NEW OWNER-MODS ADVICE/OPINIONS

New 2.7L 2008 Reg Cab 5-spd owner got such a sick deal 15K miles for $14,500 out the door!!! Carfax is clean, 1 owner and flawless... looking for some advice on any projects for my new toy. Already threw some wheels and tires on her and tinted the back and side windows. Looking at bull bars/nerf bars/bed rails/engine performance advice basically anything you guys want to throw my way new owner here so any information will be awesome I have to learn this truck all over again from my previous car. Thanks guys hit me up

 

Looks like you got a great deal. Congrats!
Here is a great start http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/7174-2nd-gen-tips-mods-more.html

 

BHLM.

My opinion? Keep it clean - Skip the bullbars and nerfs.

Tonneau covers on a regular cab looks clean.

If you really want to go off the deep end, save up your sheckles and get that new URD supercharger that's coming out for the four-banger. Then you can smoke your new meats at will.

 

aFe pro dry drop in air filter with the secondary air filter delete. it doesn't do alot but it makes it alil easier for the truck to breath. I have a K&N drop in and its messy cleaning and re-oiling. the avid offroad light bar would look good. My personal fvorite is getting some thump in there. people do not expect subs in the regular cabs. haha

 

i heard the secondary air filter deletion does not really do anything at all. its for the environment why not just leave it in i don't think it will make one bit of difference any way in or out. except to say that unburnt fuel will escape into the air.

 

nice looking 5 lug a led light bar in the lower grill would be sexy and low profile and some grill craft grills upper and lower. i'm rocking vision-x leds right now and they are worth every fucking penny!

 

skip on the bhlm imho and do a retrofit trs can hook you up with the parts the minis are pretty easy to retro the right way and you have tw for any and all questions

 

BHLM with retrofits?

 

what do you plan on doing with it?

mainly street? off-roading?

skip the bull bars and nerf bars..

avid light bar and step rails, unless you plan on wheeling then maybe look into some sliders...if you don't plan on wheeling and won't be lifting it, then skip the nerf bars/steps/sliders all together

HID fog lights
BHLM with retros

look into your exhaust...headers/y-pipe/cat-back upgrades?

diff breather mod

 

Got the AFE brother love that thing! I know i was looking at slim subs and trying to design a thin box that fits on the back wall of the cab but that project is far off I want my lift first im selfish haha

 

already done man but I am looking to retro fit projectors next and blacking out the bezel bowl too so my HL's will be like the darknight up in this bitch haha

 

posted that when i first joined TW i have learned a bunch so far lol fuck a bull bar!!its my DD and my light trail truck nothing crazy but i took her out down here in SC a lil while ago and with the aftermarket Grabber AT2's she did awesome....im actually getting the FATBOBs lift on next month, avid offroad bumper with 31's after that and will be looking at putting a complete exhaust system on in the fall...sooner if I fall into some extra cash

 

sounds like a nice path you have laid out for your truck

post up some pics showing some progess...i love how these regular cabs look with some work done on them

 

Thanks man I appreciate it! I def will post the pics of what I have done so far/what I will do...yea i saw a reg cab a while ago all jacked up and sitting on 33's with a grillcraft grille with a nice baja bumper and i was like gotta get my baby up to par haha