Building the Bruce

Time to start building my ‘17 TRD Off Road DCSB. Already have parts piling up in the basement and will start major mods this next week.

-Southern Style Off-road slimline bumper w/ warn VR-10s wench and 30” lightbar. Installed

-ebay trd-pro style grill-changing to a metal grill soon
-bidbuilt slider-on order
-JBA UCA- in basement
-Bilstien 8112/8100 shocks-I’m basement
-Icon RXT leaf pack-Ordered
-wheelers ubolt flip kit-in basement
-Martin Off-road roof rack
-Mikey Thompson Sidebiter 2 wheels
-Cooper STT Pro tires 265/75/r16?
-full skids?
-Black Decals in progress.
-Factory Tonneau Cover

More to follow

 

Subbed, Cant wait to see the end result. What are your plans for it?

 

MALLCRAWLING

lol na, building an adventure/overlanding rig. Also something to use with local search and rescue

 

nice plan subbed for your trucks evolution.

 

Installed my southern style off-road slimline bumper and warn VR10-S winch today. Was able to keep the solenoid pack installed on top of the winch with just bending the bumper bracket where in drops down 90 degrees towards the passenger side. Thought about trimming it but didn’t want the sharp edge.

 

Finally had a day that was relatively warm, for a Wyoming winter (38 instead of 10), and got my Martin Off Road roof rack installed. Install was straightforward and yes I k ow it looks like a Prisnu. Received all the parts in for the lift, just need to find time to install everything

 

Got the lift installed today. Bilstein 8112/8100 Icon RXT leafs at stage one and JBA UCA. Before and after measurements will be added soon. Wheels came in, sadly one was damaged in shipping so waiting on the resolution before I can install wheels and tires.

 

Got wheels and tires installed today. Mickey Thompson Sidebiter 2 wrapped in Cooper STT Pros 265/75r16

 

Looks great. I am doing the same exact install. Just have to wait til after dealership appointment on May 6 to do the TSS service. I can’t stop opening the boxes and drooling all over the parts. How much are you loving those shocks ??

 

Love the shocks, cruising down dirt roads at 70 almost feels like you’re on tarmac. Weather is finally improving so I can get to the mountains and really test them out

 

What springs size did u go with ? 600# ?

 

I went up to 650# with the winch and bumper. Rides a lot better than when the 600# were installed.

 

Good to hear because I am installing with 700# next weekend. I wasnt sure if I should go with 650s or 700s with skids sliders rear bumper and slimline bumper with winch.

 

I have sliders sitting in the garage waiting to be installed, but I was more worried about just the front end weight. When I purchased the suspension from wheelers I asked about 650 to 700 and they recommended the 650. Have read some other threads where people put on 700 with good results as well tho.

 

I wish my steel was sitting in my garage. I probably won’t see my front bumper from Southern Style for another month and RCI should be shipping sliders and rear bumper this week. Your truck looks great. Happy wheeling!!

 

Weather and time off finally came together to allow me to install by bud built sliders. Also ordered in the stage 2 high clearance bumper extensions from southern style OffRoad.