OWNER/HOMETOWN:
Eric Rankins / Conroe, Texas
YEAR/MAKE/MODEL:
'06 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab
ENGINE/DRIVETRAIN:
Factory 4.0L V-6 / factory automatic transmission / K&N cold-air intake / custom exhaust with MagnaFlow mufflers / Kinetik battery
BY: Eric Rankins
RIMS:
FRONT & REAR: 24x10-inch Rozzi Ego
TIRES:
FRONT & REAR: 295/30ZR24 Toyo Proxes
SUSPENSION:
FRONT: Custom upper and lower control arms / '00 Chevy Silverado spindles / Firestone 224C airbags
REAR: Custom two-link with track bar / Firestone 224C airbags / Gabriel shocks
ACCESSORIES: Air-Zeneth compressors / GC 450 valves / aluminum hard lines / custom aluminum fuel tank / Mustang II rack-and-pinion / '00 Chevy Silverado brakes with booster removed for tire clearance
CHASSIS: Custom body-drop-less frame, built from 2x3x1/4-inch steel tubing
BY: Eric Rankins
BODY MODS:
Custom-made steel bed floor, sides, and inner structure / smoothed front bumper / three-piece Grant Customs roll pan / T-Rex mesh grilles / shaved hood squirters, door handles, fender flares, tailgate, antenna, and fuel door / iron fence topper for shifter
BY: Chaotic Rods & Customs of Tomball, Texas
CUSTOM PAINT:
PPG Lunar Mist on bottom, PPG Galaxy Gray, and custom colors for graphics
BY: Chaotic Rods & Customs
INTERIOR:
Factory seats with Hammer Tone vinyl in center / smoothed and painted dash and door panels / speaker inserts made by Dante's Sick Designs
BY: Advanced Auto Trim in Houston / Chaotic Rods & Customs (paintwork)
AUDIO/VIDEO:
Clarion VRX765VD head unit with 7-inch flip-out touch-screen / Rockford Fosgate 5-1/4- and 6-1/2-inch components / Rockford Fosgate 800-watt amp for mids and highs / two 10-inch Rockford Fosgate subwoofers / Rockford Fosgate 2,000-watt amp for subs / Directed monitors in headrest
BY: Dante's Sick Designs in Pasadena, Texas
SPECIAL THANKS:
His boss, Bill Carlton, Mitch Rall, Billy, Derek, Dante, Ryan, Eliud, crew from Chaotic Customs, including Mike, Chris, Rocky, Rey, Jesus, and Brent, Joe from Advanced Auto Trim, David, Denis, Brandon at Detata, Alex Anderson, Kustomz Ink Klothing, and his loving wife for not protesting about him cutting up his newly leased truck.