Chops749's agonizingly slow overland build

2017 Toyota Tacoma

TRD Off Road – Super White



The day she came home (the second time…after they replaced the passenger side impact airbag. I had it for 24 hours…then warranty work)…





How she sits today:






This is going to be an agonizingly slow build. I had a 2006 Nissan Xterra that I threw a cheap lift on and did some other work to when I was stationed in CO, but I made poor decisions and did not exercise patience. I enjoyed the X, but it began to develop issues, mainly in the drivetrain, so I sold it. Drove a couple of gas savers, but I couldn’t take it anymore, so I bought this guy. It will be my DD, so I won’t go too crazy on the build. I plan on going the overland route, so no gnarly crawling for me, just the ablility to get to some remote places and enjoy life.



Current Mods:

Navigation

Kindle Fire HD with Gaia GPS App

Dual GPS Receiver

Hondo Garage Un Holey Mount with 7” Tab RAM Mount



Appearance

De-badged

Black Tacoma decals from @hadrluckgraphix

Black American flag decals from Amazon

Tacoma Talgate Letters (on order)

Custom Headliner patch sleeves for sun visors (Once the wife decides to break out the sewing machine)



Camp Life

Tepui Autana Sky (was mounted to my wife’s Subaru)

Coleman EZ Up bug net (soon to be replaced with an ARB style canopy)



Upcoming Mods

Storage/Camping

KBVoodoo Bed Rack (ECD March 17)

ARB Canopy and bug net (ECD ????)

Prinsu Design Cabrac with light cutout (ECD December 17)



Communications (ECD March 17)

Yaesu 2M Radio

Tram Antenna

Relentless Fab Hood Hinge mount for Antenna



Armor

RCI Aluminum Front Skid (ECD March 17)

RCI Aluminum Mid Skid (ECD May 17)

RCI Rock Sliders (ECD August 17)

RCI T Case Skid (ECD October 17)



Recovery

Relentless Fab Hi Lift Mounts (ECD March 17)

Relentless Fab Stingray Bumper (March 18)

Warn VR1000S Winch (March 18)

Factor 55 FlatLink (March 18)



Lighting/Electrical (Who Knows)

Dual Battery Setup

Switchpro system

Front light bar

Side Spots/Rock Lights



MISC

A/C drain mod

Rear Diff Breather Relo



I’m sure there will be MANY other things…just right now that’s all I can think of. No lift planned any time soon…