Killbuzzjrad Build...restart

Nice, I love the stance of the truck. Looks great with those wheels.

 

did you have to put wheel spacers on the rim so the tire would fit?

 

awesome truck! And yes, that is a very nice name you have.

 

Wow...it's been four years since I posted any updates here. Well the truck has been paid off for a year now and I make considerably more money then I did in the Air Force. I think that means it's time to start working on this build again. I want to camp more often and travel to parts of the country that are remote. So I see this becoming an Expo build. I've found numerous Expo builds here that have given me inspiration. First order of business is sliders. I recently purchased some from SOS so they will be here towards the beginning of December.

Here's are recent pic of what she looks like. Six years old as of October and only 40,000 miles on her. She's got a lot of life left.

 

Just ordered LCA skids from BAMF and will be ordering a IFS skid from BAMF on Black Friday. Can't wait to get the first pieces of my trail armor in!

 

Well I wanted a BAMF IFS skid but UPS shipping is a killer. I really don't see myself doing any serious off-roading anytime soon so I'm going to start working on gathering the parts for a bed mounted tent. Relentless Fab has a set of three bed bars for a good price and they will have a Black Friday deal as well. Anyone know of any other metal fabricators that make bed bars for bed tents for a good price?

 

Relentless bed bars have been ordered!

 

LCA skids are here!

 

Time to let them dry for a few days.

 

More goodies but I'm still waiting on my sliders and cross bars.

 

Christmas came early!

 

Time to start priming the sliders. I used some mineral spirits to clean off the machine oil and flux.



Wiped them down about twice over and then started my base coat with some self etching primer.


I put on three good coats and they came out perfect.


In the middle of cleaning up the UPS guy arrived with my cross bars!


This week is going to be busy.

 

Herculiner is on. Now the waiting begins.

 

Sliders, crossbars and tent are on! Now let's see what Santa brings me tomorrow.

 

Looks awesome!

 

Thanks. It is starting to look good but after I added the RTT I quickly realized that I need better leaf springs. Time to get some OME Dakars and I already got the ok from the wife.

 

Well that's all you need to pull the trigger...

 

Dakars will be ordered shortly. In the meantime I'm focusing on purchasing better equipment for when I go camping. A little over a week ago I purchased a Yeti-like cooler for much less than the real thing. Out the door I got this 125 quart for $343.80 vs $550 for a Yeti.



I've also started purchasing the tools and parts to redo my wiring. Thanks to @tacozord, my wiring will look cleaner and be a lot safer. I currently don't have a lot of items that need power but I will prewire everything for my future upgrades.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/diy-build-and-install-a-bussmann-rtmr-fuse-relay-block.399454/

 

Some goodies came in today.

 

Started on wiring the Bussmann and while I was at it I removed my old fuse block and wiring. I also installed my Redline hood struts. They weren't too difficult.





If anyone wants to buy these for cheap just shoot me a pm.