It Begins: Miss Blue

jandrews · 07-07-2009, 04:38 PM

Original Post: 07/07/2009 - Scroll down for chronological build.

I know...I know...creative name. For those of you who may be wondering, I stole it from a song of the same name by Filter. You can hear it here. Enjoy. Listening to it while viewing the thread seems to work surprisingly well.

So, let's get this thing started.

Gents (and ladies, what few of you there are), meet Miss Blue:

I took delivery on June 11th, 2009. She's a 2009 Double Cab Shorty packing the 4 Litre, TRD Cold Air, TRD Cat Back, and TRD Offroad package. She's also fully equipped to pull what needs pullin' with the V6 Tow Package. She's already had the rear leaf TSB done and the engine/front diff/rear diff/t-case were all moved over to Mobil 1 Synthetic at 1000mi.

Turn ons:
Baths, Less-is-More, Torquey engines, Jandrews.

Turn offs:
Small tires, people who drive slow in the left lane, smokers, dead batteries.

As an aside, her owner is also available in Speedway Blue:

We've spent a few weeks together now and we're learning to respect one another. I don't try to feed her anything less than premium fuel, and she doesn't try to cut my finger off when changing her t-case oil:

Anyway, aside from moving the engine, diffs, and t-case over to synthetic, I've done the following minor cosmetic stuff so far:

Trimmed Mudflaps

De-badged and Re-badged
Everything off, two put back on. The driver's side of the vehicle is completely clean:

And the passenger side now sports the V6 logo taken from the tailgate, placed where the Tacoma nameplate was:

I also relocated the tailgate "Tacoma" badge to center it above the tailgate handle.

07/15/2009: Engine Cover Painted
Here be the story of how it was done, and here be how show looks:

08/01/2009: TW Sticker!

08/16/2009: Rear Differential Breather Relocation

Relocated the rear diff breather to the gas filler. Used 3/8" ID 5/8" OD high pressure hose in a festive yellow for tubing.

10/10/2009: Shorty Antenna, Extra D-Rings

Finally got around to doing these after having the parts laying around for like a month. The shorty antenna came from Shorty Antenna Source, looks great, and works like a charm:

Borrowing an impact drill and compressor was the biggest challenge in getting the D-Rings in:

Grillecraft grille is still here and waiting to be installed. Got to get my hands on a color-matched grille surround first. Wet Okoles from the current group buy coming soon.

To Do List:

Near (months):
- New Grille.
- Wet Okole seat covers
- WeatherTech Digifit Floor liners
- ScanGauge II
- DT Short Tubes.
- BHLM or Clearcornered HLs (it depends)

Far (year or two):

- 3" lift/33" meats/Regear to get the power back with the bigger meats.
- Tom Woods CV shaft (with lift).
- Budbuilt/Allpro under armor.
- Drop the tubes and replace with sliders/nerfs.

Potentially (still hemming and hawing over whether or not I want to do them at all):
- Front and rear bumper replacement
- If front bumper replaced: winch.
- HID headlights + foglights

NumNutz · 07-07-2009, 04:41 PM

Nice truck. Nicer color

silverback07 · 07-07-2009, 04:45 PM

Excellent build intro.

Colton · 07-07-2009, 08:23 PM

Sweet truck! Great start Jandrews!

tacoholic · 07-07-2009, 09:47 PM

Very nice, subbin'!

Scottcrumley24 · 07-07-2009, 10:11 PM

Nice truck bud!

jacob_wood · 07-09-2009, 01:26 AM

Definitely a good start. I like where you put the Tacoma on the tailgate I was thinking of doing something like that as well. I tested putting the Toyota logo under and didn't like that so I put the Tacoma logo there and didn't like it either but I like where you put it and I think that is where I'm gonna put mine! Good luck with the build can't wait to see moreeee

chadmb2003 · 07-11-2009, 08:26 PM

Great truck dude! I love how you re-badged it. Never seen it done that way before. I also know where these pics were taken

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jandrews · 07-11-2009, 08:29 PM

For sure. We'll get together to work on yours a bit when the time comes if you want

ddonrop · 07-12-2009, 12:08 PM

Subscribed...I like the clean asthetics and great intro...

jandrews · 07-12-2009, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddonrop

Subscribed...I like the clean asthetics and great intro...

Should only get cleaner. I'm very much a "have it and know you have it, but don't flaunt it" kind of person. I want this truck to be badass as hell, and I don't want anyone to be able to tell until I let it off the leash

And in relation to that...does anyone know where to get tail-lights that don't look horrible? The factory ones are not inspiring when you're looking for elegance, and the aftermarket options are even worse.

jandrews · 07-15-2009, 06:43 PM

Bumped for Engine Cover update.

Colton · 07-15-2009, 07:03 PM

Love the N64 video.

Great job on the 'gin cover.

jandrews · 08-01-2009, 05:04 PM

Sticker!

phynyx38 · 08-01-2009, 05:39 PM

Great build! I like the badges.

climber-420 · 08-04-2009, 12:05 PM

your climbing picture, you in Linville somewhere?

jandrews · 08-04-2009, 02:20 PM

Seneca Rocks in that picture, but I've climbed all over NC and WV, as well as a two month stint in Arizona in 2007 (The Pit, Granite Mountain, Cochise, Groom Creek, Priest Draw, Paradise Forks, Oak Creek Overlook). Need to start making some raids into Kentucky and the TAG area, but deliverance-style hillbillies scare me.

Done some ice and smaller peaks on the east coast. Heading to Mt. Whitney next summer with a partner of mine and hopefully Yosemite for some Grade V big wall/aid action in 2011.

A couple moar samples from various trips:

NAAC3TACO · 08-04-2009, 02:31 PM

Love the painted engine cover. One more reason I wish I had V6.

NumNutz · 08-04-2009, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jandrews

Heading to Mt. Whitney next summer with a partner of mine and hopefully Yosemite for some Grade V big wall/aid action in 2011.

That's not gonna be an easy climb. I give you respect.

jandrews · 08-04-2009, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by socolax91

That's not gonna be an easy climb. I give you respect.

Whitney, from a pure technical perspective, does not seem that bad. The big wall stuff will be more challenging in terms of technique and skill. Whitney will be more of a physical endeavor, because there's a lot less oxygen up there.

But we're gettin' sidetracked. Hopefully my grille gets here in the next couple days so I can re-align the thread within spec.

07-07-2009, 04:38 PM	#1
jandrews Still ignoring the damn swine flu Joined: Jun 2009, #18122 Location: Salisbury, NC Age: 25 Gender: Guy Posts: 846 '09 FourDubDee 2009 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L TRD CatBack Exhaust--TRD Cold Air Intake--Tow Package--Rear Leaf TSB--Trimmed Flaps--Locking Gas Cap--De/Re-Badged--De-Ticked (VSV mod)--Painted Engine Cover--TW Sticker--Relocated Rear Diff Breather--Shorty Antenna --Extra D-rings--More to come!	Miss Blue: Updated Often Original Post: 07/07/2009 - Scroll down for chronological build. I know...I know...creative name. For those of you who may be wondering, I stole it from a song of the same name by Filter. You can hear it here. Enjoy. Listening to it while viewing the thread seems to work surprisingly well. So, let's get this thing started. Gents (and ladies, what few of you there are), meet Miss Blue: I took delivery on June 11th, 2009. She's a 2009 Double Cab Shorty packing the 4 Litre, TRD Cold Air, TRD Cat Back, and TRD Offroad package. She's also fully equipped to pull what needs pullin' with the V6 Tow Package. She's already had the rear leaf TSB done and the engine/front diff/rear diff/t-case were all moved over to Mobil 1 Synthetic at 1000mi. Turn ons: Baths, Less-is-More, Torquey engines, Jandrews. Turn offs: Small tires, people who drive slow in the left lane, smokers, dead batteries. As an aside, her owner is also available in Speedway Blue: We've spent a few weeks together now and we're learning to respect one another. I don't try to feed her anything less than premium fuel, and she doesn't try to cut my finger off when changing her t-case oil: Anyway, aside from moving the engine, diffs, and t-case over to synthetic, I've done the following minor cosmetic stuff so far: Trimmed Mudflaps De-badged and Re-badged Everything off, two put back on. The driver's side of the vehicle is completely clean: And the passenger side now sports the V6 logo taken from the tailgate, placed where the Tacoma nameplate was: I also relocated the tailgate "Tacoma" badge to center it above the tailgate handle. 07/15/2009: Engine Cover Painted Here be the story of how it was done, and here be how show looks: 08/01/2009: TW Sticker! 08/16/2009: Rear Differential Breather Relocation Relocated the rear diff breather to the gas filler. Used 3/8" ID 5/8" OD high pressure hose in a festive yellow for tubing. 10/10/2009: Shorty Antenna, Extra D-Rings Finally got around to doing these after having the parts laying around for like a month. The shorty antenna came from Shorty Antenna Source, looks great, and works like a charm: Borrowing an impact drill and compressor was the biggest challenge in getting the D-Rings in: Grillecraft grille is still here and waiting to be installed. Got to get my hands on a color-matched grille surround first. Wet Okoles from the current group buy coming soon. To Do List: Near (months): - New Grille. - Wet Okole seat covers - WeatherTech Digifit Floor liners - ScanGauge II - DT Short Tubes. - BHLM or Clearcornered HLs (it depends) Far (year or two): - 3" lift/33" meats/Regear to get the power back with the bigger meats. - Tom Woods CV shaft (with lift). - Budbuilt/Allpro under armor. - Drop the tubes and replace with sliders/nerfs. Potentially (still hemming and hawing over whether or not I want to do them at all): - Front and rear bumper replacement - If front bumper replaced: winch. - HID headlights + foglights __________________ Build: Miss Blue

07-07-2009, 04:41 PM	#2
NumNutz ^^^I'm with stupid Name: Nick Joined: Jul 2008, #7928 Location: Harwood, MD/Ithaca, NY Age: 18 Gender: Male Posts: 2,111 The Right Foot Mods N/A 2007 Access Cab Automatic 4.0L Halo Headlights, 3K Yellow HID Fog Lights, 20% Tint, De-badged, Blacked-out Door Emblems, ScanGauge II, Alpine IVA-W505 DVD Receiver, Tacoma All-Weather Floor Mats, TRD Cold Air Intake, TRD Cat-Back Exhaust, URD MAF Sensor Cal., Doug Thorley LT Headers TRD OEM Skid Plate, Custom CAI Box Cover, Fog Lights Anytime Mod, Cobra CB Radio, 36" Firstix, Black Painted Brake Calipers, Custom Shift Knob, Custom Thule Bed Rack, Blacked out LED 09' style Tail lights, Blue LED Dome Light	Nice truck. Nicer color __________________ My Build Check These Out- My Photography --> Prints are now available <-- My Video Thread WTB - N-Fab Lights Bar - PM me if interested

07-07-2009, 04:45 PM	#3
silverback07 vvvvv Taco on crack vvvvv Name: Sean Joined: Jul 2008, #7986 Location: Austin Gender: Male Posts: 4,564 07 TRD OR DC 2007 Double Cab Automatic 4.0 2007 Tacoma TRD Off Road 4x4. Some mods	Excellent build intro. __________________ My Build 2007 Tacoma TRD Off Road 4x4, Leather Fox 2.0's, OME Dakars, Total Chaos UCA, Tom Wood CV Driveshaft, BFG KM2, XD Enduro's, Goodridge SS brake lines, Timbrens, 4.56 gears Rocktec & AllPro bumpers, Shrockworks sliders, Grillcraft grill, C2C struts, Full BudBuilt skids, PIAA 510's, HID's, Warn M8000, MasterPull Superline, 60” HiLift Extreme, Oasis On-board Air, Dual Batteries, UWS Chest, SockMonkey decals A-pillar pod w/ Autometer gauges, ScanGauge II, Midland CB w/ 3' FireFly, Alpine/MB Quart/Premier, Garmin Nuvi 500

07-07-2009, 09:47 PM	#5
tacoholic 09 but I drive a 012 Expedition... Name: Jeff...I'm pretty sure Joined: Jan 2009, #12480 Location: East Bay, CA Gender: Dude Posts: 4,459 Quite possibly, someday... Double Cab Automatic 4.0L V6	Very nice, subbin'! __________________ 2010 Ford Fusion Sport FWD...402A only. 2005 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer...loaded. Will always want...2009 Tacoma //TRD Sport Double Cab Short Bed in SWB.

07-07-2009, 10:11 PM	#6
Scottcrumley24 The few, the proud, the Prerunners! Name: Scott Joined: May 2009, #17177 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Gender: Male Posts: 1,976 05 PreRunner TRD OR 4.0 2005 Double Cab Automatic 4.0 V6 Halo head lights, 3" front spacer with pro comp AAL. Painted stock wheels black along with the Toyota symbol on the grill. Debadged. Blacked out Tail Lights.Blacked out center of front bumper along with the scoop. Fog Light MOD. Flowmaster Super 44 Muffler.	Nice truck bud! __________________

07-07-2009, 08:23 PM	#4
Colton You feelin' lucky, punk? Name: Colton Joined: May 2009, #17626 Location: Smithfield, VA Gender: Male Posts: 7,729 Future 2010 DC MGM 4x4 Automatic	Sweet truck! Great start Jandrews!

07-09-2009, 01:26 AM	#7
jacob_wood It's party time Joined: Jun 2009, #18191 Location: Nor-Cal Age: 18 Gender: Male Posts: 552 06 Prerunner SR5 V6 Desert Sand Mica 2006 Access Cab Automatic Debadged, partially rebadged, K&N Intake, BHLM, bedliner on bumper, 2009 tail lights, painted stock steelies	Definitely a good start. I like where you put the Tacoma on the tailgate I was thinking of doing something like that as well. I tested putting the Toyota logo under and didn't like that so I put the Tacoma logo there and didn't like it either but I like where you put it and I think that is where I'm gonna put mine! Good luck with the build can't wait to see moreeee

07-11-2009, 08:26 PM	#8
chadmb2003 The Few. The Proud. The PreRunners Joined: Oct 2008, #9636 Location: Salisbury, NC Gender: Guy Posts: 361 09 V6 Access Cab TRD Sport Black 2009 Access Cab Automatic V6 Toyota All Weather Mats, Stant Locking Gas Cap, Shorty Antenna, AC Line Extension Mod, Tailgate Anti-Theft Mod, Horn Modification, Garage Door Mount, Fog Lights on Anytime	Great truck dude! I love how you re-badged it. Never seen it done that way before. I also know where these pics were taken . __________________ 2009 Tacoma V6 PreRunner Access Cab TRD Sport Black. 2000 Tacoma Access Cab 4x4 SR5 Silver

07-11-2009, 08:29 PM	#9
jandrews Still ignoring the damn swine flu Joined: Jun 2009, #18122 Location: Salisbury, NC Age: 25 Gender: Guy Posts: 846 '09 FourDubDee 2009 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L TRD CatBack Exhaust--TRD Cold Air Intake--Tow Package--Rear Leaf TSB--Trimmed Flaps--Locking Gas Cap--De/Re-Badged--De-Ticked (VSV mod)--Painted Engine Cover--TW Sticker--Relocated Rear Diff Breather--Shorty Antenna --Extra D-rings--More to come!	For sure. We'll get together to work on yours a bit when the time comes if you want __________________ Build: Miss Blue

07-12-2009, 12:08 PM	#10
ddonrop "Kaaw Kaaw, Raaoorrrr" Name: Dean Joined: Apr 2009, #16078 Location: Plano, TX Age: 39 Gender: Male Posts: 90 PreRunner SR5 - Super White 2006 Access Cab Automatic 4.0 Liter V6 Total Chaos UCAs (not installed) Gorilla (not installed)- Hub rings Black Chrome Lugs / Locks ExperTint TSB 0305-08	Subscribed...I like the clean asthetics and great intro... __________________

07-15-2009, 06:43 PM	#12
jandrews Still ignoring the damn swine flu Joined: Jun 2009, #18122 Location: Salisbury, NC Age: 25 Gender: Guy Posts: 846 '09 FourDubDee 2009 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L TRD CatBack Exhaust--TRD Cold Air Intake--Tow Package--Rear Leaf TSB--Trimmed Flaps--Locking Gas Cap--De/Re-Badged--De-Ticked (VSV mod)--Painted Engine Cover--TW Sticker--Relocated Rear Diff Breather--Shorty Antenna --Extra D-rings--More to come!	Bumped for Engine Cover update. __________________ Build: Miss Blue

07-15-2009, 07:03 PM	#13
Colton You feelin' lucky, punk? Name: Colton Joined: May 2009, #17626 Location: Smithfield, VA Gender: Male Posts: 7,729 Future 2010 DC MGM 4x4 Automatic	Love the N64 video. Great job on the 'gin cover.

08-01-2009, 05:04 PM	#14
jandrews Still ignoring the damn swine flu Joined: Jun 2009, #18122 Location: Salisbury, NC Age: 25 Gender: Guy Posts: 846 '09 FourDubDee 2009 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L TRD CatBack Exhaust--TRD Cold Air Intake--Tow Package--Rear Leaf TSB--Trimmed Flaps--Locking Gas Cap--De/Re-Badged--De-Ticked (VSV mod)--Painted Engine Cover--TW Sticker--Relocated Rear Diff Breather--Shorty Antenna --Extra D-rings--More to come!	Sticker! __________________ Build: Miss Blue

08-01-2009, 05:39 PM	#15
phynyx38 UR Brain on TW Name: Mike Joined: May 2009, #17425 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 39 Gender: Male Posts: 829 08 Tacoma PreRunner 2008 Double Cab Automatic V6	Great build! I like the badges. __________________ Big Country nerf bars, Front and Rear Bilstein TSB, Painted Black Wheels, painted grill black. Next Mod: BHLM, Black Badges

08-04-2009, 12:05 PM	#16
climber-420 I love tight cracks Joined: Sep 2008, #9583 Location: Fraser,CO Gender: Male Posts: 66 03 V6 TRD 2003 Xtra Cab Manual V-6 6inch Fabtech Suspension Lift,Bilstein 5125's on rear, MT Classic II's (blacked out), deckplate,Hella 700's,aux backup lite's,maglite mod, leer camper top, cobra 18wxt CB, 3' K-40 superwhip, Gennie Skull Shifter	your climbing picture, you in Linville somewhere?

08-04-2009, 02:31 PM	#18
NAAC3TACO Senior Member Joined: Aug 2008, #8350 Location: Sparks, NV Age: 42 Gender: Male Posts: 1,090 2008 SR5 AC 2.7 4X4 IMPULSE RED 2008 Access Cab Manual 2.7 Ebay fog light kit Rubber bed mat Toyota fog light switch	Love the painted engine cover. One more reason I wish I had V6.

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08-04-2009, 02:20 PM	#17
jandrews Still ignoring the damn swine flu Joined: Jun 2009, #18122 Location: Salisbury, NC Age: 25 Gender: Guy Posts: 846 '09 FourDubDee 2009 Double Cab Automatic 4.0L TRD CatBack Exhaust--TRD Cold Air Intake--Tow Package--Rear Leaf TSB--Trimmed Flaps--Locking Gas Cap--De/Re-Badged--De-Ticked (VSV mod)--Painted Engine Cover--TW Sticker--Relocated Rear Diff Breather--Shorty Antenna --Extra D-rings--More to come!	Seneca Rocks in that picture, but I've climbed all over NC and WV, as well as a two month stint in Arizona in 2007 (The Pit, Granite Mountain, Cochise, Groom Creek, Priest Draw, Paradise Forks, Oak Creek Overlook). Need to start making some raids into Kentucky and the TAG area, but deliverance-style hillbillies scare me. Done some ice and smaller peaks on the east coast. Heading to Mt. Whitney next summer with a partner of mine and hopefully Yosemite for some Grade V big wall/aid action in 2011. A couple moar samples from various trips: __________________ Build: Miss Blue