Deadhead 2002 Tacoma Expedition Trail Build

thats my buddies custom shopping cart welding cart..... i believe he has upgraded it with not one but 2 beer holders.

 

Ya looks doable... 1x2" material?

 

I used 1.5 x 1.5" angle, 1x1" square 1/8" wall and 1x2" square 1/8" wall... cost me around $100 for the metal new... and i have left overs

 

Ya I looked back at it after I posted and noticed the 1x1" nothing like building what you need yourself. I built one for my 98 but different design

 

ya thats the nice part about building the model... i basically was able to figure out exactly how much metal i needed and i believe only one thing changed(the height of the rack) from my model

 

Heck ya

 

Just have to plan it out to get the length!

 

Change of plans for the weekend, was going to go camping and wheeling near leadville CO but somehow that changed to Ouray and Telluride... oh darn!!!!

Photo From last time

 

Awesome.

 

Few more photos... Put my hi lift on and added an axe mount to the roof rack... I am packing the tent today for our trip tomorrow so I took some photos of it too

 

Few Pictures from our camping trip in and around the Alpine Loop near Ouray, Telluride, Silverton and Lake City Colorado.... Truck did awesome but my rear shocks are too long and bottomed out quite a bit

Camping Site 2... 11,800' near Animas Forks Ghost Town


Aaron on top of Engineer Pass.... He has a 3.8 Supercharged Motor Swapped into his truck... it gets up and goes.


Truck is squatting.......


We made it!!!


Made it to the first camp site at midnight... got the use the lightbar so it was cool.






Campsite 1.. ontop of Monarch Pass. 12,200'

 

You have that much gear or was it just worn springs?

 

That SAS is badass

 

A lot of gear... plus springs are stock pack with add-a-leaf. My truck was loaded down with maybe 400 lbs including tent rack and all the gear im assuming.

 

I will try to get a motor pic from him.... that thing will haul ass like no ones business and he has stock gears... this week he is picking up his 488 diffs from @Front Range Off Road

 

His 3.8 motor hooked up to a dodge bell housing stock Toyota 5speed....

 

Few updates coming... i decided to get a Paranoid Fab under radio switch mount. This prompted me to remove and sell off my double din radio. When i removed it this is what i found... Cut Factory Harness I ordered a new set of factory plugs and cut/rewired in brand new plugs. Look at all the tape!!! those wires were twisted and taped All the wires are fixed with new plugs now and Soldering inside the console was a pain but its done right now... I will get a finished picture.


Scored some free cabinets on Craigslist... fit that spot nicely in the garage.



Got everything prewired for the switch panel... i should install it tonight.



I ordered a volt meter / usb plug to fill the holes i made where my switches used to be mounted... turned out decent for $10





Also I relocated my washer fluid res... it sucked seeing it everyday with the tube bumper so i used what I had around the garage... a Nalgene bottle. Still looking for the spot to mount it but i will post pics of how i do it once its in...



Tonight or tomorrow I should post a bunch more pictures

 

sub'd.

Love the pics and enjoy reading about the build! Great job!

 

So i got the switch panel and the Aux/Volt meter hooked up last night.... looks legit.

 

Got rid of the CB, never use it and wanted to return the dash to stock,


Also mounted my new washer Res



I am thinking about cutting this area .... anyone ever done that? I could weld in some new caps for where the original bumper was.... i think it looks dumb how it is now