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03Tacoman's Build

Discussion in '1st Gen. Builds (1995-2004)' started by 03tacoman, Feb 25, 2013.

  1. Feb 25, 2013 at 7:38 AM
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    03tacoman

    03tacoman [OP] Well-Known Member

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    spring of 2012 I was forced to sell my 95 single cab due to rusty frame.
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    luckily I sold it with a sticker still on it and got a good amount of cash for it. for whatever reason I wanted a fast little car and bought an 01 GTI but that was my worst mistake ever. Had so many electrical problems with it and I didn't want to fix the rust on it so I got pissed and sold that then borrowed some money to buy the truck which I originally wanted.

    So here's my slowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww 03 3.4l 4x4 5speed build.
    Bought it from a guy retired navy in NH in the fall of 2012 and brought it home to southern maine. Had 140k on it when I bought it. It was the cleanest toyota I had ever looked it the guy kept really good care of it and the frame was undercoated by toyota in 06.

    Current mods:


    Exterior:

    Plasti dipped emblems, grille surround, and the last foot of the tail pipe
    Painted corner light trim black
    Red emblem
    Tinted tail lights
    Painted Rims Black
    Bed Lined Rocker panels and bottom lip of tailgate

    Electronics/Lighting:

    Cobra CB radio (getting a new antenna soon no longer have the red duals)
    20% window tint
    Stock Dash Lights (Blue LED bulbs burnt out :( )
    LED parking lights
    FREE blinker relocation mod by BlackDawg
    Bright White LED dome light
    Fog light mod that I made myself with the help of other threads here is the link for that
    http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/264935-03tacomans-easy-very-cheap-fogs.html

    Future Mods:
    Bilstein 5100 lift
    Magnaflow Glasspack
    Rear tube bumper
    Front bumper but not sure what kind ?
    Paint fender flares
    33" tires
    Orange LED strip behind the grille
    8k HIDs

    As it sits today:
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    Did some skeet shooting off campus (UMO) (also shot the potato cannon)
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    The day I bought it
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    tinted tails only did two very light coats of VHT tint then 3 coats of clear
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    #194 blue LEDs in the gauge cluster
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    Here is the back of the cluster I circled the four little plugs that you have to twist to take out then replace the bulb
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    After putting together the corner lamps for the blinker relocation mod
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    Got another set of blinker bulb sockets to put into my extra set of blinker housings to use as fog lights
    cab is lit up blue because of my led strips that come on with the dome light
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    Plastidipped the last foot or so of the tail pipe
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    CB + PA
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    How I have the spare tire set up but I need a stronger way to do it that I can also put a lock on it, any ideas?
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    That's all the pictures I have for now. Finally have it payed off in cash!
     
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  2. Feb 26, 2013 at 11:18 PM
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    01kingtaco

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    Bigger tires, sound system, deck plate mod, fog light mod, straight pipe exhaust, blue led floor lights, ultragauge, 3 inch lift
    how many lights did the dash take? i thought it was only four?
     
  3. Feb 27, 2013 at 5:43 AM
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    03tacoman

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    Oh yeah it was only four, the bunch I bought on ebay was a set of 8 or whatever so I just had them all infront of it. I'll upload another edited picture circling the four spots on the back of the cluster that you need to take out to replace the bulbs. Thanks for catching that!
     
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  4. Feb 27, 2013 at 11:22 PM
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    01kingtaco

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    Bigger tires, sound system, deck plate mod, fog light mod, straight pipe exhaust, blue led floor lights, ultragauge, 3 inch lift
    That's my next mod after installing my lift kit this weekend.
     
  5. Feb 28, 2013 at 8:58 AM
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    03tacoman

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    sweet if you need any advice lemme know. take your time taking the dash apart so you don't have leftover bolts after! haha. what lift are you doing?
     
  6. Feb 28, 2013 at 9:35 AM
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    01kingtaco

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    Bigger tires, sound system, deck plate mod, fog light mod, straight pipe exhaust, blue led floor lights, ultragauge, 3 inch lift
    Full ome 3 inch lift with Dakar leaf packs and light racing upper control arms
     
  7. Feb 28, 2013 at 9:52 AM
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    03tacoman

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    Nice! that must be a little pricier than what i'm going to get when my payment is done. I want to get billy 5100s with wheelers AAL in the back and then when I save up more money get Eibach springs
     
  8. Mar 1, 2013 at 9:20 PM
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    01kingtaco

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    Bigger tires, sound system, deck plate mod, fog light mod, straight pipe exhaust, blue led floor lights, ultragauge, 3 inch lift
    Yea it was $1650 for everything plus $400 for shipping to hawaii
     
  9. Mar 1, 2013 at 9:46 PM
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    Shipping for you guys is sickening!:(
     
  10. Mar 1, 2013 at 11:29 PM
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    Bigger tires, sound system, deck plate mod, fog light mod, straight pipe exhaust, blue led floor lights, ultragauge, 3 inch lift
    Yea and that was with USPS with ups it was$680!!!!
     
  11. Mar 2, 2013 at 11:40 AM
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    03tacoman

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    wow !!! I'm not even going to pay that much for my whole lift :eek:
     
  12. Mar 11, 2013 at 1:41 PM
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    Subbed...
     
  13. Mar 12, 2013 at 9:09 AM
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    RocktheRed

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    Hey, have you tried to replace your air conditiner dash lights or the time light?! Or do you know what size bulbs those are ?
     
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  14. Mar 12, 2013 at 9:22 AM
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    03tacoman

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    no I haven't taken it out yet. right now they're just all out of the truck. for the A/C lights there's some way you can cut down #74 bulbs but it it's confusing
     
  15. Mar 27, 2013 at 6:27 AM
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    03tacoman

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    CB antennas will be here in the mail today! Already have my little cobra CB and a small PA speaker. way too much fun. will post pics when installed!
     
  16. Mar 31, 2013 at 5:41 PM
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  17. Apr 2, 2013 at 9:04 PM
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    Toytec AAL Procomp rear shocks Toytec Bilstein front coilovers Nitto Trail Grapplers Pop n Lock Alpine deck Earthquake Audio door speakers Earthqueak Audio 900w 10" JL w3 Satoshi style billet 5000k Kensuns clear park light housing Magnaflow 18" Viper Alarm w/ Remote start Soon to be: deck plate mod blinker to fog conversion Wishlist: Super white 2013 Sport
    Nice build man! What sort of lights did you use for your fog light conversion? HIDs?
     
  18. Apr 3, 2013 at 5:07 AM
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    03tacoman

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    Thanks!! And no unfortunately, I just bought 3157 sized LED lights on eBay. They fit into the blinker sockets. But since my stock blinker sockets are drilled and put into my corner lights that's where my blinkers are now, I bought another set of those blinker sockets from anotehr guy on the forum and I wired those into my good set of blinker housings. I tapped power from the running/parking lights. So my parking AND fog lights come on. It's kind of confusing but not really once you get it haha hopefully you can see what I'm talking about
     
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  19. Apr 3, 2013 at 11:26 AM
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    Oh, I see. I love how it looks with the bottom light up too. I was going to use 9006 or HB4 bulbs instead. I heard they're pretty safe for the housings too, and they won't melt. Its such an odd place for them to put turn signals. haha
     
  20. Apr 26, 2013 at 5:15 AM
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    03tacoman

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    Yeah i love my little running lights haha best part is the way I did it i still have my parking lights up top too. And with your blinkers mounted in the parking lamps it throws so much more light out to the sides as well at night.
     

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