New upgrade ideas

Hello, I just wanted to put a post out there to see if anyone could give me advice or any ideas for upgrading my truck. I have a 96 Xtra cab 2.7L 4x4 and was wondering what good upgrades Could do to make my truck perform/look better. I'll link some pictures. I currently redid the suspension with front and rear shocks, leaf springs, and a 2-inch leveling kit. I have 31inch tires on stock wheels and nothing done to the engine. If there are any ways to help MPG would also be great but I'm sure that's a stretch. Thanks!

 

Beautiful rig, love the 96 Maybe some mud flaps. Inside, I suggest LED instrument cluster bulbs (I just did this and it's a great mod), a LED dome light, and perhaps installing a 3rd Gen 4Runner light near the rear view mirror.

 

Hey, I appreciate the nice comments, any chance you might have some pics of that you've done so I could see? if not it's alright, I'll shop around online for some pics! Anyways, I'll take you up on those ideas!

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...d-cluster-lights.354333/page-38#post-26676157

I haven't done the 4Runner rear mirror light thing yet myself, maybe this week while work is slow :-D

At some point soon, I also hope to swap my 60/40 seats for 3rd Gen 4Runner seats.

 

your truck is already beautiful and perfect as it is!

if anything put roll, step, bull bars, then chrome whatever you can.

Shiny

 

My interior is actually really clean but the seats seem like a good idea!

 

Yeah, there's a guy that put a forum on here with 37in tires and his setup is just an overland beast, looking to do that myself one day when I have more money (currently a college student). Everything I'm trying to do is mainly on a budget which is tough, so I'd like to try to build my own or use some tube bars and weld them. Thanks for the idea though!

 

Yeah this is why the instrument cluster bulb mod may be a great option for you. Very cheap, just time spent taking the dashboard apart and back together.

 

Yeah for sure.

 

cheap blue LEDs off Ebay/Amazon. had these for 4 or 5 years. Stereo has color settings. honestly i think i'm going to do bright white. i have trouble seeing blue lights. messes with my astigmatism.

 

Funny as I seriously thought about blue, but went with natural white instead. These are the ones I ordered. I also ordered this dome light bulb, but I my swap it for this one, which a bit brighter.

 

Perform better: https://www.lceperformance.com/2RZ-2-4L-3RZ-2-7L-High-Boost-Supercharger-Kit-1995-p/7015190.htm

Look Better: 2001-2004 Front end swap

Help with MPG: Replace the tires with a lighter set. Lower the truck.

 

what are the light bulbs again? 194 and what, 168?

 

Eye of the beholder I guess. To me, his front end is *way* better looking than the late Gen 1s. People definitely feel differently about this though!

 

Not quite sure, I want LED's for better vision on the road. I'll have to check it out tomorrow.

 

Doesn't look like Im getting better MPG lol. Supercharger gonna cost some dough too. I'll check out the front-end conversion tho. Thanks!

 

looks sick!

 

looks like 74 and 194 bulbs.

 

If you go down the route of the instrument cluster lights, there are some tweaks to be made for certain early Gen 1 rigs (like mine) to make these LED bulbs dimmable. Full brightness at 90 lumens will be way too bright. Search this thread.

 

You already have the best looking Tacoma front end. Don’t touch it! Good looking truck. Enjoy it.