The Tankoma

What's my build?
It's a 2011 DCSB TRD SPORT called @The_Tankoma
Maintenance Record


This is how it looked when I picked her @ the dealer


Now it looks like this:



ARMOR:

• Custom Skid Plates
• ARB bumper
• Custom Rear bumper
• Custom Bolt-On Sliders
• Custom Bed Rack

Suspension

• Current:
  • Front:
    • King Coilover Extended Travel w/ Rem Reservoir
      
    • DirtKing UCA
    • Total Chaos Weld-On Spindle Gusset
  • Rear:
    • King 2.5 x 12" Travel Smoothie Shock w/ Rem Res & Adjuster
    • Dakar Leaf Pack w/ AAL
    • BAMF Rear Shock Relocation
      
    • BAMF HD Shackle Hanger
• Old:
  • Front: OME Nitrochargers w/ 886's
  • Back: OME Nitrochargers w/ Dakars & AAL

Wheels & Tires & Brakes

• 35x12.5 17 Maxxis RAZR AT
  OLD: 315/70/17 Cooper STT Pro (255/80/R17 BFGoodrich KM2-GONE!)
• KMC 17x8.5 wheels
• G2 1.25" Wheel Spacers
• Stoptech 6 Piston Front Big Brake Kit
• Stoptech Disc Conversion Rear Big Brake Kit
  
• Steel Braded Brake Lines

Electrical

• Dual Battery System: 2x 35D AGM Duralast Batteries
  
• Anytime Fog Mod
• Blue Sea Fuse Block
• Flasher module for strobing led bars
• AC in Cab Mod
• Extra 12V Outlet
• Blue Sea 12v + USB Ports in Bed

Lights

• Many ambar LED lights
• Many white LED lights
• 2x24W Spot Led Lights for Rear Bumper
• 1x 50" Curved Led Bar
• 4x18W Lateral Bed Rack Lights
• 2x18W Flood Led Lights instead of ambar lights on ARB
  
• LED Rock Lights
• LED Dome Light

Coms

• Baofeng GT-3 3p (8w portable VHF/UHF radio)
• $90 Midland 75-822 40 Channel CB-Way Radio
  Midland 75-822 (4w portable/mobile CB radio)

"Overlanding Stuff" (yeah, you can make fun of it)

• Custom PVC Water container
• Smittybilt Overlander XL RTT
• Smittybilt 6.5x6.5 Awning
• Trasharoo
• Dometic CFX35W Fridge/Freezer

Recovery

• ARB Rear Locker + Compressor
• TRE4x4 Front Locker
• Smittybilt 9.5XRC 2nd Gen Winch (synthetic rope)
• 48" HiLift Jack
• 2x TRED PRO Ramps
• 2x20lts Scepter gas can
• Soft Shackles

Other Stuff

• Solid Engine Mounts (https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2nd-gen-4-0l-v6-tacoma-fabricated-solid-motor-mounts-for-sale.406631)
  
• DRT Fab Cab Mount
• Snorkel Upgrade PreFilter
• Safari Snorkel
• Rear Diff & T-case breather mod
• Pop n Lock
• 2 Bicycle racks on bed rail
• Devil's Horn by Andres
• Exhaust pipe relocation
• New reinforced driveshaft
• Seat Covers
• CVRV Mirror Riser
• CV BOOT MOD
  
• Yellow Wire Mod
• Derped Hood Scoop
• Husky Liners

 

Nice build page man! Great pics. Any lift in the future?

 

Thank man! unfortunately, the parking lot that I use doesn't have high ceilings and I won't be able to enter with a lift...
Also, I go on highways at least 4 times per week... and I have a heavy foot... so I don't think that the lift will be a good idea...

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Custom Bolt On Sliders, the Final Result:


Hi-Lift Test:




Some months later I went to a trip to Estorax River, here in Mexico...















Where we camped:



Finally, after a lot of water, we got some dust:


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wow scenery looks badass. the river you drove through makes me wanna jump in there.

Oh all those mods and no real tires yet?

BTW take your mud flaps off. if you wheel they cause more harm than good.

 

Get on that asap. I only had mine on for a year and one offroad trip and it put it a line of stripped paint off

 

Finally got my ARB Bumper!!!







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Then I received my pair of fog lights and a pair of spot lights... What I wanted to do is to keep the cabin as stock as possible, so what I did was to wire the relays of each pair of extra lights to the factory relays for the fog lights and the high beam...

Here are some pics of how they turned out...

Fuses coming directly from the battery...(had to do it this way because I haven't found a nice fuse box here in Mexico)


A little Aluminum Plate for installing the Relays... I painted it black for better looks... Red wires are +, black wires are -, and blue wires are + switched (signal from Fog and Hi Beam)




This is the result! I think they give a more aggressive look!





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When I decided to instal my snorkel do it!! I just grabed all my tools, dremmel, tape, some deep breaths and then I was ready to cut!!

Didn't take any pictures of the process, but if you click here you can get tons of info!

Mine is not functional yet, cause I have to go tomorrow to get the tubing done... but so far, it looks great!! what do you think??

 

haha thanks! yup, the river was badass!!! Right now I'm looking for another set of tires... just for offroading!!! I will keep using the stock ones for my daily tasks!

Damn! I'm gonna do that tonight! Do I need to take the back ones as well??

Thanks!

 

Sick truck man, I wished I had wheelin spots like that!

 

Bet you've got some awesome wheelin down there. Trucks coming along nicely.

 

sweet!

 

Your truck looks ready for a zombie invasion down in Mexico with that bumper and lights haha

 

Thanks man! I think that there are tons of places everywhere to wheel, and every place has it's own "personality" or... placeality??? hahaha

yup!!! thanks man!!!

& sour... cause of the $$$$!!!!

hahaha good one! I'm gonna look for a sticker that says something like: Zombie... re-Killer!

 

Hey man. Sweet truck! I'm not sure if you have seen this at all, but there is going to be an "End of the World" Rally starting in Guanajuato, next December. This is the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HJ1slD7qrQ&feature=youtu.be

You can read more about it on expo portal

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/72374-Find-the-Maya-Rally-on-the-Web

Or the website www.mayarally.com

My brother and I are thinking about doing it! You should too!

 

sub'd!

 

Orale!

 

You alright dood? earthquake looks like it was really bad.

 

Actually it looks great!!! I had a meeting with some friends of a local club and we might do it!!! Thanks!!!

Thanks!!! Still workin on it!

Thanks man, everything is alright... The inly thing that happened in my apartment was that the fridge moved 1ft... Some stuff on the floor, and that I woke up By the crazy movement! The only thing that i did was to put my pants and ran to the roof of the buildin (live on the 6 floor and my apartment is 100 yards from the main stairs...)

 

How difficult was the snorkel to install that's on my list!

 

It wasn't that difficult... I read this post many times before doing it...
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/pe...llation-2nd-gen-ss135mod-1st-gen-ss170hf.html

If you buy it from cruiseroutfitters you will get the Template for the Taco, remember this snorkel is made for the hilux...

If you get it directly from ARB, i will recomend to check its position like at least 10 times before drilling anything... Mine looks good, but the only problem was that i left it like 1 inch higher, i haven't had the time for making the proper connection, i hope that this weekend ill get it done

Good luck with that!!!

 

For the last WRC event that took place in the City of Leon, Guanajuato... We made an expedition, and here are some pictures!!!







At Camp Site



Hey Jeeps!