HIROD's 3rd gen DUST build

Hoping to get it wrapped up before memorial day weekend. Had some big plans for the truck

 

Nice build. Coming along very nice

 

Yours too. Was driving under nimitz yesterday, saw yours on the side of the road. I'm going to need to take a closer look one of these days.

 

Not a problem sir. Hopefully some TW meet soon.

 

Looking good! All functional/practical mods and I've noticed you've been teasing us without showing a full pic of the truck hahah. I'd be interested in doing the condensate extension and rear diff breather. Do you have a shop?

 

No shop. Just my driveway. I have some leftover hose from the ac condensate re route that you can have if you want.

 

Began my rear diff breather relocate mod. Popped off the divers side taillights and drilled a hole for the breather. Routed the hose and left it coiled up. Going to decide how long to cut it after i lift. Don't want it to be too short and have to rework it.


I think i have about 10' left of hose if anyone else is planning to do the same mod.

 

Basically I made my locker air line and breather same length as the extended brake lines. Being in the center of the axle, it can't stretch more that.

 

I was thinking that but figure i won't be doing any off roading for now anyway. And i might change my mind about the route i ran the hose between now and then. The hardest parts are done and the final hook up will take about 15 minutes including cleaning up.

 

And my 7/16" cobalt bit came in. Should be ready to install transfer case skid after the sliders go on. And I'm planning to pick up sliders tomorrow from mekala.

On schedule to install that last skid first Sunday next month if wahiawa shop is open.

 

these got shipped the other day. Usps says it was delivered today.

 

Enough for 10 relayed circuits and 10 fuse only circuits. Now just gotta sort out what goes where.

 

Good news bad news. Good news: Got one slider on. Bad news: ONLY got one slider one. Have some issues but the install for the one i did install was pretty easy/quick. And that was the driver's side. The passenger side looks to be easier.

 

Truck less for now.

Dropped it off to servco to have them fix the hood. Initially they said 2 days max on the phone (with emailed photos) but no definite timeline after they saw it in person. A few more spots had come loose since i first noticed it. I believe once one section starts letting go, the vibes start loosening the adjacent adhesion points.

I am still hoping to get it back by this weekend. The tonneau cover is supposed to come in this week and hopefully i can mount that and my passenger side slider over the weekend.

 

I'm thinking of doing the rear diff breather locate mod too. What were the breather plug part numbers you used? Thanks

 

Here's the link i used. I haven't installed the part that goes into the diff so I'm not certain it's the correct one. I'm confident it is but i know there's been discussions about two different part numbers.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/my-differential-breather-mod-photos.111954/

 

Can you update your build when you get it installed? I'll let you be the guinea pig haha

 

What my living room looks like today. Might be a busy weekend. Revolver tonneau cover and mobtown tailgate skin. And the icons all the way in the back of the pic.

 

Picked up my truck after work today. Technically the hood is fixed but, I'll let the pics speak for themselves tomorrow. I guess I'm not very happy about their work but the skin is stuck to the frame so they "fixed" it.

Tried to clean up my living room today. Got the revolver x2 installed. Pretty easy to install. Buying and having it shipped from morrie (forget what his company was) went pretty smooth and the price pretty good too.

Then threw on the mobtown skin. One if the simplest but painful mods I've ever done. Didn't realize all those riv nuts would destroy my hands like that. But .... Real simple. It looks good @ 8pm.taking pics of everything tomorrow.

 

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Good: Got some parts out of my living room.

The bad: Tonneau cover lets some water in. Most everything I leave in there isn't really affected by water. Tonneau cover mostly that to protect against sticky fingers. Cover advertised as being able to hold up a several hundred pounds and i guess it technically held when i sat on it. But, kinda sketchy. Was hoping to be able to tie down a couple action packers like the tri fold types but I'm not so confident right now.

The ugly:That's how the body shop that servco uses fixed my hood. Actually, that's how they fixed half my hood. Driver's side wasn't even worked on. I plan to take it back after i talk to them on Monday.
Also, because they're working on the rail right in front of the dealership, you may want to choose to get your truck worked on somewhere other than waipahu. I washed it a day before dropping it off after one month and it came back worse than before i washed it.