SlimDigg's 2001 Double Cab Build

cool hope everything goes well

 

Just got off the phone with the dealership, the frame swap is COMPLETE!

Picking it up on monday.

 

Frame swap, suspension, seat covers installed.

 

When I took my truck in for provincial inspection it failed the first time -

Leaking rear axle seals (quoted $1300! got my uncles mechanics to do it for cost of parts - $900)

and no DRL (there was a module hanging in the engine bay!)

So I took it back for reinspection and I got them to install the rear diff breather mod for the whopping cost of the union! ($10)





Gave them this guide:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/1st-gen-tacomas/15223-diy-differential-breather-extension.html

 

A few random photos:

Dump run, no problemo



crappy pic of front suspension



Valve cap

 

Plasti dipped my emblems. some success, some fail













This one turned out perfect:

 

those look like wet okole seat covers. wetokole.com

when you plasti-dipped what did you do differently when you had success vs when you failed?

 

looks good brotha. are you running the stok 265/70/16 tires? if so is the gap big??

 

nice seat covers bro

 

There are 2 types of emblems on my truck. The front door "Toyota Tacoma" had a nicer, newer finish. When I first started with peeling the excess, i was kind of tracing around the letters, and sort of cutting away as I peeled because I was fearing pulling would tear it off the emblem as well.

I sprayed too heavy on the first emblem, and it kind of pooled at the bottom of the letters. So I eased up on the thick coats on the rest.

I put too little on the tailgate emblems. They are also made of something different than the door ones, and I was still using the trace of tactic, left the result sloppy.

On the door "limited" small lettering, They were deteriorated before I sprayed them, so the rubber stuck of little more to the letters. I also lifted the "L" off when peeling, so I'm gonna debadge the "Limited" on the rear door.

The badge that went perfect was the passenger "Toyota Tacoma". Perfect amount of spray, plus I just peeled it off, no toothpick, it came off very clean.

I cleaned the badges with isopropyl and did 4 coats, 30 minutes between and a very light heat gun from 2.5 or feet away for 15-20 seconds, just enough to get some wind on em right after I did a coat.

Hope that helps!

Stock size 265/70/r16 yes. The tread is 45-60%.

I got them in the Wet Okole group buy. http://www.wetokole.com

 

Front License plate. looked cheap out there all alone



Purchase frame from ebay.



I think i'm gonna spray it all black.

 

Deckplate Mod complete!

Before

 

New goodies purchased and on the way!

 

LED Tails came today:





Normal lights on:



Turn signals were white:



One reverse light had the wrong bulb in it:



Went and bought amber bulbs for turn signals, and used a white bulb to fix my reverse:

 

Did the deckplate mod help you out any performance wise? Did it produce a cool sounding sound after installing?

 

It has been dyno'd and you get 8hp.

I think the acceleration is a bit peppier.

I never really get my truck over 2500rpm, but when you hammer it it sounds more like a truck. Not super significant but it's there.

For a total of less than $20 you cannot pass up this mod. Get a hole saw, it made it very simple for me.

 

Plasti dipped the floor trim today:











I'm going to do the seat pieces tomorrow

 

After doing the floor pieces and liking that so much, I thought i'd do the console and seat pieces. I thought the inside plastic piece on each seat would come right off as well, but as far as I can tell you have to remove the whole top half of the seat. So they stay grey

 

woah, the black interior looks amazing! DOING IT! does that home hardware keep any plasti dip in stock now?

 

Bahaha they ordered extra stock for me, but I grabbed the last can before the big spray down, and i'm glad I did. I ran out of my stock after 2 coats. So the short answer is: no there is none left and I told them to order more!