Tacoma Build

To start off the thread, this is my 2017 tacoma TRD off road 4x4.
2018:

1 year later-2019(DIY build)







Modifications:
-28575R16 KO2s
-Method 305nv wheels 0 off set 4.5 backspacing.
-1 inch bora spacers.
-Kings all around ext.
-Icon RXT leaf springs
-Icon UCAs
-Prinsu roof rack
-Trd Pro grille
-Raptor style lights
-Baja sport amber fogs
-TRD off road faux badging
-Black 4x4 and TRD off road emblems on tailgate
-Trd off road embroided clazzio leather seats
-TRD pro shift knob
-Center console divider
-Steel rear bumper
-TRD Pro depo tail lights
-Demello DOM fill in plate rock sliders getting installed soon.
-CMC Done after 1 inch spacers(CMC not needed for 28575R16 with Methods 0 offset 4.5 backspacing. Did not rub at all at cleghorn nor sand stone canyon(Have the alignment guy adjust with the caster) Only started rubbing after the bora spacers.

 

I like the color and the grill. I would sell that atrocious brush guard which seems to be cutting your ground clearance by half, as well as the approach angle. Sell it and use the cash for the lift instead.

 

I'm looking at that same combo of pro grill and bull bar for my '18 Sport. Do you have the adaptive cruise control radar in the grill and if so, does the bull bar interfere with it?

 

@CyclistMT Im not sure if it would intefere or not by having the bull bar. My grille doesnt have the adaptive cruise control radar

 

@phsycle honestly i like how the bull bar looks like
But youre right about the approach angle.
At the moment im still going to keep it but ive had it in mind to remove it for a while after i decide to lift up the truck.

 

I would bet that bull bar would interfere with the 18 model TSS system. The sensor sits right at the bottom of the TRD Pro grille where the bar is protecting.

 

https://www.southernstyleoffroad.com/product/2016-tacoma-slimline-hybrid-bumper-custom-order/

Here is your next bullbar

 

That's the realization I've come to and have started looking in a different direction. Avid's bumper guard has got my attention.

I'm really digging this too. Thanks for the link.

 

quite a few people have it including myself. You can do a search on the forums for SSO and you will see install threads and such.

 

Just need some bigger tires (KO2s) and 17 inch rims

 

-That bull bar looked right out of 1990's arkansa. Thank god it's gone.

-The rear bumper is a step in the right direction. However, it still needs to be removed, sold, and replaced with a high clearance rear bumper. The rear fenders are way too low on all pickup trucks , so you need to chop that shit off in order to prevent it from looking like a sprinter van, or a lowrider truck from east LA. Im sorry, it's just the way it has to be.

-No one will say it to your face, but that step bar makes you look like you don't know whats going on. Remove, and replace with real rock sliders soon.

-All else is 10/10, would run myself.

 

Looks good

 

@2000prerunner23 yup i got rid of the bullbar a while back, horrible for approach angle!. About the high clearance bumper it is not going to happen same with cutting the rear fenders. I like it to look closer to stock.
I loved my step bar lol doesnt matter what other peeps say but other than that i do have a rock slider coming along cuz i messed up my step bar last trail

 

@Tacospike thanks man! I love the look of the trd pro so i made a clone out of it with the off road version haha

 

You did it well, more worthy of any stock pro for sure

 

-28575R16 KO2s
-Method 305nv wheels 0 off set 4.5 backspacing.
-1 inch bora spacers.
-Kings all around ext.
-Icon RXT leaf springs
-Icon UCAs
-Prinsu roof rack
-Trd Pro grille
-Raptor style lights
-Baja sport amber fogs
-TRD off road faux badging
-Black 4x4 and TRD off road emblems on tailgate
-Trd off road embroided clazzio leather seats
-TRD pro shift knob
-Center console divider
-Steel rear bumper
-TRD Pro depo tail lights
-Demello DOM fill in plate rock sliders getting installed soon.

 

Nice looking Taco! I have the same wheels and tires and have been thinking about adding 1” bora wheel spacers. Did you need to trim the studs? Did you do all 4 corners or only the fronts?

 

Thanks! And nope i did not have to trim any of the studs. All i did was Sand off all the rust where i would be placing my spacer on, after i sanded it i put some red loctite on each stud, then torque everything to 90lb. I like the stance that it gave me.
But i do need a cab mount chop now and also need to hammer the pinch weld a bit. Before when they were flush with my fenders i would clear everything off road. Now even on the road i am rubbing on the cab mount and on the plastics around.

 

I just ordered a set for the fronts. I could never find anywhere on TW if 1” hub centric spacers would work with Method NV’s. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I have SPC UCA’s and have the caster moved forward so hopefully I don’t need a CMC. I guess I’ll find out after I throw the spacers on.