Upgraded, 96 tacoma to 2013 tacoma

So my 3 inch old man emu lift kit and light racing upper control arms were delivered back in July. I finally had some days off this week and started on it Tuesday and finished it yesterday. Getting an alignment this Saturday. Didn't run into any major problems had a set back with the garage on post not having a big enough spring compressor to compress the springs so had to take them to a local shop and they charged me 25 euro. Did the front end myself and the wife helped with the back lowering and raising the lift, it was tricky getting the leaf springs to line back up without doing that. Glad she was there to hit the button and push the bolt in while I pulled down on the leaf springs. It doesn't look as goofy as I thought it would with stock rims and tires. Have to hop a little to get in it now since I'm not the tallest guy in the world. All and all it was fun doing it myself, saying a quite a few cuss words at times and take some flesh off the knuckles. Saving money was a plus to. Next purchase will be new rims and tires.

 

Got some TT rims I'm trying to sell, brand new

 

by tt I'm guessing you mean Trail Teams? I've been trying to decide between those or the SCS stealth 6's, not sure if I want 16" or 17". How much are you asking for them including shipping to 22802?

 

Since I'm stationed in Germany and shipping big items such as front bumper, rear bumper, sliders, etc. seems to be an issue, I've decided to try and knock out all small mods while I'm over here and do the big stuff when I PCS to Florida.

So this week I have ordered the led hood lighting kit (from BeeRadd), under bed rail led light kit + a free rear window security bar (from mattgecko), a cb antenna hood mount from Relentless Fabrications (I had all the other CB accessories come last week in the mail), a wall mounted beer bottle opener to put in the bed, pop & lock

$94 PL5400 Black Manual Tailgate Lock with Bolt Codeable Technology for Toyota Tacoma

PL5400, and 2 of the Feit Electric 35 watt halogen GY6.35 bulbs to replace my reverse lights. I also inquired about some weathertechs front and rear, waiting to hear back from a TAP rep and find the best price.

Eric from Relentless Fab said he can ship to APO, so after the weathertechs looking to order some stuff from him. Tailgate reinforcement, bed cargo/accessory cross bar, and the fabricated bed rail caps (all PC'ed black). Possibly some rocksliders as well if those can ship here would just need to decide if i want bolt on or welded. Probably weld on since I have access to a welder and help on base, plus they are cheaper.

If I get all this done by the time I leave Germany I'd say I'm off to a pretty good start.

 

Ordered the Ultragauge OBDII scanner and the Redline Tuning QuickLift Plus hood supports (went with the plus to keep everything black).

 

You can probably start a build thread instead of continually updating your intro thread... just a thought

 

Welcome aboard

 

I'm lazy, easier to just add stuff to this. After the abundance of stuff I ordered this week comes in and gets put on the truck I will start a build thread. No more updating this one. Promise.