Help me plan my (2013) build!!! ($7k budget)

I need to get caught up!!! I do believe I'd quite like that show! Unfortunately, during the time it was on (81-89) my TV viewing was controlled by my mom (I was 2-10 and back then, she pulled some internal fuse of the TV when she wasn't around so I couldn't watch TV unless she was there and then, she picked the shows!), I never saw it! : (

 

LOL! I did love Magnum P.I. back in the day!!!!

Here's a pic of the new truck stretching its legs a bit at URE:


Stock other than rocksliders for now but, I have a set of 37" MTRK's that will be going on once I figure out what suspension I want to go with.

 

Unfortunately, it's gonna be a few months yet for the 37s, i have to save up money for the suspension, and then it's about a 3 week wait through the manufacturers I have been looking at! I can't wait to see it either! LOL!

Those tiny looking tires in the pic are a metric equivalent to a 33", they are stock on the Power Wagon.

 

YUP! That's the plan! They look nice and are the proper size/backspacing/etc so, they are going to stay! I just need to find a fifth one for the spare since it can't fit under the bed anymore with 37"! (The stock steelie spare rim is a bit aesthetically challenged for being mounted in a prominent spot in the bed, LOL!)

 

That's a good point as well! Just a little more complicated of rotation but really not a bad idea at all! Gives a longer length of time between tire replacements, and eventually the spare is gonna go bad (dry rot) even if it never gets used so, might as well get some use out of it! If I can find a deal on a matching rim, I may just do that too!

 

Always better to have a matching sized spare! Mine will stand no chance of fitting in the stock spot so, I will have to relocate it. I'd like to eventually add an extra fuel tank (like one from a Blazer, Bronco, Jeep, etc) into the spot where the spare used to reside. The extra fuel capacity would be nice as my current range is only around 360miles. (30 something gallons usable tank capacity and just over 11mpg average (that's gonna drop with 37s! LOL!))

 

As an FYI for anybody else looking at Countersteers, Toyota definitely uses TPMS sensors with different angles (20 vs 40 degrees IIRC), but there also does appear to be some inconsistency in what Toyota shipped with the steel wheels. Before I bought my Countersteers a couple years back I asked another member with an 05 and steel wheels if his TPMS sensors were compatible, and told me they worked fine. Lo and behold when it came time to install mine the angle of the sensor was off just enough to prevent the sensor from sealing against the wheel. So long story short you could be good to go, or you might need to buy new sensors.

 

Popped a 37 on to see if it'll fit, it's a bit too tight stock! But, my lift will be here in a couple days!!!!



Mods going on soon (some are already sitting in the garage, some (such as the lift) have shipped and I'm waiting for):
Carli 2.5 performance with fabbed towers, MIG/mild steel control arms, full (Deaver) rear springs, and front diff guard. (2.5=2.5" body remote reservoir King shocks with custom Carli valving and stainless shafts!) It's about 1.75" or so of lift.
Thuren rear shackles
Dodge Off Road rear diff cover
DT Profab steering box brace
37x12.50R17 Goodyear MTRK's (bought a fifth stock alloy to have a matching spare)

I'll post some pics once some of the parts are on!!!