Tuff E'nuff for Pink

**disclaimer**This is my wife's truck. It will have girlie touches to it, so if you think the truck is gay looking due to it please keep your comments to yourself. Other than that enjoy and don't show your wife this cuz it may cost ya!








Front suspension-
Camburg UCA's
Icon remote reservoir extended travel coil-overs
Timbren bumpstops

Rear suspension-
All-pro Expo leafs
AllPro u-bolt flip
Icon 2.5 remote reservoir shocks

Exterior-
Skull decals
Trex eyelids painted to match
Painted to match grille surround
Grillcraft

Armor-
Budbuilt Ifs skid
Budbuilt Transmission skid
Budbuilt Transfer-case skid
Budbuilt Gas tank skid
Relentless front bumper
Relentless rear high clearance bumper
Relentless kick-out sliders
B.A.M.F diff skid
Total Chaos LCA skids

Wheels-
ProComp 7089 custom painted

Interior-
WeatherTech's

Lighting-
Hella 500 black magic

Recovery-
Superwinch Talon 9.5sr
Highlift extreme
Smittybuilt D-rings

Exhaust-
Wicked flow 13"
custom y-pipe

Brakes-
Wheelers extended brake lines

Miscellaneous-
Viair constant duty OBA
Blue Sea Auxiliary fuse box
Blue sea 100 amp circuit breaker
B.A.M.F cab mount chop
Custom flip up tire carrier

We traded my wife's Scion Tc in for her Tacoma in January of 2010. Our plans were to put a cheap lift and 285's and call it done. After taking it on a couple wheeling/camping trips we decided that we liked it a bit better for that purpose more than my Jeep. With a 14 year old and capming gear the Tacoma just makes more sense. I sold my Jeep since we really don't need 2 trail ready vehicles. Now the Tacoma must be built to be a go anywhere do anything truck. So after tons of research, saving and planning here goes the build.
Here it is a weekend or two after we bought it.


After that little trip we found out the mudflaps had to go. Started researching and found this site and all of the free mods. So we took the mud the mud flaps off, de-badged it, relocated the 7 pin, and tinted the windows. Soon after we planed a trip over Medano pass. It crosses a river 9 times so I knew this was in order http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/15686-diff-breather-mod-dummies-pics.html
Pics from that trip




We took advantage of the Wicked Flow group buy and did the y-pipe mod for when we got skid plates.


We also got on the Weathertech group buy too, gotta love the discounts!


And thats how she was till today!

 

We have most everything we need to start the build except for a few things. Bumpers and sliders should be done in a couple months but my wife doesn't want to wait to get them to start the build. Also we got on the Icon group buy and are still waiting for those to ship, so we may get to a stand still. Here is what we have to put on the truck.

Today my son and I took the grill off and used these great write ups,
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/li...nversion-mount-behind-satoshi-how-w-pics.html
Just the light install not the HID conversion.

And this one too.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2n...atoshi-grill-horn-relocation-w-lots-pics.html

Both are great write ups! thanks guys!
We also started cutting the grill apart for the Grillcraft (sorry no pics) more on that tomorrow after we help some family members move, awe the joys of truck ownership!

 

lookin good!!

 

Its here!

 

Cant wait to see it finished

 

Looking Good!

Nice set of Bud-built skids!!

 

this is gonna be a sweet rig once its done, i can already tell

 

^Thanks guys^
Today we painted the radiator black and mounted the Hella 500's. Haven't wired it em' up yet, still waiting on an auxiliary fuse box to come in.



We also finished cutting up the grill and prepped it for paint. Painted the grill surround and eyebrows base coat and will spray the clear tomorrow.

 

Looks good!

 

Lookin real good.

 

Yesterday all I did was spray the grill surround and eyelids in clear, nothing worth taking pics of!. Today we put in the Grillcraft and reinstalled the grill. We put the eyelids on too. Turned out ok, the color is a bit to dark though. We got this paint from auotmotivetouchup.com. I was hoping it would have matched better. If it bugs me to much I'll just get a pint mixed up at the paint store and re-spray it. They said there was 11 different mixes for mixing the paint so it must be pretty hard to match.

 

Nice lookin truck so far! What kind of wheels and tires you be puttin on her feet?

 

Lookin real sweet. I wish I had a garage so I could trade ya.

 

16" Procomp 7089's wrapped in 285/75 Duratracs

White was her second choice!

I drive a 07 STi limited. Sold my 06 rubicon last November and picked it up. Still stock except for a couple cosmetic mods I'm working on. I miss the Jeep when I look at some pics of it, but it all goes away when I get behind the wheel of the STi!
A couple pics of them.

 

Today I started to build a platform to mount the compressor and auxiliary fuse box. I decided to use the space over the passenger wheel well. I used a 12"x18" piece of 16 gauge (cut to 12"x11") and a 12"x1 1/4" 14 gauge slotted angle and some washers for spacers. I will finish it up when I get the auxiliary fuse box in. Yea I know i need to wash the engine bay!

 

Where did those skid plates come from?

 

Got some good news today, Icon said they were building the coilovers and shocks today and they will ship tomorrow! I didn't get much done today, my wife made corned beef an cabbage. So of course I ate to much so I didn't feel much like working!

North Carolina! http://www.budbuilt.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=24&Itemid=170

 

nice build man!

 

Damn you guys have some nice rides!
(I used to have a 07 STI)

 

Nice build! I actually just got rid of my tC too for a tacoma! haha