The College Budget Build (2008 DCSB aka Jackie)

I don't wanna mess with headlights, that's why I leave that to the experts on this. But you should go for it. The cost for my custom made headlights are $650 maybe more depending on cost increase of parts.

 

I can't justify spending that much on headlights since I already have my Spyders. Plus there's a lot more I wanna do with my truck that'll cost me some money, tires/rims, rear MOLLE storage, LED light bar, the list goes on. Plus if I mess up my stock headlights, its ok, because I have my Spyders. But its definitely on my "to-do" list for my truck
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Same here. Someone just pay us $5,000 and we will work until that $5,000 is payed off

 

Got a Jumper LED kit for the map and dome lights, and they came with free license plate lights as well. Turned out really nice, and the white light looks much nicer than the incandescent yellow light

 

Sweet rig!

 

Thanks bud!

 

Some asshole knocked the driver's side mirror, so I used it as an excuse to get turn signal mirrors (I still have to wire up the turn signal part)

 

Some of the interior switch lights were burned out, and upon learning how to swap the lights out, I learned how easy it was, and decided to get white LEDs for all of my switches, thus getting rid of more of the amber lighting out of my truck

 

Finally got around to replacing the original battery that came with the truck. I figured it was probably a good idea, seeing that it was starting to have trouble starting in temperatures as warm as 45 degrees. That old battery lasted 8 years and 214 thousand miles, impressive to say the least.

 

Finally got some shoes on her to match the lift. 17 inch Procomp 31 series rims mated to 285/70/r17 (roughly 32.8 inches by 11.5) E-rated BF Goodrich All terrains

 

Craigslist is a beautiful thing. I found a brand new, never-opened Bakflip G2 tonneau cover. Guy was selling it for $600, and I was able to talk him down to $470. Considering they retail for around $800, I'd say I got it for a steal.

 

How hard was it to install the newer radio? I'm wanting to do that with my 05 with jbl could I get an entune unit with jbl? And plug and play?

 

It wasn't hard at all. If you want FM/AM radio, you need an adapter, and you need to buy a mic if you want hands-free calling. There's a wiring harness adapter set you can buy that will have all of that for you (I can't remember the part number unfortunately). Other than that, its very easy. All of the old bolt holes line up and it just slides right in no problem.

 

Where did you buy the adapters from? And does your truck have JBL? Will I need a special on for the JBL unit?

 

My truck doesn't have JBL, I'm not sure if there's a difference in the install or not, sorry. There's threads that were written about doing the swap. As for the adapters, I found them on metrotoyotapartsnow.com/

 

Thanks to @spieler, I got some wicked new TRD stickers

 

Decided to swap out the mesh grille for a stock 2011 honeycomb grille. I'm thinking that the emblem won't be chrome for long, but I don't know what color I want it to be yet

 

Where'd you get that sticker?

 

I don't remember unfortunately. I googled something along the lines of "mountain silhouette sticker", and it was one of the first links that came up

 

Made a switch panel out of scrap 10 ga. steel that was lying around at the shop. Cleaned it up, cut it to size, milled it out, and stuck the pull out tabs and switch panel on there. Once I get a light bar, compressor, and A-pillar lights (which is in the mail), all the switches will go here