My First Tacoma

hey fellas, after a while of looking and wanting, I sprung on a 97 tacoma a couple weeks ago. Just over 200k on the clock, and bought it with quite a few brand new mods on it.
Brand new ARB bumper with a Warn M8000 installed, OME 3” lift, ARB compressor, and 33” BFG muds. Drivetrain is bone stock, probably gonna keep it that way.
Kind of a unicorn find. Regular cab with a V6 and factory rear locker.
Looking forward to getting this thing on the trails this summer!

 

Ive always loved lifted regular cabs and its a V6 with an elocker. That truck looks great hows the frame?

 

Thanks dude.
Frame looks cherry, plus the prev. owner coated it with line-x or something similar. Pretty stoked about that!

 

Wow! And welcome! And WOW again!

1st Gen RC 4x4 with V6/stick shift and locking rear?!?!

 

Pretty close to my reaction too. Hahaha
And yep, it’s got a stick too!

 

A/C? Intermittent wipers?

 

Yes to both.
Got the fancy trip odo. too

 

You gonna put a killer sound system in it?!?!

 

Hahaha we’ll see dude, not sure how much I’ll be able to cram inside the cab sound wise. That said, it’s been a while since I’ve driven anything without Bluetooth/hands-free, much less no CD player, so I’ll have to at least get a new deck.

 

Holy crap that is a unicorn...to my knowledge the rear locker was only added on by request in the pre-TRD package days, so that makes it even more rare...and its a v6 single cab. B-e-a-utiful

 

I've got a Pioneer touch-screen head unit, JBL component speakers, Rockford Fosgate amp (which powers the JBLs), and Kicker 8" powered sub in my '10 RC. Everything fits just fine!

 

Damn dude that’s impressive. Still trying to figure out where I’d put an 8” sub... console delete? lol

 

So jealous right now.

Congrats and welcome.

 

I have a Kicker Hideaway stashed behind the seat on the left, bolted to the inside of the cab...

 

Wow that’s sweet! Clean install too. Giving me all kinds of ideas man

 

I've also got a backup camera!

 

How much $$$ did you drop on that setup with install?

 

Thats a sharp reg cab right there!!

 

Pioneer head unit: $325 on Crutchfield
Clarion backup camera: $100 on Crutchfield
Backup camera license plate mount: $25 on Crutchfield
JBL component speakers: $86 on Amazon
Kicker 8" Hideaway powered subwoofer: $150 (refurbished) on Amazon
Rock Fosgate amplifier: $86 on Amazon

Cost of installation: 12-pack of Michelob Ultra for my neighbor plus reimbursement for like $6 in materials.

I had a basic Pioneer single-DIN head unit and Pioneer component speakers installed in 2013 after more than 2 years with the shitty factory system. The original all-Pioneer setup cost me $240, plus another $125 or so for installation. My neighbor helped me replace the first Pioneer with a Sony double-DIN, which had a $280 MSRP, but was funded by court-ordered restitution money (I was hit by a drunk driver in October 2015; See photo at bottom of post). The Sony turned out to be a lemon, which Crutchfield allowed me to exchange for a Boss BV960N. I hated the Boss and had it for barely a year before I dropped $325 on the new Pioneer...

 

Damn dude that’s sweet!! I’ll take a look into that or something similar. A lot more affordable than I was expecting. Gotta get a tonneau cover and a gate lock too.
One more thing to add to the list....