The EXPO TRON Build

A bittersweet moment after I lifted Tron, I drove over to my old spot where I would always take poser pics of Rinzler after I did something new to it.... Regardless I love this truck more and more everyday and I totally understand that feeling a couple other Tundra owners have mentioned, "I still can't believe it's mine!" With that said, I couldn't decide which ones I liked most so here's all of them...lol





666 on the temp plate haha


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taco

 

Of course I had to have a cool license plate for TRON but unfortunately there were many versions of the plate I really wanted taken by others....someday I will find them Until then I have every intention of making this an "epic" build which inspired this plate with a nod at @Kyouto42 plate EPICTOY

 

It definitely became a hassle when the passenger side weathertech kept moving around and they should've included atleast Velcro with their mats. With that said, it was an easy fix with 4 industrial strength Velcro patches



The rear weathertechs were alittle annoying too, trying to get the sides to fit underneath the plastic floor panels but after I took some time to make them fit, it's all good! And even more so with the addition of the ESP Plastic Storage Containers! Great product and simple install. I basically used the template on the box to trace my lines onto the weathertechs. I cut the weathertechs and it made an even better template to trace onto the floor, then I cut away. Still cant believe all the empty space that's in there!

 

Andrew at Keepers Metal Fab (KMF) in Tucson was a huge part of RINZLER and honestly without him, Rinzler would have never been as epic as it was. He's taught me a lot and I'm grateful to call him a friend. With that said, there was no doubt I wanted him to be apart of building Tron! Showed up at his house couple weekends ago with more than enough metal to build some bed bars and we also needed to address my 35s rubbing on the cab mount


For now I'm sticking with a simple bed bar setup to mount my RTT for camping. Honestly I'm still unsure where the build is going since I will have a trailer soon for our 3wheelers. I'm leaning more toward a trailer that will carry both trikes and have a rack built above them to hold the RTT, rather than a full bedrack on the truck. Here's Andrew turning everything into a reality (Fireball FTMFW!)



First one mounted



And number 2!



Next we cut back the cab mount and more of the fender, to the rear of the front tires. Andrew was able to use the same plates cut for a Tacoma cab mount and weld them in





More pics to come, finally finished painting the bed bars and mounted the RTT yesterday

 

Our First Adventure - Box Canyon in Florence, AZ 3/4/16
Now that I could fully clear 35s, I was long overdue for some offroad action! I grabbed the fiancée and we headed North to Florence. I had never been to Box Canyon before so without too much knowledge of the area and going solo, we took it easy, just exploring the first bit of the canyon before it turns into anything difficult. Driving a full size on a tight trail like that was definitely a new experience but we made it just fine


The fiancée








Playing with some articulation!

 

Damn I'm so late to the build

 

Nonsense its just begun!

 

Three Feathers to Chiva Falls in Redington Pass, AZ - 3/6/16
With a single days rest, I still had an urge to get out and really put Tron to the test. Since I had taken Rinzler through the almighty Three Feathers obstacle on the Chiva Falls trail with no more than some good spotting and the skinny pedal, I figured this trail wouldn't be so bad... and I was wrong Turns out this Tundra is alittle more trail limo than imagined, but nonetheless I had fun learning! Going down Three Feathers was supposed to be easy since I was taking the easiest line but the long wheel base, less than 3" lift front and back, and no sliders made it pretty damn stressful. With careful and very slow maneuvering, I managed to get through it with some minor scuffs on the passenger side frame, rear diff, and at the very end I gave a giant boulder alittle love tap with my front passenger side bumper. Good thing I have plans to replace that anyway.... (**cough** @SDHQ OFFROAD **cough**) Didn't take too many pictures but the prize at the end made everything worth it!





Lot's of 3 wheel action!!






and the PRIZE!!.....


Chiva Falls, Tucson's little desert oasis

Victory Pose

 

Need to replace TUNDRA with TRON

 

I really do! I wanna do a lot of things right away, but that's what I enjoy most is building one step at a time

 

you make me want an tundra so bad

 

You gonna keep the suspension or gonna upgrade?

 

That's the fun part haha looking forward to what you have in mind

 

TRON looks to be coming along nicely! Nice to see a tundra done right w/o a db lift! Looking forward to watching this build from the start, I was a little late to the Rinzler party.

 

Yeah I rarely see non DB lifted Tundra's around where I live.....

 

Truck is looking excellent my man! Can't wait to finally see it