T-FRANKS Mid Travel worrier build

TFRANK229 · Jun 12, 2014

Pretty new to the TW family and decided its time to share the story of my
07' double cab SB.

Worked a couple jobs, saved enough cash in the bank, and decided it was time to get myself some new wheels, love tacomas so why not try to pick one up. I got the truck when i was 19 , and hasn't even been a year since I've had it. Purchased new/used from a toyota dealer not to far down the road. I absolutely love it even though its not TRD and doesn't got all the fancy packages but it works for me! Work hard to earn what i got and appreciate it all. Hope you guys like it

COMMENT & LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

TO DO LIST/COMING SOON!
-CAMBURG LONG TRAVEL***HIEM***(RACE KIT)
-SUA KIT/BYPASS
-BEDCAGE
-FIBERWERX FIBERBLASS 1PIECE HOOD/ TT BEDSIDES

HOW SHE SITS CURRENTLY- 6/10/2014

RECENT BUT BEFORE TINT

INTERIOR
-Pioneer AVH-X4500BT stereo
-Black dash kit
-Reinforced dash kit brackets (keeps things solid when hittin the dirt)
-Flat carbon fiber Vinyl trim pieces
-Custom aluminum light switch panel

EXTERIOR
-Custom Bed hooks(for the brapbraaap)
-Plasti'derped grill emblem
-TINT

SUSPENSION
-CAMBURG 2.5 racerunner coilovers
-CAMBURG uniball uca's

WHEELS/TIRES
-16" Method NV's (black)
-Nitto Terra Grapplers 285/75/R16

LIGHTING
-Custom LED bar roof mount
-40" LED bar

PERFORMANCE
-MAGNAFLOW pro series off road exhaust
-AEM BRUTE FORCE intake

LET THE STORY BEGIN

The day i signed the papers and brought her on home!

Parked at work the next day

As of now i officially had a tacoma and loved driving it around and showing off my new ride, but a few months had passed by and i decided she needed some new shoes, so seeing as i work at CAMBURG i might as well jump on that
So at work i placed the order for some Method 16" NV's and some Terra Grapplers 285/75/R16.They where at the warehouse the next day

My wheels and tires sat in the warehouse for a few days while i was getting ready to get them mounted and put on, and realized since i often go out to the desert.. might be helpful to at minimum have some better coil overs. Soooo i went ahead and grabbed some of our FRESH CAMBURG 2.5 racerunner coilovers and put myself together our CAMBURG uniball uca kits.
(…..wish i could afford one of our race kits…..maybe soon!)

The next day at lunch break i pulled my truck into the shop. Our main shop mechanic and myself jumped to it and started my nascar pit stop speed parts install

and BOOM its all put together at the end of lunch!

I then made my way down to the mounting/alignment shop

Some time passed and it was all done! Was stoked and loved the way it looks and pleased with how it sat.

Messing around

another couple months went by and needed some better tunes, and almost got one but my girlfriend went ahead and bought me a Pioneer AVH-X4500BT stereo for our anniversary

Now, there is a LOT of silver and grey in my truck.. and i simply got BORED of looking at it being everywhere, sooo i ordered some DI-NOC vinyl wrap to play with and went to town. did the A/C control panel, up by the vents, and various other things around the cab i didn't take pictures of..

Since i go out to the desert often, having enough light at night is a MUST.. and i plan on doing some HID's for the headlights replacing the stock bulbs.. but wanted something a bit more powerful so i ordered myself a 40" LED light bar! It was right around christmas time so i was patient and opened my gift to myself christmas morning

The next week at work i was thinking of a cool spot to put some switches or possibly even a small switch panel with a couple switches…seeing as I'm going to get a couple pods and a 20" amber light bar in the near future. i came up with the idea of a small aluminum panel for 3 rocker switches that fits in the slot of the 3 top row of buttons to the left of the steering wheel on the dash. so indeed thats what i did

i removed the two fake switches and relocated the fog light switch to the lower row of buttons with a little modification to a lower slot. Leaving the upper row empty making it a perfect fit for my new aluminum switch panel

Now that i had my switch panel dialed in and all figured out.. I needed a way to mount that light bar to my roof. So i hit the mig , tube bender and plasma cutter at work during break for a few days and came up with this roof mount.

Lunch break at work once again, my buddy and i did a mockup with the light bar on the roof mount to see how it all fits and turned out great for a first try.

a few days passed and i dropped the roof mount off at a local powder coating shop, and picked it up within 2 days. Got it done in a semi gloss black and IMO it turned out great! stoked

Finally mounted everything together for the last time! think it looks alright

SORRY HAVNT UPLOADED ANYTHING IN A WHILE BEEN REALLY BUSY AND HAVNT HAD TIME TO UPDATE WHATS HAPPENED TO THE RIDE SO FINALLY HERE WE GO

TODAYS DATE -6/10/2014

OK so a few months ago while at work i finally ordered some more goodies, a MAGNAFLOW pro series off road exhaust along with an AEM Brute force intake and may i say that i am very , satisfied with the tone that they have provide my beast with seriously though it sounds good. As for HP… not enough to notice but it probably lets the motor breath a little better so thats good.

BOTH EXHAUST AND INTAKE ARIVED AT THE SHOP A COUPLE DAYS AFTER THEY WERE ORDERED

PARTS THROWN IN THE BACK

GOT HOME AND RIPPED THE BOXES OPEN TO CHECK IT OUT!

THE NEXT DAY I GOT STARTED ON THE INSTALLATION!

RIPPED OUT THE "POS" STOCK EXHAUST AND INTAKE

STOCK INTAKE OUT

WOOO! AEM INSTALLED AND LOOKIN GOOD

PICTURE OF THE INTAKE BEFORE & AFTER

AFTER THE INTAKE I INSTALLED THE EXHAUST AND I MIGHT I ADD IT LOOKED GREAT!

WHEN BOTH THE INTAKE AND EXHAUST WERE BOTH INSTALLED.. ALL SAID AND DONE IM A HAPPY CAMPER!

SKIP AHEAD A COUPLE MONTHS TO TODAYS DATE

LAST WEEK I DECIDED TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON GETTING SOME TINT, AND I AM GLAD I DID IT… MAKES THE TRUCK LOOK ALOT NICER AND THE INSIDE KEEPS COOLER ON HOT DAYS