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So I figured I'd share what I've done so far to my truck after owning it for a couple years. I split my time between camping/dirtbiking with our Taco and our WK2. I've kept the WK2 stock for the most part since it's still new and the wife is the daily driver of that thing.
So the Taco has been a slow build if it could even be called that. I've historically just added stuff to my vehicles here and there when needed and never gone really far with a daily driver beside a hot rod stint with a 95 Cobra turbo build years back.
So I started with a used 2006 Tacoma DCSB TRD Off Road with the 6 speed two years ago. I couldn't really afford spending time on mods due to a new house arriving at the same time so it sat in it's stock form that winter.
I had the TSB rear springs done and installed front and rear 5100's the spring of last year. Started out with the front shocks at the middle height of 1.25" but after the rear springs settled I dropped them down to .85" and left it like that for a while.
Later that summer I was out dirt biking and we had two bikes act like jet skis and when I loaded up the two bikes she sagged quite a bit. So shortly after I installed the ride rite air bags to avoid any future issues when loading her up.
A couple months later I convinced the wife I needed a Softopper so I can keep more gear dry and have the advantages of a topper but the weight and storage of a tonneau cover. Easily the best mod so far.
After the Softopper I found it was really dark inside the bed so I installed some led bed lights that run off a separate battery and are activated off a toggle switch and a magnetic switch.
Next up was the wiring up of a three port 12v in the bed and a battery upgrade. Decided to go with a group 31 AGM and a LVC direct to the battery for the 12v ports.
During the time of the wiring and battery upgrade I found a old Norcold fridge and set that up to mount in the bed.
Up next I finally found a set of used wheels and tires and got those installed. Went with a set of 17x8.5" wheels with +10 backspacing and shoed them with some 255/75/17 bfg mt's.
At this point I'm planning on putting the front shocks to either the 1.50" or 2.25" height. Haven't decided yet.
Anywho. That's where it's at right now. Enjoy.
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So the Taco has been a slow build if it could even be called that. I've historically just added stuff to my vehicles here and there when needed and never gone really far with a daily driver beside a hot rod stint with a 95 Cobra turbo build years back.
So I started with a used 2006 Tacoma DCSB TRD Off Road with the 6 speed two years ago. I couldn't really afford spending time on mods due to a new house arriving at the same time so it sat in it's stock form that winter.
I had the TSB rear springs done and installed front and rear 5100's the spring of last year. Started out with the front shocks at the middle height of 1.25" but after the rear springs settled I dropped them down to .85" and left it like that for a while.
Later that summer I was out dirt biking and we had two bikes act like jet skis and when I loaded up the two bikes she sagged quite a bit. So shortly after I installed the ride rite air bags to avoid any future issues when loading her up.
A couple months later I convinced the wife I needed a Softopper so I can keep more gear dry and have the advantages of a topper but the weight and storage of a tonneau cover. Easily the best mod so far.
After the Softopper I found it was really dark inside the bed so I installed some led bed lights that run off a separate battery and are activated off a toggle switch and a magnetic switch.
Next up was the wiring up of a three port 12v in the bed and a battery upgrade. Decided to go with a group 31 AGM and a LVC direct to the battery for the 12v ports.
During the time of the wiring and battery upgrade I found a old Norcold fridge and set that up to mount in the bed.
Up next I finally found a set of used wheels and tires and got those installed. Went with a set of 17x8.5" wheels with +10 backspacing and shoed them with some 255/75/17 bfg mt's.
At this point I'm planning on putting the front shocks to either the 1.50" or 2.25" height. Haven't decided yet.
Anywho. That's where it's at right now. Enjoy.
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