ThatguyJZ's Build Thread

It's feeling more like Spring every day so I detailed the truck yesterday. Time for pics!

 

Looking GOOD!!

I don't know if you mentioned earlier how much lift did you get in the front from the BAJA kit?

 

Didn't really measure. I guess whatever they rate it at. 1.75 - 2 inches?

 

I would guess you didn't have any issues with alignment did you?

I am debating on getting some Camburgs UCA's when I do my 6112 install at 2-2.25"

 

Nah, no alignment issues at all. A few pages back I posted a pic of one of my alignment printouts.

You might not need them, you can always see how it lines up after install and go from there.

 

So clean

 

Very nice(ThatguyJZ)and way to add your dad's Tacoma in as well!

 

Sweet taco! Those pictures are great...that color almost makes me wish I would have went the TRD OR route.

 

By far the best addition is the bottle opener in the back.

 

Nice build man, I wish I had the coin to drop on the TXbaja suspension kit. That'd be the last big mod I'd do to my rig, although I'm pretty pleased with my upgrade to the TRDsport shocks even though they do not provide any lift lol. And happy to see someone else went for the SR package headlights like myself good looks bro

 

The smoked headlights, it's similar to the bhlm but it doesn't seem quite black . Can't really tell the color from the pic . What is it?

 

Check out my build thread, you can see the headlights very well in one of the first pictures, I have the same smoked ones that he has lol.

 

They're more like a smoked out chrome

 

Nice looking truck! I am in the midst of having the Toytec Bilstein 5100 and Eiback springs with lift installed on mine and hoping to get the same stance as yours. How much did your AAL add to the rear? I am concerned that the AAL coming with this package(2") may be to high. I am also going to run 265 75 16 Toyo Open Country. I will not be offroading at all just for looks. Any help you can give would be great. Do you have a step by step on how you did your badges? I really am digging the black ones on the pro here that I saw.

 

This thread always inspires me to clean up my rig because your ride always looks so clean JZ. So I did that and grabbed a couple of pics. Ravenfan this is what you'll get as far as stance. 5100's are in the .85 position with the Eibachs and 1/4" plate on drivers side. I have similar aals I think 2" lift in rear but I normally have about 200lbs riding on the rear bw the tonneau and stuff and heavier bumper. I love the Toyo AT2 tires too. The net lift now is about 2.5" F and 1.5" rear

 

HB Thanks for the input. Thats what I was looking for. However received call from the dealer today and they told me that they sub'd OME springs as the Eibach were out of stock. I am assuming they are the 885. They are using a 1 1/2 inch block in rear. I will not be doing any offroading and very little to no hauling. I wanted to keep stock ride as close as possible for best road manners. Your stance too is just what I am looking for. That setup too should be very similar to you both correct? I have read that the OME are a softer ride as well which for me I think would work better. Thanks again HB. I will post pics next week when she is done.

 

Where did you get the 'Toyota' front grille insert?

 

Ive seen them on ebay, save your pennies tho, its 400 beans just for the insert without the grille surround lol

 

Thanks guys!!

HB Taco - Your truck looks sharp!

The Tacoma side badges I just plasti-dipped. There's some threads here that go into the process. For the TRD on the tailgate I removed the 'V6' badge, then used the factory badges on the other side of the tailgate as a template. I ran a tape line from the bottom of the stock Tacoma badge that was on the left side of the tailgate all the way across, making sure it stayed level with the tailgate all the way across. This told me how high to mount it. Then I measured how far from the left side the Tacoma badge was, and did a tape line on the right at the same measurement. Once I had those two lines, I stuck on the TRD badge.

It's the TRD Pro grill. I got it locally from a dealership at employee cost. It was still upwards of $400. If you only want the TOYOTA emblem, not the whole grill, there's a thread on here about guys running the Land Cruiser emblems which look similar.

 

My fiance' picked this up on Monday... looks like some of the Tacoma mods will be going on hold for a while so I can do some work on this.

2012 Sahara with 19,500 miles. Has a Gibson Exhaust and Rancho 7000 shocks. Doesn't look like they lifted it though, if so it's minor. It had a bunch of Foose stickers where the previous owner tried to make it look like a Foose edition Jeep, including a color matched spare tire cover with a HUGE decal across it. I've already taken those off. Since these photos I've removed the billet grill inserts too. I've ordered new turn signals and side markers because the clear ones currently on it are faded yellow. This thing feels way faster than the Tacoma, and actually has more features on the inside.