Bagged Taco build (project facelift)

good news bed got painted. bad news the shop was way too humid and i got some nasty sags on the lil shelve things on the inside of the bed. more bad news I have no room to carry anything at all to the show. Good news i have sags on my lil shelve things so I dont care about the paint and built a luggage rack to go on them so I can get some stuff to the show. on with the pics.








oh and another important new addition

 

Some new pics from people who have a better camera than I do.

 

and proof that I just can't leave well enough alone. Stay tuned.

 

Have you looked at this show coming up? http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/arizona/106596-car-show-tucson.html

 

this truck is awesome man keep the pics coming

 

thanks for the positive words guys, and mike Ill be at the show and probably drag a few other tacomas with me!

 

got the fenders shaved and painted the day before this local show this weekend. They look better but i need to get the proper corner lights and line them up a bit better. They were pretty much bolt on, all i had to do was remove the bracket on the front of the fender where the corner light is. It was just a few spot welds holding it on.

 

Those seats are from an integra GSR

 

Your truck was one of my favorites today at the car show.

Did you paint the dash yourself? I ask because I want to pull mine and paint it but I was wondering how much of a pain it was to pull it out and put it back in.

 

do these dropped truck have massive amounts of downtravel? Cause it looks like you couldnt change a tire unless they did

 

Thanks! Yes I did the dash myself and yes it is a gigantic pain hahaha.

 

They are adjustable suspensions that are able to lift the truck well above the tire.

 

So as anyone with a sharp eye might have noticed in the last show coverage I posted, where once there was a cherry bomb there was nothing. On my way up to West Coast Nationals in September the factory weld on the muffler cracked about 30 min outside Parker, AZ and flew out from under my truck. I decided it was a done deal and threw it away when I got to the show grounds. This time around I was looking for something a bit more quiet and less obnoxious so I decided to try out a nice tig welded Apex muffler I had laying around the shop. I must say I am very happy with the sound, most of the time I forget it is even there. I also added some more hangers to keep vibration down, as i suspect that is what caused the old glass pack to break.

 

I also got around to making some more headway on the center console. I still have a few tweaks that should hopefully make it sit even with the nose of the sub box. I will also be trying a few different style plates for the switches until I find the one that appeals to me the most.

 

Painted the rims, grille, and drive shaft black sand pearl, painted the knuckles and boston emblem gold and redid the airlines with stainless hardline. Threw the ol aim compressor in the trash and installed two viair 480cs in pewter.

 

This truck just keeps getting better and better every time I check this build. The bed is beautiful man. Great job!

 

important update hahaha, back in march the truck got a full logo.

IMG_20110327_183101 by BSGcustoms, on Flickr

 

small update

Got a few parts back from powder coating today, thats right GOLDDDDD. They are gold but we might add some flake over top of the powder coating for extra bling, I will wait to see what it looks like installed. Also my homie Kirby came through big time and found me a black leather steering wheel out of a 97 4Runner, finally the last part of my interior will be done.


IMG_3413 by BSGcustoms, on Flickr

IMG_3418 by BSGcustoms, on Flickr

IMG_3423 by BSGcustoms, on Flickr

 

So I installed those parts I had powder coated. Then I noticed it made my engine bay look hagard as all hell hahahaha.



so then this happened



and this





ballin out of control with gold 0ga hahaha




inner fender things





Getting smooth