FlyingOX Tacoma Build

2015 Toyota Tacoma

Purchased new on March 12, 2015. The original plan was to keep it stock as long as possible. I made it almost a year.....

I am sure I forgot stuff and will be updating as I remember and when I finish stuff.






Front End:
ToyTec Ultimate Lift- Installed 2/12/16
Total Chaos UCAs- Installed 2/12/16
4.88 gears- Installed 2/27/17
ARB Airlocker- Installed 2/27/17

Rear End:
4.88 gears- Installed 2/27/17
ARB AirLocker- Installed 2/27/17
Dakar Leafs- Installed 2/12/16
Bilstein Shocks- Installed 2/12/16

Wheels and Tires:
17in Toyota Wheels- Installed 2/12/16
285/70/17 Toyo A/T ll- Installed 2/12/16

Armor:
Pelfreybilt aluminum no hoop front plate bumper- Installed 9/9/16
Pelfreybilt standard rear bumper- Installed 9/9/16
Pelfreybilt aluminum full skids- Installed 10/2/17
Pelfreybilt bolt on sliders- Installed 10/2/17

Interior:
LED bulb swaps
Weather Tech floor mats Front and Back

Exterior:
Debadged
Leer Topper- Installed 12/6/17
PrInSu Design Studio Toprac for Shell- Installed 12/7/16
Bushwhacker fender flares- Bought 8/10/17- At the paint shop

Electrical:
Switch Pro 8100- Installed 9/9/16

Lighting:
Baja Design S8 20'' driving/combo LED light bar- Installed 9/9/16
Baja Design Squadron-R sport wide cornering LED fogs- Installed 9/9/16
Baja Design S2 pro LED sport flush mount- Installed 9/9/16
Retrofit headlights- Completed 5/15/17

Camping Gear:
Tepui Kukanam RTT- Installed 10/7/16
Bunch of random stuff to get through the weekend

Recovery Gear:
Warn M8000-s winch- Installed 9/9/16
Factor 55 Fatlink E- Installed 9/9/16
Warn accessorie kit

Wanting/waiting to Install:
Matt Gecko bed light LED kit- Bought 8/29/17
Total Chaos bed stiffeners- Bought 9/19/17
35s- Waiting for current tires to wear out

 

This is what it looked like the night I bought it from the dealership.



Almost a year later I started upgrading a lot of things. I got all my new goodies in and headed to my buddies shop in VA to use his lift.



This was the first set of upgrades after an evening of installs.

 

Looks good. The wheels in the one pic are gray and installed thier black?

 

Thanks man. Think it was just the lighting of the first picture.

 

Second round of upgrades included the pelfreybilt front and rear bumpers with the Baja design LEDS.



Also included installing a switch pro.

 

Purchased my camper shell from a member here. The next morning I installed my Prinsu rack I had sitting around.


Most of the time I am stuck loading the RTT on top myself. I figured out a pretty easy way to get it done.

 

Decided to try my hand at doing retrofit headlights for the first time. They came out pretty good, not perfect, but was a good experience for doing my first set. I ended up going with Morimoto Mini D2S, with Panamera shrouds, 50w Ballast, and XB 5500K bulbs

 

Excellent build! I spy some goodies I would like to have some day!

 

I do pretty much all the installs with some occasional help from friends on my truck. Since I live about 20 mins. from ECGS I decided to let the professionals take care of the gearing and ARB front and rear air lockers. They are great to deal with and had my truck in and out in a day as well. Definitely recommend East Coast Gear Supply if you're ordering stuff to install yourself or if you want them to do the install for you.

 

I decided to keep with the Pelfreybilt theme and order sliders and full aluminum skids from them.



I ended up paining the skids with spray can bed liner. I prepped it with acetone and used self etching primer before I sprayed them. We will see how well they hold up, but spent probably around $100 on materials to paint them.



Doing the install myself was probably a little more of a pain in the ass than if I had an extra set of hands, but it got done anyways and think it turned out great.

 

Hitting some trails with a couple jeep friends with the DJI Mavick Pro up top.

 

Here are a couple random pictures from my day job of flying planes, enjoy smoking food, and camping.

 

Nice build man!