Joemauma's Lowered Double Cab

In 2014 I picked up a 3.4 supercharger. It was an impulse buy and I didn't even have a vehicle for it to go on. For the next year I watched craigslist until I found this little blower recipient.

I scored this little truck off craigslist in August. It's a 97 LX 2wd V6 automatic. I picked it up with only 50k on the odometer. I've got three 4wd's already so this will be a run-around commuter truck.

This is taco now. Below you'll see how I purchased it.



Meet Taco:

 

First mod was a freebie. The gold lettering had to go....well most of it anyways.





I also replaced the head unit with one of these. Sorry bout the huge pic

 

Next was the wheels and tires. The wheels and tires that came with it were no bueno. Incorrect backspacing pushed the wheels out past the body. The tires had a dry weather tread(ha, I live in oregon).

I went with a 16" wheel and tire combo. I didn't go with any larger of a rim size because then you're stuck running low profile tires and begin looking like a low rider. Hi cheech!


The wheels are steel rims I had powdercoated grey. The tires are yokohama 580's. I mounted them with black gorilla lug nuts. Before mounting the wheels and tires I sandblasted the drums/rotors and painted them black so no rust shows through.



I need to get a picture under the hood. Clean clean clean

 

Stock this is a fun truck to drive. Gets up and goes pretty well. I quickly realized a rear sway bar was in order. Went with Hellwig.

While I was under there I also replaced the shocks with KYB's. (I forget the model)

The sway bar and shocks made a huge difference. Handling drastically improved. Time for some cheap hp's so I swapped in an AFE filter and did the elbow removal.

 

It's been a while since I've owned a car with manual door locks. This didn't last long.

I installed this along with power door locks in September. My first and hopefully my last time installing a car alarm! Wires everywhere. I'll hook up the remote start later in the winter when I have some more time.


While the truck was torn apart to install the alarm and door locks I installed sound deadener throughout the cab and doors. The sound deadener really helped. I also began work on the rest of the stereo. I installed new pioneer speakers all the way around. I've been running this Soundstream 300 amp for over 20 years to several different speaker combos and it's still going strong!



I just removed the speaker box from my truck yesterday and it's in my garage getting carpet. Should be finished tonight!

 

looking sweet dude! i want a little 2wd daily so bad.. that sucker is clean!!

 

Thanks! I've owned several tacomas and for daily driving this is by far the most fun!

 

Gotta run a tach! It's not as large as the picture makes it appear.



Yes I see the check engine light. It's off now.

 

Another little project. Way cheaper then tacomas!

 

what are your plans for that bad boy?

 

The tractor is a side project I work on when it's too cold outside to work on anything else. It's mechanically sounds so now I'm beginning to work on the cosmetics. It's just a toy to cruise around the property.

Taco has been getting some love, just need to upload the photos. I just installed bucket seats out of a 4 runner. Adios 60/40!

 

Taco's sibling

 

HOLY CRAP

 

4runner seats

 

53k

 

A little bass

 

I messed around with the door panels tonight.

 

Passenger