tango_down's 2012 Tacoma DCSB TRD Off Road

CSJumper got me hooked up reverse lights, license plate LEDs and led parking corners. They look great....but i still havnt seen the reverse lights, lol. Can I get a bro to put it in reverse without backing over me?! LOL, cant trust my kids.

Also ordered Redline struts, should be here by friday.

Avid step rails being made and hope to be here by the end of the month.

Also got tintied up yesterday. Been a busy month for the taco

 

Also, recently found out a pal of mine is set up to do water transfer. He is all ready a well known cerakote'r and I have had guns done by him, so i trust his work and his skills.

I am getting quotes for interior pieces soon.

his site

 

also, here an exterior shots of the LED body kit with remote. I like it and my kids think its really cool.

 

Here are some interior pics of the blue LEDs i put in the cup holders, console, and floorboards. Kinda neat but I wish I did it when I was doing a stereo...pretty ridiculous to strip as much interior as I did for 10 bucks in LEDs, lol.

**props to RAPR on these LED mods as he posted a kick ass thread and how-to for doing it http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/li...ished-leds-cupholders-console-bed-lights.html.

 

Props to RAPR for the how-to LED your ride thread http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/li...ished-leds-cupholders-console-bed-lights.html

 

4/12ish, took off the grill and relocated the horns to make room for the Kragen HIDs.....but I'll install those later. I also popped out the toyota badge and painted it blue metallic. I kinda hate it and will lose the whole grill when the 2012 grill craft comes out, but until then I'll rep the blue.

 

well couldnt stand the blue anymore and sprayed it flat black. lol

also got my redline struts installed today, wheeeee.....

 

parts headed out to Jeff Forbush at 4Bush Weapons Refinishing

 

Painted radiator in anticipation of the grill craft getting here. also a buddy and I fab'd up a light bar for behind the grill Kragens.

 

I didnt get any pics of this process, but I applied Raptor Liner to the Avid Rails, they come naked, and the rear bumper. The rear bumper was OEM chrome and I had it sandblasted to rough it up a little.

Spraying went easy. Had to use my pal's huge compressor. No way the Raptor Liner would have been applied with a $100 compressor. His compressor is huge. Probably a few grand. So application was easy. Clean up...a PITA. Hands are still black, lol.

 

Raptor liner was a sweet idea for the rear bumper! Did you take the plastic piece that sits on top of the chrome bumper off before applying the raptor liner? It looks badass though, no scratches getting on that.

I just have cheap ass Plasti-Dip...... Got to change that

 

Yeah I dismantled the entire rear bumper. The top cap is a bastard to get off without breaking the hidden recessed tabs. then there are ten bolts and a few special clip/screws holding the step area caps on. Then I had to remove the reciever hitch bolts to get the step cap off.

Once all that was off it made sandblasting a breeze. I decided to have the bumper blasted so it would hold the Raptor better and the chrome is tough as bawls.

If you can find a compressor near you that can push this product I'll sell you the other half of my kit for 60$ with the gun.

The compressor needs to push 50 psi @ 8cfm. I think you can go lower on the cfm, but you may have to wait for the tank to recharge. IDK as my buddy has a beast of a compressor, so it was a none issue.

SPraying was the eiasiest part of this whole deal, too. The taking the bumper off and sanding the bars was the hardest part. If you can get past that, you are gold.

GOLD!

 

Cool thanks! I'll let you know about the kit I need to find a compressor first cause that is a SWEEET look for the bumper.
Love the LED's as well. Im looking to do something like that in the near future!!!

 

8cfm is the kicker. I even checked at a commercial rental place near here and they dont rent them. The compressors that can push that sell for 1300$ and up. Check with autobody pals and people that run a lot of air tools.

Or check rental places by you, I'm in a small town, so maybe thats why they didnt rent it. Either way its a big compressor.

Maybe even call U-POL Raptor and ask them how important the 8cfm is....the 50 psi is easy enough to come by, but if its a matter of waiting for a tank to refill, then spray, refill and spray, you may go that route.

In fact, for the bumper, I think I used 2 minutes of finger on the trigger. No more than 2 minutes for real.

good luck

 

Did the BHLM. Thanks Viet for the awesome walkthrough. It works!

 

completed shots

 

My water transfer guys sent me a few pics. WooT! should be here next wweek.

cant wait.

 

Got all my stuff back from Jeff Forbush @ 4bushweaponsrefinishing.com

On with the pics....

 

a few more

 

Thanks to Rich and Proforce (anthony), I got my bad ass HID lights installed and switched on (the safe way).