Alove0750’s DCSB Japanese Cadillac/Overland Wanna Be

The time finally came to get a “new to me” truck with a little more room. I was able to buy a truck out of a lease from my dads company. Dad and I sat down three years ago and specked the truck out. It is a 2015 DCSB Sports Package, 4x4, leather seats, etc... So I have had three years to “build” the truck and figure out what I wanted it to end up looking like.

CURRENT MODS:

SUSPENSION:
Icon Extended Travel Coilover
SPC Upper Control Arms
Icon Progressive AAL
Icon Rear Shocks

LIGHTING:
Spyder Headlights with 6000K Retrofit Source HID’s
Retrofit Source LED Foglights (foglight anytime mod)
@mesojdm LED Map & Dome Lights

TIRES:
255/80R17 Cooper ST Maxx
Stealth Custom Series - Ray 10’s / 17x8.5 / Matte Black

MISC EXTERIOR:
Leer 100XR Camper Shell
20% Ceramic Window Tint
Plasti-Dip Emblems
Mudflap Delete

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FUTURE PLANS:

LIGHTING:
40” LED Light Bar

MISC EXTERIOR:
Prinsu Roof Rack
Some sort of bed rack / organization setup
Sliders
Skids

Here is how the truck currently sits




Here is the truck the day I brought it home. Bone stock with 64,000 miles

 

The first thing I done was black out the badges, do the fog light mod and remove the bull bar.

 

My next project was lighting. I loved the retrofits in my 2001 but I didn’t want to put that much time and effort into them right now. I ordered some of the Spyder headlights off of Amazon that already had projectors in them. I ran a bead of clear silicone around them for good measure. I then ordered Retrofit Sources LED foglights and HIDs for the new headlights. Once I got them adjusted I was very happy with how they turned out!

 

Everything for my lift has came in! Hopefully we will get it installed next weekend.







Here are the specs on everything

Front Suspension:
Icon Extended Travel Coilovers
SPC Adjustable UCAs

Rear Suspension:
Icon Progressive AAL
Icon 2.0 Shocks
Wheelers U-bolt Flip and Bump Stops
Toytec Extended Brake Line

 

I was finally able to get everything installed this weekend. A buddy of mine has a shop with a lift, so that made life 100x’s easier than having to put it on jack stands! Everything went smooth, even the UCA replacement. Just a slight bend in the sheet metal and they slide right out!




I am going to give it a few days and let everything settle. From there I can make the necessary adjustments, if any needed, to level everything out. Then I will get it aligned. I set the SPC’s to the recommended settings and it appears to be pretty close. I can’t see where it’s wearing tires just yet and it drives like it did before the lift.





I love the ride quality of the ICON suspension. Very smooth and does a great job soaking up washboard, gravel roads. I would say that it is comparable, if not a little smoother than the stock suspension.

 

I took the truck on its first road trip this past weeekend. The alignment was spot with the adjustable control arms. It drives and rides like a dream! I need to bump the drivers side coilover up a turn or two to compensate for the taco-lean. Then it should be perfect.

While at the beach, I found a used Bestop soft top on craigslist for $200, back close to home. He was nice enough to hang on to it until I could get back home. Install went great and I am very pleased with how it turned out!

 

I installed my @mesojdm LED map lights tonight. These things are crazy bright and I love them! I have the dome light ordered. Hopefully it will be here in the next couple of days.




I am liking the soft top so far. I need to put some pipe insulation around the bars to see if I can quiet down some of the road noise. I am going to put some weather stripping on the bottom of the brackets to try and better water proof it.

 

I haven’t done a whole lot to the build performance wise, but I did swap out the factory alloys for a set of Stealth Ray 10’s and swapped the Snug Top for a Leer 100XR. The camper shell I bought second hand. The color match is off just a little, but for what I have in it, I am tickled!

 

Finally swapped out the 265/70R17 BFG KO2’s for a set of 255/80R17 Cooper ST Maxx’s. They fill out the fender well pretty good and so far, no rubbing. I am hoping to have sliders and skids by this fall. I want to get back into camping and trail riding, now that my little girl has gotten older (2.5 years old).

 

I also built a rifle rack for the bed. I do a good bit of hunting out of the truck, mostly predators and some turkey and waterfowl hunting. It didn’t cost me anything (scrap lumber) and it very sturdy. It freed up a lot of space in the cab for additional passengers.

 

Did a deep clean on the yota today. Washed and pressure washed everything, followed by clay bar. Then used Chemical Guys VSS to remove any swirl marks/imperfections and then topped it off with their Hydro Slick Wax. This is the best it has looked, since I have had it.