Gian's White Taco Build

went offroading in the mountains right behind albuquerque this weekend. Dmora took some vids. the first one i forgot to turn on my locker the second one is when i finally turned it on





http://youtu.be/mr4N0iTLbuc

http://youtu.be/cqLXH58N0ww

 

shitty iphone pics of the rebuilt leafs in action. they gave me about 2" more down travel but its still being somewhat limited by the shocks






EDIT: forgot to post this one. this is not from an iphone and this is also not me

 

wow i just realized how terrible of a pic that night shot is

 

lol. nice, man! fleeexxxxx

 

yuppp. although i need to take the shock off and measure for new longer shocks. what did you do with your previous leaf pack before the chevy's?

 

I sold them to STravis before I had them off the truck... haha He already has expo's on his truck, but he is going to use them on his dad's tacoma.

 

uptade (if anyone cares )

this weekend im picking up some used KM2's from a fellow NM member. hes giving me a great deal, $80 a tire and they have like 7k miles on them

toolbox mounted! i love having the extra space to put random shit.






im going to mount my hi-lift on the front face under the kobalt sign then get some 2x2 square LED lights and mount them on the top so i can see behind me when wheelin at night (and for tailgater deterrent).

only regret is that i should have painted it black before mounting it. i hate chrome

also, new radio with switch panel installed. not sure if im going to paint the switch panel black or keep the aluminum. suggestions?

 

Looking good, Gian!! I'm jelly.


I'd paint that panel black.

 

thanks greg! and yea thats probably what im going to so sooner or later

 

got some kool kid tires

 

had a wheeling meet yesterday with the NM guys...

 

Gian, I was behind you yesterday when we went down that one big V-shaped ditch, and your suspension was articulating very nicely from my point of view. I was up on 2 wheels for much of that. Your rear tires were staying on the ground most of the time. Nice build.

 

5 speed auto? Did I miss an upgrade somewhere?

 

thanks man!

yea its an SR5 auto . maybe i missed something

 

some poser shots since i was alone and couldnt get any action shots.. also you can see in the first pic i took off all the stickers i had on the back and left the 2 important ones

 

Truck looks great! And what an awesome deal you got on the rubber. Well done!

 

Nice truck!
You ever go wheeling up in the jemez let me know.

 

have any videos of your exhaust?

 

The "5" in SR5 dropped its meaning a while back. Us first-gens have a four speed auto!

 

thanks man! and yea having friends with tacos is great. ive gotten my front OME 881 springs for free and rebuilt leafs for $60 from fellow new mexico TW guys

thanks! and i dont know of any places up there, do you?

nope sorry

damn i didnt know that

thanks for letting me know