With a sound deadening cabin, 35-inch tires, swing out spare tire holder and a 50qt fridge freezer, this week’s feature truck has many cool modifications. How do you choose the best one? You can’t, they are all great features.

Slimwood Shady/Linwood over at Tacomaworld has this really impressive Tacoma with an equally impressive build thread as well. His thread is full of before/after pics, videos and commentary on the install.

The build began on July 22, 2009, when he purchased his first brand new car, Silver Streak Mica 2009 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab TRD Off Rd Edition. He got it with a Remote Start Alarm, Tube Steps, TRD Exhaust, Tow Package, First Aid Kit, Floor Mats, 6 Disk in-dash CD Changer, and iPod Adaptor all for $30,000.

Here is a quick summary of the build, click here for the build thread.

The current list of mods:

Lighting

The Retrofit Source Retro (GB) – DS2 Mini w/55watt ballasts and Phillips bulbs, Apallo Shrouds

IPF Fog Lights

Anytime Fog Light Mod

LED Dome and Map Lights (GB)

LED Bed Lights (GB)

Audio/Visual

Eclipse AVN 726e

JL Audio HD 900/5

JL Audio 13TW5

Hybrid Audio Clarus components in all 4 doors

Back up camera in rear view mirror connected to head unit for back up camera

4Runner Blutooth steering wheel controls

Completely sound deadened cabin (MLV, CCF, Dynomat)

Columbia Overland Dual Battery Box w/2 Diehard Platinum Grp 35 Batteries

Interior Comfort

Wet Okole Seat covers (GB) (Graphite grey and black with gun tote, seat heaters, map pockets)

Wet Okole Arm rest mod (GB)

Black

Weathertech Digital Fit Floor Liners (GB)

TRD Shift Knob

IMMRYO Rear View Mirror Relocate (GB)

ARB 50 Qt Fridge Freezer with ARB slide and tie down

Communications

Uniden PRO510XL

Wilson 1000 antenna

Here is just one of several cool offroading videos.

Suspension/Wheels/Tires/Drivetrain

Icon Dynamics 2.5 Extended Travel Coilovers w/King Springs 14″x700lbs

Icon Dynamics rear VS. 2.0 shocks custom length

Total Chaos UCA

Nitro 4.56 gears-ECGS Solid Spacer for rear

All Pro Expedition rear leafs

All Pro U-Bolt Flip Kit

16×8 Procomp 7089s

315/75/16 Goodyear MTRs with Kevlar

Cab Mount Chop

ATO Shackle Flip

Armor

ARB Deluxe Bull Bar Bumper

ATO Rear Wrap Around bumper w/tire carrier

ATO Front skid plate (GB)

ATO Transmission Skid

ATO T-Case Skid

ATO Gas Tank Skid

BAMF LCA Skid Plates (GB)

4x Innovation Sliders DOM w/Kickout (84″)

Recovery

Smittybilt XRC8 Winch w/in cab controls (regreased gears)

Hilift 48″ jack

ARB OBA w/1 Gal Viar air tank

Southeast Overland 3/8″ amsteal blue line

Rugged Ridge strap, d-rings, gloves, tree saver

Bubba Rope

Exterior

Debadged

Sport Hood

20% window tint

Toyota Bed Mat

Redline Hood Struts (GB)

Leer 100r Topper

Protrack Roof Rack (on topper)

AVS In-Channel Window Deflectors

AVS Hood Deflector

OEM Roof Rack

Homertoshi

ruggedT Bedside Decals

Performance

TRD Exhaust

OCTaco extended stainless steal brake lines (GB)

ARB Safari Snorkel

EBC Green Stuff Brake pads

EBC dimpled and slotted rotors

Future Mods:

Front Locker

Crawl box

We got a chance to talk with Linwood and get some insight into his truck build.

What mod gets asked about the most?

Probably about the 35s and 3″ lift.

What was the toughest mod?

Without a doubt the shackle flip! It was the most work. The idea is simple, but those rivets suck!

What was your build inspiration/idea?

I wanted a mixture of an expedition and a rock crawler. I have been stealing ideas from JAndrews and a few other members on here (Tacomaworld).

What advice would you give to someone just starting out?

What I tell everyone is buy once cry once. It is better to save up and get what you really want than to buy a contingency part. You will end up buying what you wanted eventually anyway. Nothing worse than throwing away money.

I’m surprised people don’t ask about the swing out spare tire. You just don’t see those that often (in my neck of the woods – Colorado).

They do, but most Taco guys ask about the 35s. That and the sound deadening. Here in VA, a lot of us have them. I can think of 6 off the top of my head.

I was just reading about the sound deafening. That’s another thing I haven’t seen. I’m surprised that wasn’t your hardest mod based on the time and effort involved. What caused the big increase in road noise? The lift, tires, something else?

I grew up doing car audio, so interior removal is pretty easy. That was my purpose for the mod. The road noise came from the larger tires.

Looking over these pictures and watching the videos leads us to the conclusion that he NAILED it! This truck is definitely a mixture of expedition and rock crawler! Great job.

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