The Ultimate Mall Crawling Experience™ Tacoma/Sierra - Swank's Build Thread(s)

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Obligatory pictures of my new girl:

As of 6/20/2016:



Stock (Purchased 12/31/2015)





Exterior
-Black Headlights
-Carbon Fiber GMC Grill Emblem Wrap
-Carbon Fiber Z71 Bedside Decals
-Yakima Roof Rack w/ Fairing
-Tow Mirrors
-UWS Low-Pro Gloss Black Toolbox
-Debadged/Demolded
-Tint - 5% rear/20% front
-Black Taillights w/ DTRL "C"

Suspension
6" RC Drop Bracket Lift

Wheels/Tires
-35x12.50x20 Nitto Mud Grapplers
-20x12 Fuel Mavericks (-44 offset)
-2" Spidertrax Wheel Rear Spacers

Exhaust
-True Dual Straight Pipe @ 45°

Future Mod List(pending funds )
-Double Din Touchscreen w/ Apple CarPlay & Backup Camera
-Color Matched Front/Rear Bumpers
-Color Matched OEM Denali Grill
-Regear











THE TACOMA HAS BEEN SOLD SINCE 12/31/2015

This is how she sat before I let her go for the new GMC







Well, it all started out my senior year of high school. Growing up, my cousin had an Access Cab Indigo Ink Tacoma that I just loved the shit out of. Ever since driving his truck one day; I was hooked. I was determined to have a Tacoma of my own.​

First truck was a 2002 Chevy S10 single cab. It was too small for me; and well.. it was a single cab. It came to the decision of lifting the S10 or trading it in on a bigger truck. Called a few shops and asked about lift kits for the S10; when a buddy of mine who owns a shop told me it wouldn't be worth lifting the S10 due to how old it was. That's all I needed to hear, to the Toyota dealership we went the very next day!​

There she was, all in her stock glory just calling my name. It was off to the side of the lot, laid my eyes on her and knew she was the one.​

There she was; a Super White 2008 Double Cab Short Bed TRD Off Road 4x2 with approx. 30k miles. She wasn't even broke in yet!​

Needless to say, I got shafted on the price. Ended up paying $23,990 OTD IIRC.​

And here she is so far! It's a far way from done but balancing a truck payment and mods while in college full time with part time work doesn't allow for much. She's come a long way and honestly.. it's a never ending build.

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Here she is, the second day I had her. Never knew it would turn out so much different then it was stock!
Here's a little stock/present comparison!


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Exterior Mods:​

-OEM Roof Rack​

-UWS Slim Black Toolbox​

-Window Tint:
20% front, 5% Rear.​

-Single in Dual Out Exhaust - Flowmaster 40 series Muffler​

- 2012+ Turn Signal Mirror Swap

-TRD on skid plate

-Painted lower valence (Krylon Fusion Gloss Black)

-Custom TRD Bedsides

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Headlights:​

-Retrofit Headlights - metallic black bezels/shrouds

-D2S 3.0" Projectors

-Apollo 1.0 Shrouds w/ rear white halos​

-6000k HID Bulbs

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Interior:​

-Flyzeye V2W - Blue/White

-Blue Dome Lights / Cool White Map Lights​

-Blue LED Shifter Mod​

-Blue/White Cluster LED Swap

-Ultraguage​

-Black Digital Fit Weathertech Floor Liners - Front & Back​

-Pioneer AVH-x2700BS Double Din Radio

-OEM TRD Seat Covers​

Suspension:

6.5" total lift!​

Front:

-4" Maxtrac Lift Spindles

- Adjustable 5100s @ 2.5"

-Extended Brake Lines

Rear:​

-2" Rear AAL

- 2" Street Tacos tapered block

-Wheelers Extended Rear Brake Lines

-1.25" 4Crawler Drive Shaft Spacer

-Custom 1.5" CB Drop​

Wheels & Tires:​

-35x12.50r17 Federal Couragia MT​

-17x9, -12mm Fuel Krank​

-1.25" Spidertrax Wheel Spacers - Front​

-2.00" Bora Wheel Spacers - Rear​

Performance(ish):​

-K&N Drop-in Air Filter​

-Painted Engine Cover - +20 HP​

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I will try to put it in order of when it happened, but no promises.
I don't really take pictures when doing mods for the most part, so I apologize for lack of how-to photos beforehand.

Flexed her legs for the first time ever!

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First post. Glad to be able to see the build and help you along with it

 

Thanks man

 

Good looking truck man!

 

Appreciate it bud! Going to pick up some sliders Wed. So stoked

 

Nice truck. Good stance with the lift. Lights are great.

 

bout time you retrofitted, i never understood why peeps bought the halo ones.. lol

i'll be watching from the shadows of SC

 

Nice looking truck!

 

Man turned out great. Now I need to start my build thread

 

Yeah I'm trying to save up for some TC UCAs right now. I don't wheel mine I save that for my other truck lol

 

Thanks bud, I love the stance!

 

Haha, it's been retro'd for awhile! I like the look of the halo ones

 

Thanks!

Appreciate it bud, you do need to! I need to see my future lift stance

 

Nice, I need to upgrade mine sometime. Probably when I go with my 6" lift in about a year or so.

 

Just got home with these!
Brute Force Fab Sliders!
Bedliner goes on tomorrow and hopefully get them welded on by the end of the week!

 

What's the plans with the nfabs

 

Sold them Monday night to get the money for these haha

 

I see. And who did your led swap. I searched their username and nothing are they local to you or did you send it off? I'm not too terribly far from Greenville I think lol. ( I think we had this discussion)

 

In the cluster?
Michael (Bellassaiw10) did it, he's local. Did it in the Walmart parking lot for the most part haha

 

nice ride....