Brownmatthall's Rockcrawler(ish) turd gen

Deciding to lump together a thread of everything I've done to my trucks thus far; partly for posterity, partly because its getting hard to remember everything. Going to do my best to keep post one updated and organized, and will definitely be slowly adding to it as I have time/find pictures

The truck in question is my 2016 TRD offroad in BBP, bought in June 2020 with ~50k miles right before the market went to dogshit (I don't think the timing on this could've been better if I tried haha). Truck was bone stock and super clean when I got my grubby hands on it, frame was immaculate, previous owner had it from new and dealer maintained it at the location I bought it from with records, everything you wanna see from a used vehicle! I bought this truck to replace a B7 Audi A4 that was leaking oil out of no less than 3 separate locations, at which point I decided it was time to kick that thing off and get a truck. I'd been doing more and more side work, and wanted a bed both for that and the extra utility around the house. This is my first ever pickup after only driving Subaru's and the aforementioned Audi, and I don't think I'm ever going back to not having something with a bed.

The main ethos of my build is keeping things strong and light, these trucks can very quickly and easily become a bloated pig so I work hard to fight that when I add and change things. I tend to be pretty rough with the truck off road and every mod I do needs to be up to snuff. If something breaks I try to replace it with something better, if there's a need to be filled I try to do so in a way that future-proofs myself. I'm constantly thinking about where I want to end up with the truck and how I'm gonna get there so that when the time comes to make a decision the legwork is done. Buy once, cry once right? So now on to the good stuff...

The day I brought her home

Spoiler

As she sits now

Spoiler

Armor

• Warfab Frame chop/Hybrid Front Bumper w/ IFS skid
• 4xinnovations WIY rock sliders with kick out/15 degree tilt

Suspension

• Bilstein 6112/5160's set to 4/5
• ATS HD leaf springs
• SPC UCA's
• Bison Offroad Stop Cam alignment kit
• Gusseted cam tabs

Wheels/tires

• 16x8 0mm SCS F5's in Dark Bronze
• 315/75r16 Milestar Patagonia's
• 1.25" Spidertrax wheel spacers

Lighting

• Diode Dynamics SS3 Sport backlit fogs
• Amazon special hood-mounted ditch lights
• Amazon special 4.5" Spotlights mounted to bumper hoop
• Amazon special chase lights mounted to bed bar

Misc.

• KDMax 10 sport throttle
  
• Diff breather relocate
• Auxbeam 8 gang switch panel
• Cowl intake mod
• CMC/Pinchweld/fender liner removed
  
• ARB Twin mounted in engine bay (in progress)
• Smittybilt gen3 9.5k winch
• Truxedo rollup softcover tonneau
  
• KB Voodoo Bedbars
• H9 headlight bulbs
• ECGS Bushing
• Carrier bearing drop

Trips

 

Reserved?

 

Awesome build & love the spoiler buttons! You have any more pics of the truck as it sits today?

 

I have a bunch and fully intended to update this maybe I'll take another swing at this haha. As she sits now!

 

You gotta show the professional crossmember removal

 

Incredibly effective