Tacosauce4x4 Build Thread

First wash and wax in a minute. Happy to finally get all the road salt off until next year.

 

Now I know why the store shelves are empty you bought it all...lol nice looking truck

 

Lol! It's a 2018 and believe it or not I've been doing it slowly over the past 4 years.

 

Some recent trip picks from a little 3 day overnight. Needless to say my wife is a genius for grabbing a lead line so that our pup and can wander camp. Why I never thought of this before is beyond me

 

Went on a little woods ride today.



Had to do the jurassic park thing lol
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Chh_UYoJurp/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

 

Sold my bedrack...now just have to wait two months for the alu cab shell to come in. I kinda dig the look though and also noticed an immediate bump in fuel economy, so that's nice.

 

After 65k miles on my General Grabbers I wanted something a little more fuel friendly and less aggressive. So far loving the Cooper Discoverer AT3 XLTs.
White letter gang representing

 

whats the current setup for the truck?

 

More or less what you see in the post above yours (#27). I do throw a tent and awning on but usually only for summer. I try to avoid the whole "bro-verland" look in the middle of winter with my 3 season tent lol. Also saves the life of my leaf springs.

I'll also have to replace my suspension soon. Almost 75k on my OME's. I may look into the newer ARB ones or possibly fox. I like the OME's but the leaf springs squeak like a mofo and the front suspension is starting to sag.

 

Replaced my sagging, squeaking, OME lift with ironman4x4 foam cell heavy lift this weekend in the driveway. Took nearly 20 hours of labor start to finish….man I need to make some friends for a helping hand lol.

Overall I’m back up to 3in of lift and think it looks about perfect. Wouldn’t want to go a millimeter higher and neither would my CVs.

TBH the green springs kinda grossed me out but they’ve grown on me throughout the install. I took it for a test drive over some pot holes areas and it drives so much better than the OME lift for almost identical price point. Can’t wait to get it on the beach and see how it does there.