Just a 20 year olds build

Ive been wanting to make a build page just to have a place to write everything down. Well here I am. I'm 20 years old and I work full time at an engineering company. I pay for everything on my truck as well as my truck itself. That's why you won't see any huge mods here, but maybe one day. It’s crazy to think I started this “build” at 16. I love looking back and seeing the progress. I can’t wait to see what I’ll do in the future. SAS?

November of 2015 when I was 16 I bought a 2006 access cab prerunner SR5 With appearance package and 141k miles. My first mods were pretty simple and cheap. 2 years later here I am with 205k on the odometer. This truck takes me on all sorts of adventures and fishing trips. It was involved in a hit and run which was fix by insurance and I added a color matched rear bumper instead of chrome. My truck was also broken into at a local park. Everything on the truck was replaced and back to normal.

SUSPENSION/TIRES
•KING 2.5 COILOVERS WITH RESIS
•Toyota recall leaf springs with toytec aal spring
•rear bilsteins
• carrier bearing drop I made at work
•285/75r16 Mickey Thompson Baja mtz
•1.25 spidertrax all the way around
• Wheelers superbumps
•cab mount chop

EXTERIOR
•black bull bar with skid plate removed and hella 500ff spot lights (removed)
•bedlined badges (removed)
•Tacoma mountains sticker on doors
•debadged tailgate
•color matched 2011 grill
•color matched rear bumper
•18% tint
•tacomaworld.com sticker! (Thanks @tcBob )
•shorty Amazon antenna
•cbi ditch mounts with Cali raised 20w spot pods
•Cali raised led pod fog mounts with 18w amber pods
•Cali raises led bar in lower valance with their mounts
•t-Rex eyelids
•OEM bed mat


INTERIOR
•Camo arm rests on door
•led map and dome lights
•weather tech mats front and rear
•birddog rear view mirror riser mount (I'm 6'7)
•birddog techdeck extreme for ram mounting iPad mini with 4g LTE

AUDIO
•pioneer double din touchscreen receiver
• kicker speakers and tweeters in all doors
•dynamat all around
•jl competition 12 subwoofer
•viper alarm system

MISC
• uws black low profile toolbox for a dodge Dakota I jimmy rigged for my truck cause I got it brand new for 120$

 

Finally got the T. rex eye lids mounted up and installed the Cali raised amber led pods in the fog mounts. I resurfaced my headlights while I was at it and put a coat of spar urethane to keep them from foggin up again. I think it looks really good now
Here's what the headlights looked like before. They were really fogged up and yellow...

 

Found a few pics of when I got my driveshaft rebuilt and balanced. Thought I'd throw them in here for safe keeping

 

Keep up the good work!

 

Thanks!! I want a pelfrybilt front hybrid bumper soooo bad. I really wanna ditch my bull bar but my front bumper has a ton of paint chips and a nice crack in it that the bull bar kinda hides so it's staying on until I can afford a bumper.

 

Nice!

 

Awesome job, Austin. Well done!

 

Thanks everyone!! I'm a huge fan of this site. So many helpful people and genius ideas. I really appreciate the kind words

 

Sweet rig!
Love the title.

In for future progress.

 

Doing pretty dam good at 18!

 

That means a lot to hear that from you as your truck is my absolute favorite on tw. Your truck is the reason I want a pelfrybilt hybrid bumper. I love your build!

 

Look great!

 

A lot of respect my man. Could only wish of having a truck built like that at 18. Well i'm 22, so not too far off, but i haven't done that much amount of work to my truck yet.

 

I absolutely love your 20w 2x2 pods! Night and day difference compared to cheap Amazon pods

 

I appreciate it! I've got so many ideas for this truck just not enough money

 

Great work so far man. It's amazing how much we can learn from fixing up our rides over the years and with good help like this site. Whether it's a small or big budget just enjoy !

 

I'm on the same boat.

 

I'm enjoying every minute of it! I'm so glad I have this site for the help

 

I picked up a bed mat from a local member for a good deal. I already love it!
I also decided to give the truck a quick wash while I was pressure washing the driveway

 

Just ordered some wheelers superbumps for the front! Now I'm just waiting on my tax return for some kings