Cop's build

Great looking rig with the lift & tires!!! I also think the toyota wheels you have are the best looking ones from Toyota!!! I always sipe my tires....I think they last longer and for sure are better in the snow & rains!

 

bump, anyone know how to fix the bulb color issue from page 2?

 

got the hellas converted over, they are insane bright, not sure if i'll be able to use them for normal driving anymore lol have a look! also got some great pics the other night after the headlight conversion..was snowing and very foggy..neat stuff but will have to post later, off to eat now.

hellas (6k bulb with amber covers)

 

Nice job on the rig...looking very nice. Love the stance and think it looks killer from the front. Good work!

 

nice build.
did you want your headlights without the brow?
it does makem unique it trips me out cause it looks like mine, but mines like that cause a brush gaurd is in the way...

 

when i bought them i thought they were supposed to come with the brow but they didn't, theres no tubes or any wiring for them so i guess they shipped me a different version. ok with me though, they still look sweet IMO!

love your truck by the way!!

 

very nice job, i'm just now starting similar mods on my 06 access same color so its nice to see how they all look finished. props

 

thanks for all the compliments guys!! and now as promised, the fog pics forgot to turn on the stock fogs also these are prior to my hella conversion so the only HID is the hi/low beams

6000k HID low-beam


low-beam, hella (stock) and piaa (stock)

 

Wow man HID's look awesome! how hard were they to wire?

I am thinking about moving out to CO sometime at the end of this year hopefully when I finish my degree. Maybe we can wheel.

 

nah, those were plug and play but when i did my retro fit i destroyed those lights. i was going to do a projector swap but the projectors in those headlights are way small and try as i might, was no way i could fit the new ones in there so i just put em in my stock headlights. looks different now but i like the way it looks

 

Great looking truck man. Love it.

 

thanks!

 

haven't had an update in a while, here's some recent pics of my small projects.

HID Retro Fit

- TSX projectors with Phillips 85122 bulbs

I used the halos off my old headlights and put them around my projectors then hot-wired them into my parking/running light setup. I know a lot of guys hate halos but I think they're cool. The bowl reflects the halo to make it look like they're are two, thought that was kinda nifty. Don't mind the dirty headlight, was just a test fit.



Overall I'm incredibly happy with the lights, I have the steps about one lane apart so I get a wider spread. The difference between stock and these is amazing!

Snow Storm

Had a pretty big storm a few weeks back and took some shots with my cellphone (didn't want to risk breaking my camera...but the phone? eh, I have backups lol) Drove the whole way home between 15-20mi/hr...was a base layer of ice plus between 6-8in of snow on top. Truck handled very very well, was the first time I got to really put my tires to test and they blasted through everything with ease and never broke traction. Very very happy! My pics are just for show, I couldn't use my grill lights and bar lights, too powerful and blinded me pretty good.

 

Got a wash a few days later and parked...then couldn't keep my eyes off it so I snapped a couple quick pics





My most recent project was painting the interior. Gone is the silver around the gauges, and the silver/grey center dash. Everything is now black except the bit around the radio...no idea what it's called

Drove around like this for about a week



And now I drive around like this!












In case you don't see it, the red is a big evil-looking face. The mouth is around the LCD and the eyes are just above the CD slot

Up next is custom made rock sliders..we probably won't start those til May or Juneish

 

For anyone that wants theirs painted, the artist is my girlfriend's brother...he's incredible at everything and is willing to paint anything you want. If anyone is interested, shoot me a PM and we'll talk more

 

I used to have a 2000. mine were the same way. (Stock head lights, but piaa bulbs in them) I never noticed with the stock bulbs, only with the piaa. So 2 possiblities...1) factory housing is shaped that way, possibley not to blind people in front but aids in lighting up street signs on the side of the road, but it is not that notacible because the factory bulbs do not have as high of a K temp. 2) it's piaa's bulbs, the way the filament is in the bulb inrelation to the reflector that in in the bulb. The possition of piaa's filament is slightly different then factorys, probably one way that they increase the light/foot candle out put.

Now I have a 2009. Same thing happened...factory, never noticed any slant/up lift on the right. Put in the piaa bulbs and noticed it.

so your not the only one...

 

wow!! looks great!!

 

thanks man

 

Cop...is there any particular reason you got rid of the projector headlights?

 

Awesome work - thanks for the pics!