Weekend Warrior 2nd gen build

Well after being on TW for a couple years I figured id make a build thread. Mainly to keep track of what I've done and to post pictures of my trips and some installs ill do around the way. I do about 90% of the work on the truck, sometimes with the help of friends, hopefully, I'll be able to post some informative stuff.

So come on in say whats up, hangout, bs post whatever works.

The truck is a 2013 Offroad

Suspension

• Icon 2.5 ext travel with adjusters 650 springs (sold)
• King 2.5 ext travel with adjusters 700 springs
• OME HD leafs with AAL
• U bolt flip and bump stops from wheelers
• Icon Billet UCA (failed when swapping uniballs)
• TC tubular UCA

Armor

• Pelfreybuilt full hoop front bumper
• Pelfretbuilt sliders
• Bruteforce fab HC rear with swingout
• Complete RCI skids
• Bamf bumper reinforcement brackets

Lighting

• Rigid 20 in midnight edition bar
• Baja squadron sport fogs
• Rigid dually SS ditch lights
• Rigid pods for backup lights
• Baja s1 for chase lights
• Kustom 54 retrofits (currently being resealed)

Exterior

• Hilux snorkel
• Fenders Cut 3 in Flares cut 2.5
• Faux pro grill
• Prinsu cab and top rack (top rack extended for new RTT)
• Foxwing Awning
• Custom Tree branch pinstriping and dents

Misc

• Drawer system in the back
• Dometic 65dz
• TC bed stiffeners
• Nitto Trail Grapplers 285/17/75
• Level 8 Mk6s trd center cap
• Scanguage 2 and scanguage 2 overhead console mount
• A bunch of stuff im probably forgetting

Current Drawer/rear setup

Upcoming Mods/Things to do on the truck

• 2nd battery swap out (pg 3)
  
• Retrofit reinstall
• GMRS radio install
• bedside separation fix
• Solar install
• Sport mirror install (pg 4)
  
• New RTT
  

Wishlist/Eventually coming soon

• King smoothies in the rear with the shock relocation
• Some sort of Rear hanger upgrade im not sure what company I want to go with
• 35s (in the far future)

The day I got it

The old truck that got me into all of this, 1990 Isuzu trooper which was in the middle of a 350 swap. Sadly I had to part it out to get something more reliable which led me to the Tacoma and a decent amount of cash to start out with for some mods.

Truck as it currently sits





Some of the stages of the truck




Recent Pics of some local exploring


Battle Buddy
@fatfurious2

 

Well, the projects begin. Ordered 2nd gen matte black sport mirror covers or so I thought and ended up with 3rd gen covers . So now instead of spending more money, I'm going to just make these MGM ones the color I want. Right now Im using a rustoleum matte black but If its not the shade I want I may switch to a flat black. Its kinda rainy and nasty outside so I expect they will take some time to dry but Ill post more when they are finished.

 

IN AF

 

aye first post thats not me!

 

Here are some pictures

 

makin me miss my rooftop tent, and reminding me I need to go on a diet

 

I miss camping. But I just found out Im going beach camping 2 times in the same month.

 

where else you going beach camping at? Im ready for the 4th to get here

 

Im going to Assateague MD

 

you camping on the beach or in the spots?

 

in the spots. But just walk over the dune to get to the sand/beach/ocean. Also you can buy a permit to drive on the beach.

 

bring it to Utah.......

I'll get some dings in it for you......

 

I want to get out there pretty bad

my last set of va dings

 

Just so you know.....

I've lived in Utah 40+ yrs....

This spring has been the suckiest year I can remember.......

Last week heavy mountain snow.....rain...flash floods........

Now more wind & extreme fire warnings......

If you do come to Utah or the West....

Bring extra water & put out your dammmmm campfires !

Its badd....really

https://utahfireinfo.gov/

 

Ive never been to Utah but I want to because you guys seem to have a wide variety of terrain, been to Montana Northern Idaho and a small part of Washington. Id sure hate to be the person who left their campfire rolling to cause a wildfire. Im pretty good about dousing mine for the night and before I leave.

 

Driest spring on record is what I heard on the news a couple days ago.

 

Do they ever have campfire bans out there? Or do people disreguard them?

 

We do. And a lot of places are now "fire pan" areas where you essentially have to bring a fire pit with you. Seems to be a 50/50 on following the rules. The 4x4 crowd seems to be good about it, the side by side community can piss off.

A lot of the fires around here are caused by shooters and tannerite, etc. There was a fire the other day close to here that was caused, from word on the street, by some folks who "wanted to see what a flare gun would do" and then shot it into a hillside full of dry grass.

 

I can show ya places you'd lose your truck after a hike.....

high desert or high mountain

we have it both

 

on top of that

I can pull some strings & get ya a deal on this little known B&B.....

no extra charge for bunk beds.....