondering what product since i been working on some bucket seats on another car and T___T ruin the cloth i was upholstered
     
  13. Sep 30, 2010 at 2:16 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    I didn't paint it. I took the door panel off and replaced the fabric with some black split grain leather.

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    Took this thing off.
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    Pealed off the fabric.
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    Coated both pieces with contact cement.
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    Applied the panel to the leather once the cement was dry.
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    Stuck the edges onto the back with some more contact cement. You do have to cut the corners with those scallops so they fold back flat.
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    Cut all the holes out.
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    Realized I shouldn't have cut the holes for plastic mounting studs out. I did patch these, but it added about 1 hr to the process. *doh*

    Put the plastic piece and all the mounting studs back on.
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    Then put the panel back on.
     
  14. Oct 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Weekday bump for comments.
     
  15. Oct 6, 2010 at 4:10 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
  16. Oct 8, 2010 at 12:59 AM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    These came today.
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    They are sway bar quick-disconnects. I got them from wabfab. http://www.wabfab.org/1995.5-2004-Tacoma/End-Links-or-Quick-Disconnects/flypage.tpl.html

    Not quite what's in the wabfab pic. I'm happier with what I got then what was shown though. The one on the wabfab site shows a nut that you would have to remove to disconnect the sway bar. The pin arrangement I got is a better choice it requires no tools at all to disconnect.
     
  17. Oct 8, 2010 at 10:24 AM
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    waskillywabbit

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    The pic you are referring to is probably of an endlink and not a disconnect. :D
     
  18. Oct 8, 2010 at 10:55 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    Ah, I see what you mean. There are two products available on that page. Well, I got what I wanted, so I'm happy. :)

    FYI: You might want to change the color of line 3 in your signature. It's pretty much impossible to read the way it is now.
     
  19. Oct 9, 2010 at 1:05 AM
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    99tacosupreme

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    How much did it cost for you to get your clearcoat redone?
     
  20. Oct 9, 2010 at 8:45 PM
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    Leadgolem

    Leadgolem [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Herculiner bed liner, White LED instrument lights, Custom painted hood, Homemade leather steering wheel wrap, Avic u310bt gps stereo, 1.5" bushwacker fender flares, 1.25" bilstein lift front, 1" shackle lift rear, rear bilstein 5100 shocks, ridiculous helper spring lift rear, wet okole seat covers, mutilated exhaust, boom mat under hood
    I did it myself with a spray can. So about 10 bucks. :) I'm not sure how well it will hold up though. It's been on there for a year and it's ok so far.
     

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