2013 Tacoma

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Second owner, purchased from a family member. 2013 Sport 4x4 140,000 miles.
Window tint, Bilstein 5100, otherwise all stock
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Immediately threw on some new 265 all terrain tires and a flip back tonneau cover
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Shortly after installed some sliders from 4x innovations, switched over to Camburg upper arms, King 2.5 ext coil overs, RCI steel skid plates
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Ran the truck like this for a while, hit some trails in Big Bear, made it through Gold Mountain for the most part. 1 flat tire at the long shale rock section but other than that no problems. Did some camping/ desert trips enjoying the truck.
 

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After a while the snowball started forming and felt the need for more travel, bigger tires and so on.

Got a good deal on a Baja Kits +2 kit. Installed that along with Deaver 3leaf aal, superbumps front/rear. Method 701 and 33” Nitto Ridge Grapplers
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And of course I didn’t like the tire sticking out past the front fenders, bolted on McNeil fenders and All Pro aluminum bumper.

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Decided to pickup a Front Runner tent for summertime mountain trips , as the wife hates camping in the ground tent.

First installed the KB Voodoo aluminum bed caps, then built bed bars from 2” x .120 wall square tube that rests on the bed caps and bolts into the stock rails. Cut out sections of the tonneau cover so that camping/work gear could stay locked up inside as I was still using the truck as a daily.
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Had nothing but problems with the Baja Kit +2 . Needed to limit strap it very conservatively otherwise the outer cv axle boots would rub the lower uniball/arm and tear the boot. Travel was barely 10” total. Went through countless upper and lower arm delrin bushings. Squeaks and creaks and re-lubing constantly.
 

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After a while the rear leaf springs were tired and feeling the need for more travel and better ride quality, went ahead installed DMZ spring under kit, King 2.5x16 3 tube bypass, King 2.0 hydro bumps. McNeill rear fiberglass, boxed the frame, Mazulla rear bumper
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At the beginning of 2021, decided to finally get the front end figured out, put the truck in the garage for a few days to install JD Fab +4 long travel, lower pivots, steering double shear/Heim, upper arm gussets, spindle gussets, new limit straps, 934 axle kit and aluminum skid plates.
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Then went to 35” tires. Which required some sheet metal work to the inner fenders to get them to clear at full bump lock to lock.
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Ended up installing king 2.0 hydro bumps on the front . Then shortening them to 1” later on, also switched to a 18”x600 spring from the 16”x650 I had before. Coil overs revalved as well
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Welded in a new muffler, a little bigger than the mbrp that was on there from the beginning. A little less drone with the bigger one.
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Not many changes since beginning of 2021 when I installed the JD front kit.
Just tuning suspension, rebuilt the Deaver pack, some PRP seats and upgraded to the larger 4Runner front calipers and rotors
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Couple little things in between, CSF aluminum radiator, silicone hoses, KN cold air intake, solid motor/transmission mounts, Kilmat all doors/cab, hood pin latches, pedal commander, abs/stability control switch, more frame boxing, traction boards mounted, fire extinguisher
 
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