geekhouse23's "LIFE'S WAITING TO BEGIN" Overland & Home build and all the Adventures in between!

Was waiting for someone to say something

Pass that sh!t brother!

Hoping to disassemble soon to get a good look at what I will be dealing with.

 

Just ordered some black bedside TRD off road decals, thanks for the inspiration Great looking Rig !

 

Glad I (my truck) could help!

 

MOAR Chevy 63 swap parts!!



HUGE thanks to Nathan (SMKYTXN) for sending me these they're going to definitely help make the swap easier!!

 

Can't wait to see the progress on your swap. Please let me know if you have any issues with the rear hanger plates I sent you.



Here's some inspiration for you.

 

Dude..dat flex tho..



Your build is definitely going to be an inspiration for my swap. It will be delayed a bit once your setup is "finalized" so I know exactly what I need to get.

How many leafs did you end up with? I thought you mentioned 3 total, but the pic above looks like 4 I was able to get a 4+1 leaf pack so I should have plenty of leaves!

I decided on 12" Fox RR's shocks. I would like to go with 14's, but I wouldn't have nearly as much flex seeing as I still have the stock bed maybe I'll do a flatbed for even more flex

I reached out to the guy on here who goes the brake lines to see if I can get some custom length rears made. I plan on running 36" in the rear. Might be a bit overkill, but like I mentioned to you with the rear hanger brackets, I like overkill/peace of mind.

What bumpstop configuration do you plan on going with?

 

Glad I can help you out with your build.

 

Dang man, For a "nothing special build" it's pretty damn special! Love what you've done with it!

 

How are those headlights treating you? My BA leds' finally shipped and should be here by the weekend if I have time to install..

 

Haha appreciate it!

Thought about giving it a name but I don't know what it would be

Brite Ass?

I was going to go with those but got a hell of a deal on the Avec ones! Haven't got flashed or flipped off yet *knock on wood* and they are MUCH better than stock. Very happy with them and I think you will be too bro!! Can't wait to see them installed on your rig.

 

Truck is looking good Brian! Really interested to see those LED headlights in person...Probably wayyy better than my HIDS.

 

Thanks dude! I love them! WAY better than my old HIDs. Even the fiance is a bit jealous of them vs. her HIDs. She's really impressed with how far they throw the light compared to her HIDs.

Let's maybe plan something to meet up for you to check them out if you want. Maybe take a look at those spacers too

 

Your avec ones must be bomb! Mine are bright but, man they scatter light everywhere... Idk if aiming them down is going to help

 

Dang dude would love to see some pics if you are able to get any decent night shots. Like I wrote in the "review" from the install I did, the beam pattern is just like the OEM bulbs when they were installed just obviously brighter.

They are the bomb! Credit goes to Mikevee and AVEC for hooking it up

 

Thank you for all the support man! You've been great!!!

 

I would want to check them out in person for sure! I sold the spacers to a guy on the chicago tacomas FB page...and I ended up ordering a set of steel wheels from wheelers offroad that should be coming in today!

 

Nice! They're going to look sick on your truck! Which ones did you go with? The old design (like mine) or the new ones? I really like the new design they have but not enough to swap for them..

 

I went with the new "D window" design. I've had that kind of wheel on a few jeeps and other trucks and always loved how they looked. Hopefully my truck will look just as good. Just waiting on new acorn style lugnuts to come in and I'll mount them up.

 

Got a few smaller items done this weekend:

Derped the Maxtrax mounting pins brackets


Got some switches in the mail


Took the new rockers (bottom) and swapped them for the old ones (top):


Cleaned and re-organized my glovebox


Finished attaching the industrial strength magnets to the new rock lights and finished all 12 but 1. One of the rock lights has a manufacturer defect where the back "plate" of the light sunk in about 1/8" and I am not sure what I can do. I suppose I could still attach the magnets and they would sit flush with the light but the magnets are a bit wider. Here are a couple pics showing what I am talking about. I tried to contact Apocalyptic Lighting, where I bought them from, but Have not heard back. I think they might have closed Any advise guys??





On the front burners:
1) Custom Relentless fab bed bars for the RTT need to be purchased. Talked with Eric and I am just awaiting my tax return.
2) Reached out to Mike @ Avec for some measurements on a few LED bars to see which would work for what I am trying to accomplish for the roof rack. Also contacted Zach @ Prinsu for some assistance. He will be a major asset in this process. LED bar likely coming sometime in the summer.
3) Finally, I am still not set on where I want to mount the Rotopax. I will likely order the 4-gal gas can soon (next month or so) and do some mocking up and then purchase the mounting accessories I need. Final setup likely finished beginning-mid summer.