Deadhead 2002 Tacoma Expedition Trail Build

Well I decided to start a build thread.

2002 Tacoma TRD

CURRENT:



Progression:

Bought it was 100k Miles and it was mint.




Kept it how it was for a few months then moved back to Colorado when I got out of the Army.

Found a Topper when i got back... $100 bones color basically matched and just missing a side window. I got a piece of plexiglass and replaced it



Went to the Colorado Toyota Jambo... I just wheeled wheeler lake and knew that i needed armor asap




Look what I won at the Jambo Raffle!!!


Built some sliders with my buddy.




Got an Addicted Offroad Bumper from Scotty up in Fort Collins.... i needed something to put my winch in


Fooling around up on tin cup pass



Stopped by Toytec and grabbed these.


Built a rear bumper.



Good thing i didn't have my old bumper on


Wheeled the 2015 Jambo



Sold my topper for some dumb reason then went to crested butte during xmas



Got another topper, did some spring wheeling





Specifications:

Driveline:
- 3.4l V6
- Auto tranny
- Stock 4.10 gears
- E-locker rear
- Grey wire mod'd

Suspension:
- Toytec Boss #650 Coils
- Toytec Add-a-Leaf
- BAMF BPV relocation doohickey
- OME diff drop
- Bilstein 5100 rear shocks
- No swaybar

Wheels / tires:
- 275/70/17 KM1's off of a Jeep Rubicon
- Method Racing The Standard 17" wheels

Armor / steel bits:
- Addicted Offroad Front Bumper
- Homemade Rear Bumper
- Homemade Sliders
Coming Soon:
- Full skids

Interior:
- Ram Mount for phone
- Doubledin bluetooth radio
- ashtray removed cb installed

Lighting / Electrical:
- LED Headlights
- 18" Amazon Light Bar

Recovery / misc.:
- Smittybilt 9500lb Winch
- Tons of Straps and D-Rings
- OBA
- Action Packers full of stuff

-Matt

 

Subd. How in the world was that engine so clean?

 

Old man who bought it new and lived in Vegas... He told me about the detailer he used on the flares and the motor to keep it nice... too bad i bought it and beat it all up

 

Thinking about building an adventure Trailer... this is how far i got with the design today.

 

updated trailer.... it is coming along should be sweet to have all my camping gear and a RTT on it.

 

Did a lot of stuff recently,

Got my topper color matched to my truck

Wired up and installed new reverse lights and waiting on my led light bar matching switch

Did some wheeling up near Leadville and minturn!

Went to the expedition Colorado meet and greet and grabbed a trasharoo

Oh also ordered a RTT so stay tuned I will be building a bed rack as well as a rear tire carrier for my bumper

 

Subbed

 

Would you looky here.. Decided to design my basic rack today and pick up the metal. I took the dimensions from the Tuff Stuff RTT I ordered and created a rack (Much like box rockets) to hold the tent.
My plan is to run the rack in the summer and the topper in the winter since Colorado it loves to snow.

With my measurements the tent should sit even with the cab of my truck... Or atleast close. I will have to measure the real size of the tent when it gets here to determine the height.

The plan is the build the rack next weekend when the tent gets here.

 

Good lookin rig sir

 

New switches installed!

 

Got my RTT today and started the rack!

 

Got some welding done ... Finished the main part of the rack......

Tomorrow I should have it ready for paint!
Pro tip take some wire and wrap it around your ground... You will never have issues with grounds again

 

Got 90% done with the rack!!! So excited to see the tent on my truck. I will be adding a highlift mount and some tabs to the rack... Then grinding down the top welds on the rack and painting it!!

 

Sweet build! Bed rack is similar to the one I built.

 

Rack done and installed... I will prob add a fire extinguisher and maybe a shovel and ax mount opposite the holiday mount but we will see.

Now I just need someone to come over and help me put the rtt on!

 

First time in it! I was so excited and my rack turned out great I think!!! I will post pictures of our camping and exploring trip this weekend in the mountains

 

@Burnett similar to the one I'd like to make

Good looking rig!

 

It was fairly easy to build... the arms from the bed rail to the rack was the most difficult part ... if the rack was smaller (its 48x48") you could maybe just make 2 angled cuts rather than the multiple cuts and my crazy cardboard template lol

 

Sub'd because if the no nonsense build.
And also for the best welding cart ever!

 

Yeah I've made 3D models of one but haven't gotten my hands dirty of trying to make one/plan it out