Joel's 4wd LT build

2012 4x4 4.0L V6, it is mostly stock.

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10.10.2020

KOH 2018

4/1/18

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fun time at the Mob Meet

Photos from DC_Pixels, thank you Devin





Labor day weekend dune slaying with the Dirt Designs family


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full bump



Mint 400


new shoes



Shock Collection
3.0x16 for link set up coming soon

2.5x8 front bypass

2.5x14 bypass for leaf set up


Parts Parts Parts


3/17/14
Mint 400 was epic, we finished the race!!! 47th out of 150 with two major pit repairs required to keep going. Austin had a nerf war and got three 30" light bars ripped off on course. Such an experience

Pit A #1890 Chase

Nerfed so hard we lost all dust lights and had both spares pinched into the backhalf rendering them useless on course.

trailer queen


Barstow stop on the way home

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New Year's Day, 2014. Started the year off proper.

Went in for the 20k service, free oil change and some funny looks at the dealership






austins duramax prepping for sema


#DirtDesigns Bolt On Race 4wd



racing down fence line

#stanceworks




#dirtdesigns

7/17/13

Her home Dirt Designs getting the 4wd kit built. 6/25/13




Taco on 39s

Glass mounted, on the way to Dirt Designs 6/24/13






#durtykrew #dirtdesigns



Sept 2012/ pre Lt
Leaving the dealer with keys in hand, 13 miles on the dash 09/01/2012




Baller Mid travel, so much fun like this




My loves







Disconnect from everyone who doesn't understand my vision yet..

 

Moar!!!

 

Good start. I'm a firm believer in more rubber, less rim. Decreases oddes of damage to rims. Can be costly. Recommend the TRD FJ Trail Team. They look great on a white truck.

 

Nice pickup man 2012 sport FTW!!!! Where did you get the sticker on your gear shifter looks good?

 

i had those wheels on mine with 3" lift and 285s and thought it looked real good..almost like it shouldve came like that...pics in my build...truck looks good you should do BHLM next

 

Thanks! The sicker was just a tacoma trd sticker i bought off Amazon for a few bucks and it came with a pack of trd tacoma stickers. I cut them up into what i wanted and put them around my truck. Super easy and looks pretty trick.

 

Nice lookin truck, man! How did you attach your whip back by your tailgate? Got any pics of that up close? Also, how did the truck do at pismo stock? I wanna take a trip out there with my stock '13 sport but I'm wondering how it does with just aired down stock tires. how far did you air them down? what psi? Keep the mods coming!

 

I just put the flag between the bed rail and the tailgate in the corner and slammed the tail gate shut, Its a really simple way to mount a flag, pretty crude though and it does cause some scratching and stuff to the space between your tailgate and bed but nothing that is noticeable unless you are looking for it, it is just surface cosmetic dammage, I've been doing it for years. As far as performance, these trucks do GREAT in sand with stock tires and suspension, you just have to be careful when going fast because its definitely not long travel so any large unexpected bumps or holes or whoops you come up on going faster than 5mph will destroy your truck and could ruin it in a heart beat, so just be careful. I air down to 15psi usually depending on sand conditions, at 15psi on all 4 tires I dont even need 4wd unless I try to accelerate from a stop going up hill.

 

Thanks man. good to know. Yeah, I wasn't planning on getting crazy out there...just want to play in the sand a little.

 

Got any sound clips of your exhaust?

 

I don't, but thats not a bad idea. Let me see what I can do after christmas is over. It sounds really throaty and tuned when accelerating, and it screams when you step on it. But at an idle and when I fire the truck up it sounds bone stock which is perfect.

 

It's not obnoxiously loud? How loud is it inside the cab? I've already chopped my exhaust after the axle, now I just need to replace the muffler with something that has a mellow throaty exhaust tone. I've been back and forth between magna flow and the Flow Master 60 series. Do you recall what the inlet/outlet dia is for the muffler?

 

No, It is not obnoxious at all. When I first got it installed I was actually disappointed with how quiet it was. The new tacoma are so restricted with cats that no matter what you do it is pretty quiet. However, my muffler has broken in after about a thousand miles of driving with it and it sounds great now. Its quiet on the freeway, no droning or annoying exhaust notes at cruising speeds. The magniflow is my fav because its a straight through muffler and sounds aggressive when you want, the flowmaster is chambered to intentionally make it louder. The in/out diamater was the same as stock, 2.25" or maybe 2.5 not suree

 

Thanks, good to know.

 

I ordered the strait through 18" magnaflow oval muffler based on your impressions.

Also, any chance you could shoot a pic of how you did the fog any time mod? I've been wanting to do it, just haven't seen any clear pics of which connections of the fuses are used.

 

I followed a few different threads on the forum to figure it out, heres a link that should help. If your truck is 2012-newer
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/li...parking-low-beam-high-beam-8.html#post4039711

 

looks great man! are you from SLO?

 

Thanks! she's coming along nicely. I am from arroyo grande but I live in slo and go to school full time here, its great
Are you familiar with slo?

 

Bump, took my sway bar off today and took it out to the dunes, the 5100s are aaaamazing.

 

sexy af. i want you grill, head lights and hood