MadTaco Build

Do the rails fit Tacoma bucket rails?

 

No, they are a little wider.
I cut off the Subaru brackets and the brackets on some junk yard Tacoma seats. Then I welded the Tacoma brackets to the Subaru rails.
They sit just a little higher than factory seats, but not enough to make it an issue for my short self.

 

I had my powered sub mounted under the drivers seat, but the new power seats didn't have the room. So I needed to move it.
At first I was going to mount it under the passenger seat, but then I realized my kids are growing up and I can't fit two of them back there.
So I removed the bottom seat cushion and mounted my sub to the back of the cab.



My SureCall cell booster transceiver will mount to the right of the sub.

 

I also mounted an antenna for a future cell booster install happening soon.

 

Was the Outback overhead console a direct fit or was trimming/modification required? How do you like it?

 

It has a front bracket that fits under the mirror and a rear bracket that attaches to the dome light screw holes. It follows the contours of the roof pretty well, but not perfectly.
It is pretty expensive, but I really like it.

 

Well, looks like I get to cut the bottom brackets off and move them down. I climbed under the truck to get a measurement at ride height and unloaded. I am at 2.5" of shaft showing and I can see where my rubber bumpers on the shocks have made contact with the bottom of the shock body.
Also, I made a rather aggressive quick steering and braking maneuver to avoid an object in the road, with all of that up travel my ass end lifted WAY up in the air. Had a little pucker moment!
So I need more compression travel and less extended travel. I am not looking forward to cutting off the brackets and welding new ones back on.

 

Out exploring...

 

Dose that cell booster really work? Truck looks awesome as always.

 

I had to use it to upload this picture on the grams.

 

Back to town and back to work...

 

I'm in the same boat. I'd like to see if I can stuff in slightly longer shocks though when I do. Only problem is ADS only goes from 10 - 12 and who knows if its worth it since the pack only cycles 10".

 

Well that wasn't fun! I hope that this helps with the compression. I know I lost a lot of extension and up travel.

 

Is that an air tank behind behind the axle, where the spare used to live?

 

Yes it is!

 

Nice, in future dreams/plans I hope to put a 3 gal air tank and a 12-16 gal fuel tank there. Looks great

 

So I picked up a SureCall mobile phone booster a while back. It does increase a weak cell tower signal. My plan was to have it available to myself and my wife, so I picked up a WeBoost antenna that I mounted to my rack in hopes that it would work with the SureCall booster. Short answer, no.
So I made a mount for the magnetic SureCall antenna today.

 

So you have both a weboost and sure call? Do they both do the same thing?

 

How good are these compared to HAM / repeater network? No experience with these techs

 

I only have a SureCall booster, I was hoping the WiBoost antenna would work so I could swap just the booster between my truck and my wifey's Subaru. But the antennas are not compatible with each other.