Me. Projekt's 2nd Gen Build

as some of you know that followed my 3rd gen build, I ended up selling it to save a little money and I bought a house...

that being said, awhile ago I bought a 100% bone stock 2009 Tacoma Double Cab Short Bed TRD Off Road... the mods / build commenced.

I found a fellow member that wanted to return to stock, ordered some new parts, and kind of pieced this thing together. I hope you all enjoy it!

the day I bought it:



As it currently sits:






"old" Tacoma and my new one:


Mod list:

Lights / Electronics
RGB rock lights
Iggy Center Console 6 Switch Panel
Rugged Ridge LED Fog lights w/ Amber covers
eBay Retrofit headlights *sold*
ProTuning Lab Black Retro headlights
Innovited H1 HID Kit, 5000k (w/ 6000k back up bulbs)
LED reverse lights
Boss navigation / Radio / DVD player
Ultragauge w/ Windshield Mount
LED Interior lights
Midland CB
4' Firestik Firefly CB antenna
Firestik CB Antenna Spring
18' coax cable


Suspension
17x8 FN TRD Pro Wheels
285/70/17 Mastercraft courser MXT
Toytec Ultimate coilovers *sold*
Icon 2.5" extended travel front coilovers
Icon 2.0 rear shocks
Icon AAL
SPC / Light Racing UCAs

Armor / protection / Recovery
At The Helm Bed Stiffeners
Smittybilt X2O 10k winch w/ wireless and synthetic rope
Demello single hoop front bumper
All Pro Offroad Sliders
Armor Tech Offroad IFS skid
48" Tractor Supply Hi Lift
RCI Hi Lift Mount
Bulldog Off Road jack base
BAMF CMC plates


Miscellaneous
KBVoodoo Tall Rack *sold*
AFE stage 2 intake *sold*
Third Gen Automatic shift knob
OEM roof rack
Hilux 167 Snorkel kit
Tractor Supply Horse Stall Bed Mat

Future Mods / Wishlist
Waterport
BAMF LCA skids
speaker upgrade
custom grill
light bar(s)
ditch lights
rear bumper
All Weather floor mats
under hood lighting
bed lighting

now for the Chronological stuff:

first mods: projector headlights and HID kit




DVD / Navigation / Radio and Magnetic phone holder



wheels showed up!!!



bought / installed KB Voodoo Rack



Bed Stiffeners



tools to be mounted on the rack




Zip tie mock up (that should hold it )


custom plates!



Quickfists / Tool Mount done!



OEM Rack installed and Chrome Door handles removed!


picked up a Daily Driver!



TacomaWorld NOVA Outback meetup



still gotta use it as a truck sometimes



Tires!!!



took my stock shift knob off my third gen, ground off the little plastic tabs at the bottom and it threads right on!



Thanks ********* for the freebie!



I got one!



picked up a Hi Lift base at Tractor Supply



60" Hi Lift X-treme mounted!



bed stiffeners installed



I told them to just toss the new wheels / tires in the bed.... but they misunderstood me and mounted them.... 285s on stock suspension.... rubs hard on the plastics, but no rubbing on metal / UCAs!



sliders and skid!





Mod day!!!









Teaching her the important things in life!



I'll keep this thread updated since the truck will never be truly "done"

I hope you all enjoyed my post!

 

First - Looking good!

 

<3

we can start a new club:
"no longer stock as fuck"

 

haha yes we can!

 

Looks good, Caleb.

Just remember... just because C is the default answer on a multiple choice test when you don't know. Cut isn't the default when a part won't come off. Swaybar endlink

PS: The hardware from your tailgate skin is in the CB antenna cable box. Just incase you didn't see it.

 

I was wondering what that was. haha

 

Yeah. I needed somewhere to put it, so they didn't get lost and the box was handy. I meant to tell you last night but forgot will everything going on. You should be able to use the stock hardware to mount the new skin and tailgate cap.

 

works for me....


and yea.... my "cut first; unbolt second attitude" might not be the best way.... but it worked

 

Glad to see the install lived up to the "nightmare" name!

 

the things that went wrong:
1. I cut a sway bar end link (my fault) because I didnt see the Allen key to hold it in place to get the nut off
2. we had to cut a castle nut off a UCA ball joint
3. a strut mounting bolt had to be cut on one of the Toytec coilovers
4. the AAL that we were supposed to install on my truck was broken in half
5. my rear shocks have to be cut off (so we couldnt even touch the rear of either of our trucks)

My solutions for said problems:
1. remove sway bar
2. ordered 2 new castle nuts for the UCAs from Fastenal (believe it or not, not one Auto Parts store had them)
3. we put the Toytec coilovers in, but in 3 weeks I'm grabbing the Icons coilovers from ArcticElf... so I'll pull them out then and probably put them up for sale.
4. Ordered a new Toytec AAL
5. Ordered some el Cheapo eBay rear shocks for John's truck so I can cut mine off, and install the Icons

 

Well if you need a sway bar man, you can take mine if you want. It wont be used again on my ride. Bummer as I think @Superman910 could of hooked up the rear shocks. For an install that you had, unfortunately we didn't think ahead and asked for folks who might of had extras in the event that not everything came off smoothly. Glad to see its pretty much done though, which Im sure has been a factor in the back of your mind for a while.

 

that'd be great man... I'll take you up on that sway bar! thanks!

and the eBay shocks were only $40 so it didnt hurt too bad.

I still have to install the Ultragauge, IFS skid, sliders, Icon coilovers, CB / antenna / cable, rock lights, new headlights and bulbs.... so I'll be busy for awhile. haha

 

Depending on how motivated you are, you could knock most of that out in an afternoon. I would give it a little bit more to install the CB if you don't already have a game plan as far as location and stuff.

 

yea, I'm going to start with the easy stuff.... bolting the sliders on, ultragauge, and headlights first...then I'll have help doing the rest from John and Adam for wiring.... gonna hold off and do the skid when I do the Icon coilovers

 

Sounds good man, atleast you should be well versed in removing coilovers. Just by looking at the sliders, you might have to drill some holes in your frame to get some of the supports to bolt up. It shouldn't take long regardless though. As far as running a cb, its really just running a positive and negative lead from your battery through your firewall. After that just route the coax through the grommet underneath the drivers seat and zip along the frame. It does help having another truck there so you can see exactly the routing if you havnt done a cb before.

 

Looks good man! Sounded like an interesting mod day/install bummed I missed it. Definitely need to make it out there and do some camping, wheeling, drinking and fire pit time man. We should do a meetup and head out to sleepy creek and wheel and camp and have a bon fire.

 

updated with a new "how it currently sits" pic


more to come soon as I start getting skids, sliders, etc.. installed... my garage looks like a Tacoma parts warehouse

 

Haha. Sounds like my spare room.

 

got the AAL installed today

 

you haven't installed the sliders yet? you're not changing your mind & thinking f selling them are you? Hint. Hint.