Crawler/overlandish build thread

Current state.




First day of ownership:


Goal of this build is for a capable trail runner (Canadian shield rocks) but still be able to comfortably take long road trips.


Suspension:
Front:
fox 2.5 w/ resi
JBA upper control arms.
Stock LCA's
Marlin crawler LCA tab mount gussets
Home made LCA cam delete
Rear:
OME dakar leafs
Bilstein b110's
BAMF HD shackles & hangers
Gm bumps
U-bolt flip

Wheels:
295/70R17 cooper STT pro
KMC terra -38

Drivetrain:
ARB air locker
FJ transfercase
ADD delete (FJ diff tube)

Armour:
Front bumper
IFS skid
Trans skid
transfer case skid (with exhaust relocate)
Rock sliders
(all above are home brew)

Mods:
ARB twin air compressor
KMC pods (ditch lights)
Greenlane aluminum bed bars
Smittybilt gen1 RTT
Back seat delete
Cowl snorkel

 

Reserved

 

Just in case

 

nice dude and nice set up... sub'd

 

Bout time!

 

Subbed

 

Sub'd

 

I guess I’ll just fire out some posts of previous progress as I get some time to collect all my pictures. (sorry for some trash photo quality half of them will be screenshots of memories on social media)

Heres the original setup done aprox 3 months after purchase.
Already had some 285/70 R17's with wheels from previous tacoma.

Bilstein 5100's stock coils on top notch
mystery AAL's
Pro Comp es 9000's
BPF HD front recovery point.
Procomp 17x8.5 b/s 4.75
285/70r17 firestone m/t2’s

Was done as cheap and quick as possible because I knew it wasn't going to be final form.

Ran the truck with the setup for 3 years while slowly upgrading components as needed.

 

That beach pic is killer.

 

Honestly that was one if the best sunsets I had ever seen. It felt like the sky was like that for an hour.

 

that's stop, get a beer, and turn up the tunes and enjoy it while it lasts scenery. or now that I'm an old man, lol. a hot tea and moderate volume on ez rock.

 

Turns out i lost all my pictures of slider/ skid building process other than some snapchat memories.

Built all 3 skids based off pelfrey pictures with my own bits of beef added in. 3/16 steel nothing special.

rock sliders i already had an idea of what i wanted.
designed my own bolt on plates with 3/16 that i had a fab shop bend to get around the frame more. Also used every hole i could get bolts through on the frame.
Had my buddy with a bender bend me a 45* and a 90* on each end of a 12ft length of 1-3/4 .120 DOM tube.
Took them home and built the rest myself.

built both skids and sliders for about $500 or less IIRC

 

Front bumper build.
Pelfrey inspired with my own twist.
The whole bumper is based off a 1/4" plate i had bent 90* for mounting to the truck and winch plate.
The rest of the bumper is 3/16 plate and 1-3/4" .120 wall DOM

Had my buddy bend me the tubes for the sides and hoop, went home and made it all fit.
took maybe a month start to finish spending most my time deciding where to put the holes.

Cost aprox $300 all in

final weight with winch installed is 120 LBS aprox IIRC

 

Dude you got some skills man looks awesome.

Sliders bumpers according to the rules 37's are next.

 

Thanks!
The thought has crossed my mind

got a bunch of road trips id like to do in it before i make it look too wild lol

 

Shortly after the bumper was built I swapped the stock coils on the top clip for some 885's

 

^^^Wow. Fastest build ever.

 

At some point after the 885 coils install the 295/70r17's went on.

Shortly after I installed the ARB twin compressor and air locker then instantly went wheeling the next week.

The compressor mount was my own version of the slee kit, re purposing the stock power steering fluid mount and jimmy rigged my own reservoir mount.

Installed the air locker myself. Wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Don't have any desire to attempt a re-gear in the future.

Wheeling we got our first good body damage to really make the truck mine.

 

almost caught up to how it is now lol

 

Maybe a 1.5 years after the air locker the truck got a full rebuild of the front suspension.
JBA UCA’s
New OEM LCA’s
Total chaos spindle guests
marlin crawler LCA mount gussets
Bison cam delete