Overland_NC 2017 TRD Off-Road Build

I gotcha. I live in the Raleigh area.

 

Is the front runner you have on the cab specific for the 2015 models or the '16? I ask because they have both on their website and the '16 is sold out.

 

2016 specific but it's the same for the 2017 too.

 

Love your thread. I'll have my truck shortly and hope to join you guys on some excursions

 

Few more pictures from the weekend. I'll post a review on the setup later.



Maybe Toyota can add a few more lights to the dash panel for the 18's...



@Inferno_Taco floating a tire.

 

@ctfriel your build looks great. I have a request. Could you take a pic of the inside of front wheel well where the ARB bumper meets up with the fender?

I am curious to see what that looks like. I am contemplating on getting the ARB bull bar once I get back to the mainland.

 

How much weight is the ARE Z series rated for? I can't seem to find any actually numbers.

Curious where it's the same~ish 150lbs my Leer 100XR is rated for. If it is around there, did you (or are you planning to) do any reinforcements to handle the RTT+ people weight? I know my canopy's rating is for dynamic weight and it can handle more when stationary, but how much more and for how long...

 

why did you buy the short bed and when will you be getting sliders and skids?

 

I'm guessing to easily carry over the canopy from his Limited? And to have a shorter wheel base off road? Maybe.

 

It's an overland rig. I don't know why so many people buy short beds for overlanding

 

Tru dat. I feel like I don't have enough room in my LB!

 

They make a factory bracing that goes inside to up the rating to 500lbs.

 

No idea on weight capacity. It should be able to hold well over 150#. The 150# comes from a load traveling down the highway. No reinforcements planned. It did shift about 1/8" over the weekend through some major flexy terrain and washboard forest roads at 35-40mph. I'm going to add 2 more clamps to it to keep that under control. Your canopy isn't going to collapse with you in it camping.

I'm only 4'-11". No really. I don't plan to sleep in the bed. I have a fridge and totes back there. It was readily available, I could swap my canopy, the extra foot would get eaten up on trails around us, it's hard enough to turn a short bed around on our trails, the list goes on and on... Each have their benefit. I like the short bed for the best coast I mean East Coast... J/k.

Skids and sliders are planned in the near future. Within a month or so... Trying to decide ona vendor.

 

I saw a few custom solutions, but I didn't realize any vendor offered this option. Found photos of the ARE setup: http://www.offroadxtreme.com/featur...nvents-strength-and-durability-in-truck-caps/ . Don't see it on the ARE website, though.

 

Let me know what clamps you go with. My own canopy recently shifted while off-roading and I wouldn't mind adding a few more clamps.

 

Checkout Sos off-road concepts. Vendor here, local in SC. Makes great products! @EddyRRT

 

Sorry I forgot about this.

 

Thanks man. It looks solid. Are you happy with how it matches up after cutting the front bumper and wheel well etc.?

 

Cant remember who, but a couple of people on here have the hd setup on their ARE camper shells with rtt's on top.

 

What's the mpg you are getting loaded up and unloaded? Badass truck!