MJ's build (yes finally finding time to do this)

Amazon Prime, come on man, you're the one that got me hooked on that LOL. I got my pressure switch from them too, but everything else I got was from all over the place (compressor, gauges, Lotek gauge pod, air lines, etc)

 

you know what, before I had the bestop, I think I helped 9-10 people move in 4 years. Since I've had it on, only one person has asked me, and I told him sure but only his bed and box spring since I couldn't fit anything else LOL. So it's actually working out quite well for me

 

lol. their is only certain people i would help move. 2 of them would be my older brother. witch i have had to help both move this year. than agin i don’t have many people ask me. but if i can’t do it. than i say no. and i wont’ let people use my truck with out me. other than my brothers, and one of them has a truck just don’t trust people.

edit: in a family of 5, their is 3 truck, 1 ’09 4 runner and mom has a ’05 scion XB. lol yoda family. dad has a ’00 tundra extended cab 4x4, one brother has a ’09 silverado CC 4x4. 4 runner is 4x4. and than my ‘07 DCSB trd off road 4x4.

 

Ahh yea you're good then. I'm the only one of my family members and friends with a truck

 

Nice built truck, Good work!

 

thanks Kyle!

 

finally got some pics of my OBA set up from the weekend

Viair 450 compressor
Viair 2.5 gallon tank (under bed where spare used to be)
Viair pressure switch (on at 90, off at 120)
Glow Shift air pressure gauge
Lo-Tek a-pilar gauge pod
Custom air coupler mounts on front and rear bumper



I routed the power/ground and inlet air line underneath the cubby








I also moved the rear air coupler from under the tailgate to behind the license plate


(the front I just kept where it was)

 

^Awesome!!!

 

I got a hold of some AP/Trailer Products fenders from CL (I think the guy is a member here too). He painted them OEM black, but didn't test fit them or drilled any holes to mount it. I wasn't sure how the fitment was going to be, so I didn't paint them prior (just in case I had to shave some off). They actually fit pretty good, I only had to trim near where my sliders were on the driver side. I also had to improvise with some of the mounting points.

Before


After


Before


After










Some of the improvising I had to do


I'm going to eventually paint them silver to color match the rest of the truck. Just a matter of when since it's kind of a PITA to take the fenders off. I have to take off the bumper/headlights/grille so I'm going to wait until I have another full day to tackle all that.

I also got around to putting in the tailgate pin for my Viper alarm

 

^ nice!

 

looks good!

 

thanks guys!

thanks again for all the help with the fenders install info

Yeah it actually came out pretty good. I was kind of pissed that I had to remove the bumper to take off/put on the fenders, but it gave me a reason to adjust my bumper from when it got banged up at the Slick Rock trip.

I can't wait to paint them silver, the black makes it look like it sticks out further than it really does because it stands out so much.

 

Sweet dude!

 

Truck's looking good MJ! Like where you stuffed the compressor too.

 

thanks guys!

 

Very nice MJ.

It's going to look sick when painted.

 

good choice on the fenders also your truck makes me want a soft topper so bad!

 

thanks Ruben. yeah I can't wait til I have the chance to paint it.

thanks! I think there's a GB for the besttop right now. Hit it up, I love the look of it. Or, ask Ruben ^(Alpha Q Up)^. I think he's selling his soft topper

 

Finally painted my fenders. I got the paint from automotivetouchup.com (thanks Ryan - 06RadiantRed). In all, I paid ~$80 shipped. 2 cans of primer, 2 cans of basecoat, and 2 cans of clear coat. This was the first time I've ever wetsanded anything, and I'm pretty impressed on how it turned out. The paint quality was awesome.











I also painted the inner fenders flat black. It looks a lot cleaner that way.

And I mount my new Warn M8000 winch