How much $ in extras have you spent over purchase price?

Much like your gas mileage, this is something best not to think about!

 

Diamond Back SE cover, Front Runner rack system, Amp Research retractable side steps, Amp Research bed extender, Toyota OEM powered tailgate lock, Taco Garage DMM, Bed mat, front & rear dash cams, 2nd HD rearview camera, paint protection film, seat covers, center console organizer, glove box divider, Thule Easy Fold & UpRide bike racks.

Came with the truck:
Trd Pro skid plate
Trd pro wheels
hood scoop
Fox shocks
Trd Pro grill
Led headlights
Power seats
Trd shift knob

 

The BD lights cost me more than the bumper itself

 

Mostly just minor functional / cosmetic stuff here, but it does add up fast! TRD skid plate, Pro grill, OEM bed extender and bed step, subaru front tweeters, OEM remote tailgate lock, black Bumpershelz covers, and some interior dress up stuff like the Teton shift knob. Definitely well below the $2K mark. I really don't like to mess with the mechanical or electronics, especially when still under warranty so there is not much left I really want to do to it.

 

Yea Baja design will do that. I love their products, hate their prices.

 

I’m scared to add it all up but o guess $15,000

 

When it comes to this topic ignorance is bliss.

 

in about 8 months $17,157 (Buying in the next month or so a winch, refrigerator, and doing the rear seat delete) I keep a Excel sheet and receipts for insurance reasons.


Weathertech Side Window Deflectors $81.71
Rago Bed Stiffeners $124.95
ME-SO V2 Ultimate Dome Light $60.25
RCI 5 Degree Sliders $1,017.51
Spiker Hood Strut Kit $100.95
AVS Bug deflector 23681 $60.21
Visor sticker blackout $10.90
ME-SO Ultimate Map Lights $30.00
ME-SO Total Tail Stage 1 × 1 $157.12
JDMCAR Glove Box Insert $15.99
JDMCAR Center Console Armrest Cushion $13.99
Rockpals SP003 100W Foldable Solar Panel Charger $185.29
Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 500 $489.51
Full frontal PPF install $1600
cS Connect, center console mollie $62.40
Rexka Door Garnish Molding Retainer Clip $10.80
EyeCatcher Pro Series Tailgate Letter Inserts $74.96
Meso Chrome Delete $50.00
Minimalist fob Army green $30.00
Vent ring Kit Amy green $39.69
Meso Door handle covers $27.95
CaliRaised Ditch Light brackets $71.17
AL Off-road Tailgate Panel $213.36
Toyota Bed mat $140.98
Push start button Taco Garage $23.60
TRD Pro Grill raptor lights Taco Garage $200.00
Moabtown Gas tank skid $258.01
Rear Bumper Covers $147.95
Baja Designs Light bar ONX6 20" $669.00
Squadron Pro set ditch lights $379.95
Squadron Pro Light covers black $19.90
Squadron Pro Light covers Yellow $19.90
SDSQ Switch pro kit $626.31
Victory 4X4 Front bumper, Front and mid skids $1,562.73
Tailgate lock kit $180.63
Bedside graphics Graphix $59.50
Lettering for doors Elektroplate $65.00
Victory 4X4 Front bumper front plate holder $107.92
Desert Does it under seat ARB compressor holder and moly panels $459.97
MOLLE Panel, Access Cab back wall $320.00
Peragon Bed Cover $1,033.32
Bed lighting kit $68.56
Touch up paint $14.12
Clips for break line for install of rock sliders $5.44
Switch for Bed lights $74.00
PNW Lettering for truck $13.01
2020 TRD Pro Wheels set of 4 $862.65
Black Lug Nuts $35.00
Bed bar $43.57
Anytime front camera $201.99
Rear wall Mollie panel $325.00
Toyo Tires $1,001.36
Coin tray and Glove box letters $39.80
Back up light defeat $85.00
Light bracket mount $12.97
Spotter mirrors $169.80
Top of hood and Tail gate PPF and decal install $1,200.00
Ceramic Coating $1,651.19
Powder coat of Bumper, skid plate, and Mollie $550.00

 

What would you say your favorite upgrades under 700 are? I have all the big stuff done now its all about personal touches. How do you like the Jackery power station?

 

Total about $5,570:
TRD Pro suspension
TRD wheels, center caps, parking brake spacer
BFG KO2 265/75/16 x4, suspension install, alignment
Sabellco tailgate lock
Subaru tweeter upgrade
Locking gas cap from Autozone
Rexing dashcam + wiring
Cargo net, tie downs
Bakflip G4 purchase used from TW member

Will probably add TRD Pro front skid plate $300-$400 and be done with it.

 

1100 bucks softopper and upgraded the stereo that’s it . I have been itching for a hard shell .

 

2012 V6, auto, 4X4, 72K miles, light rear end damage... $9.6K
Leaf spring $120
Bumper $200
Used tailgate $100
Tires $650
Hitch $120
Cruise control pigtail $14
Total $10,804

2012 Baja Series, V6, auto, 4X4, 68K miles, light rear end damage... $10.4K
Used axle $100
Refurbished rim $150
Emergency brake cable $50
New u-bolts $40
Tires $650
Total $11,390

 

I was just gathering receipts this morning to go over with insurance co. about getting a endorsement / rider to cover whatever I can. To throw this much additional into the truck and not have it covered in event of a total loss would be a kick to the nuts.

I'm about $12.5k into the aftermarket scene now, after starting with a $550 under invoice price of $34k and change for my TRDOR4x4.

That works out pretty good seeing how I just sold my 2002 Gen1 with over 240k miles for $11k not long ago. Basically folded what I got out of that truck into this one.

The $12.5k includes an RLD Designs topper and RLD roof rack (not yet arrived, still on the slow boat from Africa).

Rest of it is a C4 LoPro with winch, BD S8 light bar, ten BD S2 lights (2x ditch, 2x backup, 2x rear work scene, 4x side work scene....wow that seems like a lot of lights), King coils / shocks with adjusters all 4 corners, SwitchPros 9100, and various other lesser add ons.

Still need UCA's up front and Deavers for the rear. And possibly paint the RLD (all black on the way). Then I'm done. Oh, and steel skids. Then I'm done.

 

Like 10k. probably would of been sub 2k if i never found this site

 

I started this exercise so that I could post a nice detailed reply, then I got depressed. I'd rather not know and enjoy the truck

 

Think I'm pushing 20k over the last year or so:

- Elka 2.5 remote resis
- 5x Falken Wildpeaks in 265/75R16
- Regeared to 4.88
- Timbren rear bumpstops
- Icon AAL
- RCI aluminum skids, front/mid/rear
- Greenlane offroad sliders
- Greenlane offroad hybrid front bumper
- Greenlane offroad bed rack
- Smitty x20 10k winch
- BD Squadron Pro driving lights
- Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro fogs
- ARB twin on board + tank
- Various recovery gear (snatch strap, shackles, maxtrax, hitch recovery point, tree strap/winch extension, winch blanket)

Still on the list:
- Diamondback + bed bars to replace the bed rack
- high clearance rear bumper of some kind
- Switch pro
- Some scene lights on the rear for camping
- A hitch rack for bikes, they don't fit well under the RTT and I have to load them at an angle. Makes it annoying to pack around.
- Fridge and probably a bed mounted battery to run it
- An awning setup of some kind. May try to rig up something to run a 270 batwing off the diamondback.

I also want to do some more work on the rear suspension before I'm totally happy with it. Front feels pretty dialed but the AAL is too stiff, I'd like to do a more progressive rear spring and the timbren bumpstops are too tall and rob me of a lot of uptravel. Really noticeable when we have a down-up-down type hit or a square edge. Would like to move to a lower profile bump or even go whole ham and do spring under axle for high speed work.

 

Do you like your 4.88 gears or wish you went up to 5.29s. Im about to regear in a few weeks.

 

I think the More you spend the more you prove your love of the truck right?.......probably the reason so many wives and girlfriends are upset!

 

I like the 4.88s for this tire size. I'm not planning to go much bigger, maybe to a 255/85R16 but they're great. I think 5.29s would be overkill for tires that small. That said, a tune would help immensely as well because even though a regear helps the cruise control programming is dogshit and it holds gears way too long.

 

prob 1000 total on clazzios, window tint, fog lights, and some other random stuff. I have no plans of doing anything else to it