Carl’s Taco Build

Suspension
3in lift
-King Shocks 2.5 EXT Travel w/Resivoirs F & R
-Total Chaos Upper Control Arms
-OME Dakar Leaf Pack Medium Duty (3in lift)
-(4) Falken Wildpeak ATW3 315/70/17 E Range
- (1) Yokohama Geolander AT spare
-SCS Ray 10 17x9 -38mm

Armor
-Pelfreybilt Aluminum bumper with center hoop (F)
-Pelfreybilt Aluminum bumper (R)
-Pelfreybilt IFS Aluminum Skid Plate
-Pelfreybilt Tranny Steel Skid plate
-Demello offroad rock sliders
-Boar Off-Road 13,000lb. Winch

•bought from Amazon for smoking good deal ($250) and works amazing.​

Lighting
-Baja Designs Squadron Sport Ambers
-20in Light Bar (Amazon)
-Baja Designs Squadron Sport WHITE
-GG Lighting chase light amber/white
-“Raptor” Style Grill lights
-Rago Fab Ditch Brackets
-FuseBox
-4-Panel Switches
-LED Light Bar OEM Style Switch
-OffRoad Lights OEM Style Switch

Drivetrain
-Revolution 4.88 Gears
-Factory E-Locker

Performance
-K&N intake

Other
-Fender Flares Trimmed 1.5in
-Fenders Trimmed About 3in
-Firewall Beat Back & Sealed With Seamsealer
-CMC
-TOYOTA Grill



Coming Soon ...



IG: @carl_trd
I need some more tacos on my newsfeed

 

Most recent mod is the Amazon 4 switch panel.
Very easy mod but takes some time.
I had to place it over my cup holder because on the left side there was not enough space for my wires to fit, hence why it’s on the right side. Turns out I love it where it’s at because it gives my long hands more space. I had to make a small panel to cover the excess space around the switches.

 

Thank you sir !

 

NEWEST MOD
Behind the grill “amber” lights

I Basically re-mounted my old “fog lights” from my bumper to behind the grill since I will be putting my new Baja Designs Squadron’s on the pelfreybilt bumper. These “amber” lights just have a lens, they are originally clear LED.

I had to re-position my horns and that was it really. Everything was already wired up. Might end up taking them off just because I don’t want to have too many lights.

 

BAJA DESIGNS LIGHTS

I added my Baja designs lights on my pelfreybilt bumper and man are these things sweet!

 

Total Chaos UCA
Had to say bye to my JBA uca and say hi to my NEW TOTAL CHAOS UCA!!!

 

Looks great!

TOTAL CHAOS
WWW.CHAOSFAB.COM

 

LIMIT STRAPS

Why?
I decided to get limit straps because my kings kept topping out and they were acting as my limiting factor for the front suspension. When they would top out it would create a loud thump and made for an uncomfortable ride. When the suspension would fully extend I would hear that thump also and it kept bugging me so that’s why I decided to install them.
I’m surprised they made such a huge difference. Now my ride is very comfortable and I would recommend this 10/10 to anyone who has kings.


Specs
-8in Kartek straps (they stretched 1in)
-4 1/4 adjustable clevis
-tabs
-clevis Mount

I did buy9in at first but I had to return them and get 8in because 9in stretched to 10in which was too big

 

Great looking truck!

 

What spring rate are your kings? This is the exact setup I have, but I think I put my preload too much. 5 turns over what they came with. I have the 14" 700# springs

 

thank you!

 

I am running 14in 600lb springs, the ones that come with Kings out of the factory. I find it weird that some people need to preload their 600lb springs a lot and have no weight in the front. I have less than 1in on the driver side and about 1/2in on the passenger side of preload showing. I have an aluminum Pelfreybilt (65lb) and a winch with synthetic line (62lb) and the truck does not sag at all.

 

Ahh ok. I didn't measure how much preload is showing, but you might be able to see in the picture

I have a Pelfrey hybrid (110lb) and winch with synthetic (not sure on weight)

 

it does not look like you are showing a lot of preload. Honestly, if it sits like that and the front doesn't feel heavy I would leave it as is. But if you do want to get heavier springs I would go with 650lb. I think 700lb with your setup would be too stiff.

Nice taco btw!

 

Thanks! I already have 700lb

 

Rear bumper LED’s
Finally got some much needed rear bumper led lights that I bought from Amazon. They were only $32 bucks and do exactly what I need them to do so I can’t complain.
Install was rarely easy, cutting out the holes was the hardest part because I triple checked to make sure everything was aligned close to perfect.
Other than that I ran my wire thru the frame of the truck and into the cab to my switch panel.

 

Some of the newest mods. Haven’t updated this in almost 2 months.

-Camper I picked up from a local member
-Demello rock sliders
-Baja Designs squadron sport lights
-GG lighting multi-function chase light. It has an amber & LED function that can also flash (pretty cool).

 

Sweet build brother!

 

Thanks

 

Body mount bushings
The OEM ones were toast because I had burned them while welding the CMC plate. Plus the radiator support ones were pretty bad from off-roading. So I decided to buy some from Amazon. Only $99 for the entire set & the install was relatively easy.