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Outlaw Taco & a Heavy Chevy

Iowa Taco

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2018 TRD OR DCLB Auto
Quicksand
Bought a 2018 TRD OR back in February to replace my 1998 Chevy 2500HD as my daily driver. Never heard a bad thing about Toyota and only heard bad things about the big three when I was buying, so figured I'd try out Toyota. So far I love this truck and have learned a lot from people here that used to be on the safe space.
When I bought the truck:
21 Feb. 2018
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Quickly added a tonneau cover
23 Mar 2018
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Decided to be a beta test for Custom Car Grilles for their 2018 grille. I like the look of the Pro grille, but everyone and his boyfriend has one.
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Added some custom vinyl TRD decals
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I added new wheels and tires last night. 16x8 ET0 Level 8 MK6 wheels and 265/75R16 Falken Wildpeak A/TW3
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1998 Chevrolet C2500HD
Bought this 4 July 2012 from Colorado with only 85k miles. I leveled this truck and put on new rims and 33's about two years ago, I shouldn't have done this. It has a 454 with a 4L80E, my plan is to turn this into a tow rig like it should be.
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Nice truck! Love the decal!
 
Bought a 2018 TRD OR back in February to replace my 1998 Chevy 2500HD as my daily driver. Never heard a bad thing about Toyota and only heard bad things about the big three when I was buying, so figured I'd try out Toyota. So far I love this truck and have learned a lot from people here that used to be on the safe space.
When I bought the truck:
21 Feb. 2018
MVIMG_20180221_124347.jpg


Quickly added a tonneau cover
23 Mar 2018
MVIMG_20180323_185700.jpg


Decided to be a beta test for Custom Car Grilles for their 2018 grille. I like the look of the Pro grille, but everyone and his boyfriend has one.
DSC_0117 (1).jpg


Added some custom vinyl TRD decals
DSC_0137.jpg


I added new wheels and tires last night. 16x8 ET0 Level 8 MK6 wheels and 265/75R16 Falken Wildpeak A/TW3
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MVIMG_20180621_210744.jpg
Super nice truck! Good job so far (I assume you're not done ?).
 
Super nice truck! Good job so far (I assume you're not done ?).
Nope. I'm on the fence about welding my own sliders or just ordering a set. I want to get OVTune for it and exhaust. I'm not going to go too heavy on the off road stuff because Iowa.
 
I've been reading about sliders on other forums. Can be a 5 - 6 week wait for good ones.
 
Great! Welcome to t3g!!! Hope to see more
 
Future mods
  • Rock Sliders
    • Might make these myself out of square tubing instead of round
  • 2-3" Lift
  • Lo-pro front bumper with winch
  • Kicker speaker upgrade
  • Bed lights
  • Rock/Puddle lights
  • Rear bumper upgrade
  • Upgrade headlights and do a projector swap for LED's
  • LED fog
  • Exhaust system
  • OVTune
Possible Mods (Not that high priority)
  • Skid plates
  • dual battery setup
  • air compressor
 
I ordered a Switch Pro 9100 and decided to make the power supply mount myself. I ordered a mount for the switch itself from Mesojdm. Here is the power supply mount after first coat of paint.
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I'll post the prints for this if someone wanted to make their own.

Also ended up making my own wedding ring. I don't want my fiance to spending money on some ring that I'll break or lose.
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Here is the print for the mounting plate, if you print it off on 11" x 17" sheet of paper do not scale the piece and you can use it as a template. I used a jigsaw and a dremel tool to make all cuts. The numbers in blue are as follows: 9100 - Switch Pro Power Supply, 2508 - Blue Sea 8 Terminal Bar, 2300 - Blue Sea 2300 30A common bus bar.
 

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Had to take the bed off the old heavy Chevy. What a bitch to do in the street, and by yourself. Replaced the fuel pump for the second time in three years. Definitely looking at buying, or making, a flat bed for it.
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