Hypoxic Chronology

The things I've done to and with my truck.....

2012 TRD OR DCSB 040

What it looks like today:





Purchased August 2012






Latest Mod:
Pretty much rebuilt the entire front end. Added UCAs and new tie rods. Gusseted spindles. Cleaned/greased LCA alignment cam bolts.


Latest Trail:
09/13/15 Wheeler Lake

 

Some of the first few things I did to the truck...

Bug Shield
Window visors
Seat Covers
Tint


Then I did the 12v anytime mod so the power outlets would always be live.
Added a topper and a bedrug, debadged and made some bedside stickers.
Also did the 400W anytime mode so the 120v outlet in the bed would never be limited to 100W. At the same time, I added a 120V outlet and a 12V outlet to the back of the console so the kids could plug all their electronics in.


I put an ImMrYo Mirror bracket on to lift the rearview mirror and put in a switch that will turn the rear camera on whenever I want. Also added some LED bed lights and put a 12V outlet in the cubby next to the 120V outlet.

Sometime around May of 2013, I finally lifted the thing.
I put adjustable bilsteins on the front with the collar at the top and an add-a-leaf in the rear.
I got some wheels off craigslist with the necessary backspacing. They looked pretty bad with clearcoat peeling off the aluminum but after I painted them up I actually kind of liked them. Enough that I've kept them and don't have any plans to change them out. The fact that they're rattlecanned means that anytime they get rockrash, I just hit them with a quick spray and they're as good as used again


I put shock extenders on the stock rear shocks and promptly blew them up on the first trail I ran. So I picked up some used fox shocks with remote resis and promptly blew one of them up when the bushing compressed enough to snap off the line.

My solution was to cut a small notch out of the shock mount to clearance for the line. It's worked fine so far.

I added some BAMF sliders in July of '13 and insurance money from a tire snake that bit my front bumper allowed me to get a Pelfreybilt plate bumper.
With an added winch, I finally felt like the truck was ready to do some more serious offroading. The added weight in the front caused some serious sag, so I had to get some 886 coils and those now sit on the same bilsteins with the collar back down at the bottom.


The truck stayed pretty much like this for about a year. I put a Cobra75 CB in, painted the grill surround, put the trailer harness up in the rear bumper, relocated the rear diff vent and got some weathertech floor mats, but other than little things like that I just drove it both to work and on the trails.

The Chinaman gulch trail in Colorado showed me why I needed to A) Cut my tail pipe shorter and B) get a high clearance rear bumper when I smashed the stock pipe up into the bedside.


The whole insurance thing had worked out so well with the front bumper that I spent all winter hoping someone would slide into me and pay for a rear bumper. No one would oblige, however, and Moab in May of '14 reinforced the need for a greater departure angle. After hitting the bumper and popping out my taillight numerous times, I just stashed the taillight in the cab of the truck until Moab was over. I had already ordered a Bruteforce Fab bumper and when it finally got here in August, I wasted no time putting it on.

The wife was pretty shocked when she came home to see me doing this...


She now thinks the truck looks "stupider and uglier" than ever, which I take as a sign that I must be doing something right.


A midnight trail run convinced me I needed some ditch lights so I could see switchbacks before making the turn and getting on a bad line so the latest additions are some cheap Amazon LEDs that I mounted to the front bumper and pointed out to the sides. I used the stock fog light wiring and did the fog light anytime mod using an always on power source so that the lights come on anytime I push the button.


Added a lightbar and reconfigured the ditch lights. Also added some identical pods to the rear for backup lights. Switches under the climate control from t_e


Finally got trans and t-case skids from RCI
Tough to get a good pic of these. As you can see, I definitely needed and will use them.


Made my own set of rear leaf springs by combining the originals with some old Scout leafs


Swapped out my fronts in Moab at Rock Therapy with some Kings off of @loco 's totalled truck.

 

6/9/13
Sevenmile
W/ NativeTaco
Trip Report


8/4/13
Redcone/Radical Hill
W/ CoTacoTRD sean266 WishboneRunner BigFella
Trip Report


9/1/13
Bunce School Road/Plane crash
W/ ColoradoTaco
Trip Report


9/28/13
Barbour Fork
W/ Grieby54
Trip Report


10/6/13
Bill Moore Lake
W/ Grieby54 neversummeriam
Trip Report


10/27/13
Kingston Peak
W/ sean266
Trip Report


11/10/13
Pole Hill
Trip Report


11/16/13
Chinaman Gulch
W/ WishboneRunner SqueakyPenguin Lumpskie
Trip Report


11/29/13
Slaughterhouse Gulch
W/ Grieby54 RedlineTRD Milehightaco007 RockyMtnTRD CoTacoTRD PS78
Trip Report


1/1/14
Bunce School Road
Trip Report

 

3/16/14
Hacket/Metberry Gulch
W/ RedlineTRD NativeTaco WillT IceHorse ebbs15 Wuzzy (R.I.P.)
Trip Report


4/17/14
Bunce/Ironclads
W/ TheTimmyJimmy SilverGhost ebbs15 Pogram mroptimist BDN
Trip Report


5/28/14
Gold Rim/Golden Spike
Trip Report


5/29/14
Top of the World
Trip Report


5/30/14
Hell's Revenge
Trip Report


5/31/14
Cliffhanger
Trip Report


6/28/14
Pole Hill/Johnny Park
Trip Report


7/3/14
Middle St. Vrain/Coney Flats
W/ NativeTaco
Trip Report

http://youtu.be/cH8CEz8IezQ

7/10/14
Twincone
W/ bigfella13
Trip Report


8/2/14
Wuzzy Memorial Run - Mt.Herman/Hotel Gulch/Rule Ridge/Phantom Creek
Trip Report

 

8/9/14
McClellan/Argentine Midnight run
W/ lotsoftoys CoTacoTRD Rucas SilverGhost
Trip Report


9/1/14
Moody Hill
W/ SqueakyPenguin NightEagle
Trip Report


9/4/14
Webster Pass Midnight Run
W/ WishboneRunner IDtrucks bulhas


9/5/14
1/2Redcone/Webster/Radical Hill/Swan River
W/ WishboneRunner IDtrucks bulhas lotsoftoys CoTacoTRD Flboarder


9/14/14
Redcone
W/ CoTacoTRD


9/21/14
Yankee Hill-Kingston Peak-Jenny Creek
W/ SqueakyPenguin NightEagle flboarder kain102708 odomandr
Trip Report


10/19/14
Spring Creek
W/ SqueakyPenguin and WishboneRunner
Trip Report


10/26/14
Miller Rock
W/ new friends from RM4x4
Trip Report


11/2/14
Kelly Flats
W/ NativeTaco SqueakyPenguin Flboarder Chenbro WillT BDN
Trip Report


11/15/14
Seven Mile
W/ BDN
Trip Report

 

11/29/14
Slaughterhouse Gulch


12/13/14 <-- cool date huh?
Chinaman Gulch
Trip Report


12/27/14
Hackett Gulch
Trip Report


04/04/15
Yankee Hill
Trip Report


05/03/15
Missouri Gulch
Trip Report


05/16/15
Red Elephant Hill
Trip Report


05/23/15
Hurrah Pass - Chicken Corners
Trip Report


05/24/15
Lockhart Basin/Elephant Hill
Trip Report


05/25/15
Beef Basin/Salt Creek Overlook
Trip Report


05/26/15
Hell's Revenge
Trip Report

 

05/27/15
InfrontoftheRocks/Strike Ravine
Trip Report


05/28/15
Metal Masher
Trip Report



05/29/15
Poison Spider
Trip Report


07/05/15
Kelly Flats


07/11/15
Little Muddy/Sidewinder
Trip Report


07/19/15
RedCone/Radical Hill/SOB
Trip Report


07/23/15
Blackbear/Imogene
Trip Report


07/24/15
Poughkeepsie Gulch> California Pass> Placer Gulch> Picanye Gulch> Cinnamon Pass
Trip Report


07/25/15
Engineer> Mineral Creek> Corkscrew> Hurricane Pass> California Pass> Stony Pass
Trip Report


07/26/15
Stony Pass/Kite Lake
Trip Report


08/23/15
MSV/Coney Flats
Trip Report


09/07/15
MSV/Coney Flats
Trip Report


9/13/15
Wheeler Lake
Trip Report

 

Awesome!

 

Wish you could have made it to Wheeler & Holy Cross Eric!

 

Wheeler is definitely on my list. From the sounds of it, Holy Cross might be beyond both me and the truck.

 

You're not man enough to get those Michelin's to the top of Holy Cross!

 

Is there a back way?

 

uhhhhh, subd

 

Found a little bit of fall color at Redcone today.

 

Ran Yankee Hill, Kingston Peak, and Jenny Creek

 

Finally added a backup cam to the swingout as the spare tire blocks the stock one.

 

Another "new to me" trail yesterday, Spring Creek was a blast!



Found a cool little mine too for some exploring.

 

Awesome truck dude!!

Saw your picture from Bill Moore Lake. Man that's a fun trail. Came out from California in September and hit up the trail.

 

Thanks. Yeah bill moore is sort of like top of the world in Moab in that everyone that goes comes away with the same picture of their truck

 

Haha yeah man true that. Fun times. It sure is a pretty incredible sight when you get up to the lake up there and see the crystal clear lake and the bowl of the mountain with snow on it. Super cool