gerbs808's bought not built thread

What's up TacomaWorld! Figured I should finally step out of the shadows and introduce myself, so here goes. Don't expect much of a build, this will be more of a picture sharing/BS thread.

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My first truck was an '01 Prerunner. Loved that truck and was fortunate to see a lot of the country in it. Started off in Hawaii...


Then shipped it to Cali when I moved for college...

Yosemite. Pushed the limits too far before chaining up and slid into a snowbank




Joshua Tree


Death Valley


Leavitt Lake


Grand Teton


Rush hour in the Tetons


Somewhere in the Beartooth Mountains near Yellowstone


With my camping buddy in the Alabama Hills


Anza Borrego (ever since I saw this Viagara commercial I knew I needed to recreate it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I4xBCq_cpw


With the help of these forums I did a few little mods here and there




2wd, factory rear locker, and a shovel got me a lot of places, but I caught the Tacomaworld virus and finally upgraded. The first night after buying her I had to break her in on the hill by my house...


First camping trip - Laurel Lakes and Lake Tahoe








There was some cool stormy weather on the way back home so I had to make a quick stop in the Alabama Hills


2009 DCLB 4x4 SR5
*All Pro bumpers and skids
*ARB lockers front & rear
*Icon suspension
Way too many mods and most of them were done by the previous owner so I won't go into too much detail, but if anyone wants to know anything specific let me know!

To-do list:
*get camper shell color matched and wired up
*find a way to get my spare tire mounted under the bed
*add an aux. backup light

 

Yea I need to figure out how to get a larger spare to fit under there. Good luck! and let me know if you find a solution. You got a nice rig and a long story, lol.

 

Will do! I have found some threads on the topic on here but I haven't gotten a chance to get underneath and take a look at things.

One of the first things I did when I got the truck was to relocate the radio antenna from behind the cab to the front windshield/hood area. The previous owner had installed this custom wound antenna, I'm assuming because the aftermarket fender flares no longer allowed it to be mounted in the factory location. Since I wanted to get a camper shell, it had to move.

Original mounting location behind driver's side rear window:


I had a spare Relentless Fab hood cb radio antenna mount that I could attach it to. After some searching I found the parts I needed on McMaster:

• 7529K5 - Straight Cord Grip, Steel, 1/2 Trade Size, for 0.38"-0.5" Cord Diameter
  
• 50925K316 - Compact Extreme-Pressure Steel Thread Fitting, 1/2 Female X 1/4 Male Pipe Size, 1-11/16" L, Adapter $5.38
• 4452K672 - Type 316 Stainless Steel Threaded Pipe Fitting, 1/4 Pipe Size, Locknut, 150 PSI $5.24

The cord grip was ordered to the diameter of the antenna so that it could tighten down and hold it snug:


The reducer fitting was needed to get the male side of the threading small enough to fit through the hole in the Relentless Fab mount. I had to drill it out slightly so that the antenna cord could fit through:


Put them together:


Then use the locknut to attach to the underneath side of the Relentless Fab mount. I sprayed a couple quick coats plastidip which I think looks better than shiny stainless steel.



Hopefully someone can find this useful, I did a ton of searching and couldn't find anything similar anywhere on Tacomaworld. One note though - the antenna is somewhat flimsy and bends back quite a bit when driving, especially at freeway speeds.