TacoTacoma96's '08 Tacoma DD Build

As of 3/16/2015:

My Current Mods:

Engine and Drivetrain:

• K&N Intake
• Aero Turbine 2525 Muffler

Exterior:

• Sport Headlights
• Sport Grille
• Stubby Antenna
• Fog Lights
• Tonneau Cover

Interior:

• Husky Floor Mats
• LED Bulbs In Dome And Map Lights
• Pioneer Stereo
• CB radio

Suspension:

• Front: Bilstein 5100s And Eibach Coils set to Stock Height
• Rear: Aftermarket Stock Leaf Springs With ToyTec AALs And 5100 Shocks

Wheels And Tires:

• Sequoia/Tundra Rims
• 265/75-16 Cooper AT3s

So I traded a '95 Pickup I recently purchased for a newer 2008 Tacoma. Here's the specs:
SR5 2.7 5 speed with 126K Miles

Now Pics:
Literally just signed the papers and walking to the truck to drive it home:

First thing it needed was new brakes and a alignment:

First Mod was Huskey Floor Mats:

Second was Low-Range Off Road Shifter:

Also a new antenna because the old one was broke off:

Stock 2.7:

A/C Repair Coming Soon:


Also Here's a pic of the truck I traded for it:

 

A post for my vids:

(please mind the rattle, explained in later post)
http://youtu.be/-qXa-TR_8Do


http://youtu.be/fO9E7EVoKss

 

New Pioneer Stereo got installed today:

Also installed my ScanGauge from my other truck and after babying the gas pedal I got this result:

It settled to around 22.2 MPGs, which is okay with me. Muffler is the next thing on my list.

 

Nice MPG's!

 

Thanks

Well today I got my Aero Muffler on today. all went smooth till I went to drive it, Heard what sounded like a BB in the muffler. So I took it back to the shop and they cut if off again (for free) and they found this is the muffler:

A little piece of slag broke off in the muffler. but after that repair it sounds great. Exhaust vid coming soon. Also took a look at my leaf springs and saw they were just a little worn out. New springs are coming soon.

 

Ordered my an OEM style fog light kit from eBay. Gonna be used at a later date. Here's the fog lights, they're great quality IMO:

Also I bought a FireStick CB Antenna from Rightchannelradios.com and a mounting kit from RockyMounts. Thanks to NetMonkey for his thread that showed me how to do the install, here's the link to his thread: --->CLICK ME<---
Now Some Pics:
The antenna:

Here's the kit from RockyMounts:

Here's the coax end, pretty tiny if you ask me:

The difference from my install and NetMonkey's is that I'm using a quick disconnect adapter.

 

Sticker Mod:

 

I wanna hear this exhaust, im getting close to ditching my stock hunk of metal

 

Will do. I'll try to make a video and put it up tomorrow.

 

A pic of my New K&N system:

Looks good and sounds even better.

 

My CB install went pretty smooth. The hardest part was routing the coax cable through the floor. Poked a hole through my carpet, but thankfully is was underneath the seat and you can't tell anyway. My CB is a Midland 75-822. Still need to tune the antenna but it works good for now. Sorry for the dark pics:
Me and my dad fed the wires through the grommet and plugged them straight to the battery:


We hid the wires under the sill plate and led them through the flap under the drivers seat:

The coax we fed through the same whole and pulled it through the grommet underneath the truck. Then we let it follow the frame to the pre-drilled hole in the bed. We believe this is a water drain:

And the finished product:

 

Got a super white grille from a 2011 Sport Model Tacoma a few days ago. Today I painted the emblem superwhite to match:
Before:

After:

 

Exhaust vid up:
http://youtu.be/-qXa-TR_8Do

 

Got a LED dome light and map lights from Superbrightleds.com
Here's just the dome light:

And here's with the dome and map lights:

I'd say at least 10x better than the stock bulbs.

 

Some small updates. I got my A/C fixed finally. A brand new hose and some R-134 and it's blowing ice cold. I was nervous there was more damage that wasn't seen but I got lucky:

I also got a brand new Battery holder to replace the PO's bungee cords:

Also my painted emblem is holding up nicely:

Right now my current plan is to buy some new bed caps and tailgate cap since the PO drilled so many holes in the old ones:




And my latest mod is I bought some ZXE headlight bulbs and they are way brighter than before. The pics don't do them justice:
Before:

After:

 

Got me some Christmas goodies . Got some new bed caps and some sport headlights:



Forgot to order a tailgate cap so that'll be ordered and I'm gonna price a sport hood.

 

got a few things done today. First was an oil change, so I picked up some 0W-30 oil and a Toyota filter. Also the Ford dealership put on a Motorcraft filter which is a sin in my book. After we got done me and my dad inspested the underside of my truck and we noticed both leaf springs were broken.
Driver Side:

Passenger Side:

So now I'm definitely getting new ones. Also I replaced my old, faded and drilled bed caps and tailgate cap (sorry for the night pics):

 

A pic of my installed sport headlights (no install pics)

 

my mom's from cherokee, NC. neat to see someone on TW that's from there. lol

 

I think the closest person to me is from Asheville.Cool to see someone whose related to Cherokee.