But things didn’t stop there. “I also have the BDS Duel Fox shock steering stabilizer and a RedHead Steering gear which compliments the lift perfectly for a smooth ride. It sits on 40x15.50R22 Toyo MT tires with 22x14 Hostile Gauntlet rims.”
Ortega also installed Mag Hytec front and rear diff covers, an ATS Built transmission Co-Pilots, a FASS Titanium 150 fuel pump and Custom 125HP injectors and nozzles.
“I then had Retro Customz build me a set of custom one-off headlights,” he said. “Then I added Prezywerkzs rock lights and all of their RGB halos for my light bars which I had Trax Customs custom install into all of my light bars and LED cubes.”
To top things off, Ortega added a 50-inch Curved Off-Road LED light bar. “Finally, the last thing I added was switching to EFI Live which was done by J’s General Automotive and Diesel Repair,” he said. “Going to EFI Live was such a huge change for my truck overall it really woke it up and added a lot of power back into the engine.
After all this work, Tiffany has drained upwards to $70,000 from Ortega’s bank account … plus countless hours spent in labor. But it was all worth it.
“The main reasons I made changes was because I like the overall look,” he explained. “It allows me to go on many adventures in the mountains and off-road, and it has allowed me to become a prominent member of the diesel community.”
Although Ortega did the welding on the bumpers, he said for the most part he left the majority of the work for the experts at J’s General and Automotive Repair. “I simply don’t have the time generally,” he said. He trusts Josh Foust at J’s General and Automotive Repair for all of Tiffany’s mechanical needs, and Travis Etchart at Trax Customs for all of the lighting and electrical needs. Both companies are located in Boise.
Performance-wise, Tiffany does what Ortega wants on and off the road. Although he hasn’t yet put his truck up on a dyno, which is on his list of things to do, he thinks Tiffany is putting out somewhere in the range of 700-800 hp.
Not bad for a pretty face with expensive tastes.