MaverickT883's Build/Adventure Thread

Took delivery of my 2021 Tacoma Access Cab Trd-Offroad, Already in love with it. Wanted a place to document the journey from stock, to modified and every adventure I have with it.





Current mods

• Rci engine skid plate
• Rci trans skid plate
• ValleyRunner Tuned
• Bilstien 5100 all around

• ARB Snorkel
• Cooper STT MAXX 33s 255/85/16
• Nokian Outpost NATs 31.5 265/75/16 (winter tires for now lol, shoutout nokian for sending me them!)
• APF Off-road sliders
• ICON AAL
• Somewhat custom stubby front bumper
• Cap (fb marketplace, unbranded)
• Amazon rear bumper (https://a.co/d/8p1Thnz , i paid 400cad on sale, thing kicks ass for that price)

Planned

• Dakar HD Rear Leaf packs
• Icon 2.0 rear shocks
• Eibach 600lb springs (have them sitting in the closet)
• Full front bumper.

Removed/Sold and reasons

• Besttop Softtopper- caused surprisingly bad fuel economy, good otherwise tho. Wanted to do more camping, so RTT it (was)
  
• TRD Pro Skid- wasn’t heavy duty enough for me.
• Generic Amazon RTT- quality was terrible and wanted to free up bed space and weight.
  
• Greenlane off-road bed bars- don’t need them now that RTT is gone. Great product tho!
• Firestone airbags- horrible ride, leaked after 2 years
• Backflip G2- I am indecisive!
• ARE DCU High roof cap- way too much wind resistance and too heavy. Also made for a Colorado so didn't fit right and wasn't waterproof at all.

How it currently sits!

 

Added tufskinz mudflaps

 

Snow tires on for the winter, I almost like the steelies. Toyo Observe G3-ice. Had good luck with Toyo's previously.

 

*Proceeds to almost slide into ditch next to driveway*

 

Nice build. Love the Steelies!

 

Cheap and good as winters lol, can't complain.

 

Got me through some snow on the farm today. Getting my Bakflip MX4 Tonneau installed tomorrow. Also have to throw in my Bed mat one of these days.

 

Going to pick up this 2008 Civic LX (manual!) I bought for 750 bucks tomorrow. We shall see how it tow it on a car trailer.

 

Put on my Bakflip MX4 and bed mat today. Love the MX4 so far, super high quality. Bed Mat will be great for tools.

 

Installed my sequential turn signals, and lamin x fogs.

 

Nice score, should be an easy flip or a decent beater car.

 

Grabbed the civic last night and did some field work today.

 

1220KM in a week and a bit hell ya lol. 21mpg ain't bad either.

 

Wood. Lots of it. My boss offered it for free so I took it of course.

 

Put her to work hauling our sleds out to our last ride for the year (early thaw here for some reason, that mud is just from my driveway.). 5000~lbs, handled very well for what it is. It's certainly not as good as my dads Diesel Gmc 1500 Max tow pack, but I can't complain with 11mpg and cruising at 2.5k rpm on the flats at 90kph.

 

Not really a mod for you elitists, but I got Carhartt seat covers. Gravel covered. They seem to cover the majority of the seats and seem to be thick enough and tough enough to take a beating. I didn't go with Clazzios or anything fancy because I wanted rugged, easy to clean, and something that i could throw in the wash.

 

Had to put some work on the farm in. Everything is slop. Snow Tires did not like the slop LOL. I can't wait to put the nice rims/tires back on, the stock tires are much better than anyone gives them credit for.

 

Got me a free Primus IQ. Dad didn't need it now that he has a 21 GMC 1500 with the factory brake controller.

 

Got my free brake controller installed, but... AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I hit my knee off of it. Any more over to the left and it won't let the door close. Anymore to the right and the damned knee airbag gets in the way. I would love it in the center, under the radio above where the wireless charger/cubby is. Does anyone know of an extension for the stock wiring harness so I could mount it here instead?

 

Only 4 wires? Why don't you just extend it yourself?

If you want to get fancy, relocate the VSC button to the blank spot next to the 400W inverter button, and mount the brake controller there for easy adjustment on the road.