2002 4WD TRD ideas

Ya you can plasti dip them

 

Oh okay thank you, it won't be daily driven for a couple more months so it should hold. I plan on plasti-diping the:
Front chrome bumper
Badges
Wheels
And krylon painting the toolbox
I'll end up getting new wheels once I get the money. The truck has to much chrome for my liking.

 

Id loose the toolbox and possibly the bug shield get a taller more agreesive tire some wet okles seat covers and drive it

im not too crazy aabout painting/plasti derp'in stuff

 

Got a little done. See my fenderflares? They are pretty faded.

 

So a little bit of an update, ended up plasti dipping my grill surround. I love it and i'm still working up the money to afford a bumper. Probably going with a trail-gear tube bumper and add two hellas to it. I've been off-roading every weekend now, just a little trail riding and shallow mud holes on the way. I just have a few questions i've come across that I still don't understand. What exactly is the purpose of a diff locker? and how/why/when would it be applied.

Im also interested in a leveling kit, probably 3" to the front to stand the front up. Will I also need a rear kit also to match?

And a plasti-dip question, I use frog tape which is just painters tape. When I get all done spraying 3 or 4 coats and i'm ready to remove the tape it wants to rip the dip off, how do I fix this? My next plasti-dipping job will most likely be this weekend and I don't want to deal with this again.

Shocks question: If I would want to get tougher suspension that doesn't squeal, would just 5100 coilovers work? (bilsteins) Do I also need something else to coincide with it?

Grill question: I'm looking for a grill where I can put a led 22" light bar inside of it. Will a black billet insert work, or do I need to make a mesh one? I want to mount the bar outside the grill and not behind it.

Sorry it is so much, i've been holding in these questions for a while. Thank you for helping me, i'm mostly new to a lot of these things.

 

Bilstein 5100s would be an upgrade. They're adjustable, and they're made to work with your stock coils. check out downsouthmotorsports.com to get you setup there.

Most modifications to the grills I've seen are Satoshi mods, or those gaudy chrome billet-style aftermarket grills. They do make bumper mounted lightbars that would support an LED bar. Or you could go the route this 2nd Gen did..
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/lighting/255567-led-light-bar-mounted-lower-bumper.html

 

Will bilstein and a OME 881 coil
work well? here's the bilsteins http://bilsteinlifts.com/shop/95-04...-2004-toyota-tacoma-1996-2002-toyota-4runner/
http://bit.ly/1erP8zv

I don't like the idea of it so far down.
It's either Hellas on the bumper, led bar on the bumper or design a satoshi grill.

 

bump bump bump

 

See the Note? "881 & 883 coils require matching OME 90004 front shocks"

the Billies are made to work with the factory spring rate. Now, if you go with a full OME setup, thats by far (IMO) a better choice, but you may be shelling out a few more bucks to do so. If you're staying relatively light-weight on the front of your truck, stay with the 881 coils. If your planning on a plate bumper, winch, or anything with some weight, spring for the 882 coils (see what i did there!?)

I'm sure theres other options for your LED bar on the front of the truck. Check out the Lighting section of TW. Honestly, I've never ventured into the realms of an LED bar for my truck, but theres tons of guys there with setups and could help you out.

 

thanks a lot, I'll keep the factory spring for now. I just plan on a tube bumper and a winch so Ill need to change the coils in the future.

 

Try the Mr Clean "Magic Eraser"

Has those flares looking brand new for a couple dollars.

 

I bought some turtle wax stuff and it lasted for 3 months like it says on the box, doesn't bother me to reapply it.

 

For a lift go with icon stage one it will give you a nice ride and if you have no rocks to crawl over then skip the bumper and get some nice wheels and tires,

 

I want a winch and I would mount it on the bumper. Bare winches looks weird and I like the look of a bumper.

 

I have lift questions, with stock leaf springs, 5100 billys set to .85 and ome 881 coils what will the estimated lift be?
rear and front bilsteins will be added*

 

for the flares, use black "Kiwi" shoe polish.

 

How long did yours stay black with that on?

 

The trick with any type of painters tape is to remove it while the paint it still wet. Once dry, the paint creates a continuous layer that the tape is trying to tear away from.

 

Thank you so much! I'll go try this right now on my bumper. I've been wondering how everyone gets such perfect lines and I'm over here ripping and messing up all my hard work and paint.

 

If you go with bilsteins or eibach coils, pm me.. i have both. with bushings