Blue Overland Build

Gonna have a few updates and a bit of a photo dump here.. Decided to redo the wiring for my overhead switch panel, its been bugging me for a while so I figured why not. Shrink-wrapped everything for that squeaky clean look:


While that was going down I also decided it was time to paint the Cabrac.. I was planning on getting everything powder coated but what the winter coming up plus living near to water Im gonna be surrounded by constant salt. That plus the RTT going up there when needed made me choose to just paint the side rails and go with a gloss black Rustoleum paint job with a couple layers of clear coat for now. Came out a lot better then I expected.




Also painted these thingys, not too sure what they are but they are great paperweights...


Also had a small side project today. Bought my stepdad a 42in curved LED bar for his Ram. Looks great, and the curve of the light follows the curve of his bumper perfectly! Everything went very smooth until I found out that one side of the bar had a stripped thread hole that needed fixing. Rethreaded it no problem just annoyed me since I had to go out and get the kit. Also going to be installing some switches from OTRATTW with their switch panel when that comes here. Here is the final product:



Gotta get my rear suspension tackled before winter really starts to kick in and also my sliders need welding too.. Hopefully I can get that all situated soon. Really want to try to start building something I have itching for the bed soon as well

 

Nice paper weights!

 

Thought I'd share this today.. Exactly 4 years ago I put this picture up.. Truck has cone a long way haha

 

Subd! Nice build man! And your truck has definitely come a long way.

 

Thanks man a lotta work and more to go!

 

sub'd! love that blue

 

Thanks man!

 

Installed flush mounted LED reverse lights I've had laying around for about a year. Definitely not a fun time but came out very good.
As of right now I have them hooked up to a switch on my overhead panel but I would also like to figure out how to have them turn on with my reverse lights but still retain the switch in case I wanna use them for camping/fishing/etc.. got some night pics, will take some of the lights tmrw during the day also




Switch panel almost full only 2 slots left for more lights!

 

Got some better pics of the flush mounted LEDs during the day today:

 

When did they get rid of SWB? Right before the facelift? Miss that color

 

Yup. Guess they realized they F'd up and brought it back for '16

 

Hell yeah they f'd up when they got rid of it.. I love this color fell in love with it as soon as i started researching tacomas haha

 

The SR8s look so aggressive paired with the MTRs. I love it

 

Thanks Vin! I love the SR8s

 

Went out to some local spots and snagged these pics

 

Got the Bushwhackers mounted up today, pics will be coming tmrw!

 

How're the stock gears holding up with the 35s? Or did you end up getting 4.56s?

 

Gears are holding up fine, not too many hilly areas around me.. Drove all the way to myrtle beach and back a couple weeks ago, around 10+ hours each way. Driving up towards up state NY and PA where there are more mountains and stuff, the truck works a bit harder. I hoping to re-gear in the future but like i said around me its not bad at all.