The moldy pineapple risen from the dead

TW BANNER TRUCK: February 2012-November 2012


2000 TRD Off-Road
Extended Cab
5VZ-FE 3.4 V6
Factory E-locker (for now)

Suspension
Fox Extended Travel Remote Reservoir coilovers w/ 14" 600# Eibach coil
All Pro tubular chromoly 1" uniball upper control arms
10" Bilstein 5150 piggyback resi
All Pro Expedition leaf packs
All Pro 1.5"/6" Greasable shackles
Toytec 1" differential drop
Bay Area Metal Fabrication 5.5" BPV relocate

Aesthetics:

Clear parking lights
Clear headlight assemblies
Clear blinker assemblies
35% tint all around, windshield strip
various stickers for added torque, HP, and flex
Sockmonkey vinyl retro hood stripes

Lighting:

6000k H1 35w HID
Morimoto Mini H1 projectors w/ mini gatling shrouds
Digital slim ballasts/DDM H4 relay
White corner 1156 LEDs
Cree reverse LED
Smoked LED tail lights


Tires/Wheels:

265/75r16 Goodyear Wrangler MT/R Kevlar
16x8 Helo 791 gloss black


Misc. mods
All Pro Braided SS extended brake line
Old Man Emu exhaust relocate
AFE Pro Dry S drop in intake filter
Trac-Rac
weathertec window deflectors
Ultragauge OBDII tool
Magnaflow 18" muffler w/ custom pipe reroute




Coming Soon:
Summer 2013

Trail gear lo profile front bumper

Stay Tuned
ETA:TBD


All pro rear bumper+bedside protection



Current suspension pictures
Mid travel!























The build up!



Bone stock. The only "mods" at first was a steering wheel cover and weathertech window deflectors. Added on a T-Rac to add some hauling capability...ended up never taking the thing off.





Stickers add 20+ HP/torque, right?







Those headlight assemblies just weren't cutting it. They began to turn yellow no matter how much I kept them waxed and used Meguire's cleaner on em...

Next mod- Diamond pattern clear headlight assemblies/ Clear corner / clear turn sigs.

Before


During


After


Stock wheeling. Makalawena trail on the Big Island.




As an added mention... Michelin LTX AT2 tires are great all terrain tires.





Went to a halloween block party, and when I came back... Stopped all mods for awhile to make sure everything was put back together. "Like a good neighbor, state farm is there! With a new ignition!"






I wasn't really ready for suspension upgrades yet, I just wanted to make her look "unique"

Replaced stock tails with smoked LEDs



Suspension time:

Bilstein 5100 shocks (F/R)

Toytec/Eibach 3" lift coils

Toytec 2" Add-a-leaf

Toytec 1" differential drop
(Thanks DOWNSOUTH MOTORSPORTS and TOYTEC LIFTS!)





My friend's parents own a local auto shop, so I decided to give them business and have them do the install for me. Took her home but ! noticed something was wrong with the ride immediately. The next morning I realized they installed the 5100's set at 2.5, on top of the coils. Don't do this.





Took her back, they quickly apologized and changed them to "0"

How she sat afterwards.



Had the sudden realization that I was neglecting to add wheels/tires...235/75r15 looks small stock..and now with a 3" lift...I began the search for rubber.


A friend of mine had been trying to sell his tires for awhile. After the lift I decided I needed to go bigger than 235/75r15, so I bought them from him.

Helo HE791's in gloss black wrapped in 265/75r16 BFG KM2 Mud Terrains








After a search for lug nuts (Something I neglected) She had some new shoes.








Added some white LED's in the parking lights. Blinker is still amber for safer turning (looks more legal).
Also added a 5% tint strip up top, TW decal, and 35% tint on the sides


How she sits now (12/10/11):








Wheeled like that for awhile, then



I loved my toytec AAL, but with the amount of wheeling that I do, an AAL on an already-sagging stock leaf pack wasn't the best idea.
I was also running the original 5100's from DSM, before the bottom-out incident, so mine were stock length.
They needed to be switched out




as of 6/12/12

Swapped the rear suspension.
All pro Expo leaf springs
All Pro extended SS brake lines
10" bilstein 5150's
OME Exhaust relocate
B.A.M.F 5.5" BPV relocate

Waiting on a Beefed Taco Carrier Bearing drop to install All Pro 1.5" shackles.









Then I decided that I had the money... I was going full mid travel.
Installed:

All pro tubular chromoly upper control arms w/1" uniballs
Fox extended travel coilovers w/ 14" 600lb eibach coils






Did all the work myself, to start learning how to wrench...
If you swap the front joints...GET A PULLER. What three hours of hammering couldn't do, a puller did in less than two minutes




Old: bilstein 5100 w/eibach/toytec coils


New: Fox 2.5" body extended travel remote resi coilover








Lighting:
Headlights I've used:
PIAA Xtreme Whites
8000k HID
Morimoto Mini H1 w/6000k HID (Current)

8000k HIDs




Morimoto mini H1's with 6000k HIDs



(Photo credit: Thoy808)







1ST GEN MORIMOTO MINI H1 INSTALL WALKTHROUGH
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1s...00-retrofit-walkthrough-morimoto-mini-h1.html


More pics and info on the later pages.

EDIT: Wheeling pics added as attachments. Cause I know we're all too lazy.


Edit 2:
Vids?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yuveek32T0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4V5Fb9e5NY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqibUGTUx14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LOtPUX10QA&feature=player_embedded

 

cool stuff man it's coming together

 

Looks good man .

 

nice! ur not gonna get a bigger lift with small wide tires like Hawaiians do are u?

 

ahaha
nah, I'm completely satisfied with 265/75 on a 3"

Thanks for the comments!

 

nice truck. you got a nice hook with those rims and tires

 

Looks great man! Can't wait to see the wheels installed.

 

Finally got em on! I'll take more pics when the suns back out...

 

Sweet! Did you get those lights on Ebay?

 

Hate to admit it, but YUP! haha
8000k bi-xenons with digital/slim ballasts. cheap, but they haven't given me any problems in almost a year! (knock on wood)

 

do you have to get orange bulbs when you get the clear corner lights and running lights?

 

Nope, as long as you have the bulb sizes there's a variety of different bulbs you can get. I just put amber's in mine so that they'd look more legal at night, but I'm going to switch to hyper whites soon

http://www.sylvania.com/ConsumerProducts/AutomotiveLighting/LampReplacementGuide/

lets you know the bulb sizes-

 

Any update on pics of Tires installed yet?

 

Sorry they took so long, been busy the past week....But they're finally up and on! I'll move these up top to the first post soon.
Edit: Moved pics up top

These ones are 31.5x10.5, so they're exactly in the middle of what you have and what you asked So far, I'm loving these KM2s. Quieter than the Yoko M/T's I used to have.

I got my bulbs on ebay for around $60. I've heard DDM tuning is a better place for cheap/reliable HID's though.

 

i took my mud flaps off and it looks a lot better than what it did. so i would suggest you taking yours off. i like the look better

 

I'm debating about it. Don't really want to fling rocks everywhere but I agree that it looks better

 

Just ordered those tail lights!

 

Where did you pick up those headlights?? Mine are starting to yellow badly, and I like the look of those!!! Good looking truck.

 

Looks great man!

I am sooo glad to see pics of a truck with 31X10.5 on a 3'' lift! i just bought my KM2s and then decided to get a lift...stupid choice..lol but i love the KM2s as well and now i have faith i can just get spacers for a more aggressive look and be happy!

keep it up man

 

I got these on Ebay, searched for a quality one..When I was doing aesthetic mods I was short on cash, so most of the things I got came from ebay.. Just search for clear/diamond headlights and a ton'll pop up. I've had these on for almost a year, and as long as you keep em waxed they wont yellow.

Driving around with 235/75s on a 3" lift drove me crazy! haha
I like these KM2's way better than my old Yoko M/Ts. I can actually have a conversation in the cab without yelling.
Spacers might make the ride a little stiff, but it should look great!

Since the install, there hasn't been any sag from the AAL, I'll keep measuring in the coming weeks for you; and as far as the diff drop, theyre a pretty simple install. Shouldnt take more than an hour with the right tools