Doc's 05 Tacoma Build Thread

[blupaddler]

You'll love the 1700! It's a heavy beast tho.
Those Sieera Expeditions folks sure are nice too!

I still have to put mine through the works. But it will be going into my "aux" battery tray very soon. I just need to figure out which battery to use as the primary.

 

[blupaddler]

I will have a total of 6 rear facing back up lights (2 high mount, 2 rock lights, and 2 stock back ups), 2 alley/camp lights, and 6 forward facing lights (2 high mount IPF 968's, 2 ARB mount IPF 968's, and stock headlights), this should be more than sufficient! unk03:

:box: :box: :box:

Wow!!!:sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

The only thing I didn't like about my IPF's (fogs) was the switch. My suggestion is to get the factory light switches and hook them up to the IPF's.





Oh, also, if you want to "test fit" a 1700, just let me know...

 

[Mlachica]

You'll love the 1700! It's a heavy beast tho.
Those Sieera Expeditions folks sure are nice too!

I still have to put mine through the works. But it will be going into my "aux" battery tray very soon. I just need to figure out which battery to use as the primary.

:iagree: and the heavier the better, the weight usually comes with ampacity.

 

[Dave Bennett]

:iagree: and the heavier the better, the weight usually comes with ampacity.

I love that word AMPACITY

 

[Dave Bennett]

2nd OEM light switch for the light project... plenty of room for extra switches in the new Tacomas!

 

[Dave Bennett]

Quick Fist Mag Light mount

 

[Dave Bennett]

Fatmat / eDead Project

Here's some pics of the cab completely stripped for my sound deadening project.

This is not really a one weekend project unless you like to burn the midnight oil. This is best done with plenty of time to do it right and probably best done in summer since the materials are more pliable in higher temps.

eDead is hands down the best IMO, sticks well and is very durable. Spend the extra $ on the thicker variety. The pourable stuff for the floorpans is very effective, although it is costly. I used the eDead on the ceiling and in the doors, Fatmat everywhere else.

On a budget (like I was) Fatmat works well if you double it up on the floorpan, and mine is still in place after a couple years of long, hard trails. I have had no problems with Fatmat sticking.

All sound deadening materials reek to high heaven because of their composition and the adhesive... this smell will go away. My truck smelled like a CALTRANS tar truck inside for about a month but is now odor free

Preparation is critical. I cleaned out the truck with soap an water, dried it well, and then I wiped down ALL surfaces with alcohol to remove oil, residue, etc. You dont want your materials to not stick!

Dont cut corners, if you're going to disassemble the interior, pull it all out - seats, carpet, door panels, etc. This is a good time for oddball maintenance, lubrication in doors, and overall inspection.

Catalog your parts as you remove them and have a safe place to store them inside. Ziplock bags, tape, and a sharpie for marking and keeping them together will pay off at reassembly time!

Take care with plastic parts since they may be brittle on an older vehicle (I had an 88 4Runner and they were a little brittle) and I'm sure they are hard to replace. You can get good automotive interior spray paint that is for dash and door panels that you could use to freshen up the appearance of any defects. I'd just do them all for a brand new look

When you apply your materials, use the roller and put your back into it! Make it adhere well. Cut small strips vice large ones and piece it together like a puzzle. This will allow you to get it in tight door spaces etc. Be aware of functionality of systems - dont get it in the way of window travel etc.

The devil is in the details, but take your time and have fun!

 

[Dave Bennett]

Fatmat / eDead Project

This sound insulation project was a major undertaking, I'm glad I did it though.

 

[slooowr6]

Very impressive!! I have raammat sitting in the garage but I don't have the guts to do it. You are doing such a detail job have you consider add sound insulation in addtion to the damping mat? http://www.raammat.net/?gclid=CMTFwqXV3IkCFRT2YAodSH-FHg
Ensolite™ suppost to absort whatever that has made it pass FatMat or any sound deadening mat.

Please let us know how much quieter your Taco becomes after the mod! The 05+ Taco is very quiet for a truck but it will be GREAT if you can make it even quieter. :REExeSquatsHL1:

 

[Dave Bennett]

I used a layer of closed cell foam in the headliner and the bottom of each door panel (where it cant get hung up in the window tracks/mechanism), I also used an additional layer of old school insulation on the floor pan on top of the Fatmat.

The sound insulation has made a great difference in road noise. There are sounds that cant be negated by insulation like windshield noise, and since I added the rack I have some noise from up there as well at about 70mph depending on weather.

The main reason I did all the insulation was to improve the way my stereo sounds during long road trips... much better sound quality IMO.

 

[slooowr6]

Well done, very well done.:bowdown:
Is there anything that I should look out for when removing all the interior panel, headliner and etc.? How much Fatmat you used? More detail please, I finally got my wife's approve for doing the insulation, I need to get it right or........ :violent-smiley-031:

Thanks!!

 

[Lost Canadian]

Any idea what kind of impact to payload that sound insulation has? I heard it's pretty heavy. I was thinking about doing it but became hesitant when I heard it was heavy. Thouhgts? Along those lines any idea what your trucks weight is? I just figured mine out the last week and I estimated that I'm about 400-450lbs over stock. I never really thought about it before, you know how it is you kinda get caught up in the whole build, build, build thing, and impact to payload kinda becomes an afterthought. Anyway I was surprised when I really started looking at it. Now my mission is reducing as much weight as is possible, I'm calling it my "Taco Diet." It would be cool to see how fat your truck's getting, I wonder if you're getting close to rivaling Scott's hefty rig.

 

[Dave Bennett]

Well done, very well done.:bowdown:
Is there anything that I should look out for when removing all the interior panel, headliner and etc.? How much Fatmat you used? More detail please, I finally got my wife's approve for doing the insulation, I need to get it right or........ :violent-smiley-031:

Thanks!!

Thank you.

I labeled everything meticulously during removal so it would go back correctly, I also took digital pictures along the way as reference points.

I'm not a big fan of leftover parts after a reassembly... :smilies27

Have lots of baggies for clips and screws and a large, clean space to store doorpanels, headliner, seats, carpet etc. Take your time and have fun with all the little detail work, I enjoy this sort of thing!

Expect this to take up to a week... I did it in about 3 days but I worked almost day and night to get it back together in time for work.

Any idea what kind of impact to payload that sound insulation has? I heard it's pretty heavy. I was thinking about doing it but became hesitant when I heard it was heavy. Thouhgts? Along those lines any idea what your trucks weight is?

I used 100 sq ft of Fatmat, and 30 sq ft of eDead. Total estimated weight for all sound deadening materials is about 40 lbs.

I will look into my vehicle weight here soon...

 

[slooowr6]

Any reason you use both Fatmat and eDead? Adding eDead on top of Fatmat on certain area to enhance the damping?
I think I'll use phase approach, 1)The back of rear seat. 2)4 doors. 3) Roof and Floor. The good thing is my Taco is not my daily drive I can take my time to get it right.

 

[offroadchef]

My Garmin GPS mount was purchased at REI.

thank you

Markus