32vsnake's 2019 Cement Access Cab mod thread

Hey,

Lately I'd been thinking of replacing my Tundra with a new truck. The Tundra had accumulated 86,000 miles of trouble free motoring and was still in decent shape. Being 11 yrs old the truck had acquired some minor imperfections over the course of it's life. Enough to make me entertain the idea of replacing it.

When it comes to trucks I'm pretty much set on the belief that Toyota offers the best option for longevity.

So it came down to a new Tundra or Tacoma; 4Runner was off the list because I still wanted a pickup in the driveway. Which leads me to May 17th, the day i traded in my 2008 Tundra DC for a manual 2019 TRD OR access cab.

From this...

To this....


Running list

Exterior:
Extang trifecta 2.0 tonneau cover
Bestop Supertop 2
Husky Liners Front & Rear Mud Guards
Bedrug Truck Bed Mat
Auto Ventshade
Car Rover Tailgate Insert Letters

Interior:
Kicker Tweeters
Kicker door speakers

$128 47KSC69304 6x9 (160x230mm) 3-Way Speakers With1(25mm) and .75"(20mm) Tweeters, 4ohm

47KSC69304
Seven Sparta Center Console Organizer
Tacomods radio knobs
TRD shift knob

$71 PTR26-35060 Shift Knobs, TRD, 6-speed

PTR26-35060


Wheels/Tires:
265/75R16 Cooper ST/MAXX
2020 Oem TRD Pro rims

Suspension:
Bilstien 6112
Bilstein 5160

Armor:
TRD pro skid plate
Green Lane sliders

Lighting:
Baja Design Squadron Fog Lights
LED bed lights
Oem TRD Pro LED headlights

Misc:
ARB breather diff
Anytime front/rear camera
ARB recovery Point
Cali Raised bed stiffeners
2LM Pnp from TW user lapoltba
Che4x4 2low switch
Tailgate lock

$160 PK3B6-35JS0 Toyota Genuine 2019 & Newer Tacoma Short Wheelbase Tailgate Lock (PK3B6-35JS0)

PK3B6-35JS0

Current look

 

Late on a Tuesday decided to test drive a TRD OR with a manual trans and figured it was what I wanted. Went back the next day and made the deal; only problem was I didn't want black. Of course the local dealer only had the one manual TRD access cab and it was black, so they'd need to bring in a cement colored truck. Put down a $5k deposit and nervously left the dealership after the sales manager kept asking what my backup color was in case they couldn't find one.

Got the phone call late the next day stating the truck would be in by Friday. Ordered 265/75r16 cooper ST/Maxx that evening

 

First night home... takes up a lot less of the driveway than the Tundra



It took 2 days before I started adjusting the truck... ARB breather diff mod



This was about 5 days into ownership... 286km on the truck

 

May 19th ..wow I had the truck for 2 days at that point. I decided what I was going to do for suspension. I'd run 6112/5160 on the Tundra for 4 yrs and had just put 6112/5100 on the kids 4Runner. Pretty easy to see where this is heading... I ordered 6112/5160 for the Tacoma.

Fresh from the tire shop

 

Nice looking truck!

Keep up the good work!

 

I have a date booked for next week to have the 6112's assembled and installed. Ordered new

$29 KYB sm5640 - Mount Kit

KYB sm5640 top hats from Amazon so I can keep the original TRD pieces complete. Just need to finalize on 1.1 or .55 setting
.



Added some AVS vents and black TACOMA letters to the tailgate




Currently waiting on the following: adapter kit for my Baja Designs squadrons and the anytime camera kit. Have a TRD pro skid plate on order from the dealer

 

Anytime camera kit showed up tonight and managed to get the switch connected. Really slick kit and would highly recommend it.
Hopefully get the front camera mounted and plumbed in sometime tomorrow

 

AC OR MT, stop torturing us.

 

Baja designs Tacoma mounting kit showed up today and got the squadron sports in

 

Went with a tonneau cover ...extang trifecta 2.0

 

Picture clearly shows shift knob with pattern...

 

Came with a third pedal to

 

6112’s went in today. Have them set at 4/3 and there is about a half inch of rake from back to front. Hopefully they may settle a touch.

Still waiting on the rear 5160’s to ship

 

Front camera mounted and wired in

 

Latest additions... TRD Pro skid plate and radio buttons. Added kicker tweeters and can’t say I noticed a huge change in sound quality

 

5160’s showed up last night. Gave up waiting for the left to show up so decided to run two rights. Ride is much better balanced vs the 6112 and the stock yellow bilsteins. Happy camper with the way the trucks turned out.

 

great looking truck man!!!

 

Husky mud flaps

 

Lookin' good! I'm going to order this same setup soon. I'm curious about how you mounted the reservoirs for the 5160s. Commonly they're mounted to the body of the main shock, but it looks like you opted for mounting them on the frame — which I think looks better. What hardware did you need to achieve this? I'd appreciate any insight. Thanks!

 

On my Tundra the 5160’s were shock mounted but for the Tacoma Bilstien supplies frame mounted hardware kits instead.