tacomazach's double cab build

Nice thinkin on the rubbers Id probably put them under each bolt to keep the mount from rubbing your paint. .02

 

Yeah I thought about it but I only found two. I don't even know what they are lol... I just found them in the random nuts and bolts bucket

 

Well I did a little more tweeking on the tacoma this morning.
Some of you know I found on the chillin out ride that my truck doesn't keep my cigarette lighter plugs on when the truck is off. So I inserted a simple jumper and now they are on all the time. :thumbsup2:


I also followed this writeup and hardwired my gps.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/51313-how-easy-gps-hardwiring.html

 

oh and I also found a freebie from the previous owner

 

Nice^ might have to steal the jumper wire mod..& not trying to tell you what to do but why dont you run your GPS to the driver side corner of the truck so you can completely hide the wire up under the dash and through the whether stripping up the door frame?

 

I thought about that, and I may move it. It's just that is where I've always had my gps located. I also have a bad habit of driving with only my left arm and leanin on the console with my right. So when I do that I can't see the gps over there because my arm is in the way.

 

oh and I got the jumper thing from here: http://www.parksoffroad.com/tacomamods/lightermod/lightermod.htm

 

Well in my case i have the volume off on it and just look back everynow and again to see when my turn is coming up cause I ride the same way. but its actually not that bad and is more appealing than it being in the middle of the dash and having a wire running up to it IMO. nothing wrong with the way you have it though.

Thanks man, very simple!

 

I will soon be running a topographic map system on my phone for overland travel and all these trails around here. I have a mount ordered for it. When the mount comes in I'll most likely play with different configurations for the two.

 

debadged today

 

added the two-low mod

 

Everyday new shit, better slow down before you run out of mods whats the 2 low mod do?

 

haha, a combination of boredom and tacomaworld does this... I'm getting all the cheap stuff I wanted to do out of the way so hopefully at the end of the summer and fall I can get the bigger stuff like sliders and bumpers and what not.

The 2 low mod is for the push button 4wds. normally for running two high the 4wd gear shift is in the high position and for 4 high you simply press the button on the side. for 4 low, normally you simply move the gear shift into the 4 low position (not having to press the button). by pulling the blue plug on the side of the t-case, you make it to where you have to push the button while in 4-low. So now you have 2-low when in the 4low position with out the button pressed.

clear as mud?

 

Got it, sounds pretty good, I just have the grey wire mod cause im 5 spd .

all the major stuff i got left is very expensive so its going to be a little while till i get done but id like to by the end of this year

 

yeah mine too. I'm hoping to be able to build the sliders and rear bumper. But I'm gonna have to buy the front bumper which will be a whole lot. We'll see how all that goes...

 

Pretty much my plans to, build the sliders and rear and prob buy the TG LP front. bhut if i end up not building the rear ill probably end up with the allpro. idk if my design for the rear is going to be what i want it to be once its all said and done. At least i got one of those 3 down and for cheap

Oh and skids, those are gonna pe pricey!

 

ah yeah I forget about skids for some reason. I've been thinking about the TG LP but I think I've decided on an ARB front bumper, which costs twice as much, but I think I'd rather have a plate bumper

 

Yea same here but the price is whats doin it for me, if i were gonna get plate though id get and ELITE, but i have planes to make the TG LP a hybrid bumper of my own

 

OOO nice. If you do I may have to steal your plans to save a few bucks . The ARB is a couple hundred less than the elite, that's the only reason for the arb really

 

Ha yea man no prob, i guess really its going to be more of a baja style with plate and tube mix because i dont like seeing all of the front end of these trucks through the bumper.

& what is shipping on the arb? thats all that really kills it for me.