That lucky college student build

Finally decided to make a build thread. Had the truck a while so its gonna be long

Since I was 15, I was buying and selling cars/trucks. All the pictures below are of all my loves that I let go for something better… witch led me to my taco!
Im a picture fanatic (not saying I'm good at taking them but i take a lot of them so my thread will be filled)

Each of them I built up front stock…

1998 Mercedes E320


2007 Ford Mustang


1989 K5 Blazer


2007 Jeep Rubicon


2009 Dodge Avenger


Shared my dads 2009 Dodge Ram until I could afford my WRX




2010 Subaru WRX






Now Me Taco
2013 Tacoma TRD Off Road




Got it tinted also. 10% in front, 5% every else, 5% windshield strip
also somewhere in here i got hit from behind so i decided to use the insurance to get a white bumper instead of a chrome

Flowmaster Super 40 Series - Resonator Removal - Ypipe - Dump before axle




BakFlip Fibermax cover


Simple Bed Light smoked


Her favorite spot


DDM Tuning Slim ballest kits - 6000K 55W Headlights - 6000K 35W fog-lights










Two 10inch slim fit kicker subs & monoblock 1000W amp












Painted the rims before I knew about plasti derping
















Got her a little stuck on a backroads trip




Ended up after 100miles of driven at some canyon between Flagstaff & Sedona


Snowed and went out wheeling




Blued LED dome light & map light






Learned about Plasti Derping and did the grill and valence








Got some new rims - ATX slots 16x8




Took a Sedona Camping trip to see what this "OR" could do… wasn't let down














Wanted to do something different so I plasti derped the under lid of the headlight and the piece that fits with the headlight


Did the some woods exploring before the snow came




Snow came… and went to have some fun


some small flexing on a road side




The Cinder Pits in Flagstaff


Plasti derped the mud flaps (hated the color and white 4x4) - started to chip my paint



How she sits today


White 2013 Tacoma TRD Off Road

Exterior:
Flowmaster super 40 series muffler
ATX Slots - 16x8
BakFlip Fibermax cover
DDM Tuning 6000K 55W headlights
DDM Tuning 6000K 35W fog lights
White back bumper
Smoked bed light
Plasti dipped grill
Plasti dipped valence
Plasti dipped under headlight lids
Plasti dipped mud flaps

Interior:
two 10 inch kicker slim fit subs
1000W monoblock kicker amp
Blue LED dome & map lights

Plans:
Well I have had some bad luck with my tacoma and ended up with a lemon. Those who don't know what a lemon is… it is a vehicle that is essentially defective from the factory. Coming to the conclusion with toyota soon and hopefully will end up trading swapping all my aftermarket parts onto a mag grey 2014 Tacoma TRD Off Road. So until then… no more mods

and for those of you interested, thew new MGM build:

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-builds/333186-second-chance-build.html

 

Nice build! Looks like you've had some great vehicles.

 

Nice rides. Lucky is an understatement, ditch the HIDs, you are blinding people.

 

Very nice build to bad about it being a lemon. Hope to see your MGM build soon.

 

Hey, nice truck, what was lemon about it? was it your rear differential making whirring/whistling noises? Had a family friend have this problem and they gave him such a hassle about it...has a tundra now

 

I did indeed! miss them all for their own reasons, especially my blazer and wrx

 

thanks! and yeah you're right, working for my dad and having my family encourage my passion helped a lot

I will when i can either afford a set of Retrofits from someone on here, or they come out with an aftermarket HL that isn't ugly haha

 

Ya that wrx looks really nice. What part of flagstaff do you live? I'll be living near the south campus of NAU in a week.

 

Heres the new build

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-builds/333186-second-chance-build.html

Loving every minute of the new truck!

 

jeez… where to begin haha gonna be a long list so prepare. Got the truck october of 2012, finally got rid of it May of 2014. so you know, i did 4wheel with it, but never beat it up. And after the issues kept happening i didn't 4wheel for about a year, then borrowed my dads truck and put mine "up on bricks" for 4 months because i was sick of being in the dealership every 2 weeks during school. The fight with toyota lasted almost a year, luckily my parents were traveling so i had the convince of using their second car (my dads truck)

Defect found in driver left front coil spring – deformed, removed & replaced

Worn upper shock mount, binding and leaking – removed and replaced passenger right front shock and upper mount and retainer, Shock mount, cracked and replaced 4 times (still squeaked once "fixed")

Removed and replaced link assembly front stabilizer

Battery died @ 9,800 miles (never let any electronics run while the truck wasn't running)

Left front window switch squeaks/rattles – general repair done

Rear passenger window & motor replaced 4 times - after the 4th replacement it still left grease up and down my window sometimes

Rear brake assembly replaced twice - sounded like my brakes were shot, one replaced at 4,000 the other at 16,500

Had to be realigned about 4 times in the first 2,000 to get the truck to not shake and to drive straight

Leaking power steering vane pump - removed and replaced power steering pump

Blower motor fan hub assembly found cracked - Removed and replaced blower motor assembly

Right passenger fog light split due to manufacturer defect - removed and replaced right passenger fog light assembly (twice)

total days in the shop - 61 days

Definition of a lemon, but toyota said it wasn't because i had aftermarket rims and exhaust on it. Complete bulls***, but they settled on enough "cash & keep" for my to swallow my pride, remove all my aftermarket parts, trade it in, pay the difference with the cash they gave me + some out of my own pocket, and then pay to get all my stuff put on the new truck.

So finally i have my new 2014 MGM TRD OR

 

where on south campus (you going to school here?)?

Literally right next to the Kohl's and across from the shell station on woodlands and forest meadows

 

holy crap that is bad luck. Well good luck on the MGM looks good so far. Were you able to take you speaker out of the white one?

 

Its my family haha moms chevy equinox was a lemon, couldn't be fixed, so chevy paid for the difference for a new vehicle. So she traded it on her jeep grand cherokee. Jeep ended up having major front end issues and engine problems with their valvtech hemi, chrystler paid her back every dime she paid for the car and any inconvenience haha Now has a highlander and loves it to death

I got my subs, remote start, and everything else out of my old truck! only thing "lost" was the tint not the truck, the plastidipped parts (not a big deal at all, did it to the new one), and the replacement bumper. Wish i had a MGM bumper on the new one, but the chrome is growing on me.

Its the out of pocket of putting "old" stuff back on my new truck thats rubbing me the wrong way but hey i have a new truck so i can't complain!