Quicksand Build and Adventure Thread

2017 TRD Offroad 4x4 Quicksand DoubleCab
-TRD PRO Grille
-Yokohama Geolander M/T G003
-TRD PRO Wheels
-TRD PRO Tails
-Frontrunner slimline roof rack(off for the summer for mpg)
-Frontrunner Wind Deflector
-Toolbox
-Weather tech floor liners
-Hidden Winch Mount
-Smittybilt 9.5K Synthetic Winch

Future:
Leather Seats
Color Matched Rear Bumper
TRD Sport Hood with TRD PRO scoop
Current: May 2019

 

Went exploring on the Father Of Water's Levees

 

Went on a quick but fairly challenging off road excursion 4th of July Weekend

 

Sun 7-11-17: Placed order for Baja Rack Utility Rack, will do a write up when it comes in. Also, If you are looking for Front Runner or Baja Racks OK4wd.com offers free shipping on everything on their website.

 

Good looking truck. What area are you located? the terrain seems awfully familiar with that reddish dirt and grass.

 

Congrats on your Tacoma! Nice Pro grill.

 

Im in South Mississippi about 90 miles from New Orleans

Thanks! The pro grill was definitely worth the money

 

Oh i was way off!

what did you give for the grille? thats on my someday to do list. Looks great.

 

Did a little off roading this afternoon after work

 

I went on Amazon and printed off their price, was like 390 at the time and went to the dealer and got them to price match by saying I wanted to support local business, but still get a good price. With sales tax it was like $419, which is as good as Amazon now that they charge sales tax as well

 

That will be on my list after I save up for 2" lift and some 265/75/16 Falken Wildpeak tires. The Pro grille definitely looks much better.

 

Derped wheels this weekend

 

Did you have the can warm going into spraying? makes a pretty big difference in making it smoother.
Looks good from the pics. Ive got the black rims with my quicksand also. really like it. I will probably go with the dark bronze five star rims in the future though.

 

No It was so hot and humid outside, I figured it wouldnt make a difference. I can always peel that one wheel off and redo though, the great thing about plastidip. I also when back outside and added some glossifier, and will see what difference it makes.

 

when doing mine i found that it helped if i put the can in the bed of my truck for about 10 mins on the black plastic in the sun and let it get nice and warm. I did have it in the garage and tried it first but sitting in the shade before use it didnt seem to go one as smooth as letting it heat in the sun for a bit.

I did not do my rims though, I did the bezel surrounding my grille and a few other random things.

 

Gotcha, I kind of butchered the 4th coat of 5 on that one wheel. Will probably end up doing another heavy coat on all of the wheels after a little while to see if that helps, if not I will just peel it off.
I think i will peel it off the lugnuts too like this guy did:

 

Seems everytime I do that "final coat" I end up butchering it and getting frustrated. Just one more.. then bam i screw it up.

 

haha I understand you, I feel like its too much black now and will see how much of a pita it is to peel off the lugg nuts and toyota symbol on the center cap.

 

Finished plastidipping my wheels today. Planning on ordering TRD pro center caps badging and will apply on the center caps to give it a little more contrast.

 

Update: Talked to OK4wd and they said that BajaRack has had a massive backorder since spring and that he had a customer that ordered in April just receive his rack last week. He suggested to cancel the order and I am pondering doing just that, inconveniently Prinsu's are backordered as well, and the front runner that is always in stock just went out of stock. Warrior is also sold out on Amazon. Just my luck, havent canceled yet, just bummed.
2nd update: now plan to buy slimline ii rack from them!