qnyla 2016 Build

Are the extended brake lines the same as second gen?

 

Believe so. I purchased them from Wheelers.

 

damn this build so badass!!!

 

Looks good. We finally got our 3rd gen recovery bar done. Going to finish weld tomorrow. And you are right, the mount flanges were ever so slightly different. Had to move bottom bend down 1/4", annoying haha. Nice touch on the light bar, good idea. I assume that puts it behind the lower valence? We are running our receiver and shackles through the lower valence. That does a couple things for us, keeps you from cutting up the bumper and crash bar and allows installation with a few wrenches and no cutting. But, it means the light bar won't fit which is kind of a bummer.

 

Curious to know where you end up putting the Yaesu FT-7900R face plate. Please post some pics.

 

the hitch mounted winch is great, finally found a solution instead of buying a plate bumper.

 

Did you get your speedometer recalibrated? We're you charged a fee or was the service included inthe price of the tire install?

 

Continuing with update on the front receiver install for front and rear receiver winch capability. I will post a thread on this when I am complete.

I was worried about the thread engagment on the six studs that (along with two other lower bolts) mount the receiver assembly to the frame. The mounting plate on the steel sideposts from Mobtown is thicker than the Aluminum crush post normally mounted to them. Combined with that increased thickness, the additional thickness of the 3/16" mounting plates of the lightbar mounts meant that there was 2-3 threads not engaged on the nuts. Not acceptable.

To resolve this issue and ensure solid engagement, we fabricated a couple of lightbar mounts welded directly to the sideposts, Since the (really nice) Apex lightbar mounts already held the lightbar in the exact correct position, we just used them as a jig and welded the new mounts to the posts and match drilled to the arm of the old mount. So the tips of the arms from the Apex mounts from Mojave Madman are reused but most of the mounts were hacked up and scrapped. I also bolted a mount for the winch power quick connector to the lightbar mount. The winch power connector can be easily accessed through the grill when plugging in the winch.

The front receiver with the new lightbar mounts:





SB175 connector for winch power:









Again similar to my 2nd Gen truck described in this thread:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/receiver-winch-install-front-and-rear.368480/

I ran 2 gauge welding wire to the front and rear with gray Anderson SB175 quick connectors. There is a disconnect near the battery as I do not want to leave the front and rear winch cables hot except when in use.

The design of the 2016 grill and front clip left a series of bad options on where to penetrate with the receiver tube. Typically on 2nd Gen trucks, front receivers penetrate through the lower grill and given the fat lip lower bumper I was not sure how that would look and also I wanted to keep a 30" lightbar mounted in the lower grill.

So after considering the various bad options I decided to penetrate right through the center of the bumper face. The bad news is that in order to provide clearance for installing/removing a hitch pin, the receiver would need to extend out from the bumper more than I wanted. I am not really happy with the result, but since the huge grill is already silly and I am a function over form sort of guy I went with it. The result is very functional, but leaves a lot to be desired aesthetically. The winch is normally stowed in the bed on a bracket and is only mounted for winching operations. I will likely put a plate bumper on the truck when more options become available, so I will just deal with the receive protruding out the bumper for now.



Overall look with the front receiver:







Truck with Warn M8000 mounted to front receiver:





Winch power connection through grill:



Winch in rear:



Rear winch power connection:



Fringe benefit of a front receiver is a solid recovery point:

 

you could cut it off behind and come up with an adapter of sorts with two spring pins and a screw mechanism to push them out to lock in place(you could use a screw to push and pull a tapered shaft in to lock and out to unlock)

 

Could you supply some more info on the shovel mount? Thanks in advance

 

The shovel mount is by 4XInnovations.

 

Since I was not thrilled by the look of the front receiver protruding from the front bumper I looked again for a way to avoid it. I found it was very easy to install/remove the hitch pin on the inner connection between the inner receiver and the receiver extension I was using by just reaching behind the grill. I decided to pull out the receiver extension and store it connected to the winch drawbar in the bed. I then used a simple bungee and hitch cover to plug the hole in the front bumper. Looks better and nothing sticking out of the bumper to hit your knee on.

I will build a longer winch drawbar from 7075-T651 Aluminum to replace the current heavy steel drawbar/receiver extension combo.

 

I have some Pelfreybilt 1/4" Aluminum skids on order, but need some skids sooner for a trip so I temporarily swapped over the Pelfreybilt 3/16" steel skids from my 2006 after beating the dents out with a sledgehammer.

 

I pulled off the Snugtop shell and built a simple bracket to secure the holders for the Scepter fuel (MFC) and water cans (MWC) to the bed bolts for a longer trip I have planned.

 

I installed the faceplate on the Yaesu FT-7900R ham radio in the cubby in front of the gear shift. I used "Extreme Industrial Velcro" and it seems rock solid. Routed the cable through a hole I drilled in the corner of the cubby and fitted a grommet to the hole.. Please ignore the dirt.

This is the only mounting location that I liked.

 

NIce build mate!.

Quite like your receiver winch for the front, expecially if you go out wheeling on your own at times. Also makes it easier to get to your buddies as well versus having to turn the truck around/etc and the front recovery position as well.

Hat is off to you for all the ideas!!

 

Sweet man! I currently am looking at after market leaf springs too. I have the Kings 2.5 shocks in the rear, but it already looks like the stock leaf springs are already flattened out. I also have a snugtop on the back too, and am weary that the rear will sit too low once its fully loaded for camping/overlanding.

With the OME Dakar rear leaf springs with upper overload removed, did you add the upper overload for the extra weight? or does it work fine with the overload still off?

 

Just wondering why stock tires with lift kit?

 

Stock tires? Running LT265/70-17 KO2. Stock was P265/70-16 Goodyear. So larger diameter.

 

Got you! Just surprised no 275s or 285s