A Fishing Truck With a Taco Problem...2023 SR5 DCLB - MUCHO FART

~Current Build as of 4/20~
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How it Began...

Unfortunately had to sell my Gen 2 SR5 DCLB with 200k miles due to a torque converter problem I couldn't fix because I didn't have $6500 to do it. (Had to drop the tranny to get to it so might as well gotten a new tranny...) Yeah I could have fixed myself if I had spent time with a wrench in my hand as a kid but it was skateboards and beer instead. And computers. Also, I hardly know where the toilet paper is most of the time. I love my Gen 2 waaaay more than my Gen 3 but she's growing on me. Hope you like the build and also hope this motivate you to get out of the concrete jungle every once in a while.

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Where shall we go?

The goal was to build my Dream Taco on a "budget". It had to be good for work or else I'd sell it for being lazy. I also needed a truck to be a truck. Like one that pulls stuff, loads stuff, drives on dirt and stuff. Any Tacoma is not in the budget category off the lot; but I chose a brand new 2023 SR5 DCLB at 5 miles on the odo as it was $5K cheaper than a TRD OffRoad. I never needed a locker for my active lifestyle before with the Gen 2 so I won't need it as I get older and get more hemrrhoids with my Gen 3. Yeah I would have loved all the other bells and whistles but then then I wouldn't have any other change to buy real tacos from a taco truck. Seriously, I am poor and if I can't tacos, then what's the point? But luckily, I live in a part of California that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to breathe the air and I can afford an overpriced hunk of metal made in Mexico to fall in love with. I had no plans on upgrading anything on this truck...but then I fell in love.

Build so far in stoner-alogical order.

-RC Country Neoprene Seat Covers (For wet and dirty waders that smell like farts)
-ProTech Protector for Touch Screen Stereo, Cockpit Dials, Door Pillars
-265/75/r16 Mazama Open Range A/T Plus Tires
-LED Dome Light Swap
-Husky Mats
-Poser Blacked out TRD Pro Grill Swap
-Chrome Delete
-Air Dam Delete
-Philips H9 Headlight Lamp Swap
-TACOMA Black Chinese printed font on tailgate
-Yakima Racks with Rod Holder and Rocket Box
-OTT Tune then put on the KDMAX 10.0 tune (Tuner had both )
-Bluetooth CarPlay Adapter (The SR5 is wired CarPlay stock. Is the TRD the same? I wouldn't hope so.)
-ICON RXT Leaf Pack - Option 2 (My truck is always filled with stuff and Yakima stuff is always full of stuff.)
-Bilstein 5100's Front and Back (4th Clip up front)
-Black Rhino Stadium in Bronze 16 X 8 -10 offset
-Diode Elite Fog Lights
-Yakima MOD Homebase in Bed
-PoP LocK for tailgate
-Hooke Road Black Tailgate Plastic Panel
-Perry Parts Front Bump Stops
-Falcon Rear Bump Stops
-BackCountry Dog Seat Cover
-Vedavoo Visor Fly Holder
-Cali Raised Rear Mudflaps with white "4WD"
-AVS Window Visors
-CaliRaised Bed Stiffeners

~Stock Beauty~


~Before suspension upgrade~


~After the suspension upgrade~


~Spring Fire Roading~


~Dx4 Flare Rims(Their performance was horrible but they looked cool)~​

 

Nice, I like it. Out of curiosity, what does Chinese font on the tailgate look like?

 

Nice rig love the river quiver

 

Thanks!

It's that lettering you can buy to fill in the "TACOMA"

 

Thanks! I love that name. The River Quiver.

 

I didn’t come up with it, I heard it from someone else, is kinda catchy the bumper sticker is great, I need one even though I have a T4R

 

Looking good! I dig those bronze wheels. Nice setup.

 

Thanks! I love them. My lady didn’t want to like the bronze until they showed up. Now she loves em’ too.

 

You can get that sticker here: https://tacoflyco.com/collections/stickers/products/i-suck