Nate's build

I'm just going to dump a bunch of photos in here. Enjoy

These were from a test run a long while back to check clearance in the front and rear and see what all needed some fixin'. A few might be a repost.
@Pelfreybilt Front bumper, IFS and Mid skid
@RigidIndustries 20" hyper spot, Amber Dually D2, flush SRM






@JLee BAMF shock tower and front ORI struts
@Downsouth Motorsports 12" Kings









@RelentlessFab HC Rear bumper and bolt on slider














Of course she has to take photos of me looking like an idiot

 

Looking good! Been thinking about a soft topper more and more now, any issues with yours? Hows the Expo Leaf Pack been holding up?

 

Man that flex is so nice. Looooove your truck dude!!

 

Excellent!

 

Thanks man. The Softopper is holding up great. I've had it over two years now and it still looks nice and tight. I recently changed out the rear window/flap from the clear window to the mesh window a few weeks back. I had expected the two year old canvas to have faded and not match the fresh new one but no. They both matched perfectly!

As for the Expo leaf pack, from what I can tell it's still doing its job. I'm not noticing any significant sagging. They are rusting but that's not a big deal to me. I'll just paint them at one point. However, I did notice that the bottom rear small leaf tends to get cocked out on both sides. I'll get photos of what I'm talking about up and I'll reach out to AllPro and see what they say.

Thanks man. I've been following yours from the get go and it's come a long way. Looking good

Thanks! The OBA setup is coming along. It still needs a few more fitting to run some air line and some rewiring. I don't like the clutter of the factory ARB harness so of course I need to do it myself. But the compressor, air locker, manifold and tank are all in. Just need those fittings. I'm still standing by to see yours.

 

Right on Nate, it's pretty exciting! I went with ARB Twin as well. My project fell behind due to an online retailer who couldn't deliver, got that fixed but running out of time. Going to do a portable air setup first and then hard mount stuff later. Compressor just arrived today.

By the way, I found this comment and pic pretty funny! Good stuff man

 

The fun part




Cleaning. The not so fun part.

 

such a beautiful truck!

 

Dats a lot of dust in the cab! Windows down?

 

Thanks man!

Yup! I'm a windows down person.

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Took a short local trip to go hiking in Montaña de Oro State Park.


Learned how to weave synthetic winch line while installing an abrasive sleeve. Good to know in case of a tear/break.

 

Nice! That park is right on the coast. Looks neat! Good on the splice! Great skill to have.

 

Pm'd about bora wheel spacers up front. Thanks man

 

A few people asked about my rear spacers so here they are. They are simple slip on type spacers in 15mm from BORA, same guys who made my custom fronts. I had them make them for the 106mm toyota hub but with a 108mm outside diameter to be hub centric with the 108mm Method wheels I'm running. Also had them anodize black to match the fronts. I run these to eliminate the tires rubbing on the shock body with the BAMF towers. Just a note, these will not fit with factory wheel studs. I have extended ARP studs in the rear.


Cheap $5 spacer I was running before


New spacers on the hub with 108mm mounting surface


Got these nifty bed side supports from Tyler @Pelfreybilt to eliminate the wobblyness after cutting for high clearance bumper.


Uses existing mounting points and one bolt through the bed side that'll get covered up by the flares if I ever get around to them


Next I was test fitting the Prinsu roof rack

















Don't be an idiot like me and leave the tape on the roof for an extended period of time. I had a hell of a time getting all the residue off.

I took the truck on a road trip to Arizona, Utah, Nevada and back to California.
This is me seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time. No picture, video or words can do this place justice. Simply amazing.






Early morning sunrise






From there we went to the Antelope Canyons
Thought this looked like an eagle




The Lady in the Wind. Looks like a hood ornament or like you'd see on the front of an old wooden ship.


This was the Indian Chief's Head


At the Horseshoe Bend

 

epic

 

Man I went on a similar trip in September! Amazing places in that desert. Wish I would have gone to antelope canyon. We went to Powell, Horseshoe Bend, and the Grand Canyon.

 

@Nate87 Looking good man!

I ordered some spacers from the same company with the same setup 108 outside, 106 inside. My outers didn't fit, did you get them 108mm exactly or a bit less? I now have $200 paper weights since the company didn't want to try and fix them.

 

DUDE! That sucks! I'd be pissed! I ordered the front and rear separately and asked for the same thing both times. 106 inside and 108 outside and they fit perfect.

I'd get a dial caliper and measure the diameter. If it wasn't what you ordered, I'd go from there. I really hope they can resolve the issue. How off are they? Could it be a variation in wheel paint thickness?

 

It not off by much. I measured the spacers and they were 108.13.

I pressed out the studs and took it to my local machinist with a rim and he turned them down for me. But one of the studs didn't even have knurling on it!

I ordered some 1" spacers all the way around so I don't have to trim the factory lugs.

 

How is your solar panel set up? I want to throw one in my accessrac eventually. Same as you if you don't mine me copying you on a few more things!

Seriously sick truck. I gotta check it out again sometime soon.

 

Solar setup is one 100 Watt panel sandwiched between the roof rack. It's almost a perfect fit! I had to put a washer on each end between the cross bar and rack to space it out a bit to be able to fit the panel in. I also had to trim parts of the panel frame to clear the roof line. From there it goes to a charge controller in the cab then to the auxiliary battery i have mounted in the cab.

I'll work on getting photos of all this posted. Just let me know when the next SB meet goes and you can check it out.