This Barber Owns One Slick Mini

EMMANUEL INIGUEZ HAS BUILT THE TOYOTA TACOMA OF HIS DREAMS, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, DREAMS AREN’T REALIZED OVERNIGHT, AND THEY DON’T COME TRUE WITHOUT SERIOUS EFFORT. Whether your dream is to build a custom truck, become a professional basketball player, or heck, even if your dream is to eat tacos everyday, effort is still required. Emmanuel’s custom truck is no exception.

Even though he grew up in a small town, Emmanuel had a big custom truck influence in his life. He was even around during the formative years of local truck club, Aftermath, which he ultimately ended up joining. Old timers and contemporaries alike pushed him to build a custom of his own, and even his daughter Alexus urged him to follow his custom dreams.

With all of these positive influences pushing him toward his goal, Emmanuel got busy and purchased a truck from his coworker at The Cut Barbershop. Emmanuel’s friend had done most of the work on the truck while he his still in high school, so it was in dire need of refinishing and updating. Emmanuel plunged right in and went above and beyond to make the Tacoma show ready.

The Toyota sports a bright Sunrise pearl paint job that grabs your eye, and slick Raceline wheels stand out as the truck sits low. The 2001 Tacoma front end gives the truck its perfect smile. The shaved door handles and rear Cali combo skin are smooth as butter. Under the hood reside a 2.4 dual cam four-cylinder engine with a K&N intake, and out back is a Magnaflow exhaust for extra kick.

The interior was reupholstered with a beige and textured peanut butter-colored vinyl to coordinate with the yellow exterior paint. Taking care of the seating arrangements, bucket seats from a 1995 Acura Integra were salvaged and cut down. The contrast of a shiny outside and beige inside adds to the truck’s clean look. The interior also boasts a Pioneer head unit with Kicker KS speakers.

At the end of the day, the truck is not only show ready, it’s the culmination of Emmanuel’s hard work and dreams. If you want something, reach for it and take it by the Tacoma? That’s not the right saying, but you get the point. This surely cannot be the last truck that Emmanuel builds, and we look forward to seeing what he produces in the future.

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TECH SPECS

OWNER

Emmanuel Iniguez
1995 Toyota Tacoma
Parlier, CA Aftermath

ENGINE

• Toyota Tacoma 2.4 dual cam four-cylinder engine
• K&N cold-air intake
• MagnaFlow exhaust
• 12-gallon gas tank
• Manual transmission with stage-2 clutch
• Rearend shortened 3 inches on each side

SUSPENSION

• Beltech drop spindles
• Front airbag cup triangulated 4-link
• Slam Specialties RE-7 airbags
• Beltech shocks
• Performed by Cen Cal Machinist

WHEELS & TIRES

• 18×8 and 18×10 Raceline Deceptive 5 polished billet wheels
• 215/35R18 and 255/35R18 Mayrun

BODY & PAINT:

• House of Kolor Sunrise pearl paint
• 2001 Tacoma front fenders, bumper and hood
• Shaved door handles and gas door
• Molded rear Cali combo skin
• Flared bed sides
• Stock taillights painted candy apple red
• Sheet metal bed floor with spray-on bedliner
• Air-actuated license plate holder
• Rear window etched by Chuck Del Bosque
• Performed by Wally’s Collision Center

INTERIOR

• Upholstered beige and textured peanut butter-colored vinyl
• 1995 Acura Integra seats chopped and rounded
• Plastic pieces dyed to match upholstery
• Billet steering wheel and window cranks
• Pistol-grip shifter
• AVS air gauges and switch box
• Pioneer head unit
• Kicker K5 speakers
• Four 8-inch RE Audio subwoofers
• Alpine 1000.1 and 400.4 amplifiers
• Blow-through speaker box
• Dynamat sound-deadening material
• Optima Yellow Top battery
• Upholstery by: True Auto Trim
• Stereo by Beats by Bigs

SPECIAL THANKS FROM THE OWNER: “Walter Pena, Rene Resendez, Armondo Sanchez, Preston Cervantez, Adan Cervantez, Chuy Gomez, Todd Anderson, Jose Pacino, Matt Diaz, David “Chivo” Lopez, Miguetron, Vinny Sandoval and everyone at Wally’s Collision Center for all the long nights to get it ready for LST car show in Houston, Beats By Bigs for the system, chuckdezzigns for the custom-etched window and to all my customers at The Cut Barbershop in Fowler, CA, Parlier Customs because all this wouldn’t have been possible without you, Cen Cal Machinist for all the custom metal work he did inside my bed, my mom family and friends for believing in me to build it and not giving up on my dreams.”

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