Jim's 2014 Pyrite Mica DCLB Project

2014 Pyrite Mica, Double Cab, Long Bed (DCLB) Project

Guiding Philosophy: I'm almost 50. I've had many head-turning, lifted trucks. Nowadays I'm trying to develop a more understated, functional, expedition look. We also have five other trucks (F350, LX470, FZJ80, Samurai, and a dump truck), so this vehicle fits a specific niche of traveling the wide variety of paved and unpaved routes to and from our farm in West Virginia. Except for covering up the remaining chrome and removing the ARB and ARE stickers, I think at I've arrived at the end of Phase I of my project.

As of May 15, 2014:




Front-to-Back Upgrades

• ARB Bull Bar (deer protection)
• ARB Fog Light Kit
• Warn M8000 Winch
• Engo LED 120 Watt 20” Light Bar Kit
• ATO Dual Battery Tray
• IBS Dual Battery and Charging Control System
• BudBuilt Front, Mid, Transfer Case, Crossmember and Gas tank Skid Plates
• Icon Vehicle Dynamics Stage 3 Coil-over Suspension and Upper Control Arm (1.5 inch lift)
• 17” Steel FJ Cruiser Wheels with spare
• BFG All-Terrain KO 265/70R17 (31.8 x 10.5) with spare
• Schrader TPMS system
• Yellow-Wire Mod - Low-Range 4WD Electronic Limited Slip Differential
• Cobra 75WXST 40-Channel CB Radio and Remote Speaker
• WeatherTech Front and Rear Protection
• Wet Okole Seat Protection
• Iron Pig Offroad Custom Rock Sliders
• ARE Cap with Hinged Front, Side, and Rear Windows/Doors, LED lighting, Fishing Rod Holders
• Icon Vehicle Dynamics Add-A-Leaf with OEM Helper Springs (1.5 inch lift)
• BedSlide 1000 Sliding Bed Tray

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I love this ARE Cap. Caps on trucks are a great indicator that the driver is over 40, but these side windows extend the cap’s utility much further. When the window opens, a strip of LED lights come on specific to that window.



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This is the ARB Bull Bar, Warn M8000 and Engo 120W LED setup. You’ll see it’s angled slightly toward the passenger side.



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The ATO Dual Battery Tray with two Series 34 batteries. I run the same in my LX470 after custom-building them for my Land Cruiser wagons.



Here you can also see where the Warn M8000 controller was relocated under the hood.



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Here is the Icon Stage 3 Coil-over with Upper Control Arm.




In the rear I added the Icon Stage 3 add-a-leaf to the stock helper spring.

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Here's a look at the BFG AT 265/70R17 C on 17" FJ Cruiser stock steel wheels / rims. We use this truck to travel 130 miles each way to our farm in Hampshire Co., West Virginia (near Oldtown, MD) and I picked this tire after much consideration. This setup provides for the traction, gearing, road noise compromise that suits me best.

 

man thats a good looking truck you got there brother!! where did you mount your cobra 75wx? i just got mine in that will be replacing my uniden 80 that i have in my center console.

 

I haven't mounted the mic yet. The rest of the 75wx is behind the forward part of the center console, so the cable comes out from the passenger side. I currently store the mic in the open storage bin, but I'm considering where to mount it.

 

Nice job , btw I have always run caps on my trucks since my first one 28 years ago lol.

Cypher

 

looks like a great build so far! would love to see pics of your other rides, sounds like you've got some tough choices on what to drive for the day haha

 

Is there a model number to that cap? Also any photos of the budbilt skids installed? What do you think of them? I have a set, but haven't installed them yet?

 

Great truck!! Very thoughtful for us, cough, over forty folks...or fifty. No pics of the bedslide? I LOVE mine and got it so I could quit crawling around in the back under the canopy - that was before I knew about those caps and thinking about one although the bedslide does pretty much take care of it!!

You have made some great mods and I will keep a sharp eye for future mods and pics!!

 

Thanks, I got the steel skids, and they are heavy suckers.

 

Nice rig

 

nice truck! where did you pick up the rims from? leaning towards getting a set of those.

 

Subd

 

Did you have to trim/CMC with these rims? That setup is legit.

 

Looked up those rims, does ~$70 a piece sound right for those? That's what I'm seeing and I'm in disbelief! They're so simple and so badass looking I'm considering a set of 16s if I can find em for my TRD OR. Your truck is classy and extremely good looking, keep us posted!

 

I just discovered I never added the photos with my Aluminess rear bumper:

 

And here is my trailer project and a view of the Prinsu rack, and my almost-matching 2013 1200 GS Adventure bike.