achirdo golden truck build

*UPDATED 6-25-12*

Being a high schooler i cant afford any major mods, this build is ongoing, adding stuff here and there, this is pretty much a bang for your buck build. feel free to chime in with suggestions tell me what ya think

Current mods:
-camo arm rest mod
-4.10 gears
-ARB Air Locker
-On Board Air
-OME 886s
-OME Nitrocharger struts
-Light racing Upper control arms
-Procomp wheels
-Trailmaster SSV shocks rear
-2" block and rear aal
-285-75-16 treadwright Warden AT
-ARB front bumper with 2 procomp 130 driving lights
-custom colormatched painted grille
-cb and pa system
-Kennesaw Mtn Acc rear plate steel bumper
-Sony Xplode HU w/Sony xplode speakers
-uws bedlined tool box
-benlined weather techs
-golden tie rods
-2 marine mod
-dented skid plate mod
-Camo seat covers
-painted AC faceplate
-painted center console
-4x innovation DOM sliders w/kickout



as it sits today















i cant find any pics of the day the truck was bought but here is the first major mod

3" spacer lift w/ 2in blocks and aal and trailmaster ssv rear shocks (spacer will soon be replaced)






Next came a set of 285 75 16 duratracs





Next a N-fab light bar w/ 2 procomp 130 drivinglights






First real mudding trip w/ 2wd



next big mod was a kennesaw mtn acc rear plate bumper



got to be carful with the plate steal its fragile



next i added a CB radio







more pics comming soon of led lights installed in cabin,

still deceiding what to change that spacer out with

 

nice start man like the rims

 

Would ya believe the truck came from the factory with them?

 

i would some models do ive seen a few i wish mine did

 

It's looking good Adam, you'll have to meet up with us on our next trip to Red Neck Heaven.

 

any plans for exhaust or sound system?

 

Yeah Larry maybe this next time I won't be busy.

Nah not to many big plays for sound or exhaust. Maybe if anything a flowmaster 40 or maybe a sub or two. Nothin to major

 

Is it me or an optical illusion, but it looks like youve got the taco lean going on here.

 

+2 on leaning how much was your bumper?


Can you still pull quite a bit with that bumper and the hitch?

 

It's not taco lean, it was my crappy picture taking skills I was holding it at a slight angle. I thought it was taco lean then j saw how the roof was uneven too. The bumper was about $525 I think it was $450+$75 for receiver hitch.

And yeah that hitch is super strong. It's welded to the bumper then the bumper has 8 bolts holding it to the frame, it not going anywhere I've even used that ball hitch as a high lift point with both rear tires off the ground with zero isssues

 

updated with more pics

 

I realized that I havnt missed my truck recently and it was making me feel bad so i decided to paint my chrome grille black.

I used the duplicolor BSP color match spray paint 7.99 at autobarn, valspor clear coat, and rustelom automobile light gray primer. Also I used 150 and 220 grit sandpaper to get the chrome off. also a hair dryer was also needed.




I sanded it all down first with 150 grit then 220



Next I put 3 coats or primer waiting for each one to dry




Next came the BSP spray paint. I think I did 3-4 coats. On the very top of the grille all the pearls in the paint would End up at the edges of the grille because of the slope (sorry no pics) and figured our that if I spray the paint of then immediately put the hair dryer on it it drys before the pearls have a chance to float down.



I did 4 coats of the clear just because I'm anal about it then here is the final product






Next week I should be putting some 35w ddm tuning 3000k HIDs in my fog lights so stay tuned for reports on that.

 

fixed with pics

 

Looks good.

 

Nice truck man, Grill looks great painted black you did an awesome job at making it look original. Nice Tacoma World sticker, probably the only sticker that i would ever put on my truck.

 

Yea I will one day, I know a lot of people are waiting for them so I wanna have more posts so it shows I'm a good member before I just start requesting things.

Thanks for letting me know tho.

 

installed my ddm tuning 3000k hid fogs that i got from a member here today thanks Dwreck

headlights only no fogs


headlights+fogs






very green when you first turn them on...

 

Yeah those are damn green. They should turn yellow when warm. They did for me.

 

Truck looks great

 

muddin photos look rad. nice job.