Exterior Color

Now I'm not one for dark vehicles anymore since the Durango fiasco of 2007, but I can't get this out of my head. This is what color I see when I close my eyes and picture my taco...

Porsche Meteor Grey Metallic (click pic to enlarge)

Wish List... Leather Interior

There's no doubt about it, a leather interior rocks no matter what it's in. You can transform a Pinto into a pearl with leather interior. This is the direction I would like to see myself going in:

• 4x4 Toyota Tacoma bucket seats
• Custom center console
• Black and charcoal gray leather interior
• Billet aluminum steering wheel with a black leather half wrap
• Undecided on the shifter knob, but so far black leather is where I want to be

Here is a picture of the steering wheel:

Billet Specialties Stiletto

Wish List... Extreme Hydrographics

I've been communicating with this company for a few months and I just found out that my brother Jake has also been dealing with them on his gauge bezels. Nordskog will be the only gauge company offering carbon fiber gauge bezels. I want to cover my dash components to look like brushed aluminum.

• Nordskog Performance Products
• Phoenix Imaging

Wish List... Amp & Components

Lets move on to the real guts of this audio system, the amp...

MB Quart PAB 2100




I'm not entirely sure where the stereo will end or if it will, but for now I'm going to keep it simple... with these.

MB Quart DSF 216

Wish List... Head Unit

Lets start with the head unit and Sirius adapters, we'll work from there out;

Alpine CDA-9884

Alpine KCA-SC100



SIRIUS SCC1

Daydreaming

I'm sitting here working and this place is so slow. I'm about to hit my head on the wall as hard as I can just so I can pass out until my relief gets here.

Build List Outline

Well, I started this blog to document my trials and tribulations with building this 1996 Toyota Tacoma in order for you all to know what I'm going through and to pass on any information that I learn over the whole process, I'd also like your feedback on how things are going and maybe even some suggestions, but not likely, I know pretty much how I want this thing to turn out already in my head.

Here is a little outline of what I'm going to do to this truck. I'll start by creating a list of mods but not in any particular order. I'll fine tune each and every mod with pictures and details once I find them.

• Paint - charcoal gray
• Wheels - 18" Black
• Tires - 235/40/18
• Billet grill
• Billet antenna
• Rollpan
• Custom exhaust
• Simple engine mods
• Leather interior
• Brushed aluminum dash pieces
• Alpine head unit
• MB Quart mids and highs
• Built in Sirius
• MB Quart Amps
• JL Audio Subs
• Billet steering wheel
• Tail lights