Scott's PreRunner Build, Blog, & BS

Cali Raised. Work great and I love them but I'm moving the lights down to my bumper (where the fogs would be) so I just don't have any use for them. I'll be in Tacoma from December 14th (I believe) to January 7th so I won't have access to my Taco for a while .

 

Right on. How much you askin?

Also, are they off the truck already?

Just curious ​

 

Well since they're listed as $59.99 on the CaliRaised website, I'll say 50 OBO if that's reasonable. If someone is interested, just have them shoot me a message with an offer and I'll take the highest bid.

They are not off the truck already but I'll be getting them off soon. (I wish I could give a specific date but with finals, I'm just studying and that's all I'm worrying about as of this moment)

Curiosity is what drives TacomaWorld Chad!

 

No worries! Just trying to help a brother out!

Keep your head in the books my man!!

 

Well Rough Country didn't come through with their light bar and claimed to have shipped it when they did not so I ordered a new light bar. This time I went to KC and got a discount from Taylor who in fact (doesn't know this) matched the exact price Rough Country previously sold me their light bar for.

Another note, I found a hard cap that is reasonably priced (if I get it, which I hope I do) and borderline insane for the model it is. I just need to sell my damn tonneau cover. It's for sale so come and get it lol. Please, I'm begging you hahaha.

My CB antenna mounting bracket is bound to come soon, as is my Cali Raised amber pods and the eBay LED whip I ordered. More mods will be finished by hopefully next Friday as I hurt my shoulder last night so I'm putting things on the back burner for a little bit.

 

Well I found a cap and I'm paying tomorrow. Should be installed either tomorrow or possibly Monday/Tuesday.

 

Awesome! ​

 

Got the shell. Gotta get some racks, any recommendations from TW?
Color is also slightly different so I'll repaint eventually.

 

Mods incoming this week:

Sliders getting painted
CB hookup

Mods to be finished by end of January:
BruteForce bumper with KC 30" blacked out light bar
Ditch lights moved down below
Cali raised amber lights down below
Dual battery (I've got the box, just gotta set everything up)
Power inverter
LED whip (I'm going with KMF and their whip, returned the one I originally purchased because it's crap)

Once I'm done with this I'm going to take a break. Having a full course load, work, and trying to satisfy my endless need for more mods is pushing me overboard. I'll still stick around TW and contribute when I can.

I'll probably get a set of Prinsu roof racks before Spring and then by the end of the Summer I'll hopefully have this turbocharged. It's gonna happen but I'll be gone all of July studying abroad so that'll force me to either rush it or extend the timetable a little.

 

Need those brake lights bad, everywhere I look they are tinted, can't find the clear ones.

 

Amazon for the win!
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XCV9J1N

Those are the ones I got, zero issues. clear lens

Cap looks awesome!! If there really is a color difference, its REALLY hard to tell!

 

I'm gonna keep you guys in the dark for a bit till probably Tuesday but here's a sneak peak at what's coming.

 

Finals are done. Amber pods are in as well as my battery box. Trying to talk to Keepers Metal Fabrication about getting one of their whips, they're pretty busy right now. CB is installed and the sliders are painted. I'm hoping by the new year to have some roof racks picked out so I'll post that in here too.

I'll be out of Texas and back with my family for a bit in Tacoma so I won't have access to my truck for a while. I'm hoping that by the 2nd-3rd week of January I will have the bumper installed from Brute Force, the KC light bar, the 2 sets of pods on each side, and have that dang LED whip.

 

Doing some shadowing and viewing a surgery next week. These orthopedic surgeons are
Currently working on getting a discount for a Prinsu rack.
Light bar should be purchased and shipped tonight.
Still waiting for JeepAndrew to reply to my convo about that whip. Might have to go somewhere else to get that done.
Excited for that BruteForce bumper, apparently he moved shops! Pretty cool, Billy sounds like a genuine and nice guy. I've talked to him on the phone a couple times and he really loves what he does. I wouldn't even dare to buy from anyone else, absolutely a great guy.


I'm doing some work with Tac Con right now, I don't know if any of you are familiar with them or if you're a gun enthusiast like me. I'm testing their newest trigger for them, it's supposed to take the learning curve out of their 3MR line. Very excited about that and that they would allow me to do that for them.

 

Working my tail off lately and now I have a breather.
Want to install an on board CO2 tank, if any of y'all are reading this... do you have any recommendations? The cheaper the better.
Getting to the Blue Sea aux fuse panel and finishing the dual battery set up.

Bumper is incoming soon.
Another thing, came up with a reasonable plan... going to purchase one skid plate a month starting from February till I believe May. Again, if anyone has any recommendations in regards to skids then please chime in whenever you please.

 

Knocked off a couple more things off of the "future mods" list. Feels good, wallet hurts that's for sure.

 

LONG BED SHELL RACK WRITE UP:

This post right here is a post in progress so I'll edit it when needed.

It's a update as I go write up and sorta copy of ERMB's DIY Rack System. Instead of doing the short bed write up he did, I'll do it for a long bed because well... duh.

Parts list:
4 - 10 ft. 12-Gauge Silver Electro-Galvanized Slotted Strut Channel

6 - 1/2in(refers to the hole size) flat strait brackets Galvinized

4 - 1/2in flat corner bracket Galvinized

5 - Bags of 1/4in Universal Cone Nut

24 - 1/4" - 20 x 1.5" hex steel bolts.

24 - 1/4" x 3/4' washers (Zink coated steel)

24- 1/4" lock washers


Measurements:
5 cross members in total which had a measured length of 39 and 7/8 of an inch.
2 side rails had a length of 66 inches each.

If you want to follow what I did then just follow these simple steps:

- Cut the pieces in the proper length as I have listed above.
- Lay them all out, corner all the side rails and cross members to ensure a perfectly straight line.
- Slide the cone nuts with the blue side up into the pre made channels in the strut channels.
- Then lay the given bracket on top (depending if you're doing a corner or the middle cross members... thread in order onto the bolt: lock washer and then big washer (it's the bigger one, I'm not super technical when it comes to this kind of stuff).
- Thread the bolt and washers into the cone nut, tighten with ratchet wrench (but not too tight otherwise you'll break the bolts into the cone nut and that is a PITA).
- Repeat until finished and paint if desired.


Put together here it is:

 

Happy New Year buddy

 

Happy New Years Chad!!

 

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