Burzpaw's Taco Build: Ophelia

Figured I'd start up a thread since I do the same on the forum for my other car.

I named her Ophelia a.k.a. Lia because it means "helper" and saw it fitting since I bought her primarily as my work car as well as to give my original daily to my sister who'll be starting college soon. I'm definitely a car enthusiast so, of course, it can't stay stock even if it would be mostly used for work.
I fall in love with this truck more and more because it's the total opposite of my other car(though I still love my little bagged hatch-- I get to enjoy the best of both worlds). Have yet to take it off road but plan to go someday soon with my bro and his Jeep!

06 TRD Off Road Prerunner
4.0L V6 SR5 Access Cab
Picked up used w/ 135k miles

Current Additions: (As of Sept. 2021)

Exterior:

- Spyder headlights with Philips Diamond Vision
- Morimoto XB led fog lights
- Satoshi grille
- Bed liner front valence
- Independent fogs mod
- EGR window visors
- led tail lights
- Reverse camera​

Interior:

- Aries 3D all weather liners (front)
- Jumper's LEDs (parking, license plate, reverse, interior)
- Window security bar (from mattgecko)
- Pioneer AVH-3300NEX​

Wheels & Suspension:

- Toyo Open Country ATII 265/70r17
- OEM Toyota Sequoia wheels 17x7.5 +15
- Spidertrax 1.25" spacers
- Bilstein 5100's w/ OME 883's​

Performance:

- K&N drop-in filter
- Powerstop K137 Brake Kit, rotors & pads​

Armor:

- ShmellFab sliders​

Maintenance:
Front wheel bearings replaced at 189k miles, 9/29/21

Future Plans:

- 285/70r17 Toyo Open County R/T
- Softtopper
- CMC
- Hybrid front bumper
- High clearance rear bumper
- Prinsu access cab roof rack
- Fender flares
- Recovery gear
- Wet Okole seat covers
- Sport hood w/ scoop
- Magnuson supercharger
- King 2.5" coilovers w/ compression adjusters
- Total Chaos UCA's
- Total Chaos stock LCA's
- CST 3.5" lift spindles
- Sound proofing/deadening interior
- JL Audio stealthbox & some amp-- upgraded speakers maybe
- Side mirror covers w/ blinkers (4Runner)​

 

So here we go!


When I first got her. Needed a bit of lovin'-- a lot a bit of lovin'.


Happened to have a decal of my crew that fit the sliding window perfectly.


My first purchase was a set of Depo headlights already retrofit with Morimoto MH1's. I'll never be used to stock halogen output and I know what it's like being on the other side of a truck with PnP HID kits on non-projector housing haha.


Output is pretty awesome, this is paired with Morimoto XB LED Fogs.



Jumper's LEDs were a must as well-- I love white lighting.


Painted the front valence today after I picked up and put on a color matched satoshi grille from a fellow member here-- I like accents and contrasts when done right.


Here's a shot of the grille, valence, and even the fogs which I for some reason did not get a shot of when I got them lol(too busy enjoying them on the road maybe).

And here's a full front shot of how she looks as of today.

 

KO2's on, lookin' forward to taking these to the trails soon. Hopefully going to grab a set of TE37X's very soon as well!

 

Shot of the visors on the truck. Next addition will most likely be sliders by Shmellfab; soon!

 

Debated between these light bar led tails and the regular led tails with similar design and said "what the hey." They look sweet!

 

Got me an exhaust to keep me awake in 2 1/2 hour traffic!

 

I like the retrofit! OEM looking and very simple!

A year late but, +1 for the te37x plans

 

Thanks! Definitely my favorite addition by far, both function and form haha.

And for sure! It’s most likely going to be on the back burner for a while since I scooped up a different set of wheels which I’m trying to fit. But will definitely roll on TE’s someday!

 

Little update, swooped up some used wheels imported straight from Japan. Bradley IX's by 4x4 Engineering Japan paired with Spidertrax spacers! Weighed the wheels in at 16.4 lbs, just a couple ounces away from TE37x's

 

More shots of the wheels and the truck's stance

Lift is definitely going to be the next mod!

 

Got these in the mail-- lookin' forward to swappin' out my brakes this weekend!

 

Rotors and pads installed! Properly broke them in and the truck stops smoothly now. Happy camper
Should've painted the calipers while I was at it but I was in a little rush. Next little project maybe if I feel like replacing the brake fluid. Spending a little time under the wheel well and it got me planning out what I want to do next haha. Shocks and UCA's will probably be priority

 

How long have you had spacers? Any wheel bearing issues with them? I’ve read that they do cause accelerated wheel bearing wear, but some people seem to get away with running them.

 

I've only had them for 2 months so I can't give much input to this. But I do know adding spacers supposedly puts some stress compared to stock (a little? A lot? Who knows.) but as long as you make sure they are hub-centric and good quality like the Spidertrax are, I'd consider them as if I just had wheels with really low offset or low backspace. I ran hub-centric spacers on my other car for a long time and never had issues, granted it was a smaller vehicle.

 

Just got my order from Headstrong Off-Road! Now just waiting on the slightly used 5100's I got off another TW member-- Headstrong came in basically next day. Hoping to level out the truck soon!

 

Finally installed the 5100's w/ 883's-- really easy install, really diggin' the stance now and ride quality stayed the same if not a little better than stock.

 

Wheels and stance look great!

 

Much appreciated!

 

Hung out with one of my bros today and took a couple shots. Itching to go off road someday soon but my buddy has a couple things he wants to get done first on his 4Runner haha.







Diggin' the bro's Konig's he got from FN Wheels

 

Been a good while since I posted here. Not too much change with the truck since my last post-- still running strong, just been using it for work and racking up some miles. I think the only changes since then have been the headlights, roll up tonneau cover, ditched the magna flow exhaust, and recently swapping out the wheels for 17" Sequoia wheels with Toyo AT2's: