Blue Goose's younger brother build and BS

I decided to start this thread to keep track of the mods I have done.

Here is how the truck currently sits:


I bought the truck in September of 2016. 2017 trd sport 4x4. I have always had Tacoma's (95.5 in high school-same color as the current 95.5, 2005 and a 2012), so now that I had the opportunity to buy my first new one, I took it. You will prob see my 95.5 in the background of a lot of my pictures.

My goal for this truck was to have it set up for 2 things. 1) my DD 2) hunting trips.

Here is the truck the day I brought it home.


I am from Charleston, but I work in Charlotte. I still make frequent trips home where I have to do work around my parents and grandparents house's. I needed someway to hide/keep my tools dry. I went with the lund genesis elite as a temporary solution. It got the job done but the fit was far from perfect.


Next on the list was the seats. I have always wanted leather in a Taco, but not willing to spend the extra $$$ to make it happen. I elected to go with Clazzio. I am very happy with my decision.


Tires were kinda an impromptu thing. I came across the falken wild peak at3's for less than $300 shipped to my door after discounts and rebates. I decided to give them a shot. They did great for about 10k miles but then they started to wear unevenly. Discount tire swapped them out for some K02s for a total of $250 out of pocket. Then I got a deal on the st maxxs, so I switched again.


A friend of mine had purchased a bilstien lift for his 2014 taco, but sold it before putting it on. I added the OME 887s and decided to throw it on my truck.


I got what I thought was a decent deal on a leer 100R. It is the base camper but it gets the job done. I was not willing to pay more at this point in life for the auto locking feature.


The pics are kinda deceiving but the camper top completely flattened the wheelers AAL that came with the 5100s I bought from my friend. I added 2 inch maxtrac to temporarily remove the bro lean



A few minor things mods that have made a large impact in my opinion, are the vinals. I got the bedside decals from cboy808. I got the door sill, tailgate, AJT key fob insert and the leer logo replacement from rrentrop. Huge shout out to @rrentrop. fantastic customer service and just over all nice guy.

Furture mods:

UCA's.

Hidden winch

Any comments, thought, feedback is welcomed. Thanks for viewing!!

Andy

 

Idk why I'm updating this because I'm the only one in here lol.

Anyway, I pulled the trigger on all pro expedition leaf pack and icon 2.0 rear shocks. Getting rid of the rear blocks

 

Got my ray 10s mounted!!

 

A few more shots of the wheels

 

Does your truck have a pin stripe on either side from the very front all the way to the back? I haven't seen that on any stock silver taco's here. Mine's an MGM so it won't show ever.
Secondly, Did you paint your rear wheels hub with a black paint can? Can't tell well from the picture above. Last time when I removed my wheels, I saw my rear hub's have a fine rust coating on it. ~bacon_st

 

Yes, it does have the pin stripe. The dealer put the stripe on there. I know some people hate the stripe, but I like it.

No, I didn't paint the hubs. I didn't notice any rust. I will pay a little more attention next time I have the rear wheels off. Which will hopefully be in the next week or so, when my new rear suspension set up.

 

Nice rig, tastefully done.Still looks like factory, but better.

 

Swapped the bilsteins for some icons in the rear. All pro expeditions should be here in 2 weeks.

 

Man I love both of my trucks

 

Dipped the grille.

 

Few shots with the new rear suspension. Icon ext travel and all pro expeditions.

 

Great looking 3rd gen! I really like the look of the grille now that you changed the color scheme... I would vote you don't even need the BAMF grille (although you can't go wrong with their stuff).

 

Thanks man!

 

Awesome ride!!! Those Ray 10s are so nice. Are you selling your spidertrax spacers? PM me if you are TIA

 

I already sold them . Thanks for the compliments on the truck tho.

 

50 sqft of noico sound deadening today. My kicker speaker upgrade should be here this week. I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing the difference.

 

Your truck rocks man. Check mine out just installed the bamf grille you want!

Subscribed!

 

Thanks man!

 

Currently I have 265/70/17, but that will be changing by the end of the week. I could never get the ko2s to balance. Tried 4 different shops (2 attempts at road force). So I'm going to 255/80 stt max.

 

Nice well atleast i know the 265/70 will fit ok with the 2” lift until i wear them out orobably one more year and go to 285’s. I got nitto grapplers balanced and alogned only once In 3 years never any issue. My dad has the general red tires their crap he cant get them to balance either