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2003 Toyota Tacoma 2wd

badass03taco (2 owner profiles)
Purchased: 2002-07-26

Engine

stroked the stock 2.4 to a 2.7 liter, mild head work, T4 turbo with intercooler, Greddy blow-off valve, Tial wastegate, hand fabricated aluminum intake, hand fabricated turbo header, 3.5" exhaust, VENOM twin turbo supra fuel pump, VENOM 880 injectors, AEM fuel pressure regulator, GREDDY engine management system in glove box, LC-1 wideband data-logger

Exterior

shaved everyhting, including the back wall, and firewall, moved a bunch of stuff around to fit the wide wheels, all electrical components under hood were re-located under the dash, tubbed under the hood, raised bed floor, rebuilt cab floor, shaved back wall, fuel filler is behind driver tail light, tail light flips out, 4wd sheet metal and valance, rolled rear fenders, wait... did i mention its fully shaved?

Interior

black leather seats, door panel inserts and headliner, all plastic was sanded smoothe and dyed dark tan(buckskin), fiberglass console and sub box, AVIC N1 navigation unit, tv in the steering wheel, but the main key is it all looks stock. everything fits and looks original. <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h183/badass03taco/stc2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

Suspension

damn... gonna be here awhile.. moved the motor up 2in, moved the lower control arm mount in 2in, shortened the lower control arms 1 3/4 in, shortened the upper control arm 1in, moved the spring cups to vertical, eibach springs, 36mm anti roll bar, narrowed frame 5in, narrowed the stock axle 5in, 4.11 gears with a detroit true track 1.5 way limited slip unit, rear disc brakes slotted and cross drilled rotors all the way around, spicer driveshaft and u-joints, ALDAN coil-overs on the rear, 11 gallon fuel cell, 2 link rear suspension with solid aluminum panhard bar, oh the frame is narrowed cause of the extremely wide wheels.

Wheels

TSW Thruxtons, painted black and polished the lip, 19's staggered fitment, i got the widest sum-bitches they sold.

Stereo

Pioneer AVIC N1 head unit, alpine amp on boston rally 5x7s and a rockford amp on a JL 10, tv in the steering wheel

Awards

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Future Plans

for sale make offer. tryin to buy a house