KRAVE 2006 Toyota Tacoma

KRAVE 2006 Toyota Tacoma

Long before KRAVE Automotive existed, this Tacoma was already part of the journey.

Over the years it's worn different suspension setups, different bumpers, different wheels, different ideas, and somehow always managed to come back better than before.

At this point, calling it a build almost feels wrong.

It's more of an ongoing project.

Featured on the Tacoma Beast YouTube channel and recognized by Toyota enthusiasts across North America, this truck has earned a bit of a reputation over the years. Despite everything that's been done to it, it's still being driven, wheeled, upgraded, and enjoyed.

In the last few years alone the truck has received a completely new Toyota frame, multiple suspension overhauls, fresh armour, drivetrain upgrades, and enough fabrication work to make fitting 37s look easy.

Spoiler alert: it wasn't.

The current version sits on Raceline beadlocks and 37" Yokohama Geolandar X-MTs, backed by long travel suspension, a TRD supercharger, dual batteries, and enough Baja Designs lighting to turn night into day.

Most builds eventually reach a finish line.

This truck never really has.

Every few years it comes back through the shop for another round of upgrades, another new idea, or another excuse to make it a little more capable than it already was.

And honestly, that's probably why we like it so much.

It's never been about building the perfect Tacoma. It's been about building a Tacoma, using it, improving it, and then doing it all over again.

We can't wait to see what version of this truck exists five years from now.

Yeeew!!

Build Specs

OverView

2006 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport

Odometer 565,000kms

Replacement Engine w/ Approximately
190,000km (Cylinder heads rebuilt Approx 5000km ago)

Only original parts are the cab/doors,
transmission, transfer case. Everything else has been replaced upgraded or rebuilt.

New Frame replacement 4 years ago

Wheels & Tires

Raceline Beadlock Wheels
Yokohama Geolandar X-MT 37x13.50R17

Suspension

FRONT

JD fab 2.25" long travel

JD fab 934 CV axles

JD fab lower frame pivots

JD Fab spindle gussets and UCA double sheer
gussets

Radlo 2.5 adjustable reservoir coilovers

16"x650lb springs

Limit straps

Radflo 2" hydro bumps

 

REAR

Dobinsons 111 rear springs

Radflo 2.5 adjustable shocks -12"
stroke

Radflo 2" hydro bumps

Archive garage rear shock relocation
brackets

Archive garage hammer hangers

Limit straps

Engine & Performance

TRD supercharger

URD 2.55 pulley

Custom tune

Cleaned and match flow tested injectors

Doug Thorley headers

URD high clearance y-pipe

Custom 3" exhaust

URD dual gauge mount on column 

AEM boost and wideband AFR gauges

Custom aluminum snorkel

Larger aluminum intercooler

8.75" rear e-locker axle swap from
2021 Tacoma w/ E-locker retrofit

5.29 gear ratio 

Powerbrake X-line big brake upgrade

 

Armor & Recovery

New frame from Toyota approx 4 years ago w/
Undercoating

C4 cab mount relocate

Tubbed front firewall and inner fenders

Mcneil Racing fiberglass fenders and box
sides - 4" buldge

C4 Rock Runner front bumper and skid plate

Pelfreybilt  rear bumper

CBI high clearance center skid plate

KRAVE Custom Sliders

Lighting & Electronics

KRAVE Custom headlights – Retrofit Morimoto
parts

Baja Designs 30" S8 light bar

Baja Designs SAE fogs

Baja Designs Curved 40" Onyx 6
lightbar

Baja Designs ditch lights

Baja Designs rock lights on roof rack for
scene lighting

Dual battery system with 100AH AGM
secondary behind back seat

AGM starting battery

SwitchPro 9100 switch panel

ARB single compressor behind back seat

Comeup Seal Slim 9.5rs Winch

Overland Accessories

Kuat Bed Rack
iKamper Skycamp 4.0

Sherpa Grand Teton Roof Rack
Pelican Cargo Cases
Maxtrax Recovery Boards
Decked Drawer System

Interior

Expedition Essentials Accessory mount

Upgraded Audio

Reverse camera

Seat covers

Repair & Maintenance

RECENT IN PAST 5000km:

Engine: 4.0L v6 - rebuilt cylinder heads,
honed cylinders, resealed top to bottom with Toyota complete engine gasket kit

Spark plugs

Injectors Replaced and tested

Every fluid replaced

OEM steering rack and pump

EXTERIOR GALLERY

Interior Gallery

KRAVE 2006 Toyota Tacoma