Gian's White Taco Build

Specs:
2002 Taco
TRD OR 4x4, SR5
3.4l, auto trans

current pics as of february 2013. for more recent pics, go to the last few pages

Modifications to date​

Performance:
-Injen cold air intake
-Flowmaster Super 40
-Slotted and drilled front rotors

Suspension/Wheels and tires:
-OME 881 coils
-Rebuilt leaf pack with 2 chevy leafs added
-Bilstein 5100’s at middle setting with sway bar taken off
-265/75/16 BFG Km2's
-3rd gen 4runner wheels painted black

Exterior:
-All-pro front bumper
-Sliders by Whitecloud Fabrication
-Kobalt slim toolbox
-Blacked-out tail lights off of 98 Taco
-Billet aluminum grille painted black
-Color matched grill
-Black TOY TACO emblems

Lighting:
-6000k HID headlights (35w)
-Parking lights converted to amber LED strips
-16" LED light bar
-100w KC Daylighters,
-Cheap foglights
-LED reverse light bulbs
-Under the dash blue LED lights
-Bedlight mod using super bright white LED strips


Misc:
-CB radio with PA speaker and 4 ft firestick antenna







This is after I first put on the spacer nose lift




Then came the blacked out headlights (really stupid) and cheap fog lights



Heres the Injen cold air intake


Bed light mod. I used the “fog” power source as the power to my LED strips. This way I can have the truck off yet have the lights on. Then I ran it to a switch inside the truck so I can turn them on and off








KC Daylighters, 100w long range.





Amber LED parking lights



LED reverse lights


Under the dash blue LED lights


16" LED bar


Sliders by Whitecloud Fabrication


3rd gen 4runner wheels painted black


-Kobalt slim toolbox

Future Plans​

-Long travel suspension (huge dream)
-High clearance rear bumper
-LED reverse lights mounted on toolbox for extra bright reverse lights

 

Nice, the best part is the baby doll head. lol

 

nice man, looking good.

 

nice truck i dont think iv seen you around....

 

the doll head is the best part

 

thnaks man youve got a sick truck too! and yea i live in the south valley and tend to stay on the westside of town. but hoepfully i can make it to one of your next meets

 

thanks!

 

How'd you find putting the bumper on? I've got a 2000 wtih the All-Pro in the mail. Was it difficult?

 

well it depends on if you have help, even for just a few mins.. i had to have my gf hold it in place real quick while i got a bolt in on each side. once you do this, the rest is pretty easy.
if you dont have anyone to help you, you might be able to set up some jacks or something to hold the bumper in place but probably not very safe

 

i made my bumper

 

yea i would have too if i knew how to weld and had the right tools but im just a college kid

 

You didn't have to do a frame cut and weld on the 2000? I thought there as some slight modifications for the 2000 model year?

 

Build looks good man, Im going to have to sit down an re-do mine sometime asap!
Looking forward to seeing the progress with it and get that exhaust dumped asap! Its practicaly free!

Us an engine hoist if you have one or can get ahold of one..makes it pretty easy by yourself, if not the friend method is best and takes a few minutes.

 

Did you just replace the front headlight bulbs with 6000k HID (35w) bulbs? What brand are they and how $$ ?

 

DDMtuning.com but for a legit HID set-up goto TRS Theretrofitsource.com

I like my DDM kit but will hopefully soon be retro fitting mine!
Just dont get the cheap ones off ebay, cause the quality sucks big time!

 

well i know the 98-2000 models and the 01-04 are similar with the exception of different grilles. so your frame/bumper mount is probably also different than mine so you might have to do those mods but im not sure.

 

I did it for legit reasons of crossing creeks and offroad purposes so you dont bend it offroad but some say it makes it louder and mine is pretty loud..but i like it offroad and the fact that you just dont have to see an exhaust tip sticking out and hell i even put the chrome walmart tip back on it after i dumped it

also working on cleaning up my build now in class

 

yes i did. and i do not know the brand because it is not on the ballast. i was ordering my tail lights, i think, and they called me and asked me if i wanted these brand new HIDs for my taco. it had a damaged box so i think i got them for like $90 (normally $150 or something).

but 01tacoma is right, DDM is the way to go if you dont want to spend too much. my buddy got his HID's from ebay and hes always messing with them trying to get them to work properly

 

do you have the super 40 or the the origional 40?
i think i have the super 44 (loudest flowmaster) but my buddy keeps telling me i have the super 40 (second loudest)