Night Eagle's kind of a build thread

2014 TRD Off Road Double Cab Short bed

As she Sits today



Just like the pic


Famous water crossing on Coney Flats. Picture credit to Evan Beloni.


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Brand new off the lot with 53 miles on it.


Day after buying it I took it back to have them put the tint on the front windows, scotch guard, and put a clear bra on the truck.


Two weeks after later my ARE CX topper showed up


The same day as the topper my Bed Rug came in.


About a week later I put my 10 inch Kenwood sub, Focal speakers front and rear and then my 250w Alpine amp.

Planing on modifying the storage liner to fit over the sub. I attempted and failed. I could not get the liner to fit right so I may just leave it as is.


First wheeling trip with the truck. Pulled the front mud flaps that day. This day also determined that I needed to put a lift on the truck.

Around a month later I put a K&N cold air intake in.

About 4 months after the first trip I put my lift kit on:
Goodyear Wrangler Duratrax 285/75 R16
Spidertrax wheel spacers on all four corners

Day after putting the lift on the truck I took it wheeling


Before lift flex


After lift flex


Brute Force High Clearance bumper

Suspension
King extended travel coil overs w/ 700lb springs
Camburg UCAs
Alcan custom leaf packs (1000lbs over stock, 4" lift)
bilstein 5100s B110 for the rear
removal of sway bar
Super bumps up front and rear
BAMF he shackle hangers and shackles
Custom shock relocate with 14" 2.0 smooth body kings under the bed

Tires/wheels
Summer:
BFG KM2 35/12 R17 (only running because I got them for super cheap) on 17" Method double standard
Winter:
Good Year Wranglers 285/75 R16
Stock Wheels w/ Spider trax 1.25" wheel spacers on all four corners

Body Armor
Demello Three hoop plate front bumper
RCI Offroad: Front, T-case, Mid, and Gas tank skid
RCI Offroad: Rock sliders
In my opinion: If anybody is looking for skid or sliders Josh with RCI is the way too go. He has been nothing but helpful and accommodating, as I have bought stuff from him. He has also out done him self when I ordered my sliders. I was expecting about a week for them and I got a call two days later saying they were done.
Brute Force Fab High clearance rear bumper w/ swing out, rotopax mount, fold down table, and fog light mounts.

Recovery
smittybuilt x2o 10000lb, 100' synthetic line and wireless remote
recovery kit: Ironman 4x4 large recovery kit
receiver hitch clevis
Rotopax first aid kit
ARB compressor, Mid grade

I have also installed:
Cobra 75 CB radio with a Wilson Flex 4' antenna
400w anytime mod
Fog lights anytime mod but only work with the ignition on (didn't want to forget about them)
Redline hood struts
Super Bright LED lights for the map lights, dome light, reverse lights, and license plate lights
BAMF Cab mount chop
OK LED light bars: 6 LED 3x3 Flood lights(as my new fog lights)
tool/hi-lift mounts
Diff Breather Reroute into the fill cap
Exaughst reroute w/ a dual in single out magniflow muffler
PrInSu cab/topper rack
Brute force fab camera relocate
Brute force fab bed supports (billy is a great guy to work with. Always will to help a guy out and figure out how to make his suffer work for you.)
Bruteforce fab back up camera relocate
Safari air flow snorkel
Cam tabs gussets
Wet Okole seat covers (front and rear, heated seats driver and passenger)

Mods removed or replaced
Toytec ultimate coil overs with adjustable Billy 5100s (upgraded)
K&N cold air intake (removed)
Billy 5100 0-2" of lift (upgraded)
Al-pro expo leaf pack (flatten out)
Billy 5100 B110 4" of lift (bent shaft and no oil left)
Future plans
Hood lights
Front Bumper ditch lights
35x12.5x r17 with 4.56 gears
Front locker

 

Not one of my better days of wheeling. Decided to do some snow bashing and got a little in over my head.



some interesting winching took place to get me out.



this pic was not 5 min before the first pic and had no problems.

 

that's awesome how you like the ap leafs ! thinking of getting a set

 

I love them. They ride amazing. If you do get them i would look at a different rear shock. I think the expedition leafs are a little too much lift for a billy 5100.

 

Sweet looking truck dude! Keep it up.

 

Thanks man. she is a work in progress. but i happy with how she coming along.

 

Always a work in progress. We always will be adding things to our trucks in the ever elusive hope for perfection haha.

 

Ya I can totally agree with you on that. I actually just ordered my sliders. Haha

 

Nice, who did you order them from?

 

I went with bamf with kick outs.

 

Sweet man! Bamf makes good stuff. A buddy of mine taught me how to weld a while back so I took a shot at building my own sliders and they actually turned out pretty good.

 

Ya i know two people that have them and they seem pretty nice. Oh nice. I wish I could weld. Ya i checked your build out and it looks like you are working on a front and rear bumper also.

 

I love that silver sky metallic. Nice truck dude.

 

Sweet you'll be stoked once you throw em on your truck. It's not too hard to learn. Yeah i finished my front bumper and will be starting on a rear swingout pretty soon.

 

Thanks. Ya I like the color too.

Ya it might not be hard to learn, it just takes time. Which I don't have much of. Oh nice, it will be cool to see it when you are done.

 

Ya I will be stoked. It will give me a lot of eas on trails having the armor on the rocker panels.

 

They're definitely a huge help. Gives you that peace of mind on the trails like you said and also gives you a point to jack from if you have a hi lift jack.

 

Ya I cant wait till I have that peace of mind. Ya the high lift is my next purchase.

 

Put LED lights in for my Map lights, dome light, reverse light, and license plate light.



License plate is nice and easy to read now.



Reverse lights make a big difference now.



The dome light and map lights make it almost like daylight in the cab now.

 

Let me tell you man. One of the best things you'll ever buy. I use it to work on my truck and recently needed it for a trail fix in the desert. So nice to have!