This is payback. I have stolen your ideas, you know-how, and your innovative savvy. You have been the friend that always gets the “I need help” phone call. You're the big brother that let's little brother tag along. Expedition Portal has been there to help me along with all my vehicle dreams and problems. This is my payback!
You have seen all of these mods before, but I thought I would post this up for anyone who had a T100 and wanted to see what I did to mine.
Because of this forum I have wanted an expedition vehicle for years. I have fascinated with a few different platforms, like a Disco, Tacoma or an 80 series Cruiser, but ending up going with a 1996 Toyota T100.
I love these trucks. The size is just right for me and the 3.4 V6 is a solid motor. I would love to get a TRD supercharger for it, but it will get me down the road fine without it. I found this T100 from the original owner and began the build. It had been well used and needed a thorough cleaning, I mean thorough.
I stripped the entire interior. All of the plastic was covered in grime and the seats were visibly brown.
I pressure washed every bit of carpet and seating. I scrubbed them all down with a brush and soap then rinsed everything thoroughly. Then I used a shop-vac to suck up any remaining water. It really dialed it in.
Everything sat in the sun porch to bake out any smell that might still be lingering and dry them through.
The seat belts were scrubbed down with hot water and a microfiber made by Unger. This really smoothed out the pull and retraction of the belts.
The vents were clogged with dirt and smelled weird. I ran a steamer through the whole system and sprayed a full can of Lysol through switching through all of the settings at full blast. This took away the funk.
Before I put all of the carpets back in I lined the entire cab with carpet pad. Honestly, I don't know if this deadens any sound, but in my mind it does magical things.
I was running power wire for a stereo system and a few other auxiliary accessories that we will get to later.
So basically I scrubbed the hell out of the thing. It was time to put things back together.
I used a butter knife to get the carpet back under the plastic. It was much tighter now that I had that thick layer of magic carpet pad.
I wired up the amps after I threw in the carpet.
The truck has a newer Planet Audio amp running the mids/highs, but you get the idea. The Sony amp will be running a 15 sub.
The T100 has weird sizing for the rear speakers, so I got the best I could find to fit it. They are 5" Polk Audio speakers. The front speakers were Alpine components, but currently I have a set of Infinity Kappas.
The deck is a JVC. It is cool because I can hook up an auxiliary plug in the front and a USB in the front and the back. I plugged an old iPod into the rear input. The deck also has Bluetooth capabilities for phone calls and audio streaming, which is way sweet.
