Nicklovin's Trails, Meets & Build Log

This thread will serve as collection of all the photos I take that are TacomaWorld related, trails I go on, meets attend & the changes of my truck.
To prevent the first post from getting overfilled with photos & information each event will be posted individually with a table of contents.

Table Of Contents​

Event: Date:
Indian Truck Trail.....................................................6/29/15
Camping..................................................................7/29/15
Hungry Valley TW Meet............................................11/8/15
Holy Jim..................................................................11/14/15
Main Divide TW Meet................................................11/21/15
Cleghorn Ridge.............................................................???
Cleghorn Ridge..........................................................1/10/16
Holy Jim.......................................................................???
Cleghorn Ridge TW Meet............................................1/23/16
Ocotillo Wells & Anza Borrego TW Meet.......................2/27/16
Huntington Beach TW Meet.........................................4/2/16
Idyllwild TW Meet.......................................................4/16/16
In N Out TW Meet.......................................................5/12/16
Matt Dennys/Cleghorn Ridge TW Meet..........................8/5/16
Big Bear TW Meet........................................................7/3/16
4th of July...................................................................7/4/16
Retro Arcade & Night Run TW Meets.............................7/23/16
Pismo TW Meet............................................................8/20/16

Build​

How my Tacoma currently stands:
Flag varies between USA flag around holidays, pirate flag & black&white California flag.


My Tacoma is a 2004, 2.7 liter, access cab prerunner with 150,000 plus miles.

It's Name:
So my truck finally got a name that I like, even though it sounds way too badass for my truck. How this name came around is recently Kyle & I were working on my truck & we both kept getting cut, pinched etc to cause blood.
My lil 4banger made itself feel more powerful by drawing blood from us & running it all over it's engine
A Walk Through Memories:

Got my Tacoma back in July of 2014, with 144 thousand miles, as my first vehicle before my senior year of high school. Pretty awesome first vehicle!

[Picture of when first purchased to be found & posted]

Within the first few weeks I had plasti.... or flexi?.. dipped my rims and factory decals. I also removed the SR5 decals and all but "Yo" on the tailgate. I originally left "Yo Taco Runner" but my mom was afraid I was going to get shot by some Mexicans because of it.... in Huntington Beach . Also threw a Zombie Outbreak Defense Team decal on the back cause I was in that phase .
The following month for my birthday I installed a Pioneer Head Unit, I love it, especially the strobe effect, works great with my interior lights.
At some point later in the year I installed a set of LEDGlow Lightning interior lights: 4 9inch bars, one under the driver's seat, one under passenger, the other two under the dash on both sides. At nights it's like a rave inside my truck .

[Photo to be posted]

The next year, 2015, the first mod I did was my dad and I made a flag mount that fits where the tow ball would usually be. Here's a photo from the first day it was installed.... back when the flag was 3x5, now it's nearing 3x2 Battle Flag!!


First time I went off roading was in June of 2015 at Indian Truck Trail.


I went so slow and was so paranoid hahahahaha. Had my buddy in my truck and another ahead of us on a dirt bike..... I laugh at it looking back at it now hahahaha.

First time meeting other members from TW at the Rock N' Brews meet, thanks to @ODNAREM for hosting it and making me feel part of the TW Family!



Another first, first time I got into an iffy predicament and had to get pulled out.


After getting out of the truck I was just purely stunned, I wasn't necessarily scared... worried ya but it just shocked me so much that I had no idea what was wrong in the truck but when stepping out and assessing it... it was just like a big whoa! Thank bajeezus again to @ODNAREM for yelling out the window to stop.... without that yell I either would have had a wheel sticking out over the lip of the beggining of a cliff..... or at worst rolling down that damn cliff a few feet away. Also thanks to @Papa Taco for muscling my 4Banger out and through with sheer brute force, hahaha what a badass you and your truck!

The lastest mod I've done to my Tacoma is a set of KCs my dad and I drilled, mounted, and wired ourselves in a day.


For the mounts we bought a pair of 90 degree brackets from Home Depot, used our drill, few screws and nuts (including the two of us hahaha) and a can of spray paint. Long story short we bent the brackets slightly so we could drill them to the aluminum above the radiator and have them angle down and out of the grille. From there we put the KCs on the part of the mounts that were sticking out of the grille. It's really bouncy and could use some support but for a few bucks does a great job! Plus it fits the college budget theme.

That's the end of that walk through the past.

I really love my truck, 4Banger Life Baby! I've done a lot of off road trips since I bought it, lots of adventure, lots of mud . I do have a bunch of ideas for future mods and projects but for now I'm focusing on college and figuring out what I want to do in life. Also I do have a strong desire/love for old muscle cars and trucks so I may implore getting a project car muscle car instead of the truck, never know!

Finally I really appreciate the founders of TW, such a fantastic website @tcBob , if you ever need any help let me know. I'd love to help you out, learn what I can, test out what I'm learning in school and make connections.

Also a big thanks from to all the TW members I've been off roading with who I consider to be part of my TW family!

 

Nice thread you just started and got going on Nick!

 

I figured I mine as well right, seems to be the hip thing on TW .

 

Going to start adding the off road trips

 

Om nom nom nom

 

Do what you need to do!You got a TW brotha in me here to follow your thread and such!

 

Thanks bud! If you need help from a local with the TW you know what, let me know . I'm sure I could help find a few places as backups or future meets

 

Much appreciated!

 

Nice Nick!

 

Awesome. Looking forward to more off-road trips.

 

4 banger nation

 

Nice! looking forward to meet good folks around the area!

 

Any word on the specific cause of the leakage on your truck!?

 

Original post updated with some recently performed overdue maintence

 

We know you have plenty of more pics!!

 

, i dont know what youre talking about

 

You have a lot more pics we've never seen Nick!

 

Yea like the ones from the arcade meet!!

 

Edit... Hope I understood that joke correctly...