MatthewMay1's SUPERCHARGED Build Thread

How it sits currently:


The truck came from family in Chicago, which is why I had a rusty frame. I'll get to that later. I was fortunate enough to get my truck from my parents on my 15th birthday and enjoyed it by myself for a short time until I found this site. Then everything changed. Ever since, my money gets spent much faster and my parts list never ends! Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to ask me anything!

Specs
- 2001 Toyota Tacoma SR5 TRD Off Road 4X4 Lunar Mist Double Cab
- 3.4L v6
- Automatic
- TRD E-Locker
- New frame and rear leafs in April of 2013

Interior
- Pioneer FH-P8000BT head unit
- 4 Pioneer door speakers
- Uniden 505XL CB Radio
- Midland MXT115 GMRS radio --- Here
- Homemade all-weather floor mats
- Ultragauge with windshield mount

Exterior
- Window tint
- Camper Shell (sold)
- 3' Firestik FireFly flexible antenna w/ spring
- 102" CB whip w/ tie-down
- PA System
- NMO mount in the roof with interchangeable 3.5" stubby antenna and 32" whip antenna for GMRS radio
- OKLED 12" LED Flood/Spot combo LED bar
- Relocated turn signals to corner light housing with amber/white LED switchbacks
- LED Reverse light bulbs
- Exhaust dumped after the axle
- De-badged tailgate and swapped on a TOYOTA decal
- BAMF BPV relocation bracket
- Color matched grille, emblem, and bedlined fender flares --- Here
- HID Retrofit --- Here
- Bed Rack and RTT --- Here

Wheels/Tires
- Stock TRD wheels painted black, powdercoated satin black
Tech stats: Factory 16x8.0 Wheel Offset = +1.00 mm - Back Space = 4.54" Inches
- 2015 Toyota 4Runner Trail Edition wheels
- 265/75/17 BFG AT KO2
- Tundra brake upgrade w/ Wheeler's Stainless Steel lines --- Here

Armor/Recovery
- Custom Trail Gear low profile front bumper
- Homemade 3/16" reinforced front skid plate
- SOS Customs rock sliders with kickouts --- Here
- Stock tow points up front
- Rear tow hitch
- Smittybuilt shackle in front hitch on TG bumper
- Warn XD9000i winch with homemade spool cover
- Assorted chains/straps
- 48" Hi-Lift Jack

Suspension
- OME 883 coils
- OME Nitrocharger shocks front and rear
- Custom Add-a-leaf from a Chevy 1500 leaf pack

Under the Hood
- 6" Deckplate Mod
- Airaid intake tube (ISR delete)
- Hilux 167 snorkel --- Here
- Aux trans cooler
- Supercharger & URD 7th injector project begins --- Here

Future Mod Ideas?
- Finish my skids (transfer case, gas tank, diff maybe)
- Relocate rear shocks and Dakar or custom packs
- 255/85/16 tires of some sort when my current tires wear out
- Add headlight hoops to the bumper (If I ever get around to it)
- LCA skids (eh, maybe)
- Rear bumper

Trips
- Trail run with OK Yotas, October, 2015
- Arkansas High Water Mark Trail, May, 2016
- Ouachita National "Freeze" Trip, April, 2018
- Rendezvous in the Ozarks, October, 2018
- Ozark day trip, November 10, 2018

Some good info I am saving here for reference

First thing I did was remove the roof rack and throw it in the attic.


Next I removed the goofy blind spot mirrors and the shell. Looks much more like a truck without it!


Put the shell on for deer season the first year I had the truck.


Airaid intake tube with no resonators on it.


LED switchbacks for my turn signals.


Painting my wheels (They ended up flaking off and looking like crap)




The first (and only so far) time I sunk my truck. I flooded my interior and destroyed my alternator. Oops.




Then I got a new frame! Thanks to the Toyota rep for taking a few pictures for me. I was the first frame swap they had ever done! Kudos for Toyota of Plano for not messing up on their first try.












New bumper!!! Trail Gear Low-Profile with light hoop. This is copied from a thread I made about it. http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/289655-my-take-trail-gear-bumper.html

I had always liked plate bumpers. I really wanted an Elite, but I could not afford it. I then looked at the All Pro APEX bumper, but still couldn't afford it. I then decided to go with a Trail Gear Low-Profile bumper with the light hoop. After looking at other people's trucks with the bumper, I decided to put some diamond plate on the top to fill it in.

Here is the bumper when I brought it home




First thing on the agenda was to get the light bar welded on.




Next, came the top plates. I don't have a picture of my mock up cardboard, but here's this.

Driver side:


Passenger side:


Now was about the time when i started getting ideas. I didn't like being able to see the washer fluid container and didn't want to modify it. More plate! But first, mock-ups










After doing all that to both sides, I had tons of plate left. I decided to fill in the smaller triangles on the front. I forgot to take close-up photos of those at the time. They can be seen in the finished product photos. Here, we are welding in the plate permanently.






All finished!




Off to the powder coater. I decided to take my wheels at the same time since the paint I put on them last year had started to flake off and they looked really bad.




Everything is finished! I went with a light textured black for the bumper and a non-textured satin black for the wheels. Great combo in my opinion.






Got everything mounted back up! I love how it all turned out! And yes, I know the skid plate isn't there. I have to find some new bolts to mount it up with.








I also did the "fog light mod"...sort of. I moved my turn signals to the corner lights and secured them with plastic weld and epoxy. Pics to come later. I also trimmed the plastic inside the wheel wells that extended too far.

Here are some pictures showing my turn signal switchbacks. This is the guide I used to do it. http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/186115-free-blinker-light-relocation-mod.html














I installed my Warn XD9000i. Did quite a bit of trimming in order to get it to fit.





Then this happened very quickly after the winch went in. OME 883/Bilstein 5100 set to 0" of lift. Toytec adjustable shackles set to the maximum 2.5".


Front done, stock rear. \/






Rear finished now. \/



I got my TW sticker!


Ultragauge mounted up, my gauges are different now.


After the lift, my exhaust was interfering with the leaf pack, so I eliminated that issue.


Installed a Uniden Pro505XL CB in the ash tray, a RadioShack speaker where the clutch petal would be if I had one, and a FireStik 3' FireFly(flexible) antenna. I used the FireStik hood hinge mount to mount the antenna. For a flexible antenna, it is still too stiff for my liking so there's a RadioShack CB spring on it now.




Got a TOYOTA decal for the tailgate. I like the retro look much better.


Window tint. This is a much needed mod in Texas. The summers are unbearable with no tint. I was tired of sweating my butt off. 20% rear and 35% front.


Flexing out the new suspension.





I got me some more light! OKLED 12" combo beam bar. I am VERY happy with the amount of light this thing gives off.


Here's a video of the intake with the mods I've done. I used a GoPro Hero 3+ Black edition under the hood to capture the sound and my phone to record the tack and spedo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogkKhcFKPnA&list=UUbnRmJnfwvxPeVyNND6VJ3g


Homemade IFS skid plate! This skid is made out of a single piece of 3'x4' 3/16" steel. This is my first try at welding, so I am quite excited. I bent up the tabs by cutting halfway through the metal, then welding the seam. Credit due to Box Rocket for that idea! I would also like to thank Pliny for all his help on this project. Their build threads can be found at http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...en-builds/1st-gen-builds/1st...doublecab.html and http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...en-builds/1st-gen-builds/1st...bs-thread.html If anybody needs help with making one, I have some good sources saved on my email I can send you. I made a cardboard cutout and then traced it on the metal. I don't have pictures of every single step, but I think it should be pretty self explanatory what I am doing.

Now to the photos!









































Thanks for looking! In order to decrease photo render time, new updates will be listed as links at the top of this post to their corresponding post in the thread. Enjoy!

 

This is going to be a backup maintence/mod log just in case I ever lose my paper notebook. Starting whenever the previous owner started it....

5/25/2005, 35,720 - oil, oil filter, air filter change
10/24/2005, 38,621 - two rear tires
3/12/2006, 40,371 - oil and oil filter change
5/18/2007, 45,820 - oil and oil filter change
8/7/2008, 50,201 - oil and oil filter change
9/24/2008 - Pioneer stereo installed ($767.92)
7/7/2009, 55,877 - oil and oil filter change
5/14/2010, 60,132 - battery
10/8/2010, 62,496 - front brake pads and rotors ($209), transmission flush, tire rotation
11/4/2010, 62,943 - anti corrosion treatment (undercoating I think)
11/7/2010, 63,790 - oil and filter change
This is where I take over.
Ausust, 2012 - Airaid intake tube installed
October, 2012 - LED turn signal switchbacks installed in stock bumper
12/29/2012, 72,100 - oil and filter change
3/29/2013 - new alternator
Late March-Early April 2013 - new frame! (Toyota of Plano)
4/23/2013, 73,654 - new tires (Cooper Discoverer ATP 265/75/16)
June 2013, 74,000 - new brake master cylinder
August 2013 - Trail Gear bumper and wheels powder coated and installed
September 2013, 75,000 - rear drum cylinders replaced
10/20/2013, 76,784 - oil and oil filter change
1/11/2014, 78,200 - Bilstein 5100 (4), Old Man Emu 883 coils, Toytec adjustable shackles
5/10/2014 - window tint at Winslow's trim shop (35% front, 20% rear)
7/27/2014, 82,075 - oil and filter change
11/10/14, 84,563 - replaced rear axle seals, rear differential fluid, rear brake shoes (Sport City Toyota)
1/27/2015, 86,728 - passenger side front CV axle seal replaced (Sport City Toyota)
3/19/2015, 87,570 - New idler pulley and all three external belts replaced (Sport City Toyota)
5/17/2015 - Hilux 167 snorkel install
5/31/2015, 89,068 - Oil and filter change. Tire rotation.
7/10/2015, 90,598 - Replaced rear Ujoint (Sport City Toyota)
8/2/2015, 91,157 - Duralast Gold battery, Duralast Gold brake pads, Duralast Gold rotors
8/8/2015, 91,250 - Timing belt, water pump, thermostat, upper and lower radiator hoses, coolant flush and refill, transmission fluid top off
10/9/2015 - BAMF BPV Relocation Bracket installed
1/23/2016, 95,256 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation
3/26/2016, 98,350 - New starter and battery replaced under Autozone warranty
5/16/2016, 99,600 - Tundra front brakes, Wheeler's SS brake lines, rear drums and shoes, Softtopper
7/11/2016 - Rear window tinted 15% by Pro Tint in Plano. Lifetime warranty.
8/16/2016, 102,442 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation.
4/25/2017, 108,600 - Radiator fan blades
7/1/2017, 110,000 - Oil & filter change, power steering flush, transmission flush
12/20/2017, 112,000 - 2015 4R Trail wheels and BFG T/A KO2s (50%) installed
1/12/2018, 112,816 - New starter (Autozone warranty)
2/15/2018, 113,763 - New battery (Autozone warranty)
8/8/2018, 117,844 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation. Brake fluid flush
2/15/2019, 123,400 - Front diff, rear diff, transfer case fluid change
2/20/2019, 123,600 - Spark plugs and wires
5/3/2019, 125,000 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation. Driver CV axle diff seal replacement, front diff fluid top-off, rear brake adjustment
7/18/2019, 127,700 - Inner and outer tie rods replaced. New steering rack bushings. New upstream O2 sensor
9/22/2019, 130,500 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation. New fan clutch
April, 2020, 134,920 - Valve cover gaskets, bolt grommets, cam plugs and half moons, intake plenum gasket, Magnuson supercharger, URD 7th injector (order #52058), Innovate PSB-1 boost/AFR gauge, TransGo shift kit, transmission fluid top-off since pan was removed
5/27/2020, 135,673 - Oil & filter change. Tire rotation. U-joints greased
7/14/2020, 138,658 - Air Conditioning recharge at Rallye Auto Hillcrest Rd
1/19/2021, 138,652 - ONE Nitrochargers shocks (4), reboot driver side CV axle, new driver side differential axle seal
4/16/2021, 139,448 - Install Midland GMRS radio, Wheelers rear extended SS brake line, brake system bleed
4/26/2021, 139,573 - New Denso radiator, installed Corolla thermostat (PN

$41 90916-03107 Toyota Thermostat - 90916-03107

90916-03107)
7/19/2021, 141,060 - Oil and filter change, tire rotation

 

First post! Hell yeah

 

Nice to see a build thread!I wanna see the plate/tube bumper thing I always see

 

Sub'd

 

Just read through the whole thing. I really want to put 884x and 5100 and aal on my truck, but I'm afraid I'll start getting the horrid 2nd gen vibes

 

Thanks! I can't help you much with that though. haha

 

Subbed!

 

Good job on the build so far man

 

Sweet

 

Thanks everybody. Ar, you're a genius. Now my sig pic is the link!

 

But how will people know if you click the picture, it takes you to your build?

 

Because of what I just added

 

no problem. Just been round these parts a few times now

He put a text indication

 

Sam's jumping the gun while I'm sitting here fixing things

 

Nice! Like the way you've gone with your truck!

 

WHO'S DEAD TO YOU NOW

 

Thanks!

um, I don't remember you rising from the dead, so still you. haha