Lanning's DCLB Build

I guess you can call it a build thread but I really just wanted a way of keeping track of my own progress. I purchased the truck in the fall of 2014 after my fiancé and I purchased a house. I have always been a car enthusiast but after buying the house we quickly realized my love for a lowered Lexus wasn't practical anymore.

So after researching I came to the conclusion that I really wanted a long bed, it had to be a 4x4 and it had to have color matched door handles and mirrors. After a trip to Toyota of Cleveland I decided to bring a white 2008 TRD sport Tacoma home.


The truck already had a spacer and a block lift kit on it. I wasn't thrilled about it but I knew it would be coming off very shortly.



I also added a pioneer nex double din that I can't seem to find a picture of. After getting tired of the worn Trd bedside decals I ordered some new ones.

Up to this point I still had the red SC300 posted above until a friend offered to buy it from me. I decided to take him up on his offer and put that money into the truck.

Suspension

886 ome springs
Bilstein 5100 set at 0
Light racing upper control arms
Ome Dakar leaf pack
Bilstein 5110 rear shocks
All pro u bolt flip
Wheelers superbumps front and rear
Archive shackle flip

Exterior

Pelfreybilt front bumper
Pelfreybilt high clearance rear bumper
Sos off-road sliders
Sos off-road skid plate
Softopper
Bulletproof fabrication grill and letters
Custom bedside decals
5% tint over factory
30% windshield and 5% strip at the top
Fenders and flares trimmed 2 inches
Weather tech in channel visors

Interior

Pioneer 4000 nex double din
Focal components front
Pioneer 6x9 rear
Spod with Iggy switch panel
Oem rubber mats
Vertex shift knob

Random

SCS SR8 matte dark bronze wheels
Hankook 315/70/17 Mall Terrians
4.88 gears front and rear
Arb airlockers front and rear

$323 Arb ckma12 On-Board Air Compressor High Performance 12 Volt for Air Locker Differentials and Tire Inflation

Arb ckma12 compressor
Crown performance stainless lines to the lockers
Cvj oem rebuilt axles
Cbi ditch light brackets
Rough country 20" light bar
Baja designs round fog lights
Baja designs reverse lights
Rear diff breather mod
Fumoto oil drain valve
Oem bed mat

Stuff I want

Time off work
Different upper control arms
New lower control arms
Extended travel coilovers

 

Keep it up... Looks awesome

 

looks awesome man! my sr8's will be here on the 4th!

 

Sick truck brotha!!!

 

Thanks for the comments everybody.

 

Is that windshield legal?

 

Not at all

 

Watch out man. Your insurance company can decide to hold you accountable for accidents/damage if you get in an accident.

 

Great build!! You didn't install the retrofits? Also, you didn't say anything about the armor or cut fenders! That's the coolest part.

 

Holy crap you got that much lift fro OME 886s and Billys set at 0?!? I need to rethink my potential set up and consider 885s. Your truck looks great by the way. 35s not rubbing at all?

 

Thanks a lot, just remember my fenders are trimmed 2" so it looks a little higher. I didn't lose much height at all though when I added sliders, front bumper and skid plate. There is a small amount of rubbing but it can all be fixed with a hammer around the pinch weld.

 

Nice truck man.

 

Got more pics of truck?

 

Here are a couple from last week.

 

Very frickin nice man! Can't wait to install my gears and get 35's. I get a little glimpse of what my truck will look like with 35's haha.

 

Truck looks great buddy

 

I love the look and the feel of the truck on 35s. They are even starting to look small to me now.

 

Haha my 33's feel small to me cuz of the cut fenders haha. I'm stoked to jump to 35's. You get a lot of rubbing or no? I have cut the fenders, need to beat back the pinch weld some more and probably cut more of the cab mount.

 

I need to beat in the pinch weld some more but other than that I haven't had any problems. I wanted to let it rub a little bit more so I can see where all still needs to be beat in.

 

For sure. I can't wait man. Can't decide whether to let my 33's wear out or sell them and get 35's haha