Bruce...The Build and BS

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This is Bruce

Bruce is a 2011 Super White
Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport


The Day I Brought Bruce Home
-March 2013-

Supporters
Tacomabeast
Krazy Beaver Tools
FCKLightBars
Raceline Wheels
Bestop
CBI Off-Road Fabrication
Pop&Lock
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Current Mods

Exterior:
Custom Satoshi Style Grill
Hand Cut American Flag Rear Window Sticker
Truck Bed Tent
PlastiDipped Emblems
Rear Differential Breather Mod
Trasharoo Off-Road Bag
Tacomabeast bed decal
Bestop Supertop
Pop & Lock Tailgate Handle
Custom Bedrack
Bedslide System
Caliraised Bed Stiffeners
Bumper Shellz from eCoological

Interior:
MTX speakers
Baofeng Black UV-5R V2+
Tacoma All-Weather Rubber Floor Mats
TacomaBeast LED Interior Light Kit

Lighting and Electical:
Hella 500s
FCK LightBars RP-HP LED Pods (never again)
w/ custom Behind the Grill Bracket
Kawell LED Amber Fogs Mounted Behind the Bumper
20" Lightbar Mounted Behind the Bumper
Mictuning Rocker Switches and Wiring Harness
Blue Sea 12 Circuit Aux Fuse Block
Bussmann Type III 100a Circuit Breaker
CBI Off-Road Fab Ditch Light Brackets
Mictuning 3x2 Ditch Light Pods
Rear Amber 3x2 CaliRaised Dust Light
Morimoto LED Fog Lights

Suspension:
--Front--
4” Maxtrac Spindles
SPC Light Racing UCA's
Bilstein 6112's
Sway Bar Delete
--Rear--
Wheelers Off-Road AAL (removed)
Bilstein 5160's
OME Dakar Leaf Pack
OME Driveshaft Spacer

Wheels and Tires:
17” Raceline Avenger Beadlocks
Cooper ST Pros 285/70/17
Full Sized Spare

Brakes:
Earl's Performance Extended Brake Lines
Powerstop K137 Ceramic Brake Pads and Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors

Armor:
B.A.M.F Rock Sliders

Recovery:
HiLift Jack
Bottle Jack
Snow Chains
Tow Strap
MV50 On Board Air Setup
Krazy Beaver Tools Shovels
Maxtrax Traction Boards

Future Mods:
Custom Spare Tire Carrier
More Recovery Equipment
Front and Rear Bumper
Skids
Rear Locker


More to come…

 

Bruce’s first time playing in the dirt – Calico November 2014
(NOTE: I feel like a complete idiot because I deleted all of my photos from the Satoshi build…)
















Bruce enjoys watching us shoot


Time for a new perspective – February 2015









Testing out the new suspension – Miramar OHV Area February 2015







New shoes for Bruce – March 2015





Taking Bruce out after a small rain – Holy Jims Trail April 2015









Trail party with friends – Bee Canyon April 2015

















Bruce’s first water crossing


Bruce tries to get off the highway as much as possible – Christmas Tree Pass May 2015







30min in 45 Sec


Holy Jim Trail part 2 May 2015







Bruce's First Jump

 

So stoked! I got my BAMF Rock Sliders in today. Thanks to @JLee for all of his help.

 

Primed!

 

Painted...

 

And done! Very happy with how they turned out.

 

Took the wife's Outlander from Vegas to Primm! Passed up a lot of traffic.

 

Little off road sesh at Canyon Lake

 

Wow,I definitely live on the wrong coast.Nice pics.Looks like a good time.

 

Thanks man!

 

Got some rain today in SoCal!
Long Beach, CA

 

sexy build! I love the hella behind the grill, where did you buy the bracket to mount them? Also how did you mount your american flag?

 

Thank you! Made the light bracket out of 90° bent metal from Home Depot. And I hand cut the sticker from a sheet of contact paper.

 

Camping at the Kern River

 

Relocated my rear differential breather today.


The Tools


Moving this little guy...


Replaced stock breather with Union #

$7 90404-51319 Toyota Genuine Parts - Union (90404-51319)

90404-51319 with a little teflon tape.


Attached my 5/8 OD x 3/8 ID high pressure tube to the new union.


Ran it from the union...


...up to the driver side bed cubby.


Drilled a 5/8" hole in the side of the cubby...


...and attached the new breather.


Ta da!


And tucked nicely behind my Scepter jerry cans.

Thanks @David K for the write up!

 

Big Bear - September 2015

New camping boxes


Nasty construction on the way. Dead stop 15 min. two times!!!


Finally made it. Pineknot campground.




Little mid day trail action.















Nothing too crazy, but a great time nonetheless.

 

Those are some nice shots!! A true inspiration to 2WD'ers Beautiful truck man

 

Thanks man! A 2WD Tacoma is still a very capable truck.

 

So apparently, in Big Bear, I snapped my Sway Bar end link Soooooo...Sway Bar Delete Mod Day!!!


There it is boys and girls...


Zip-tie McGyver fix to get home from Big Bear.




So that's off...


Now for this guy.




BOOM!!!


Remove skid plate.


And then the brackets.


And pull that puppy out!


Voilà! It is done.

 

Made a washable in cabin air filter today.





Thanks @05Moose for the write up.
Link to air filter used.