Red Tacoma Build - Mostly Photos

2008 Toyota tacoma 4x4 V6 6MT



[Mods]
[Suspension]

[Front]​

• 5100 shocks
• 2886 coil springs
• JBA upper control arms
• Moog lower control arms with whiteline bushings
• Moog Greasable cam bolts
• sway bar delete

[Rear]​

• 5100 shocks (strange part# I need to lookup)
• Icon RXT leaf pack
• Driveshaft spacer
• all pro Ubolt flip kit

[Wheels & Tires]​

• TRD 16" Beadlock style wheels
• Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac 285/75/16 Tires

[Exterior]

• DiamondBack Cover
• Black OEM front fender flares.
• Currently no flares on the rear. Not sure what to do
• Weather-tech window guards
• Frontruner slim sport roofrack

[Armour]​

• Coastal offroad Front bumper
• Coastal offroad Rear bumper
• DIY IFS skidplate (In Progress)
• Dent in rocker panel......no sliders yet

[Lights]​

• $198 Rigid Industries 504813 Rigid Industries - D-Series SAE Fog Light, Day Light Fog Light, Off Roading Fog Light for Automotive (Set of 2)
  Rigid Industries 504813 3" DOT/SAW Fog Lights
• Rigid Industries 202213 3" LED Light D-Series Pro Spot Beam
  
• $361 Rigid Industries 262113 Rigid D-SS PRO | Flood | Pair (Set of 2) LED Lights, 262113
  Rigid Industries 262113 3" D-SS Series Pro Flood Beam
• Depo Headlights

[Interior]

[Coms]​

• CB radio
• LTE booster
• GMRS mobile radio

[Stereo]​

• Kenwood DMX907S Wireless Carplay
  
• JL C1-650 component speakers
• JL C1-650x speakers
• $258 Rockford Fosgate PBR300x4 Punch 300 Watt 4 Channel Boosted Rail Amplifier
  Rockford Fosgate PBR300x4
  
• Rockford Fosgate 8" sub, and 300W amp

[Maintenance]

• Idle pulleys
• Wheel bearings
• Spark plugs and coils
• Oil changes
• no ones gunna read this anyways
• Gear oils
• transmission oil
• greased things

 

Bought a used 2008 6MT DBL cab short bed.
Came with spacer lift front, and AAL in rear, Front diff drop, bushwhacker fenders.
265 tires


Removed Mudflaps and replaced pro comp tires that wouldn't balance.

 

Replaced the cracked window guards with weather tech.
Bought a boat, The super stiff AAL in the rear is nice for towing.

 

November 2019
Time to get real with the build!
Depo headlights.

 

Apologies for not addressing this back in 2017....

 

Bought some new wheels. Came with trash tires.

 

MT fluid change, I think i also did front and rear diff that day.

 

Wheels and tires installed.
285/75/16 Bridgestone Wrangler Duratrac.

 

Replaced upper and lower control arms. Getting the old ones out was a battle....

Uppers are JBA
Moog lowers
Moog Tierods

Moog greasable alignment bolts

$40 MOOG K100128 Alignment Caster/Camber Kit for Toyota Tacoma

https://www.amazon.ca/Moog-K100128-...59--8-1-2643--&vehicleName=2008+Toyota+Tacoma

 

Crossed 160,000KM!

 

Time to upgrade the lift

FRONT:
Bilstein 24-239370 - 5100

$214 ARB 2885 Old Man Emu Coil Spring

ARB 2885 Coils
1/4 spacer from old suspension setup.
New top hats

REAR:
Icon 51101 Multi-Rate RXT Leaf Spring Kit
Bilstein 24-185417 Shocks (These are for F150s)
All pro Ubolt flip kit 4400T-AP-05
Driveshaft spacer
1.25 inch wheel spacer

 

Removed the side steps. Installed 1.25" wheel spacer front and rear.

 

Where to mount the DUAL Viair 400C compressors?




Decided to mount them on the passenger side.

 

Doing a little shakedown with @Drifter2090 and his 4runner.

Suspension working well.

 

Installing an electric fan to help the AC at stop lights. I think i might have a larger AC issue....

 

DIY cab mount chop.
I cut a chunk off and welded it back on basically in the same place. I really don't know what im doing, but i got a plasma cutter and a welder so going for it.

 

Still rubbing...

 

Time to POR15 the frame.
Not many pics, it was messy.

Only one new little drain hole. OEM+


Washing inside the frame i lost some material. #weightReduction #raceCar




No pics of finished product... But It looked better.

 

Package arrived from Costal offroad!

 

Building Front Bumper

Day 1
- Remove OEM stuff and bolt up the first plate.


Day 2
Start to build the bumper


Day 3
-finish driver side wing


Day 4
-Final weld the bits that get hidden by the final plate.


Day 5
-Paint the hidden parts
-My heat lamp exploded


Day 6
-final welding the bumper going slow so I dont warp it


Day 7
- More welding
- Some grinding
- Realizing how much work this actually is going to be


Day 8
- Test fitting, Needed some motivation


Day 9
- More grinding on the Tacoma bumper, also started a 4runner bumper.


Day 10, 11, and 12
- Grinding welding sanding


Day 13
- first coat primer


Day 14
- Build paint booth
- Paint it all very fast not waiting long enough between coats


Day 15
Installed


Final product photos


About 3 weeks after it was installed i took a close look at the bumper. Its rusting through the paint in spots.