2020 Toyota Tacoma SR5-Karma and other stuff

[Notloudenuf]

Here is my next project. This truck will be my daily since I am losing my company car.
The day I picked it up.



I have already started to take it apart, much to my wife's dismay.



There are a couple of mods and a few repair items that the parts will be here tomorrow.
One is this BB shot taillight.


I already have my full LED interior lights installed, I've ordered a bed light kit, some new handles to hold the tonneau down, a new taillight, 3 new center caps, phone holder, and a new serpentine belt and idler pulley.

[Notloudenuf]

The stereo plan is up in the air right now. A set of Karma Aspect component set will go in for now. A 10" sub box from Skar (I know) fits in the back with no modification and I'll need amplification and processing, none of which I have.
The Karmas




The proposed Skar box

[Notloudenuf]

A twofer image. The bed lights and the tonneau levers


A new taillight



And my phone holder


Not pictured is the new belt and idler pulley I put on last night.

[BigAl205]

When is the wall build going to begin?

[Stycker]

Forget the wall I want to see some holes getting cut.

[Notloudenuf]

The most important mod....right?


I decided to plastidip the Tacoma and SR5 emblems, I think they look much better.




This is pics of the first bath that I gave it. Looking good.

[Notloudenuf]

I ordered these silicone speaker baffles. Maybe they'll keep the water off the cone


They come with some eggcrate foam to...do....something

[Notloudenuf]

I made the adapters out of some HDPE board I got from somewhere.




I've learned the hard way from several recent projects to TEST FIT a few times during the process. I didn't have to learn that lesson again so I test fit after any change.
A small note on the silicone baffles. This baffle was about 1mm smaller in diameter than my speakers. It had to stretch a little bit. Also, you have to take the silicone thickness into account when cutting the speaker hole out.







Since the truck has some red highlights on the interior I sprayed the baffles red in case you get down and look through the grill holes.

[Notloudenuf]

Not much for first impressions because I was busy with the grill right after I put the truck back together. I'm still running factory wideband in the dash so that will limit what I think. I'll listen on my commute this week. I am glad the doors are deadened at least. Closing the doors feels more solid now.
I'm hoping a guy on deemuh will sell his Kicker IQ1000.5. It has the right power, a full processor built in, small form, and in my price range. We shall see.

[James Bang]

Seeing the silicone rainguard baffle taper in at the rear of the driver, do you think it'll affect the rear air flow from the basket of the driver?... somewhat choking the driver. It looks like it'll do the opposite of chamfering the rear baffle for drivers to allow for more air flow. If so, maybe cutting the bottom portion for the silicone baffle would help with some airflow but still allowing the water protection from above.