4Wheeling4Banger’s Supercharged Silver State Edition Build

My Taco got featured on TacomaHQ.com
http://www.tacomahq.com/2593/featured-truck-2011-toyota-tacoma-4wheelin4banger/#more-2593

 

Thats sweet. Nice write up and read. Congrats!

 

Thanks Matt.
I wrote all but the intro & captions under the pics.
Tim is a new member here & he said he was the editor of TacomaHQ.com.
I checked out his site (lot of good info there) and found the featured truck section where it says contact us if you want to see your truck featured so I did.
I sent him a pic & the specs for my mod. He replied that he would like to feature mine and wanted more info like when I got it & what I like to do with it. So I wrote what I did and the rest is history.

 

Swapped 42W fog bulbs for 55W yellow ones & added stock receiver hitch. Thanks mdgribble.

 

Eric welded on my sliders & I picked up my skid plates today.

 

For anyone wondering why they haven't seen pics of my skids mounted yet it"s because I screwed up the paint job.
I'm painting them Rustoleum hammered silver & I learned you should not use this paint with metal sitting on cold concrete. I warmed the garage with a Coleman lantern so the air temp in the garage was around 55* to 60* but the concrete was a different story. The paint came out all funky looking so I need to repaint them.

 

Well I installed my skids yesterday.







Front end has lowered to 22 5/8" center hub to fender after installing sliders & skids.
Now I need to decide if I realign & live with it or install 1/4" spacers to regain 1/2" & realign it.

 

Well I made up my mind & got the 1/4" top plate spacers from Eric while we were in town today to regain 1/2" of what I lost adding sliders & skids.

 

I know its not supposed to effect the ride at all but let me know how it feels after you install them Randy

 

Well it rides better with the extra weight. I'll update after I install them.

 

the truck is still amazing i drool over the pics here everytime i log in... lol

 

Thanks Curtis.
It gets better every time I throw money at it.
Funny how that works.

 

yeah i know what you mean... i hate that is has to be that way, but i'm glad i can do it!

 

Thanks to Walt & the rest of the great people at Blitzpro I have won two free LED light bars so far.
They still haven't anounced all the winners yet, so there maybe more on the way.

6 High powered 1 watt LEDs will light up your way. Aluminum housing maintains continuous thermal management to maintain reliable temperatures for efficient led power. You will receive the led light along with mounting hardware. *Not compatible with Blitzpro mounts*

• Beam pattern: Flood (Fog)
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Length: 6 inches
• Width: 1.75 inches
• Height: 2 inches
• Lumens: 800
• Consumption: 6 Watts
• Voltage range: 9-32
• LED Lifespan: 130,000 hours

6 High powered 3 watt LEDs will light up your way. Aluminum housing maintains continuous thermal management to maintain reliable temperatures for efficient led power. You will receive the led light along with mounting hardware.

• Beam pattern: Flood
• Waterproof rating: IP67
• Length: 4.5 inches
• Height: 4.75 inches
• Width: 2.75 inches
• Lumens: 1355
• Consumption: 18 Watts
• Voltage range: 12-24V
• LED Lifespan: 130,000 hours

 

Wow that's awesome dude ull be glad to know I ordered a set of cooper discoverer st's 255/85/16 just yesterday and will have my add a leafs for the rear Monday... Well hopefully I can finally get rid of those damn over leaf spring helpers lol I used those to level the rear with the front after installing my bilsteins and it worked but damn is it a rough ride are u going to be mounting both of those lights or are you selling one? Congrats on the win dude

 

I'm thinking of buying another 6D to have a pair on the bumper.
And the 6LZ either between them or as an extra backup light.

 

I just finnished adding 1/4" top plate spacers & I'm almost where I was before adding the sliders & skids.
I was 23 3/8" DS I'm now 23 1/8".
It rides just like it did before adding the spacer, just 1/2" higher & better than it did before adding the sliders & skids.

 

That's good to know I saw that toytec has a kit to change the bilsteins to full coilovers and I think I'm going to go with that... So far the 5100s are amazing but I also love ome stuff... Had an one on my tj and my liberty and they were the best.... Its still a debate...

 

I went OME because they don't preload the coils.
Even with the conversion kit you will only be able to adjust the preload easier.
By adding a 1/4" top plat spacer I increased my lift 1/2" without changing the load of the coil or decreasing the compression room.
It rides exactly like it did before I added the spacer.

 

Hhhhhmmmm and the plot thickens... Lol u weren't supposed to tell me that it just made the decision harder