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When Marty McFly lifts up the door to his garage, after coming back to the future and being handed some mysterious keys by the now-subservient Biff, he reveals the black Toyota SR5 he longed for with his girlfriend at the beginning of the movie, and any and every kid with an inkling of a gear in their head felt their heart skip a beat. The freshly waxed Toyota custom 4x4, would be etched into many as a 鈥渙ne day鈥� wish, just like McFly at the start of the film.
As one of the affected, Nick Calvert knew that it was only a matter of time before he would own a Toyota pickup to put his spin on. After selling his fair share of awesome Fords, like a 鈥�68 Shelby GT350, an 鈥�83 Bronco, and a 鈥�97 Mustang Cobra in Mystic paint, it was time for Calvert to get into something modern and fulfill a promise to his younger self.
His pickup of choice would be a 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro, which, naturally, he threw a bunch of awesome off-road parts at. The Tacoma sits six inches higher over its 20-inch Fuel Hardline wheels and 35-series mud tires thanks to the Fabtech lift kit with reservoir shocks all around, and its exterior lighting options might just meet or exceed McFly鈥檚 SR5, with front-facing LED bars and cubes equipped for any occasion.
We鈥檇 like to think that McFly also had a banging sound system to blast Power of Love, and it looks like Calvert thought the same. Seeking out , the master builders and tuners hooked Calvert up with a full suite of Rockford Fosgate鈥檚 Power Series equipment, like three 10-inch subwoofers in the back of the cab, two sets of 6.75-inch components for the front and rear, and enough amplification to make it all sound its best installed in a custom display under the rear bench. It鈥檚 enough to earn the Tacoma a 鈥淩ockford Fosgate Edition鈥� badge right underneath the TRD Pro nameplate.
Calvert鈥檚 take on Toyota鈥檚 pickup is something that we think McFly would tell his girlfriend he鈥檇 own one day if Back to the Future had taken place in 2017, plus it鈥檒l make anything from Huey Lewis and the News and beyond sound out of this timeline.
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Nick Calvert's 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is featured in 乐播传媒 #153. Click to order.
ESSENTIALS
Vehicle: 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro
Owner: Nick Calvert
Location: Orlando, FL
Built by:
Engine: Toyota 2GR-FKS 3.5L V6
Horsepower: 278 hp
Torque: 265 lb-ft
ENGINE
- AFE Momentum GT cold air intake
- OVTune custom ECU tune
EXHAUST
- MBRP 3-inch cat-back exhaust
DRIVETRAIN
- 4.88 gearing
WHEELS / TIRES
- Fuel Off-Road Hardline wheels - 20x12.50 (f/r)
- Toyo Open Country MT tires - 35 series (f/r)
CHASSIS / SUSPENSION
- Fabtech (6-inch suspension lift kit, reservoir shocks)
EXTERIOR
- ARB air compressors (2)
- Outdoor Essentials air compressor mounting bracket
- PRINSU roof rack
- Southern Style Off-Road Hybrid Slimline 10,000-lb bumper winch
- Smittybilt X20 waterproof synthetic winch rope
- SDHQ dual LED grille mount
- MESO Customs black-out side mirror signal lens
- Cali Raised (ditch light brackets, switch plate)
- Heise LED (HE-HCL2 cubes (4), HE-BDR30 30-inch Blackout lightbars (3), HE-BDR42 42-inch Blackout lightbar, headlight bulb replacement kit)
INTERIOR
- LEDGlow 4-piece LED interior kit
- Cali Raised LED switch system
- iBEAM dash cam
MOBILE ELECTRONICS
- Sony XAVAX-5000 head unit
- Rockford Fosgate Power Series (TM750x1BD marine monoblock amplifier, TM400x4AD marine 4-channel amplifier, T167-S 6.75-inch component speakers (f/r), T1S1-10 10-inch shallow subwoofer (3))
- TSPEC V12 Series (wiring, fuses, distribution, interconnects)
- Shuriken power cell
SPONSORS
- Metra Electronics
- Heise Lighting Systems
- iBEAM Vehicle Safety Systems
- TSPEC Competition Car Audio
- Shuriken Power Cells
