JDawg562's Long Travel Tacoma

Hello,

Here's my 2007 Toyota Tacoma, TRD Off-Road, Access Cab, Prerunner.

Currently Sits.
2-16-18


How she looked like the day I bought her.

I couldn't stop smiling. I was so stoked!

My 2nd weekend I got my truck I took my pup to Crystal Cove Campground, CA

I got an Access Cab for my dog... lol

The 240sx

Yeah, I know huge size difference. Sad thing is my car's front & rear tires are wider than my Tacoma's tires...

5/6/14 Plasti Dipped

5/8/14 Blacked Out Headlight Mod

5/10/14 Backup Camera and Running Boards installed

5/28/14 1st Trip to Gorman, CA

6/11/14 Glassworks Unlimited Fiberglass Fenders

6/12/14 Total Chaos 3" Long Travel kit

6/14/14 Finished Welding Bumper and Gorman, CA trip

6/25/14 Made a Satoshi Grill

7/17/14 1st set of used BFG A/T 285/75/16s

8/17/14 Big Bear, CA

8/26/14 Method NV wheels and General Grabber Red Letters 285/75R16s

8/31/14 Plasti Dipped my Method NV two tone.

10/12/14 Big Bear, CA

10/22/14 Fiberglass Bedsides

4/3/15 New Tires 315/75/16 Toyo Open Country M/T

5/17/15 50" Curved LED Lightbar.

1/17/16 Barstow shooting/off road trip for my birthday.

3/19/16 Barstow, CA. Built a new bumper & testing valving on 2.5x16 smoothies in the rear.

2/7/17 New Method 17" wheels and Toyo Open Country R/T 35x12.5r17 tires!

4/14/17 TRD Sport hood, color match and two part clear painting.

1/3/18 DMZ Long Travel installed

2/16/18 Testing DMZ kit


Installed/Mods Click the links to see the post!
-WeatherTech Floor Liner bought from a TacomaWorld Member. Group Buy.
-Spidertrax 1.25" Spacers Installed on Front & Rear bought used from a TacomaWorld Member.
-Plasti Dipped Emblems, Rims, Grill & Rear Bumper.
-Blacked out Headlight Mod.
-Pop & Lock and Back Up Camera
-Under the Hood & Bed LEDs Made and installed by me!
-Glassworks Unlimited Fenders with 4″ Flare and 3″ Rise.
-Total Chaos 3.5" Long Travel kit(Used) Installed Thread here.
-Home made Fabericated bumper.
-Key Fob Reprogrammed. 30$ for 2x remotes and programmed
-Satoshi Grill Mod. Made by me. Took 2 days to complete from scratch.
-My Welding Helmet.
-Tires 285/75r16
-Method Race Wheels NV 305 16" Matte Black Machined Face 6x5.5
-General Grabber Red Letters 285/75r16.
-Plasti Dipped my Method NV two tone.
-Glassworks Fiberglass Bedsides.
-Toyo Open Country M/T 315/75r16
-50" Curved LED Lightbar
-Cab Mount Chop
-Sliders
-2.5x16 Smoothies
-Bedcage!
-Remade my front bumper
-30" LED light bar for bumper
-3rd member 4.56 gears install
-LED Gauge lights
-LED Radio Dash lights
-New Method 17s and new Toyo Open Country R/T 35x12.5r17
-TRD Sport hood time lapse painting it
-DMZ Spring under kit day 1
-Hydro bump stops & spindle gussets

Ordered and/or not installed.





Thing's I'd like to buy used if you have them.


Future Plans
?????

Trips/Camping
-Gorman, CA 5-25-14
-Gorman, CA 6-14-14
-Big Bear, CA 8-17-14
-Big Bear, CA 10-12-14
-Hungry Valley shock testing with DMZ kit 2-16-18

I'll edit this post, organize and post pictures.

 

WeatherTech Floor Liners

Bought these From a TacomaWorld Member "Chas of MRT".
The Group Buy.

 

SpiderTrax 1.25" Wheel Adapter.



Yeah they look a little rough, but they work great!

Installed vs not Installed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3Ghl4Cin0

 

Plasti Dip Rampage!!!!!

I knew about this stuff and watched my friends use it, but never tried it myself. Till NOW!

I used newspaper/magazine pages the next time I did it...





My friends Tundra and my Tacoma. Brotherly love.

Before and After.

 

Blacked out Headlight Mod.


Got around to Blacking out my headlights and restoring them too. I love the way they came out.
Basically I read this thread Here and just kind of winged it.

It took about 6 hours all together.
1st day after work took the headlight out, baked it, pulled apart, painted and tinted left to dry overnight. about 3 hours.
2nd touched out paint, restored headlight, put all the reflectors/lenses in, put back in housing, baked, silicone, reinstalled everything. about 3 hours.

Before vs After Comparison.


Materials
-Flathead skinny.
-Flathead a crappy one that you don't care will get messed up.
-Torx screwdriver (I used an allen key that fit, but I had to push down to make sure it didn't slip or strip. You can use pliers too. Both will be a pain I wish I got the right tool.)
-Old oven mitts
-Oven
-Cardboard
-Valspar Plastic Gloss Black spraypaint.
-Headlight/Taillight Smoke spraypaint.
-Silicone.
-Masking tape/Painter's tape.
-Meguiar's 2-Step Headlight Restoration Kit Sanding and Polishing System
-Sandpaper. I used 600grit all they had at Lowes and it worked good. I'd say anything between 600grit - 1,000grit will be good.
-Spring clamps(Forgot to add to picture)



Before picture.
Taking off headlights.
Getting headlight prepped.
Baking headlight in the oven set at 200°F for 10 minutes.


Pulled headlight housing apart, Sanded and Masked the Blinkers.
Back view of Blinker lens.
Blinker lens inside housing.
Light coat of spraypaint


2nd coat of paint.
3rd coat of paint drying.
Took the blinker lens off and took off the tape.
Tinted the blinker lens and reattached the blinker lens.

Before headlight restoration.
Before headlight restoration.
Before headlight restoration.
After sanding and and using the PlastiX(Buffing cutter compound).


Cleaned and painted part installed on headlight lens.
Test fit getting ready for the oven.
In the oven set at 200°F for 10 minutes.
Smashed the headlight back together and made sure the clips were on. Also used spring clamps to help hold it together.


Put a bead of silicone around the entire headlight.
Put headlights side view.
Headlights front view.
Close up.


Reattached grill and Finished!


Hazards on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ypqk4nCCA

 

Pop & Lock and Mirror Back Up Camera.

After my friend told and showed me how easy it was to take off my tailgate I looked it up here and got super paranoid. I went to go look for a locking tailgate and found a Pop & Lock I was about to order it and saw one saying "With backup camera mount" and one "Without"
I went ahead and ordered the one with a backup camera mount.
By the way my Tacoma didn't have a backup camera when I got it.
So I looked around for a backup camera and found the Peak Rearview Mirror Back Up Camera System. I figured I could make it work and I did some dremeling and modifying to make it fit and work. I heard the closer the transmitter is to the screen the less interruptions and cutouts you will get so I mounted it to my front windshield.

Pop & Lock and Peak Rearview Mirror Back Up Camera System.
The stock tailgate latch (No backup camera).
Took off the tailgate plastic cover.
Made sure the tailgate lock worked.


Putting Camera in place seeing how much wire I need and where to cut it. Running the wire threw the drain hole in the tailgate.
Wire with tailgate up.
Ran the wire behind the bumper.(Picture was taken under the bed by the rear bumper)


Cut and stripped the wire cover off.
Measuring how much extra wire I need and then some.
Made sure the orginal wire that plugs into the transmitter goes under the door step plastic.
Another picture of the wire I ran from the tailgate.


Labeled what color the wire that was connected to know where to connect them back to the same wires.
Wrapped them up individually then all together with electrical tape.
Hard to see in the picture, but the camera is on. (I used tape to make it easier to see from the tailgate when moving the camera.)
Camera mounted with Black Silicone again hard to see in the picture.. — with Peak Backup Camera.


After the silicone dried a bit. I took off the tape holding the camera and started to Silicone the back and let that dry. Then put the tailgate cover back on.
Put my dad's Double Cab running boards on. I had to drill new holes so they would mount correctly. They look a little awkward since they go past the my cab, but they look good to me!

 

LEDs Under the Hood and in the Bed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFln3KIaAww
YOUTUBE!!!!
I ordered all the parts off ebay and made/installed them myself.

 

Total Chaos 3.5 Long Travel Kit.

I got a couple packages in the mail!



Just waiting on some hardware.

 

baller... looks good and good start

 

My Bank Account begs to differ lol
It's a work in progress... I was going to save alot more till I had money to buy everything all at once, but I saw this kit used and had to jump on it. I'm going to save a bit hopefully buy a welder, then fiberglass, then all the gussets before I install the Long Travel kit. Hopefully buy as much used stuff as I can.

 

lmao, take it slow...dont just go all crazy. thats how i did it.

 

Yeah I'm not buying anything major for at least a month. I have to stop myself from entering the 2nd generation for sale section of this forums lol.
I just tell myself "Don't do it, DON'T DO IT!!!"

 

i wanted to buy that kit ahha

 

lol its worse too because if you want to run lift spindles you need to buy different upper control arms (heim uppers) with the spindles which equals more $$$$$$

 

lol you saw it in the for sale section here?
I started PMing him the day he posted it! He took out the 3 way bypass shocks and bump stops so I could afford it.

Really? I thought I read somewhere as long as you buy the LT spindles your good.
I'll probably run with just gusset spindles for a long time though. Hopefully...

 

Gorman, CA

Finally was able to take my new truck out! Only damage I got was a dirt biker lost his balance (first time rider with his friend) crashed into the side of my bed when I pulled over to let them by. After I checked on him, picked up his bike and talked with them a bit. I got back into my truck and told my girlfriend "Oh well, now I have an excuse to get fiberglass bedsides too right?"

5:00am just about to leave to Gorman.




Messing around with the Instagram settings.



We all had a great time.
All of us had GoPros too. I just need to get all the files from everyone then find time to edit all of them.

 

Aw dude I almost got an Subaru WRX STI 2003-2005.
It's been a toss up between the 2nd gen Tacoma and a 03-05 WRX STI for a year while I saved up the prices were about the same (except for the insurance quotes! ouch.). Then my friends took me off roading in Big Bear. After I got home my decision was made, TACOMA!! lol

 

LOL! lucky!
Those look the best IMO, then after those 3 years of that model I like the 1st generation ones 1993-2000 I think. Everything else is meh, I'd buy something else lol.

 

Glassworks Unlimited Fenders with 4″ Flare and 3″ Rise.

Met up with John at Glassworks Unlimited and bought some fenders! I found out Glassworks is about 10 mins away from my house lol.


My Tacoma pile in my room.


Finally got around to putting them on. 6-11-14.
Test Fitting and see how it would look.


Side view

Passenger side.

Front view finished.



It was defiantly an adventure putting these on. I took off the driver side stock fender and my friend took off the passenger side till we got to the antenna (Headache). Finally got the passenger side stock fender off and we both installed the driver side fiberglass fenders pretty easy, minor very trimming. Then started the passenger side we had to take it off a bunch of times and trim it a lot it was annoying... We finished up and started to put the bumper on and I hated the look. We took it off and took a little break. I grabbed a piece of wood and held it up like a skid plate and the hamsters started rolling. My friend took a street sign he had in his room and we used sheet metal screws then hit it with a hammer to bend it! It looked better and was fun messing around. When I was working on the driver side fender I was looking on the ground for tools or bolts and hit my head on the fiberglass fender I looked at my friend and said "It's so wide" and we started dying lol!

 

Subd, looks good so far! SuperWhite FTW