The @taco.hog build.

I get a lot of questions asked about my truck and the build progress. To be honest, I've forgotten a lot of stuff as I have changed up the build over the years. Hopefully using the @Choyota build format I can do some justice to this thread lol, and actually quantify everything in one location. Enjoy!


2017 TRD Off-Road DCSB 4x4 (MGM)
Current Mods:

Front Suspension

• DirtKing +3.5 LT
• DirtKing Double shear bracket and secondary shock hoop
• King 2.5 x 8" Coil-overs (700lb springs)
• King 2.5 x 8" Triple Bypasses
• RCV Axles
• @glorifiedwelder spindle gussets
• Total Chaos cam tab gussets
• Wheeler's Super-bumps

Rear Suspension

• King 2.5 x 12" Smoothies with adjusters
• Archive Garage shock relocation
• Archive Garage hammer hangers with cross-brace
• OME Dakar HD+ (extra EX46XL AAL)
• Stock shackles
• King 2.0 x 2" Hydro bump stops with U-Bolt Flip
• Custom 3"/75mm hub-centric wheel spacers

Wheels and Tires

• Fuel Trophy 17x8.5 (-6mm offset, black)
• Kenda Klever R/T 35x12.50R17

• KMC Grenade Desert Beadlock 17x8.5 (+0 offest, black)
• Maxxis Razr M/T 35x12.50Rx17

Armor

• Relentless Fabrication Honey Badger Front Bumper
• C4 Fabrication High-Clearance Rear Bumper
• BAMF Skids (IFS/Trans/T-Case/Diff) - Steel (1/4")
• Mobtown Offroad DOM Sliders

The Goods

• 4.88 Nitro Gears
• Toyota 8.75 E-Locker Rear
• Harrop/Eaton E-Locker Front
• Gears done by East Coast Gear Supply in Raleigh, NC
• Locker work performed by Premier West Gears in Riverside, CA
• OV Tune performed by @moddedbyphil on IG
• 5th Gen 4Runner brake upgrade

Lighting

• 30" Baja Designs S8 Bumper Light Bar in bumper
• 40" @Choyota special light bar on roof rack
• Baja Designs Squadron Sports (Fog Lights)
• Baja Designs Squadron Sports (Ditch Lights)
• Baja Designs S2 Sports (Rear Bumper)
• Baja Designs S2 Sports (Chase Lights)
• AlphaRex Nova Series headlights
• MESO-JDM tail lights (on order)
• Cali-Raised Ditch Light Brackets

Misc

• CMC by BeastFab Socal Solutions in San Bernardino, CA
• Trimmed Fenders (myself)
• Real bolt on pocket style flares (myself)
• SwitchPros SP8100 on Powertray mount
• Spiker Engineering hood struts
• Tailpipe Dump
• Exhaust Re-route
• Smittybilt S2O 10k Winch (Synthetic)
• Factor 55 E-Link
• Bed Stiffeners - Cali-Raised
• Amazon special CO2 tank 20lb
• Viair 440P Portable Air Compressor
• ARB Safari Snorkel
• Snorkel Upgrade pre-filter
• MBRP Muffler
• All-Pro Hi-Lift Mount (Bedrails)
• Snail-Trail Tailgate Insert
• Extended Brake Lines 24”
• X2Power AGM Group 27F Battery
• Prinsu Cabrack, dual Pelican 1750 cases
• Relentless Fabrication modular bedrack
• iKamper Skycamp Mini
• WeBoost DriveX OTR
• MobileStrong bed-drawer system

Interior

• Hondo Garage Air Vent Mount Thing
• Hondo Garage Radio knobs (AR15 bolt face, pewpew)
• Meso Customs Dual Light Dome/Map Lights
• Glock 19 Holster

On Deck (aka Coming Very Soon)

• Baja Designs 40" S8 lightbar for roofrack
• MESO Customs Tail lights

Future Plans:

• Who the hell knows...

 

Think a pelican case could be mounted to a side bar or side of a bed rack? Could it be made stable and would it last?

 

I'm sure there's a way it could be engineered. Off the top of my head i would just drill few holes to run some bolts thru.

 

Nice build

 

love the build

 

thanks brother

 

Great build!!
How are you liking the 4.88s gears with your setup?
Any reason you went with 4.88s instead of the 5.29s, were the 5.29s not available yet when you did the regear?

i want to regear but I’m really struggling to choose between the two.

 

Dream front bumper

 

Yout hit the nail on the head, i did 4.88s early, before 5.29s.

I wish I had 5.29s, and then some. The truck now never sees 6th gear, it struggles to hold 5th at 70-75mph on flat ground.

What I really need is a diesel swap lol.

 

Damn! Hardcore. Great rig!

 

Isn’t that what we all need

 

MVP RIG! First time seeing this! Choyota format LOL. It helps me too, I forget what I have or had done to it.