Rextinkleton's 2018 Tundra Build and BS

MERICA!!!

 

Probably 85% reason why I parted with my first rack and got the BAMF one I love having full use of the rear window

 

I think I’m building a new one today lol

 

Do you have to start from scratch?

 

Nah. Just gonna cut it from the mounting plates so I’ll be able to reuse those lol. So. Yeah kinda haha. But it should be bad. It was hard to make the hinged rack. This one won’t hinge. Should be easy. Will still be pretty low, but 6 in higher

 

Gotcha, well I look forward to seeing it!

 

I painted my fender flares cause they were Grey on a black Truck

 

April 15, 2018

Alright, so ended up changing up my bed rack. Originally, the thought was to keep it as low as possible and have it hinge for bed access. In practice, it really wasn’t going to make getting things out that much easier and I had a lot of details to finish up. Ended up scratching that and just went ahead and whipped up a simple rack today. Not much taller, but makes it easier to access the bed, while still keeping the tent low.



Ps. How do you load your tent

 

Turned out good

 

Thanks pat!

Yeah I just wanted to keep it simple, but had to make it somehwhat hard. Matched the angle of the cab with the kickers off the bed sides. Makes it look bett imo then just tunes sitting at 90 degrees off the bed side. Can’t really tell in the pictures I suppose though.

 

No i can see the bends!

Simple clean and effective!

 

Did you design that rack on your own? (I don't think I've seen it before)

 

Yeah I came up with the idea and built it yesterday.

 

Great job! Does it only attach to the bed rails or also the pocket holes?

 

Just the bed rails. I used angle at all 4 corners. Each of those angles has 2 bolts that go into the bed rails. So a total of 8 bolts.

No need to attach it to the pocket holes IMO

 

No we just need pics of the tent open!

 

OP slightly updated. Just finishing up some details with the RTT setup this weekend and that portion will be done.

Probably going to go ahead and pick up new rear shocks this weekend as well. New leafs will come after that most likely.

 

April 20th, 2018

Went ahead and bought and installed some rear fox 2.5” with resi’s and DSC to match the front. Install was super easy (legitimately took me 40 mins from start to torquing the lugs back on).

Not too much to say about this. 4 Bolts, rear shocks, blah blah blah. Guess we will just have to see how they preform!

 

Going to be getting ready for Sedona tonight, and hopefully leaving tomorrow around 4 or so.

Hopefully we will see some of you guys up there!

 

Can’t wait!

 

Really second giessing just running s bolt in rear shock at the moment. I’ve seen this from camburg before, but damn that is clean.

 

Couple of pictures from Sedona this weekend. Truck did great, but sliders are definitely on the list.

 

Been an uneventful past couple weeks as far as the truck goes. Hopefully get some goodies going soon though.

Currently battling back problems (I’m 24 this fu*king sucks) and have barely been able to move.

Would like to get the sway bar off and start looking at some leaf springs here shortly.

 

I’m barely catching up on stuff after Sedona. It was awesome seeing you out there! Wish I hadn’t broken the truck so early in the week, I wanted to get on some trails with you guys. Next time fo sho!

 

Not much to update on the truck. Picked up a powertank off Craigslist today for a STEAL. Color is not ideal, but talking to powertank I am good to paint it, and they will send me all new stickers for the tank.



Also picked up some vinyl to wrap some of the interior chrome (ac vents, cup holder surround and maybe some other things). It will be my first time wrapping so we will see how it goes.


Hoping to get some lights on the truck soon, but have a bunch of vacations to pay for which is an okay trade off

 

Got the powertank all taken care of, no more purple. Couple coats of Steel-it and some new stickers from powertank and she’s ready to go!

 

Came out great! I've been looking on Craigs List for a while now.

 

Just read this whole thread...so nice...great overlander build, Kyle!

 

Kind of weird, just found a complete 15lb kit for $450 on CList. Hmmm.....

 

Sounds like it’s meant to be