Duff Man's build

update: 2010/09/10
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Bought her in March 2009, traded in my mazda3. Needless to say I'm a lot happier with my Tacoma


This is one of the first pictures I have of the truck, taken on Camp Lejeune.




I felt like the truck was just a little too quiet, so I installed my first mod. A Magnaflow catback exhaust.












Followed that with a K&N CAI, which I sold about a month ago. I loved the added volume of the exhaust, but got tired of it always coming loose and rattling every couple days.








I had the truck for about 4 months, and after doing a lot of reading on here, I decided it was time to lift the truck.

I went with a basic toytec 3" lift.
16" Dick Cepek Torque wheels,
and I'm currently running 285/75/16 Nitto terra grapplers











The stock sound system was good, but just didn't have as much kick as I like, So decided to upgrade the sound system and went with all JL Audio speakers.
6.5 inch speakers in the front doors, 6.9's in the rear, and two 10 inch subs and a 6 channel amp behind the rear seats. Wired all of it up to the stock 6 cd changer, and it sounds kick ass!












A few other miscellaneous mod's that i've done to the truck


By the time I had 30,000 miles on the truck, I had already worn out 2 CV joints and was told by the dealer they would not fix it again under warranty unless I installed a diff drop kit. So I did..



I also installed a set of bilstein 5100 shocks on the rear. I bought a set of toytec adjustable coilover's fo the front. But I am waiting until I can afford to buy new UCA's before I install them.





Most recently I purchased halo projector headlights, and a grillcraft grill for the truck, also color matched the grill.



And this is how she sits today.



















Mods I plan for the near future:


TC UCA's
Avid Offroad Sliders
TRD CAI
Color match rear bumper
black out rear lights






I hope you guys like it

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Looking good

Semper Fi

 

looks good. Tinted windows are a must and farely cheap.

 

You're truck looks good man. I like the rims on it.

 

Nice looking rig!!! Oh and the sound system looks sweet!! Good job bro!!

 

Good looking truck

 

Looks great!

 

is it a 4x4

 

where's the last pic of your truck on the powerlines at? j-actionville? nice looking truck, where are you ordering the stuff for the satoshi from?

 

haha, no not j'ville. That was out near my home town. Not the best place to go I might add.

As far as the grill, I ordered the paint from http://www.automotivetouchup.com/spray_paint.asp

I've been told you can get everything else from home dept and autozone.. I'm hoping that's true.

 

yeah it is.

 

are you deploying anytime soon? I am going to be up that way around april.

 

Great looking Truck!

I wanted to listen to your exhaust sound clip, but it says its private on YouTube.

 

Oh that sucks. Ill get on there and fix that.

 

Great looking rig!

 

SEMPER FI!! love the taco!

 

Very nice! Did it take you long to re-aim your headlights after you got your lift and HID's installed?

 

Installed a new AEM brute force intake, and added a couple new photo's of the truck

 

Do you work at the security annex on ballahack rd. Im sure I've passed you numerous time right bay the 7-11 on the corner on old battlefield and balahack. Nice truck by the way

 

Yeah man. I don't recall seeing your truck around though, do you work near by??