Rooster’s 2020 Tacoma TRD PRO Build

Nice choice on the Victory4x4 roof rack. I have the same the one. Mind if I copy your method of mounting that traction board?

 

not at all. Glad to share. Nice pic!

 

Hey, i saw you were in OK and are rocking some BP51s. Did you ever get them dialed in to a nice daily driver ride before you added the armor? My 5100's in the front are getting pretty old and was thinking of upgrading soon, but i haven't really read a review that went into much detail in how soft of a ride you can get out of it. I've got a low profile (lip) bumper on my 06 taco. maybe 55lbs? (i forget), so i thought that might help with the stiffness, but i don't want to totally ruin my ride. I currently have some OME 885 coils (590lbs/in) so i'm figuring the extra 10lbs/in of the BP51s should be ok? The adjustability of the BP51s seems like it should be able to be nice, but i haven't really read much on that front. the fist reaction always seems to be "too stiff" but then people dial them down and it gets better, but never hear a final verdict after they daily if for a while. Thanks for the help.

 

clicked on your build name btw because of the shared nickname . nice build so far btw

 

They have a nice ride. They are really adjustable. So that’s a good and bad thing. You can play around too much.

 

I thought the BPs were sweet and were my first choice while investigating an upgrade from stock, but I talked to a rep at one of the shows and he told me the spring rate is closer to 700 and the springs cannot be swapped out (they're a different diameter than anything else). Hope that's helpful

 

Snagged an endeavor shelf from @ragofabrication on a smoking deal. Hoping to install it on the top of the cover using front runner feet and tracks. Tested to see if the lid can still open and hold the weight of the shelf, no issue there. Just need to find the time and courage to drill holes into the DB cover. And man, this shelf came with a TON of hardware. Most bolts I've ever had to use putting something together. Takes me back to the old IKEA furniture days.

 

Also, just swapped out the SPC's for JBA upper control arms and did the rear breather modification (super easy).

 

reason for swaping UCA's, thinking of going with the SPC's but very concerned with the strength of them.

 

few reasons:

-hard to find someone that can align the truck properly with them (eventually found someone)
-I didn’t have faith in the sliding top nut.
-they squeaked as the bushings are not greasable after installed.
- arm would have to be removed to replace ball joint and you’ll need a press.

JBA’s:
-3 grease zerks to keep everything quiet.
-ball joint can replaced without a press and you can use a moog joint found at most parts stores in a pinch.
- I like that the caster is fixed. Nothing to adjust or come loose.
Silly, but I like that they are red.

 

@WreckedRooster hey man! Love the roof rack light set up do you have more pics or information on how you wired them?

 

The side lights?

 

Yes, sorry for the confusion! The mictuning ones. I’m thinking of doing the same setup with one of the dsim dome rock units and those same lights.

 

Sure thing. I was able to route the cables in the groove channels of the extruded aluminum cross bars on the rack. The cables are super long, and it was tedious work, but it came out clean. The key in that setup was the 3d printed brackets that angle the lights down at a angle. I found the guy on FB, but he has an instagram as well and sells through there. I believe they are specifically designed for the Mictuning lights though.

 

how did you route the wiring harness into the engine bay for these?

 

At the base of the windshield there is just a flap that can be pulled back to get the wires into the engine bay.

 

awesome thank you did you put two wires per side

 

I have one set of wires running down the drivers side for my light bar and another set running down my passenger side for my area lights.

 

thanks @WreckedRooster did you splice them or keep the brain of the unit up on the actual rack? For the four wire leads u can figure out how to get them all onto one side. I can do two on each side and run them into the engine bay but have been unable to figure out how to get all the wires down one side.

 

my box is up top. I ran a single paired cable down the windshield trim.