My 01 Ext Cab "build"

Ok I got the ditch lights finished up and mounted after the morning hunt, also a pic of the light bar and the switches/new head unit installed in the cab as well. I'll adjust the lights as necessary this evening after I get out of the tree.

 

What brand ditch light brackets?

 

Ditch light brackets came From SRQ fab

 

Thanks. Thinking of getting some from them. How did you like the fitment?

 

Fitment was good and install was very straight forward. They come primed, you'll need to paint them first, I just hit mine with some black Krylon. Open the door and pull the door seal back. The mounts can be placed anywhere up the door seal area. I pre drilled mine and then got the self tappers started. Before I ran them down I applied a liberal amount of silicone per the instructions and then ran the screws the rest of the way down.

 

Well I'm pretty excited that I just ordered a lift kit for the truck from Toytec. I took advantage of the black friday sale and ordered the boss lift kit with full rear springs and Total Chaos UCA's. Should make for a nice improvement off-road. Im currently getting a little bit of frame rub with my 265/75r16's at full lock so I'll probably need some aftermarket wheels as well

 

Went ahead and changed the title of my thread also since Im going to end up diving into this thing a little further than originally intended.

 

@chris4x4 could you move this thread to the builds section please.

 

Got a link for those brackets? Been trying to find some

 

Ditch light brackets here

 

Well I had ordered some sliders from 4x innovations while I was at work. Had a shipping issue with FedEx (no surprise they always tend to screw up my stuff). However Adam at 4x Innovations was great to deal with and took care of the issues so we're good to go. Got them in and hope to get them welded on this week.

Also got my lift in from boss kit from toytec, so hopefully the truck will take on a significant change in look in the next few days

 

Did you get in on there black friday sale? Think there sliders where going for 180$ before shipping.

 

Sure did! Got the lift on Black Friday sale as well

 

Friend of mine is a welder by trade and is helping me weld these up, if I had my own machine I'd do them myself, but when a professional offers his help I won't turn him down.



here is the passenger side we put on yesterday, ill go back to his house this afternoon to get the driver side put on and get some better pictures. Shot some black krylon on it in the garage for corrosion prevention. I will put bed liner or something of the sort on the outer tube for traction.

 

Made my first "long" trip in my Tacoma. 280 miles for work, truck did better than I expected at 75-80 cruising speed. Not a huge fan of the seats for long term sitting. The bottom is ok, but very little lumbar support and (bad back makes this worse), and the head rests are worthless. Will look into seat swap and heaters for them, so if anyone has suggestions on a reasonably priced seat swap let me know, if not I may just refoam and cover the factory frames

 

3rd Gen limited 4runner seats 96-02 are a direct swap and a much better seat.

 

Better pic of the 4x innovations weld on sliders, pretty straight forward install, much sturdier than the silly UWS nerf bars. Hopefully I can get my lift put on during my next days off.

 

I'll have to look and see if I can find some!

 

Look good! Did you put any upward angle on them at all?

 

No, just straight out, if this was a dedicated trail truck I would have. My wife already struggles to enter the truck so I figured leaving them horizontal would help her out