Where to sell a built rig...

Lol, masterpiece I nearly spit my beer out. Dude it looks like every other truck. It's nice but it's not special.

 

My masterpiece:

 

I just sold my 2021 truck I spent about 20 hours pulling all the mods off of it. I got what I wanted out of the truck and a little over 9k for the mods I pulled off of it in about 2 weeks. I lost about 5k in the mods and my time but I was pretty happy with where I landed.

 

To me and some people, the self build adventure is the value over but I understand it. I still have all my stock parts for the eventual tear down one day. Maybe I'll buy a 2023 and swap mods on a 7 years newer 3rd gen.

 

Here’s a strong start to the mod list…
Truck

2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro - 51,XXX miles
Modifications-

Powertrain:
-OEM TRD Air Intake
-Professional Exhaust modification to accommodate skid plates.
-Exhaust Tip trimmed
-Orange Virus Tuning Tune kit
-Fresh redline fluids in all diffs and synthetic oil changes


Suspension:
-OEM Fox Shocks
-Westcott Designs front lift with ½ spacer
-JBA red control arms
-Eibach 600# Springs
-Archive Garage rear spring perches
-Deaver stage 2 Rear spring packs
-Heavy front suspension stops
-Archive garage rear bumpers and heavy duty U bolt flip kit
-C4 front bumper mount frame reinforcement


Protection:
-Pelfreybuilt 1/4 aluminum, transmission, and gas tank skid- powdercoated gray to match TRD skid
-C4 Off-road rear differential skid
-Motown off-road bolt on sliders with tape.
-SSO Slimline front bumper with Warn Zeon 10k winch, Factor55 shackle, Rigid 20” light bar


Body:
-Prinsu (C4) Roof rack with Rigid 30” light bar and Gray Pelican case, ARB
-Energy suspension bushings
-Hood gas struts
-Truck Bed frame braces
-Rear bed step
-Mobtown tailgate steel reenforcement and aluminum edge
-Diamondback heavy duty bed cover
-C4 front bumper mount frame reinforcement
-Bed stuff: Dual Rotopax tanks mounted on rails, high lift jack, shovel, ax on rago/monkeyfist mounts, Bed Step


Lighting & Electronics:
-Rigid 20in light bar in bumper
-2x Rigid 20” lightbars in grill (lower fog with lenses) mounted with SDHQ Grill mount
-30in Rigid light bar in Prinsu Rack
-Rigid XL pods on SDHQ Hood bracket
-Rack lights: Rigid responder lights on drivers side rack, mini pods on the right, and fog pods on the rear
-Meso Customs Hitch Pod with Baja yellow pod light.
-All Rigid lighting controlled by Switch-Pro 9500
-Powertray Switch pro mount with BlueSea power distribution
- 2 sets of hella super tone horns

-Reverse: Rigid 1” LED pods integrated into bumper. V-Led’s reverse license plate led
-Headlights: Custom Retrofit- Blackout frame:GX bi-xenon projectors/Osram bulbs/Sealed Denso ballasts: Morimoto switchback DRL:V-Leds Signals: V-leds Highbeams (dual high beams with bi xenon)
-Meso Customs Clear Ultimate Tails
-Meso Customs latest generation switchback mirror leds
-Meso Customs mirror mounted approach pods
-OEM PIO approach pods (both illum on Bluetooth approach
-Led contact ground strip lights under be rails an under hood

-Overland Offroad Dual battery mount with 2 fresh Odyssey Extreme batteries and Military connectors, welding gauge wiring across system an extened to rear bed.
-ARB Dual Compressor Air pump under hood with Slee Off-road mount, plumbed for air under hood and to rear bed cubby box
-Onboard water pump in rear cubby box
-BlueSea power bank in bed above cubby

interior:
-Inside and door panels stripped and Dynamatted.
-OEM AudioPlus Speaker and Amp upgrade
-ICOM 9100 Ham Radio (under passenger seat) - needs antenna—
-Cobra 93 wxst CB radio
-HUD kit
-Relo switches for dual battery gauge
-Dual battery controlled in console —
-Video auxiliary screen emulator
-Rear cab wall molle rack
-steel locking under seat safe
-usb chargers integrated into rear door panels
-illuminated interior door handles
-Meso Customs overhead rear molle rack
-ar15 Hondo radio knobs
-Meso Customs TRD shifter ECT and reverse camera interupts-
-usb port and charger accessory in glovebox for charging winch controller
-Meso Customs interior LEDs

 

I'll say it; when I think built I think at the very least lockers, and custom fab work.

That's all bolt-on stuff

 

Yup

 

ya they all kinda don’t they? But we can proud of the sweat we put in em…

 

“How to loose money on a truck 101”

Throw the aftermarket parts catalog at it.

 

Just know that being proud is not linearly equal with what the truck will fetch in today’s market. This isn’t fall of 2020…

I’m proud of my truck, but at least honest with myself that I’m going to “lose money” on it. Vehicles are almost always a “loss” if you pretend that you can sell for more than what you paid by using it for several years.

 

I’m kinda laughing at the lecture. I know these things are money pits. I’ve enjoyed the build. I’m not sure where the value expectations have emerged in this.
I was just genuinely asking what are the preferred forums to advertised builds these days. Bringatrailer and cars and bids seem to be reasonable answers.

 

Overland kitted 3rd Gen Tacomas are a dime a dozen, nothing special, nor are they rare. Can’t swing a dead cat around without hitting one here. Sell it like any other vehicle.

 

“Power” mods are my fave.

 

Look I'm not gonna be rude or roast you. You have a very nice truck with lots of mods. However you have to treat the mods and the truck as two separate things the truck has moderately high miles to fetch top dollar. Without mods it's at best 35 to 38 k as is with mods best case is 46 and you world have to find the exact person to buy. Strip it down you get 10 to 12 k on market place and on here in BST. Not trying to be harsh or a douche that's just what the market is.

 

My take on your mods list. Bold is take off and sell, italics is little to no resale value added, underlined is what I’d leave on and expect some return from.

 

OP is being a good sport. Its a nice truck and Im sure he is proud of the hard work he put into it.

leave a For Sale sign in the rear window and pop one on side windows when parked. You never know who may see it and have to have it.

 

“powertrain” was the intention. My grounding wires and tornado intake ain’t doin much but ya’ll be on it…

 

Love the look of your rig. Can you post some better pics? TIA

 

I think I’m gonna give Bring a Trailer and a few local Facebook groups a try in the coming weeks.
I live in the burbs of NYC/CT area. There’s a LOT more people with more money than time to execute a build like this around here than out west. I certainly have one of the more unique trucks in the area, no dead cats required.

My back is fxcked and I got a boss job now too so gettin out of the work done is a big investment. If it’s a loss it’s a loss. I coulda throwed the $ at far worse.

Wish me luck.