Rokyoat's mild DC Tacoma build-up

[THK Matt]

It's in his signature....

[88Rokyoat]

yeah High pinion D44

[2000SAS-10]

Now that you have put some miles on this thing, how do you like the FOA's??? I am considering them for my ride. How do the preform on and off road??

[88Rokyoat]

I like them! They work great off-road... I need to charge them alittle bit more and they will be alittle better on the street, I think.
I drove the truck to work last week, which is about 200 miles round trip and it did fine. rides and drives real nice on the freeway at 75.  Part of the drive has lots of tight turns and hills, Its not a sports car in those sections but it does as good as to be expected.  The Suspension is pretty soft in the turns.  A sway bar would help I'm sure, but it doesn't drive bad enough for me to want to add one.
When I eventually link the rear I will use FOAs again. I like them alot, especially for the price. But I haven't had any other coil-overs either to compare them to...

[88Rokyoat]

finally got around to bending a new front bumper.  It's pretty much done for now. I will probably add a winch to it down the road...

[Snowtoy]

Looks good Mike, Pat mentioned you got to take it our over the 4th.

How is the fire season treating you.?  There has been two fires in my area, one not far from the house.  For an 8acre fire they called out just about everything in the area(3 bombers and helicopter along w/11 engines/water tankers)  Apparently either a propane tank blew-up and started the fire, or someone set a fire which then blew-up the tank, either way it took out the house.

[pumkin toy]

bumper looks sweet!  i like it alot!

[88Rokyoat]

thanks guys.

Fire season has been pretty slow. Hopefully It will pick up soon.

[00taco]

Bumper Looks Great!

[88Rokyoat]

I am going to pick up an OX locker for the front tomorrow. I orginally was not a fan of the ox locker but after talking to a couple buddies who have them, i decided I'd try it. plus I couldn't pass up the deal I got on it. hoping to get it installed with the new front 4.88s put in real soon. I want to actually wheel this thing on some rocks!

[kiyul4130]

right on. they seem to engage an disengage really easy messing with fernando's.

[88Rokyoat]

yeah. he said he even engages his "on the fly" which I believe. Mine was only used like 3 times. IM stoked now I can put the front gears in and actually have 4 wheel drive.

[4XFlyin]

So did you get your front bump stops fabbed up? Any pics?

[Slolyfe]

I like the bumper!

[88Rokyoat]

Yeah I have some poly bumpstops on it now. they will be getting removed, since I have a set of airbumps I will be trying to fit under there somewhere.

Sorry I dont have any pics of the current set-up. But i will get some when I do the airbumps.

[88Rokyoat]

Its been a while since I have done anything to my truck besides just drive it. Mainly because I have been working for like 5 weeks straight... Last week I got a couple days off, and decided to do some work. I bought a Superwinch 9000 lbs winch off a buddy. The winch already has synthetic rope line on it too which is sweet! I mounted the winch with just a piece of 3/8" plate with 2 pieces of sq. tube under it for added strength. Should be plenty strong!  I had the cut the radiator support alittle get it tucked back in there how I wanted it, but I think the bumper and front of the truck looks alot better with the winch on it.

I also ordered bump stop cans from Poly performance, some Vision X LED rock lights and an ARB for the rear 9". Im stoked to get the ARB and OX installed, hopefully I can get them in next weekend. Basically all I have left is the dual cases.

[Toyospearo]

Great looking rig!!!
Nice work! 
One the nicest taco builds I have seen!

[THK Matt]

Damn dude.... that think is lookin sick as f***.

[88Rokyoat]

Great looking rig!!!
Nice work! 
One the nicest taco builds I have seen!

thanks

[iNfErNaL]

Sick ! ! !  your Taco is bad ass bro , definately one of the sickest Tacos around .

[88Rokyoat]

Sick ! ! !   your Taco is bad ass bro , definately one of the sickest Tacos around .

thanks man.   

[b0x]

nice rig. 

[88Rokyoat]

nice rig. 

thanks for all the compliments.

Today the ARB, VisionX tantrum LED lights and Bumpstop cans came.    The Rock lights are fawkin pimp! 8 led light pods, all pre wired, will stay on steady or race mode or to the beat of my 12" sub. also has a remote that works up to 150 ft. They come in like 7 different colors, I went with super white.   
Tomorrow I plan on taking all the old rock lights out, wire the new ones and clean up some wiring and wire the winch. (most of the wires are ran just have to hook it to the battery)

[lilbuddy]

Dude I need to see those. I almost bought them the other night...

Are they decently bright?

[88Rokyoat]

I plugged them into the cig lighter with them all in the box and they were pretty bright. if they were spread out and placed right they will be pretty good I think. VisionXonly.com had them for $119 and  free shipping. IMO thats worth it. its doesnt drain your battery, they are plenty bright. pre wired, and straight pimp around camp...      

search youtube for visionx tantrum.  they seemed brighter in person than on the videos tho...

[lilbuddy]

Thats what I wanted them for was the status mostly...

That and even though halogens are bright they drain my battery a lot.

I found them on amazon for 119 also and free shipping. I was gunna hit that up. I know what I am ordering tomorrow! Get them in before wheelin the weekend after... Baller

[88Rokyoat]

they will be hooked up tomorrow. I took today and tomorrow off work so  I can work on my shiat all weekend...

[88Rokyoat]

I got all the rock lights hooked up today. The visionX LED kit is nice! It's plug and play. All 8 LED pods have their own wire leads and collection box and the control box. It plugs in to the cig lighter.  The light pods are mounted by 3M double sided tape and 2 screws. I didnt want them all mounted straight down so I made 6 mounting plates so I can angle them outside the tires alittle bit.  After it gets dark I will post some more pics..

[pumkin toy]

damn i like those lights!  nice and small, how much was the kit?

[slabcs]

$119