PC3coyote's 2017 Tacoma Build

Magazine Feature!
October, 2019
Our truck was the cover feature for 4WD Toyota Owner Magazine!
















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Trip Report
October, 2019
Idyllwild

















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Trip Report
November, 2019
Lake Arrowhead

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Trip Report
November, 2019
Anza Borrego







































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Trip Report
November, 2019
Shaver Lake

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Trip Report
February, 2020
Jawbone and Red Rock


















































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Trip Report
February, 2020
Joshua Tree


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RCI skid plates
October, 2019
Spruced up the front skid and added LCA skids​

• Front skid has saved my butt more than once
• All are steel for strength
• Replaced the door and bolts which was whacked a few times so the door wouldn't come on and off easily (@Joshp767 RCI Metalworks sells replacement parts)
• Lazily sanded down the bed liner spray on the old front skid and powder coat on new LCA skids, it gives something for the new spray paint to adhere to. I didn't care for it to be super smooth, I just wanted the paint to adhere better. I know I'll ding them up more in the future and will do future rounds of touchups
• Cleaned up the rock gouges
• Used hammered silvered spraypaint (slightly more durable, easy to touch up, pop of color similar to Pro skid but actually provides protection )
• Replaced the previous black bedliner look with my homemade color-matched TRD stencil with the hammered silver look

 

Adjustable bed light
November, 2019
Adjustable Rigid Ignite bed light​

• Here's what I used: OEM bed rail > @wileydavis Hondo Garage t-nut (5/16-18 female) > lock washer > washer > fender washer > spacer >
  RAM MOUNTS (RAM-B-239U 1" Ball with 5/16"-18 Male Threaded Post
  RAM threaded ball (5/16-18 male) > RAM double long arm > RAM GoPro ball >
  $89 Rigid Industries – Ignite Diffused Black Surface Light Mount, Diffused Lens, Surface Mount Light, Black Housing, Small LED Light for Cars, Trucks, Motorcycles, UTVs, and Marine Vehicles (20531)
  Rigid Ignite diffused LED pod (GoPro mount)
• Currently wired to my @mattgecko bed lights but will be putting it on its own switch soon
• Will likely move it from the bed rail to the @wileydavis Go Fast Camper frame which has inserts for miscellaneous mounting
• Big thanks to @ace7196 for the idea and tips!

 

I hope everyone is staying safe out there. Crazy times in the world for sure. Take advantage of this time to spend some quality time with your family. If everyone does their part, we'll beat this and get back to wheeling and camping before the summer!

L O T S O F U P D A T E S ! ! !

Get ready...

OP will be updated ..soon.. with new photos and info. I'll also be doing a lot of more posts on the Go Fast Camper as well.

Haven't updated TacomaWorld in quite a long time but I'm fixing that

Summary of updates

• September 2019
  • Trip to Inyo National Forest - trip report
• October 2019
  • Magazine cover feature for anniversary issue of 4WD Toyota Owner magazine - full article
  • Trip to Idyllwild for fiancé's birthday - trip report
  • Installed more @Baja Designs lights - writeup (lights), writeup (behind the grille bracket)
    • 20" OnX6+ in bumper
    • four XL Sports behind the grille with a @JLee BAMF bracket
    • two S2 Sports as ditch lights with @Joshp767 RCI Metalworks brackets
  • Installed a Trigger Six Shooter accessory controller - writeup
  • Installed a @Tacovinyl raptor grille - writeup
  • Spruced up @Joshp767 RCI Metalworks front skid and added LCA skids - writeup
  • Removed the Element LED 20" light bar
• November 2019
  • Trip to Lake Arrowhead - trip report
    
  • Trip to Anza Borrego - trip report
  • Trip to Shaver Lake - trip report
  • Installed a @MESO stage 1 total tail light kit - writeup
  • Installed an adjustable Rigid bed light - writeup
    
  • Removed the @zscott / @CBI Offroad Fab Prinsu roof rack and Element LED 40" light bar
• December 2019
  • Installed Morimoto XB LED headlights - writeup
    
  • Installed a Kenwood Excelon radio - writeup
  • Installed a Batteries Plus X2Power 27F Battery - writeup
  • Installed SUMA wide angle side mirrors - writeup
  • Installed a @MESO puddle light switch kit with a @tacitos switch panel - writeup (switch kit), writeup (switch panel)
  • Installed a @MESO chrome delete kit - writeup
• January 2020
  • Installed @rrentrop Tacoma Vinyl Decals door handle decals - writeup
  • Installed @rrentrop Tacoma Vinyl Decals glovebox decals - writeup
    
  • Installed @rrentrop Tacoma Vinyl Decals steering wheel decals - writeup
    
  • Removed the @KB Voodoo bed rack, Freespirit Recreation RTT, and ARQ4WD 270deg awning
• February 2020
  • Trip to Jawbone and Red Rock - trip report
  • Trip to Joshua Tree - trip report
  • Installed a @wileydavis Go Fast Camper!
  • Installed @Joshp767 RCI Metalworks hi-lift bed brackets

Some photos and videos (more in links above)

 

awesome adventure as always! Thanks for bringing us a long . love when you share your pictures.

 

I always appreciate your replies!
I’m happy to do it.

Hopefully we can all get back to adventuring soon!

 

Beautiful truck, love your build!

 

thanks, bud! love my bed lights and get complimented on them all the time!

 

Wow! Very cool adventures!

 

Thanks! And thank you for providing all of the lumens which allow the adventures to continue long into the night!

 

Congrats on the feature man! Well deserved

 

Thanks! I really appreciate it!

 

SOS Offroad Concepts threads were deleted so my installation instructions were lost so I'm reposting them here

I have a 2017 DCSB Sport 4x4. I bought my SOS Offroad Concept from another user with a 2016 DCSB Sport 4x4 who had no problems.

I previously had two issues preventing me from completing the install. Note: Eddy at SOS Offroad Concepts helped me address both issues so I definitely appreciate his customer service!

1. Welded plates with round protrusion on both sides of the frame towards the front causing a 1/2" gap or so for the front plate of the slider. I verified that the 2016 had a version of these plates as well but we're not sure if he had the same gaps after install.
2. Out of the 7 slots for new bolts on the sliders, both sides of the truck are missing the 3 middle holes. The slots are in the slider but there are no holes in the frames in those spots. They are supposed to be pure bolt-in with no drilling required. I verified that the 2016 had these missing holes in their frame and it's just my 2017 that doesn't have them.

See below for some photos to help explain the issues.

















And here they are installed with issues resolved!























I initially had two issues with my initial installation but they have been resolved:

1. Issue: Late 2016s and 2017s are missing frame holes
   • Solution: Use 3/8" holes on the frame including getting creative and repurposing some holes on the driver side, they're not in the ideal locations in all cases but I think it should be okay (more info below)
2. Issue: 3rd gens have a bulge in the front of the frame on both sides that cause the slider bracket to not sit flush
   • Solution: Eddy made some spacer/shim plates that fit on each side of the bulge and I used a breaker bar to tighten all of the bolts insanely tight which helped bend the slider brackets some to sit as tight as possible against the frame, there's still a slight gap but I'm not too worried (more info below)

Materials (boltdepot is a great place to buy hardware online, way cheaper and better selection compared to Home Depot, Lowe's, etc)

• Qty 6: 1/2-13x1-1/2 hex bolts, zinc plated grade 8 steel yellow
• Qty 2: 1/2-13x1-1/4 hex bolts, zinc plated grade 8 steel yellow
  
• Qty 7: 3/8-16x1-1/4 hex bolts, zinc plated grade 8 steel yellow
  
• Qty 4: 1/2-13 hex nuts, zinc plated grade 8 steel yellow
  
• Qty 7: 3/8-16 hex nuts, zinc plated grade 8 steel yellow
  
• Qty 4: 1/2-13 flange lock nuts, zinc plated steel
  
• Qty 8: 5/8 flat washers, steel
  
• Qty 18: 1/2 flat washers, steel
  
• Qty 13: 3/8 flat washers, steel
  
• Qty 2: 3/4 grommet, rubber
  
• Qty 3: 1/2 grommet, rubber
  
• Zipties
  
• Electrical tape
• Turpentine
• Rust-oleum self etching primer
• Flat black paint
• Rust-oleum truck bed coating
• 2x6 wood plank cut to 4ft long
• Plastic drop cloth

Tools

• Microfiber towels
• Floor jack
• 2-4 jack stands
• Flat head screwdriver
• Utility knife
• 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 3/4 (qty 2), 1/2 (qty 2) sockets and (qty 2) socket wrenches
• Pliers
• Socket wrench breaker bar ( )
• Telescoping magnetic pickup tool ( )
• Alcohol (I went with bourbon, but beer works too!)

Directions

1. Note: I did this all alone. It would be much easier with 1-2 extra people to assist
2. Shim plates painting
   1. Wipe down shim plates with turpentine on a rag
   2. Wipe down with a dry rag
   3. Spray with 3 light coats of primer (2 min in-between coats)
   4. After 30 min from last primer coat spray with 3 light coats of of flat black paint (2 min in-between coats)
   5. I waited until the next day to install them
3. Sliders painting
   1. Wipe down sliders with turpentine on a rag
   1. Wipe down with a dry rag
   2. Spray with 3 light coats of primer (2 min in-between coats)
   3. After 30 min from last primer coat spray with 3 light coats of of bedliner spray (2 min in-between coats)
   4. I would wait until the next day to install them. Note: these were already painted using the process above by the other TW member that I purchased them from
4. Driver side installation (takes a lot more time than passenger side, do first)
   1. Remove 3 covers from the front of the frame with a flathead screwdriver (won't use all)
   2. For the outside of the frame:
      1. Remove the 1x 14mm bolt from the bottom of the frame (may need breaker bar)
      2. Remove 1x 12mm bolt from the silver bracket
      3. Remove the 2x nuts from the black box on the other side and push through
      4. Push through the 3x plastic brake clips
      5. Cut the electrical tape from the wire loom and remove the 2x plastic clips by pulling them out
   3. For the inside:
      1. Remove the 1x 12mm bolt for the brake lines in the front of the frame
      2. Remove the 2x front plastic brake clips completely (will reuse these holes for the slider)
      3. For the black box, bend the lower right screw mount 90deg or remove completely (will reuse this hole for the slider)
   4. Jack up the slider using the 2x6 and secure with jack stands
   5. Install the following bolts (#'s correlate to pictures) and keep everything very loose until you get all the bolts in
      1. #1 (use shim plate, also use magnetic tool to hold the flange nut inside the frame while you thread in the bolt from the outside - this is the most difficult part of the slider installation)
         • Outside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2 flange lock nut
      2. #2 (use shim plate)
         • Outside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2 flange lock nut
      3. #3
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer, 1/2 grommet
      4. #4
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer, 1/2 grommet
      5. #5
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer, 1/2 grommet
      6. #6
         • Outside frame: 14mm stock bolt
         • Inside frame: none
      7. #7
         • Outside frame: 1/2 nut, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2x1-1/4 bolt, 1/2 washer, 3/4 grommet
      8. #8
         • Outside frame: 1/2 nut, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2x1-1/4 bolt, 1/2 washer
   6. Remove jack and jack stands and then tighten all the bolts down
   7. Cut 3/4 grommet into 6x 1/2in pieces, add two grommet pieces to each side of the brake lines where they go over the perpendicular frame support and then add a ziptie to each side, add two grommet pieces between the brake lines themselves to the left of the black box, add a ziptie to the brake lines to the right of the black box
   8. Push back plastic brake clip back through, reinstall front brake line bolt, reinstall nut for black box, reinstall bolt for silver bracket, reinstall two plastic wire loom brackets and redo electrical tape to hold wire loom to brackets
5. Passenger side installation
   1. Remove 5 covers from the front of the frame with a flathead screwdriver (won't use all)
   2. For the outside of the frame:
      1. Remove the 1x 14mm bolt from the bottom of the frame (may need breaker bar)
      2. Remove 2x 10mm bolt from black box and remove cover
      3. Remove 2x 12mm bolt from bracket under black cover and pull up from frame
   3. Jack up the slider using the 2x6 and secure with jack stands
   4. Install the following bolts (#'s correlate to pictures) and keep everything very loose until you get all the bolts in
      1. #1 (use shim plate, much easier than driver side and no brake lines in the way)
         • Outside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2 flange lock nut
      2. #2 (use shim plate)
         • Outside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2 flange lock nut
      3. #3
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
      4. #4
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer
      5. #5
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer
      6. #6
         • Outside frame: 14mm stock bolt
         • Inside frame: none
      7. #7
         • Outside frame: 1/2 nut, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
      8. #8
         • Outside frame: 3/8 nut, 3/8 washer, 1/2 washer
         • Inside frame: 3/8x1-1/4 bolt, 3/8 washer
      9. #9
         1. Outside frame: 1/2 nut, 1/2 washer
         2. Inside frame: 1/2x1-1/2 bolt, 1/2 washer, 5/8 washer
   5. Remove jack and jack stands and then tighten all the bolts down
   6. Reinstall bolts for bracket, reinstall bolts for bracket cover

Sliders


Some of the materials


Eddy's brackets







Driver side



















Passenger side













Break time


Representing!

 

Almost three years overdue but I just updated the OP with all of the latest and greatest truck projects!