Blackhawke88's Build/Photo Thread

2007 TRD Off Road 6-Speed

How she sits today:


Day I got her:



List of Mods:
- TRD Cold Air Intake
- TRD Cat-Back Exhaust
- Doug Thorley Long Tube Headers
- URD MAF Calibrator
- OME Front & Rear Shocks
- OME 885 Front Coils
- All Pro 3" Rear Leaf Pack
- Timbren Suspension Enhancement System (Bump stops)
- Tom Woods 1-Piece Drive Shaft
- Pro Comp Light Bar
- 2 KC Rally Driving Lights
- 1 KC Rally Off Road Light
- Graphite Painted TRD Off Road Wheels
- GT Radial 265/75 ATs
- TRD Quick Shifter
- Extra D-Rings in Bed
- Black Head Light Mod
- Grillcraft Mesh Grille
- Uniden PRO358W CB Radio w/ Lil Wil Antenna
- iPod2Car

So about a month after I got her, I got rear/side ended by a Toyota Corolla (completely my fault thought). Her car was totaled while I had an ugly dent on my bumper for 5 months. I pocketed the insurance check and started shopping around for a used taco bumper. Here is what I found:



After I painted it with factory matched paint:


Back on the truck! Color matched too!:


After Pro Comp Light Bar + KC Rallys:







Still to come:

Pictures of truck w/ lift on

Pictures of DIY painted wheels

Some of my major threads:

my DIY bumper repair
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2163503

Pro Comp light bar, grillcraft and KC Rallys Installed
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=232926

CarDomain
http://www.cardomain.com/id/blackhawke88

Got new pics of the painted wheels up! First pics since lift too:





































here's how I painted the wheels: http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=238921

Went to Hollister Hills on Saturday with Ken (05scTaco) and his buddy Edgar. These are some pics of lil' Bush (my taco):

Just pulled into the park, taking a group shot. From left to right: Edgar, Me, Ken



Lil' Bush as seen through Edgar's side mirror:



Me chillin, waiting to hit a hill:



Flashin signs at the bottom of a hill:



Pulling a Bronco out (hehe, I felt proud):



Used a little help from an XJ:



Running 5 Fingers Hill:



Almost at the top:



Made it!:



CARNAGE!!! YES!!!!:





Chillin and enjoying ourselves at the end of the day:



Pictures courtesy of Edgar and Ken. Here is the original thread!!!:

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=243430

Carnegie SVRA:

Went wheelin with MJ and his friend. Videos are sick too:

Video of me climbing steps:


Video of me mudding:












May 10th Hollister Hills run with Ken (05SCtaco) and my roommate (pictures are ripped from Ken).

This is where we found ourselves after about half an hour of trekking up a few black diamond trails. The city you see off in the distance is Hollister!:














Some videos of me going down a very steep hill:

part 1:


part 2:


Update! June 1 Hollister Hills SVRA Meet with MJ and Ken (05SCtaco).

Pictures courtesy of MJonags and 05SCtaco!

MJ watching me from his new uber-cool rear-view back-up camera:






Me slowly climbing a hill. The place was pretty sandy:








Navigating my way around some ruts:




Working hard to protect my diff:




Almost got stuck:


Paid a heavy price for being stupid:


Carnage! That'll buff out...eh?:




My turn up a steep and sandy hill:






The caravan climbing its way up to the top of Hollister Hills:




We saw food:




And now time to pose:












Ken making his way down some steps:


...and me making my way back up them:


my tires were hella slipping:


I finally uploaded pictures from Ken's camera:





















Some Videos!:

MJ running truck hill:


Me running truck hill:


All of use messing around afterwards and doing donuts:

 

Very very nice.

 

Your truck looks sweet man!

 

truck looks real good!

 

was that a "Bush Cheney '08" sticker? I hope that didnt incite any road rage....truck looks sweet BTW

 

lol... I see you bought your truck at Precision Toyota -- that's where I got mine...

 

haha yup, people do occasionally dump coke and other shiiit on my truck. im just happy i pissed them off haha. btw, Im near san francisco....BIG land of democrats

yea, precision is a sick dealership, i heard a lot better than dessert.

Got my sliders installed last night!

Welding on the mounting plates:








The sliders, painted with bedliner and ready to install:






Fitting the sliders on the truck:




Finished Product:


A few pictures from this weekend run at hollister hills, courtesy of other photographers (including KRT):





















































^ A video of me climbing that hill:














A LOT more pictures here: http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2651515

Double Cab Toyota Tacoma = ~$28,000
Spacer Lift and Chrome Rims w/ 33" MTs = ~$1500
eBay running boards and billet grille = ~$500
Looking like a princess parked by my dirty Taco = Priceless

Parked by this guy on my campus for fun:






Pismo March 7-9:

 

Good lookin taco!, Nice pics

 

I'm surprised you didn't throw a rod when you were redlining your engine in that vid. Crazy shit.

 

Me too, but Im not surprised that I blew first gear of my tranny, had to get it replaced the next day, haha, for free tho cuz it was under warranty and I did a real nice job cleaning my taco before taking her to the dealership.

And also, sorry if some of the pics arent showing up, imagecave is screwing with me and im trying to fix them. They might just fix themselves. If not, ima have to move everything to photobucket which is gonna suck.

 

Yea, most of them say "Bandwidth Exceeded"

 

Yea, according to the faq on imagecave, if my pics are viewed too many times in one day, they freeze it for the day, then unfreeze it the next day. I guess imagecave is gay that way. If i have time i'll gradually switch over to photobucket. Til then, keep checking back! Thanks for all the comments!

 

aite, all the pictures have been moved to photobucket so it should all be good!

 

yup... I hated Desert... only went to pretoy...

 

I love those pictures!

 

Cools pic's man and nice looking truck.

 

some pics from pismo ripped from other people's photobuckets, haha, sorry if there are repeats:

 

update from the shop, hanneman hood w/ fiberwerx glass:
video walk around:

 

Your ready for some long travel! Looking good man.