Sold my crawler Tacoma, new to the tundra scene

It’s a great day to drill some fiberglass. Let’s get these rhino rack rtc tracks installed. This is step 1 to someday having a RTT

 

Put the DS plywood panel on today & test fit a big foam pad. Success. VERY cozy back here and over 7ft if you sleep diagonally which I’ll do when solo camping

 

This feels so good. Camp gear organized for this weekend with my 2 boys. I have OCD with organization when I do any vehicle based trips and this makes me sleep so good at night. It’s so minimal and clean / easy that I think I’m going to leave almost all of it in the truck 24/7 (under the storage platform so that anytime I want to camp I just have to add a few things and I’m gtg

 

My boys were so warm and cozy in the camper shell. Night temps were in the 40’s

 

How was drilling fiberglass? I badly want to put a roof rack ontop of my leer cap but working up the courage to drill fiberglass has been a challenge.

 

Very easy to do “literally” but just be sure you measure 4x before you drill. It’s pretty easy but I do a lot of fabrication stuff so I’m not just your average guy with a drill. I’m not saying I’m any good just saying I dabble in a lot of craftsman stuff

 

Houston: we are on 35’s & no rubbing and no cmc. I’ll still do my own cmc because it’s close & the BAMF plates are only $18 and I can weld but couldn’t be happier. C load ko2’s are butter.

 

Here’s my cab mount and front inner fender clearance. Nothing touches at full lock but I’m sure will touch with articulation in certain scenarios. I’ll do my own cmc and trim those bottom bumper tabs up front and she’s gtg.

 

Just checked out the build. Lookin good! Dig the bed storage setup.

 

Thank you good sir

 

My minty (less than 2500 miles) Nitto ridge grapplers 275/70r18 on oem TRD OR wheels are for sale if anyone wants them in AZ $1075 obo. Perfect condition tires & great condition wheels.

 

Stock wheels are sold. Scored this from a good buddy. Looks like camp will be a lot easier and more comfortable also making some big progress on my electric fireplace build. Also I can’t believe how much room I have at the CM at full lock with my current alignment. I am so stoked on this.

 

Yellow lamin-x fog light overlays & gave her a nice wash. I am averaging 14-15mpg with responsible driving habits CITY with the 35’s and RTT.

 

More mud & then some sanding & then a Santa Fe skip trowel texture added to the fireplace build. I then built a box mantel from some prime 1x6 & got it mounted on a floating cleat. Still need to touch up paint in a couple areas and caulk the baseboards & mantel. Also I had to make my own new base boards which was super annoying because they guys who built my house put base boards down to the slab and then tiled up to them which is not how you are supposed to do that. TL DR some base boards are on top of tile and some are down to the slab so I had to rip down half of them an extra half inch or si

 

Pretty hyped on this. Finally weighed my new 35’s & they’re only 3lbs heavier than my 33’s on stock wheels. 87.8 vs 91.2 lbs going from an E load 275/70/18 to c load 315/70/17. Also made a tailgate panel, scored a $50 marketplace awning & claybarred, polished and sealed the paint finally.

 

Boom

 

Big update as far as ride quality goes. I believe these were original shocks. They weren’t shocking anymore lol. Completely blown and useless. Replaced with 5100’s and some maxtrac 1” lift shackles. Install was smooth. Rear end is a dream now. Truck currently has 1” rear shackle lift and 1” front spaced lift. Front will get fresh 5100’s on the 19th of this month as those front shocks are also toast. I’ll bump it up to 1.5” front lift at that time.

 

IF ANYONE IN AZ WANTS TO TRADE ME THEIR 17” black wheels for my minty bronze 17” alpha equipt wheels holler at me!

 

Welcome from NC nice build out

 

New wheels are expensive so I’m taking matters into my own hands. Plastidip black followed by plastidip glossifier UV protectant. Very stoked on the all-business clean look of black on silver.

 

I actually liked the bronze

 

A few people did! Nothing wrong with it but I was over it. It’s a warm tone bronze with a cool tone silver truck. Black wheels are simple and clean and understated.

 

Believe me, I get it …..

 

That is a clean truck brother.

 

thanks, that’s it’s good side