Tsheldon18's Tacoma Build

Figured I'd make a build thread for my taco, so here goes nothing! She's a 2004 SR5 4X4 manual. I'll try to post as many pics as possible for all mods that I do!

The day I brought her home in December 2015:




How she sits as on September 2017:


Suspension:

• 3 inch Eibach Coils
• Bilstein 5100 adjustable shocks set to 0
• 1.5" shackle in the rear

Wheels/Tires:

• 18x9 Mayhem Warriors
• 33x12.50 Atturo Trail Blade M/Ts

Armor:

• Trail Gear Low Profile Tube Bumper
• (In the future) Trail Gear Rear Bumper

Miscellaneous:

• Custom Satoshi Grille
• Aftermarket Pioneer radio
• 10inch Subwoofer
• (In progress) Custom Retrofit Headlights

 

Sweet truck!!! ​

 

Nice! Where are you in TN?

 

I'm from Kingston, which is about 30 minutes outside of Knoxville.

 

Thanks!

 

Here are some pics of my current retrofit project!

Test fit before painting:

Assembled after painting, went with flat black housing and color matched shroud:

Test fitted on the truck:


Will post more pics after completed!

 

Holy shit those are sick as fuck! ​

 

Thanks man!

 

Hey man! Like the truck! I like that Trail Gear Low Profile Bumper. Ive heard its pretty light, and I was looking into maybe getting one next summer. I was just curious what your thoughts were

I have a simple lift setup (college kid)
4100 struts/shocks with 2.5" spacer lift and 1.5" shackle lift

My truck is perfectly level and was wondering your thoughts on how this bumper might affect my suspension ride height. Or maybe if I should look into upgrading to a real 3" coil lift for the front. Just curious on your thoughts. Cool truck btw.

 

Thanks man! In my honest opinion, I'd go with a real 3" coil lift first. It didn't bring down my front much at all and I honestly don't think it'd effect your ride height drastically enough for you to tell though if you wanted to get the bumper.

 

Alright. Thanks! Appreciate the input!

 

No problem!

 

First retrofit job complete!

 

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