tacomazach's double cab build

put bracket on


And wanted to check to make sure all my lines had enough slack but couldn't get a tire off the ground to know for sure.

 

girlfriend bought me a new camera for christmas so maybe there won't be any more phone pics. Went playing with it yesterday.

 

Time for some updates. I went over a rough pothole road and when I did the passenger side cv axle pulled out of the differential. I re-assembled everything and pulled the spacer out from the coilover assembly to help ease the angle a bit. It didn't ease the angle of the axles, but it does ride MUCH smoother now.

Trail-Gear sliders came in and are painted ready to go on. I just have to get with my buddy who does all the welding. I don't have any pictures of them painted yet. Just these the day it came in.




The same guy and I also have a trip to Arizona planned I'll be trying to get ready for. or trying to get ready for anyway. I'm looking forward to spending a week camping out west. Finally got a hi-lift jack. I got the 60", Go big or go home right? Got it mounted up on the rack along with a shovel.





I also picked up a camp shower enclosure and a power inverter. Uncle also gave me a fridge for the trip.




The fridge is just put here to see if it worked since he picked it up at a pawn shop. I'll most likely end up pulling theback seat and putting in a platform for storage and the fridge sit on top of the platform. The inverter will be put under driver seat or mounted to the platform. We'll see.

 

Nice! And cute girl as well

 

Obviously I haven't updated in a while. Let's see if I can remember everything...

I got trail gear sliders


military battery connectors


mounted up a fire extinguisher in the bed connected to the box


went to arizona for a week. it was an awesome trip and hope to head back west again soon




painted the front bumper plastic and window trim because both were fading pretty bad



replaced the broken headlights


retinted the front windows, because the previous owner faded them to purple


I think that brings everything up to speed

 

nice! that's just about how I want to do mine! lol someday when I get rich! great work though. I know who to talk to if I ever need help with any installs. you seem to be good at all of it.

 

Trust me. Everything I've done so far has been on a strict budget. Mods have slowed down now for big ticket items like bumpers and skids

 

I should probably update this.

I got new stickers made from a guy locally:


Replaced my old freebie antenna with a 4ft firestik:


stubby antenna:


was given an old cb, I had a PA laying around the house so I threw it in to use as a PA just for fun:


Put small led lights to shine down on the tailgate at night. It's usually used for cooking on or maybe working on truck parts and these lights have already come in very handy:


I also wired up rear facing lights because it's real tough to see through the tinted shell at night. They do their job too for being cheap walmart lights


Changed the placement of my ultragauge:


Made cupholder tabs out of an old mouse pad:


Got a roof basket from the parents for Christmas:


and used it a little unconventionally:


Lots of little stuff, but that's all I can think of right now

 

Love the build! the bedside decals looks great. I'm thinking I need to get a set of those.

 

Thanks man. Im not sure it could be considered a "build" compared to some of the rigs on here. Almost any sign shop would probably make some for you if you ask and can kind of show what you want.

 

Any updates Zach?

 

Any updates on this truck?

 

Only updates I can think of is that I got a set of 285/75r16 treadwright guarddogs and a set of black steelies. Also got two sets of j-hooks for the kayaks

 

I notice that you have a sleeping platform in the back. How is it being in the smaller bed? I really want to be able to sleep in the back of my Tacoma but I think it would be too small in the double cab bed.

 

You're right. When I built it I had hopes of sleeping on it diagonally but it is just too small for sleeping. I am glad I built it though. It has turned into an excellent storage system for me

 

Truck looks fantastic. What kind of steelies? My Toytec 3 inch coils and bilstein lift just came in, about to install it and then order some 33x12.5x15's and I am looking for cheap black steelies.

 

Thanks man.

Honestly, I can't remember where I got them from. They were a no name wheel. I think I got them from Summit

 

Ill be shooting an update for you soon