Bruce...The Build and BS

Heck ya man

 

Mounting up my Raceline Avenger Beadlocks. These wheels look so slick with these Cooper ST Pros.

 

Just seen this but that tire carrier is sick man! I need to find some way to get something like that.

 

Teach yourself to weld and build it yourself it's a fun project.

 

Wheels are on and they look bad ass!



Old wheels and tires are for sale if anyone is interested hit me in the PMs


17x9 Raceline Rockcrushers


Cooper Discoverer STT 285/70/17
TPMS sensors are intact.

 

What backspacing did you end up going with?

 

The -19

 

I've been looking for those exact wheels for awhile! were the originally black or are they painted?

 

Originally black. But they are long gone now.

 

I'm debating trying to find these in black vs. getting standard chrome and painting them. It looks like you got yours a few years ago, were they hard to find?

 

I got mine from a tire shop. I think the black versions are discontinued unfortunately. When I got my full sized spare I got the chrome and just platidipped it haha it worked out. But if they’re going to be your main wheels I would suggest powder coating them

 

Thanks for the info! I think they're pretty tough looking wheels and they're not too pricey either.

 

Yea man. They’re pretty badass.

 

Man I just spent the last few hours going through this thread. I bought my Sport last year and at the time I just wanted a nice looking reliable truck. Soon I found this site and almost instantly it felt like I made a mistake. As if all the fun is reserved for the 4wd models...then I stumbled across your build. This thread has been so badass and refreshing. Well done dude. Given me some ideas and inspiration.

 

Thanks a lot. I’ve had a blast with my truck and it makes me happy that I can inspire others to have fun with theirs too. Thanks again for the kind words.

 

Been a while since I posted any updates but here’s a few.

First off, I added a BedSlide to me rear setup today. I love it. It makes getting my spare tire (or whatever else I choose to store in my bed) out without having to crawl under my bed rack. It also doubles as a nice work table as I found today while building screens for my house lol

 

Next up, I tested mounted up a new product from ecoological - the bumper shell. The install is super easy and, in the end, looks like a brand new bumper. Once everything is put back together it is very difficult to tell that the bumper shell is actually a two piece cover. I would definitely recommend this for people who want to color match their chrome bumper or for people who have damaged stock bumpers.







Here’s what it looks like without the liscence plate or step cover.

 

Forgot to mention in this post that I added in the CaliRaised Bed Stiffeners and rear light mount. Super solid product.

 

I’ve also upgraded my headlights and fog lights recently since my old ones were burnt and clouded.

Before:


After:


The fog lights are Morimoto LEDs from TacomaBeast and the headlights are from Amazon but I’ll soon be switching to the new TacomaBeast headlights. Stay tuned!!!

 

Added a Maxtrax mount to my Bedslide for easy access.