Blue Overland Build

After I finish installing my switch panel overhead, I'll be tackling my UCAs. Have a pair of ball joint cam burgs with moog ball joints ready to install

 

Sick man! Aftermarket UCA's are a huge help! I went with the desert motor sports uniball UCA's and I love them. Man, working on your rig is addicting huh!?! Just wanna keep adding stuff!!! I wanna get gears next. Probably 4.56 or maybe 4.88's. We'll see

 

whoops haha next time!

 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/190708-christmas-lights-truck-bed.html

 

Did this just get awkward?? Haha

 

Finished my switches... gonna order 2 more so that i can fill the empty spots. Have the switches hooked up to the dash and the lower bar hooked up to turn on when the lights turn on.

How it looks during the day


At night with the switches turned off


And with the switches turned on


And just a quick pic of my truck next to my friend's xterra at school

 

Looking good dude! Not sure if you knew, they sell blanks http://www.otrattw.net/V-Series-Panel-Plug.html would still look clean IMO

 

Yeah i did see those.. If i didn't know what i wanted then i woulda went with those, but i know what my other 2 switches are gonna be for. In other news, I'll be ordering my rear bumper soon and planned on going brute-force. After hearing about some members here who've been waiting on orders for a while now, I'm going to look around more.

 

Check out Eddy at SOS.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337330

 

Pretty nice looking bumper there.. Can't be that price either!

 

I was going to go though him when I got my bumper replaced after a fender bender accident, but my body shop needed to use a bigger company for some reason. I ended up with a Armortech. I still really like his small tire carrier for the non-hc bumper. I plan to add that on at some point if I can make it fit on mine.

 

Yeah its pretty nice looking bumper.. I'm looking for a high clearance, and it is a nice bumper, just a little too big for my liking. Armortech has one of my favorite bumpers but i have heard problems too. I really want to go Relentless but they're pricey same with pelfreybilt. WHY CANT I JUST HAVE EVERYTHING

 

BAMF is going to start making bumpers soon. Maybe hold off till you see what Jerry comes out with. ANON, if you talk with Eddy, he's good about customizations too. If you wanted to take some measurements and tweak them I'm sure he'd be more amenable to changes than most.

 

Got me thinking now haha.. Might be worth waiting a little and getting something different for now

 

Here's the thread I saw
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/showthread.php?t=318957

 

that'd be awesome if he worked on getting a HC rear bumper going

 

Went wheeling in the pines today with my buddy and his xterra. Got some cool shots.. Also got an Ultragauge installed and some LED reverse lights and more switches to install





Heres a pic with all the covers off the LED bars, and my buddy's xterra




I'll try to get pics of the Ultra gauge tomorrow and the other stuff as well

 

Digging the build name change. I'm goin same route. When my time frees up we should get down and swap ideas.

 

Thanks haha.. We gotta go wheeling again soon !

 

So i installed my switches, got a picture of my ultra-gauge, and also painted my ATO bed bars i picked up from a member. They are 8 inch rise with a hi-lift mount too :thumbs:

Here are the switches




Bed Bars painted


Last but not least, the ultra-gauge