BLtheP
3️⃣ Silver
- Joined
- May 27, 2022
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- Location
- Plano, TX
Magnetic Gray
Thanks for having me! I just picked up this Magnetic Gray 2021 TRD Off-Road a few weeks ago at Family Toyota in Arlington, TX about two weeks ago. It was an August 2021 build with 4,000 miles that came from Florida. I went over it with a fine tooth comb when I went to see it and found virtually zero flaws with it.
It had a few mods from the PO:
Other than the random PO stuff, it's a really nice truck and I'm enjoying it so far. I came from a 2019 Nissan Frontier with the 4.0 & 6-speed manual combo. The Frontier was a fun truck to drive with plenty of power (more than the Tacoma), but the quality was not that great. For a 15 year old design I sure had too many problems. So I traded it for this one:
Here's the Frontier I was coming from:
Tacoma Mods Completed
Future Plans
I have quite a few plans for this truck. None of it will be insane, this truck will always look relatively stock to others but beneath the surface it will be about as nice as I can make it. The plans include:
It had a few mods from the PO:
- Standard red tail lights from an SR/SR5
- Lasfit LED headlight, switchback fog, tail/brake, and backup light bulbs
- Hose clamp mod on the tailgate
- eBay special smoked sequential mirror turn signals
- debadged the tailgate V6 emblem
- 265/70R17 Load E BFG KO2s
- 17" x 7.0" TRD wheels in Graphite
Other than the random PO stuff, it's a really nice truck and I'm enjoying it so far. I came from a 2019 Nissan Frontier with the 4.0 & 6-speed manual combo. The Frontier was a fun truck to drive with plenty of power (more than the Tacoma), but the quality was not that great. For a 15 year old design I sure had too many problems. So I traded it for this one:
Here's the Frontier I was coming from:
Tacoma Mods Completed
- Husky Weatherbeater Floor Liners
- Homelink 4 Rearview Mirror from Bob's Automotive Mirrors & More
- Revert the PO-special ugly mirror turn signals back to the OEM ones
- Meso Customs Total Tail Stage 1 (with VLEDS 50-LED brake bulbs)
- VLEDS interior LED bulb kit (dome, map, & vanity in 5000K white)
- VLEDS front and rear footwell lighting kits (5000K white)
- OEM Toyota LED bed lights
Future Plans
I have quite a few plans for this truck. None of it will be insane, this truck will always look relatively stock to others but beneath the surface it will be about as nice as I can make it. The plans include:
- Audio/Video:
- Kenwood DMX957XR head unit and Maestro RR
- Kenwood CMOS-740HD backup camera mounted in tailgate camera location
- Exterior:
- Delete the previous owner eBay special smoked sequential mirror turn signals in lieu of OEM
- "Topicker" color matched bumper caps from eBay
- OEM Toyota power tailgate lock - plug and play
- Gentex Homelink 5 mirror upgrade from Homelink 4
- OEM tailgate letter inserts (black)
- Debadged the door "TACOMA" emblems
- OEM spare tire lock
- Sa Bell Co tailgate lock
- Bakflip F1 tonneau cover
- OEM Toyota bed mat
- Interior:
- Gentex Homelink 4 mirror from Bob's Automotive Mirrors & More
- Husky WeatherBeater front floor liners
- OEM door sill guards
- TufSkinz glove box letter inserts (MGM)
- Lighting:
- OEM LED headlights with FBC conversion harness
- Rigid 360-series SAE selective yellow fog lights
- 2020+ TRD Pro Tail Lights
- VLEDS VTAIL tail light conversion
- Rigid SR-Q Pro flush mounts in rear color-match bumper caps
- KC Cyclone V2 lights as under-hood lighting
- Meso Customs puddle pods
- Toyota LED bed lights - plug and play for 2020+
- VLEDS full interior LED bulb kit (vanity, dome, & map lights - all in 5000K white)
- VLEDS front & rear footwell lighting kits - 5000K white
- VLEDS license plate LED bulbs - 5000K white & front turn signal bulbs
- License plate light disable in reverse (DIR)
- Performance:
- Clutch "accumulator delete" hack
- Overland Torque Tune by Overland Tailor Tuning
- 2WD Low
- TRD Catback (not really performance but no other better category)
- Suspension & Tires:
- 265/65R17 Toyo Open Country ATIII XL 116T
- Trade for 2020+ TRD Sport wheels (to use with 265/65R17s
- Maintenance/Preventative Stuff:
- Custom A/C condensate drain relocation
- Extended rear axle breather
- MillerCat Cat Shield catalytic converter protection
- TRD Pro skid plate
- 85W-140 Currie GL6 gear oil in both diffs
- Ravenol Semi-Synthetic 75W-90 GL-4 manual transmission fluid
- Upcoming (the list will grow):
- 4.88 regear
- Rigid D-SS ditch lights
- Rigid SAE 30" driving light bar
- Clazzio or Katzkin seat treatment with heaters
- AMP power steps
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