Great White Taco build

I just wanted to make a thread (for me to remember mostly), a picture dump, and list/wishlist of what I want to do with my truck. This will be my page to add. And as always, Im reading and learning as I go along. Thanks to the many that have already helped me along the way.

Picked up this mint 2010 ACLB Off Road from the original owner (@AR15xAR10) on 9/3/2015, with 35k miles, all dealer receipts, etc. TRD gen 2 intake, TRD exhaust, trifold bed cover, Weathertech front mats and window guards. This was going to be my truck for hauling my motorcycle around. I just wanted something that was very reliable and this was it. Since the low miles, Ill be keeping this forever too (I hope. My track record has not been in that favor). And hopefully not mod it too much.

But after reading a few people's builds, and the holidays passed, all the sales started, and I got bit hard by the mod bug..

This is what was replaced by the Taco. 2004 Honda Element, lowered, painted Anvil , cragar D-window wheels, etc.. (i guess I wanted a jeep, but honda reliability haha) :



WHEELS/TIRES
- SCS F5 16x8, 3.5BS/-25mm offset
- Cooper ST Maxx 285/75/16

SUSPENSION
- King 2.5 with resi and 14" 650lb springs
- King 2.5 2-tube bypasses
- King 2.0 12" smoothies with resi and clickers
- BAMF shock relocate
- Deaver Stage 3 leaf pack
- Total Chaos Uniball UCAs
- Total Chaos cam tabs
- Total Chaos UCA dual shear kit
- @ARCHIVE Hammer Hangers
- TC stock length, dual shock Expedition LCAs
- Bison Offroad stop cam bolts

ARMOR
- RCI IFS, trans, transfer case, and rear diff skids
- Pelfreybilt hybrid front bumper, powder coated white
- Bruteforcefab high clearance with swingout, spray painted white/black
- Mobtown weld on sliders
- Trail Toys UMHW gas tank skid
- Mobtown bolt on sliders

PERFORMANCE
- Airflow snorkel from Mahalo cluster f*ck GB
- Engineaire Precleaner
- URD Spec U exhaust cut after axle
- +1" braided fronts
- +5" braided rears
- ECGS installed 4.56 gears front and rear
- U-bolt flip kit, Archive bump stops rear, Super bumps front
- Long Tru-Cool LPD Transmission Oil Cooler 4454 18,000 GVW
- Tom Woods 1 piece driveshaft - 68" flange to flange
- Magnuson Supercharger - added 9/22/17 66,483 miles - removed
- @mightytacoman 3* cam gears

LIGHTING
-

$43 Nilight - 40004C-A LED Light Bar 21" 100W Spot & Flood Combo Single Row 9000LM Off Road 3D LED Fog & Driving Light Roof Bumper Light Bars for Jeep Ford Trucks Boat , 2 Years Warranty

20" Off road LED light bar
- Starkey H10 to Deutsch adapters
- sPod HD panel
- MicTuning 60" bed lights
- Baja Designs Squadron Sport fogs
- Baja Designs S1 ditch lights

EXTERIOR
- Weather Tech window guards
- color matched 2011 Honeycomb grill
- @Andres horned grill badge
- white scooped hood
- Mobtown tailgate cap (removed 8/2021)
- DIY aluminum tailgate panel
- wireless backup camera
- Redline hood struts
- rear diff breather mod
- Smittybilt X2O 10k lb winch with synthetic line, Factor55 Pro Link
- Total Chaos bedside stiffeners
- 20% front doors, 5% rear doors, 35% back window
- Viair 2.5 gallon air tank

INTERIOR
- Weather Tech floor mats - grey front
- Pioneer TS-A1676R 6 1/2" speakers
- DIY leather armrests
- Coverking Ballistic Molle seat covers in black
- Scangauge II
- Tech Deck Extreme
- @docloco Molle rear seat replacement panel
- Black carpet DashMat
- Midland MXT275 GMRS
- Anytime locker mod

Maintenance
Page 1, post 2
Front differential replacement plug
spare TC uniballs - upper/lower are same
TC misalignment spacers
LCA rebuild
Crown brake lines (call to order just front or rear) - 21" is stock, 28" preferred
Belt and OEM pulleys
Frame plug kit - Actual part number link
Wit's End ARB Pacifier

PLANNED UPGRADES
- LED lighting
- deutsch wiring splitter
- the right way to clearance for 35s

Camping Gear
- RTIC 65 tan cooler - not used anymore
- Grizzly 0 degree flannel XL bag
- GFC - build #1670
- IceCo VL60ProS
- FSR Automatic A49
- ARB 50 fridge/freezer
- FSR M49 tent
- Roofnest Sparrow X


Wish List (ever growing)
https://bigcountrycustoms.com/product/second-gen-toy-taco-r-frame-plates/
https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-internal-frame-coating-14oz-aerosol.html?SRCCODE=PLA00010
Interior dash removal/swap
RCA tailgate camera
dash button light replacements:
Neowedge T3
How To


Camping ideas
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/gwj/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=77721&actid=29
https://freecampsites.net/#!(39.6776, -78.48633)
http://www.ultimatecampgrounds.com/
Portable camp shower


Anyways, on to the pictures.
Sept 2, 2015:



September 12 2021:

 

Maintenance post:

Tire rotation:
8/22/16 47,918 miles
6/1/17 59,772
7/11/19 94,400
12/12/20 110,995

New tires put on
1/3/17 53,000 miles
3/30/2018 74,500
7/7/2021 122,312 - 285/75/16

Oil change:
8/26/16 48,036
11/23/16 51,588
2/14/17 55,683
6/1/17 59,772
8/5/17 63,449
10/18/17 67,892
1/10/18 71,535
5/6/18 75,906
8/10/18 79,752
10/8/18 83,338
2/18/19 86,004
5/22/19 90,133
7/13/19 94,506
9/18/19 98,067
12/8/19 101,749
6/11/20 106,319
10/28/20 110,002
7/28/21 113,980
8/20/21 118,686
7/11/22 122,362
7/18/23 126,938
9/3/24 130,980
8/11/25 134,752

Trans drain and fill:
10/8/2023 127,865


Spark Plugs:
6/29/17 61,043
6/19/2021 113,504

Alternator:
4/24/2022 121,392
3/19/2025 133,637

Wheel Bearings:
9/3/2023 127,462

Brake pads:
1/25/17 54,964
7/6/19 93,965
7/14/2021 113,850
9/3/2023 127,462

Rotors:
EBC dimpled and slotted
9/11/17 66,110
Dynamic Friction Geospec
9/3/2023 127,462

Bleed brakes:
12/12/20 110,995

Suspension:
9/15/16 Icon 2.5 rear shocks with resi's
9/15/16 49,890 Icon 2.5 with resi and 700lb spring
7/6/18 78,600 King 2.5 with resi, ext travel, 700lb spring 650lb spring
9/7/19 King 12" 2.0 smoothies with clickers 97,420
10/17/22 123,220 King 2.5 2 tube bypass for mid travel
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3/4/21 Front rebuilt - 111,909
3/4/21 rear revalved - 111,909
10/17/22 Front revalved - 123,220. 0.008 linear rebound, flutter compression

Uniballs:
UCA:
5/30/20 105,470
Driver side
9/3/2023 127,462
LCA:
installed TC LCAs
6/4/20 105,530

Front diff:
2/26 55,878
4/24/19 88,635
6/13/2021 113,477

Rear diff:
2/26/17 55,878
Regeared to 4.56
4/24/17 58,117
5/3/17 58,723
4/14/19 88,480
6/13/2021 113,477

T-case:
2/26/17 55,878
4/24/17 58,117
6/17/2021 113,477
8/27/22 122,846
9/28/24 131,500 replaced with manual shift here

Driveshaft rebuild:
10/12/2019 98,729
7/19/2020 107,440 - Tom Woods 1 piece driveshaft installed
7/31/2022 122,650 - spicer 1310 ujoints installed into Tom Woods
9/30/2023 127,792 - spicer 1310 ujoints installed into Tom Woods

Magnuson Supercharger:
9/22/17 66,483 miles
10/5/18 uninstalled

Serpentine belt:
10/13/18 83,406
07/02/2021 113,701

Outer tie rods:
7/6/18 78,600

Valve Cover gasket
6/19/2019 113,504

TB Gasket
6/19/2021 113,504

3* retard cam gears - 6/19/2021 113,504

NEW FRAME 1/31/2019 85,795

Useful info:
discounts/part numbers
Maintenance Schedule
TC UCA rebuild parts list

 

Nice taco! What's the RAM oh Sh!t handle mod? Got pictures of it?

 

Original post updated with link. Here it is installed. My phone/gps fits in the grips. Its spring loaded, so it can adjust to almost anything. And there are different attachments too

 

Picked up my Mobtown bolt on sliders and tailgate skin and cap today. Prepping everything tomorrow, and hopefully install this week!

 

Got a question, and didnt want to make another thread just yet. Im planning on buying these and hopefully wiring them up to my stock fog light harness/switch (just so I dont need to do any extra wiring). My question is, would the combination of these work together, and not blow any fuses/overload my factory wiring harness?
Lights:

$180 Rigid Industries 20211 Dually Floodlight, (Set of 2)

http://www.amazon.com/Rigid-Industries-20211-Dually-Floodlight/dp/B006H33ZEC

Deutsch adapter:

$35 Starkey Fog Light Wiring Adapters H10 to Deutsch Set

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PD97AQA...TF8&colid=2L5LSV7JABSIO&coliid=I33VDH3YSZ7R6T

 

Finally got my sliders and hood struts mounted. Shout out to @CanisLupus for all your help! Couldn't have done it without you.

 

I spy...

Matt

 

Can we get more pics of the rear bumper

 

Ask and you will receive. Even @CanisLupus not doing any work..

 

How do you like the tire carrier setup?

 

I like it and I kind of dont. When its open, it feels less stable. Like the welds aren't as strong as they could be. But I reached out to Tyler at Pelfrey and he is sending me some extra gussets, to add to the stability. I was looking at Matt's truck (but he has the high clearance) and his feels more stable. Might be because the high clearance has more braces.

 

Ah i havent looked at thw high clearance. Is your tire at a angle? I dont think i would like an angled tire on my tailegate.

 

I think its at a slight angle to help the wheel stay on better. If it is angled, its not much

 

It looks about 5 or 10 degrees in that picture thats why i was curious.

 

Ill get some more pictures for you soon, but I do think it is slightly angled

On another note, I ordered this bluetooth adapter so I can listen to Pandora through my speakers in the truck. Decent quality (for $14 from Amazon) but either Im going deaf (from my loud motorcycles) or my stock speakers are blown. Anyways, I set it up, and the sound from it, is less than my radio. Id have to have it at max volume to be able to hear it with the windows open. Yes I checked the sound check, and volume on my phone.. So after getting frustrated with this, I decided to order some new front door speakers to see if that will help.

I ended up ordering Pioneer TS-A1676R 6 1/2" speakers. Reviews were good from Crutchfield, and they come with all the mounting hardware that I will need. 3 Way speaker, 320 watt max. Ill see.
And I will be installing my DIY leather arm rests. This will be a busy install.

 

Just got word from Pelfreybilt, that my bumper shipped today! Expected delivery is Wednesday 4/27
Shoutout to @DOUBLLD for letting me ship to his business, and to @CanisLupus for the future help with installing it

 

Install tomorrow, 4/27 !