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The EXPO TRON Build

Discussion in '2.5 Gen Builds (2014-2021)' started by TRON, Feb 26, 2016.

  1. Sep 27, 2019 at 1:07 AM
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    TRON

    TRON [OP] Is LIVE on the GRID.

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    After install and only at full droop, the leaf springs barely made contact with them. It wasn't enough to worry about though
     
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  2. Sep 27, 2019 at 9:32 AM
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  3. Oct 4, 2019 at 5:10 AM
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    New Year's Day 2019! - Sedona, Arizona

    Yes we are finally in 2019! It has taken me 10 months to post any 2019 pictures in here, but I assure you there are some more legendary photo dumps coming! New Year's Day we set out to visit Sedona again before heading home. Northern AZ was already on track to beat a 100 year old record snowfall, and later on in February it did, but we made it to our favorite city once again! This was our first time seeing the gorgeous red rock city covered in fresh white powder, and we happened to meet up with Manny in his awesome Quicksand Tundra to run Broken Arrow. Coincidentally we later found out the trail was closed behind us so we had the normally busy trail all to ourselves New Year's morning:drool:
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  4. Oct 4, 2019 at 5:33 AM
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    TRON

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    Lake Pleasant Mudfest - January 6, 2019

    This was probably the worst mud run to date and it will forever be apart of our trucks! @PLC721 Except for @JTS2019TUNDRA of course since this trip caused him to just sell his Tacoma instead of washing it and buy his current Tundra!:rofl: Other than the ridiculous mud, it was a cool area with fog and some light rain, which makes any Arizona trail a new spectacle :thumbsup:
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    Yes you can see here it was so muddy even TRON was crying :rain:
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  5. Oct 4, 2019 at 5:56 AM
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    Ohhhhh that mud fest! :(
     
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  6. Oct 4, 2019 at 5:57 AM
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    Rubberdown Spilling my guts here.

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    Ahhh come on. Its all beefy like for off-road adventure. Its supposed to get muddy!!!

    (I hate cleaning mud off trucks. You can never get it all. It sucks. Just giving you a hard time.)
     
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  7. Oct 4, 2019 at 6:01 AM
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    TRON

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    yuuuup :crapstorm:
    haha I hear ya! It hurts at first then it is fun as hell wheeling around in it...until it's time to attempt washing it :eek2:
     
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  8. Oct 9, 2019 at 6:05 AM
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    Before @Durobumps he was mainly known as the Plastics Guy. With that being said I asked him to make some inner fenders after the mudding trip so here's some of the prep work for the molds he made, all using cardboard and duct tape. This was also the beginning of BAJA PREP! :cool:
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    Hopefully no more of these problems!!:eek2:
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  9. Mar 11, 2020 at 2:49 AM
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    TRON LIVES:spy:
     
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  10. Mar 11, 2020 at 5:06 AM
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    EXPEDITION X OFFROAD: BAJA CALIFORNIA DAY 1

    It's a year overdue... but BAJA is as awesome as they say it is! The raptor guys from Expedition X Offroad were kind enough to let me tag along and TRON had no issue keeping up :cool: It was a 4 day 750 mile offroad muddy mess but so worth every minute! I'll let the pictures do the talking. We met up in a parking lot in Southern California and prepped for our epic adventure
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    The Toyotas!
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    YOU BOYS LIKE MEXICO!? Made it into Tecate!:devil: As soon as we successfully crossed the Border, this trip no longer seemed surreal. After following along with these trips to Baja for the last couple years, I was finally in it. @JTS2019TUNDRA was brave enough to accept the role of co-pilot, but he took charge of the Nav and Comms with ease :thumbsup:
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    And let there be MUD:crapstorm:
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  11. Mar 11, 2020 at 5:13 AM
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    Always great pictures! Incredible looking truck too. If you come to Texas my wife and I would love to adventure with everyone!
     
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  12. Mar 11, 2020 at 5:29 AM
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    Thanks man!
     
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  13. Mar 17, 2020 at 4:31 AM
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    EXPEDITION X OFFROAD: BAJA CALIFORNIA DAY 2

    With roughly 12 hours of total travel time on Day 1, we were petty exhausted waking up in San Felipe. TRON had some slight mishaps in the bed, specifically the bedslide... It was pretty disappointing to see the bedslide fail the way it did regardless of the offroad conditions. Unfortunately that meant a lot of my gear was either tossed around and damaged or destroyed! Regardless we pushed on through the MUD! Our new destination was back across El Diablo lake bed and Southwest to San Qunitin.
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    Full wax :rofl:
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    The San Felipe whoops were insane! I was by no means prepped for the massive whoops, but they picked a good stretch of trail for these pics :burnrubber: My ADS @ADS_Racing_Shocks paved the way and DuroBumps made the ride even smoother!
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    I have some videos of this area and cockpit footage up on my Instagram @st3f3ns if you wanna check them out. It was such a cool experience and sadly this was barely my first time ever on a dry lake bed!
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    Messing with the new @Baja Designs light stages between the XL80s, S8 40" Driving/Combo behind the grill, and OnX6 Arc 50" Dual Control lightbar on the grill!
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  14. Mar 17, 2020 at 5:04 AM
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    EXPEDITION X OFFROAD: BAJA CALIFORNIA DAY 2 Continued

    Soon after the whoops and lake bed, we started climbing through the mountains across the Baja peninsula to the town of San Quintin. The views were incredible and it's where @JTS2019TUNDRA and I began to notice all the change in scenery during the trip. With all the rain we found more mud and a massive washout that stopped us for awhile. We broke out all the maxtraxs and spotted for most of the trucks.
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    Made pavement for abit then back to dirt!
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    Quickly found more mud and this would be officially the worst stretch of mud for the entire trip! It hurts just thinking about this part :goingcrazy:
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    The prize, an Epic Sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
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    Made it to San Quintin and our home for the night, The Old Mill Hotel.
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  15. Mar 17, 2020 at 5:22 AM
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    Amazing pictures as always!
     
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  16. Mar 17, 2020 at 5:43 AM
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    14 Tundra 2.5 kings all around with remote reservoir and adjusters with 700# springs Total chaos bushing style control arms Camburg 1.5 inch lift shackles Coachbuilder polt bushings in leaf springs Bmc and front bumper trimmed 37x12.50x17 toyo MTs 17 inch Icon rebounds +25 offset 5% tint Winjet taillights True dual flowmaster super 40s ARB summit bumper Smittybuilt 12k winch White Knuckle Offroad sliders
    Awesome pictures!
     
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  17. Mar 17, 2020 at 8:52 AM
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    This looks like a trip of a lifetime! :eek:
     
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  18. Mar 17, 2020 at 9:15 AM
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    San Quintin sure is amazing. First time there last year as my wife has family and we stayed here. Back of the hotel is all to yourself and has some dunes and the water is right there. The last picture was from our balcony.

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  19. Mar 17, 2020 at 10:37 AM
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    very nice ! love them @TRON photo dumps
     
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  20. Mar 17, 2020 at 2:00 PM
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    VERY COOL!!
     
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  21. May 24, 2020 at 10:30 PM
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  22. May 27, 2020 at 5:46 AM
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    EXPEDITION X OFFROAD: BAJA CALIFORNIA DAY 3

    We woke up in San Quintin at the Old Mill Hotel to a gorgeous morning. Our route planned for the day would take us on a big loop to the South of San Quintin and end back at Old Mill for a second night. Driving the Pacific coast of northern Baja was awesome, but once we hit dirt it was quickly becoming my new favorite day of the trip!
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    Bedslide. "Baja tested...definitely not proven." Maybe I was alittle rough, but I do not recommend one unless you're driving on moderate to perfectly graded dirt roads...
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    HOLD MY MTN DEW! The can speaks for itself :rofl:
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    TRON performed flawlessly yet again as we made our way up and down the coast. I have zero complaints with how the mid travel suspension performed!:cheers:
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    We stopped for lunch just outside of a rock village in what seemed like the middle of nowhere. Here @JTS2019TUNDRA and I had our first real lunch of the trip, although our Crustables came in clutch most the time:thumbsup: The cliff stop and views were incredible but nothing compared to what would come later that evening!
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    I've grown up around Saguaro cactus all my life, but these ones were on another level! This was a fun and beautiful section for sure, but I do wish I stopped to take more pictures of these giant bizarre looking cactus.
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    As day 3 came to a close, we stopped along our loop back North to San Quintin at what was called the Seal Hole. I wasn't really sure what to expect but we were about to get another perfect sunset over the Pacific!
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  23. May 27, 2020 at 7:56 PM
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    What does a trip like this cost? I couldn't find that anywhere on their website
     
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  24. May 27, 2020 at 8:20 PM
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    It varies but for this trip, it was $2k. Covered the truck and 1 passenger all dinners with 2 drinks every night, all the hotel costs and swag. They provide full race support and have mechanics on hand to help fix minor problems...but that was mainly for the raptors ;)
     
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  25. May 27, 2020 at 8:23 PM
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    Ha! That's pretty cool.... plus lifetime memories!
     
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  26. Jun 4, 2020 at 3:00 AM
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    New page in the build thread! Just wanna let you all know that I am fully aware that I suck at updating this thread, but I promise it will eventually get caught up haha :rofl: I basically only upload photos and tell my story when I'm bored at work with nothing else to do. For those that pay attention, I have updated the OP with all my current mods and added one of my latest pictures to feed the anticipation. I hate skipping ahead but I'm super excited to show off my new rear bumper :cool: Hope you all enjoy and hopefully will post more of the build soon! ALOT HAS CHANGED!

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  27. Jun 4, 2020 at 6:47 AM
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    Awesome trip write-up and pics.
     
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  28. Jun 4, 2020 at 9:20 AM
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    Looking good!
     
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    "What are you hauling there son?" "ass"
    Can you imagine pulling up on the curb at preschool to drop the kids off in that thing?
     
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    How have you liked the ADS 3.0s? Am strongly considering them after talking to Matt.
     
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