The Millennial Build and the more BS the Better

The Millennial Build

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YES, I WAS UNFORTUNATELY BORN AS A MILLENNIAL. SO THIS IS MY SAFE SPACE!
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Not-So-Nice because as a Benedictine College student (and a full-time scholarship baseball player) who wants to almost cry every time I check my bank account, I am building my taco to the best of my ability with the resources I have! (so don't expect to see king shocks and high dollar things!)

This is my 2005 Toyota Tacoma Prerunner (Pee-Runner) SR5. I named this beaut "Cassi". This is short for Cassini. I am a Mechanical Engineering and Physics major in which I collaborate and research with one of my professors. We conduct research dealing with ionization in the ionosphere of Saturn's moon Titan. We receive data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, hence the name "Cassi". I was lucky enough to become a co-author on my first publication this past year so I am naming my truck after that accomplishment. If you think that is stupid... I don't give a damn

This has been a slow build and will continue to be slowly built as I put a good chunk of the money I make into it! As I said I will be a junior this upcoming year so I will be getting into the manufacturing and designing process so I have ideas to build my own armor and potentially take on the challenge of a LT travel kit. We will see! Stay tuned for those kinds of stuff.

So on with the BUILD!!!

How it sits today as of 1/3/16





Current Build Thread:
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/rear-hc-bumper-w-tire-swing-out-build.502096/

I have designed a rear HC bumper and plan to start the fabrication soon!


Finished Slider Build:
Built these from 2" Square Tubing and 1.75" DOM Round Tubing




Front Suspension:
- 4" MaxTrac Lift Spindles w/ Extended Brake Lines
- Bilstein 5100 Series Struts
- OME 885x Lift Coils w/ 1/4" driver side spacer
- Light Racing UCA's

Rear Suspension:
- 2" AAL plus Icon 3-Leaf Progressive AAL (janky college lift)
- Bilstein 5100 Extended Travel Shocks
- All Pro Offroad 4" Extended Brake Lines

Armor:
- SOS Offroad Concepts Hybrid Bumper
- Custom Rock Sliders built myself

Wheels and Tires:
- 315/70R17 ProComp Xtreme M/T's with full-size matching Spare
- 17" Raceline Raptor Wheels

Electronics/Communications:
- Hidden CB Radio install in the Center Console
- Firestick II
- Home made Firestick mount off rear above tail light
- AUX input wired into stock head unit

Recovery:
- Smittybilt 9500lb Winch
- Front Shackles/Rear Hitch Shackle
- Tree Saver Strap

Other Mods:
- CMC done myself
- ECGS Nitro 4.56 Gears
- 20" LED Light Bar mounted to bumper
- DIY Raptor Style Grille (mesh from Homertaco and letters from Jerry at BAMF)
- BHLM
- Colormatch Chrome Grille Surround
- Debadge/Relocate and Paint Emblems
- 13" Offroad Antenna
- Betterbuilt Truck Tool Box


Future Mods:
- Home Made Rear HC Bumper w/ Tire Swing Down
- Home made bed rack
- Potentially looking to fabricate my own LT suspension
- Rear Locker
- Retrofit Headlights
- LED Light Bars
- Cold Air Intake
- Snorkel
- Upgrade Bumpstops
- UBolt Flip Kit

How she sat the day I got her:


First mod was a cheap 3" spacer lift with 2" AAL:


The ride was shit so I replaced the rear shocks with more shit lol:


Then came a black DeeZee Bull Bar w/ Hella 500 halos:


Then on my 18th birthday, I got new wheels and tires! MB Kronk Wheels


Then I went with the Billies up front


I had this setup for quite some time:



Then came the new Spintech muffler which I love the sound of


I then did the BHLM myself and painted/ relocated the emblems:





Then came the upgrade to Maxtrac Spindles:



Then when I was home, I found out that my wheels had a recall so I got these for free!


Then I ordered the mesh and letters for the raptor style grille and did it myself:


Then I color matched the grille surround:


Then I saw the light and removed the bull bar:


I finally got OME 885 coils and LR UCAs installed



And that is how she sits today! This build is no where near finished! I have a hybrid bumper on the way as we speak. Can't wait to see what happens next

 

sub'd. Nice build! Now that SOS is running a group buy I may try and pick up a hybrid bumper. How do you like yours so far?

 

Thanks man! I love it and I would definitely hop in on that GB because that may be the last of them lol! They look sick!

 

lol haven't update in a while so I need to be better!! Here are a few current pics:





And this will be going in ASAP as soon as I have time and the weather is clear! Plus I got a full size matching spare!!

Smittybilt 9500lb Winch

 

Installed the winch today and everything went smooth!! Can't wait to test her out! Pics will be here shortly

 

Winch is installed!!!!

 

Looks good! Also, where in kansas?

 

Looks good man!

 

Thanks! I'm in Atchison, KS which is like 40min north of Kansas City

Thanks man!

 

Just updated the build. I have lots of plans for the next couple years so stay tuned as I plan to build a rear HC bumper with tire swing down, sliders, bed rack, and hopefully design a LT suspension..... over the course of 3 years lol

so a lot of new stuff this summer:

Found a good deal on Craigslist for a set of tires with a brand new spare. A set of 315/70R17 ProComp Xtreme M/T's. With these I came across another deal from a local member to regear to 4.56 Nitro gears from ECGS


Finally removed the fender flares and covered the holes with countersunk washers/bolts and painted them black.

Got around to re-doing the raptor satoshi grille after the surround flew off. Derped the letters red


Added a truck tool box


Wired in an AUX input and installed CB radio and built an antenna mount




replaced the u-joints

 

One bad a** taco man

 

Nice build.

 

Beautiful truck.

 

Thanks guys!! Definitely a lot of work to be done still

 

Can't wait to see it

 

Sweet build man! I want to copy the Raptor style grill, do you remember where you got the mesh by any chance? Thats also the spot I want to install my CB. Did you drill a hole through the bottom of the center console for the wire, or go a different route?

 

She looks real nice OP!

 

like what you've done!!

 

Thanks! I bought the mesh from @HomerTaco 's group buy that I believe he still has up but I am not 100% positive. Yes I had to drill a hole for the wires. Also it is needed for the cb to sit low enough to clear the top of the console.

Thanks man!

 

Thanks