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2008 Toyota Tacoma (Dual Cab) TRD Sport



FINISHED MODS

Cosmetic:
- Satoshi grill
- Leer Cap
- Black emblems and new rear decals

Lighting:
- Black headlights
- Anytime fog lights
- LED bed light strips
- Behind-the-grill, Hella 500 Series Black Magic Halogen Driving Lamps (BAMF light bar)
- "Raptor" style lights

Wheels & Tires:
- Wheels: Pro Comp Alloys Series 89 Wheel w. Flat Black Finish (17x18"/6x139.7mm)
- Tires: BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 (LT265/70R17)

Suspension:
- OME/ToyTec 3" lift kit / AAL


FUTURE MODS:

- N-Fab step bars
- Pelfreybilt Standard Rear Bumper
- Pelfreybilt Font Plate Bumper
- Likely larger tires to fill out the lift, but we shall see.

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- Getting ready to pick her up at the dealership. I can't believe I had to think twice about this purchase. First Tacoma I have ever owned and two years later I can't imagine having anything else.
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- SATOSHI GRILL MOD (DIY), was the first big change I made to the Tacoma.





* Decided to skip the emblem for the time being.

- Encourage any comments, feedback, questions!
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- BLACK HEADLIGHT MOD (DIY), cost was only a can of paint so why not.


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- Added some new tires and wheels until I go with a lift:

Wheels: Pro Comp Alloys Series 89 Wheel w. Flat Black Finish (17x18"/6x139.7mm)
Tires: BF Goodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 (LT265/70R17)


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- LEER 100XL CAP, I bought this with the Thule racks for $250 on craigslist! Just needed a new handle and key that I was able to buy directly from the local LEER dealership.



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- BAMF Behind-the-grill light bar with Hella driving lamps got installed today. I still need to paint the bracket though




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- LED light strips also got finished up and installed in the bed of the truck.

 

- (DIY) "Raptor" style lights got finished up this evening. Pretty easy just working off of the BAMF light bar. I bought some small motorcycle license plate LED lights from oznium.com and wired them directly into the driver side running lights. Super easy to do and cost less than $20.

 

- External Blue Sea Systems Fuse box to clean up that mess under the hood!

BEFORE AFTER

 

- OME/ToyTec 3" lift kit / AAL

Finally got my lift installed this weekend. Took about 10 hours total but I bet I could cut it in half if I did it again. Figured out a couple things the hard way haha. Came out about .75" higher in the front which was planned cause my next modification is going to be an after market bumper that I figure will level things out. Definitely happy with my choice after going back and forth between OME and Bilstein. The OME has been a really smooth ride so far and a huge improvement to the stock suspension.

I will also need to go for some new UCAs at some point but haven't gotten there yet...

 

- Painted the badges matte black this weekend and added a couple other little things. Have new rear decals in the mail.