College Budget QS DCSB Manual Build

After a 3 month wait, my truck finally arrived. Apparently they only make 1 of these trucks for every 80 dealerships. Brought it home and proceeded to cut off the badges to black them out. Relentless fab bed crossbars are on the way. Once summer comes I plan on putting some RCI Armor on her.


My 4runner getting pushed to the side of the house

Finished blacked out badge (Don't worry that's not where i actually painted the badges)

 

how'd you afford that truck on a college budget?? haha nice truck though and welcome!

 

Parents made a deal where they make a car payment for every "a" i get. Plus a lot of working during the summer

 

Nice man! trying to maintain a college budget on this site is nearly impossible haha

 

I like this idea

 

Did a little exploring up Poudre canyon today. Found some good mild stuff and lots of slick mud/ snow. Saw an f-250 that had sunken in the snow. Tried to help but we were no help to the 10k lb truck. Got to engage the locking diff on a good snow section.
Youll also notice my fix for the chrome grill.

 

How did you get your emblems off?! Looks clean man.

 

Use a hair dryer to warm them up. Then use a fishing line to slowly cut them off. Make sure to tape the edges so you know where they belong

 

And to re-apply them?

 

I used loctite outdoor mounting tape. Had 4x the amount of mounting load than the 3m tape

 

little sneak peak. Building things yourself is much better suited for my college budget. Hope to have the rack done by next weekend

 

College budget build for a brand new vehicle. One step at a time Sir!

 

great start for a college budget new truck

 

Nice Truck!! I am in the same boat with the college budget. One month at a time!

 

So far my college build includes a TRD CAI installed my self, OEM rubber floor mats, OEM rubber bed mat, Predator steps I installed my self, and feeling the grill. I did the other emblems still on the vehicle. Tires and rims next as well as trying to find a bed rack compatible with the tonneau cover. But you look like you're going in the right direction

 

Nice truck!

 

Thank ya!! Really feel like I shoulda got the 4x4 but I'm more than happy with the full Tech package and it's more than capable for the camping and trail rides I'll be doing. Hell I used to crush trails with my 2012 Nissan Frontier king cab 4x2 the only bell and whistle that thing had was a stereo I put in after market and roll up windows hahaha

 

Oh wait my truck or his truck lol