07 Tacoma Mountain Expedition Build

Mountain Goodness

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I've had this truck for over 7 years now and figured it was time to start a build thread to keep track of everything going on. My build changed when I moved to Colorado 5 years ago. It has progressed more and more every year and now it is slowly getting exactly where I want it.........until next year :smiley_drive: Cheers


How she currently sits.



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2007 TRD Sport
Armor-
All Pro front Plate Bumper with skid plate steel
Rear 4x Innovations rear bumper with swing out addition and drop down table.
Rear RCI Differential skid
4X Innovations sliders
Custom Roof rack and Bed Rack I built

Suspension-
Icon adjustable coilovers with Eibach 700lb spring rate 14” springs
Bud Built Upper Control arms
Extended front and rear brake lines
Custom Fox Shocks in the rear with BAMF shock relocation brackets for longer travel
Timbren Bumpstops front and rear
BAMF shackle hangers
Custom Alcan +1000lb leaf springs

Wheels/Tires/Brakes
KMC Enduro 16” wheels x5
285/75/16 Wrangler Duratrac tires x5
Stoptech slotted and cross drilled rotors
Stoptech Brake Pads

Lighting-
Custom Retrofit Headlights
Trailworthy Fab 50” curved LED light bar
KC Ditch Lights
LED fog lights with morimoto ballasts
LED taillights
LED bed lights

Stereo-
Alpine Head unit
Rocker door speakers
Fosgate 10” subwoofer with box enclosure
Alpine amplifier
Mob armor phone attachments

Accessories
Krazy Beaver shovel mounted and locked to bed rack
CVT Mt. Bachelor Tent mounted to bed rack
Hi-Lift lift
Pro Eagle Offroad Jack mounted in the bed
2 Plano weatherproof cases mounted to roof rack. 1 carries all of my recovery gear and the other has my camping gear (axes, machetes etc)
ARB dual compressor mounted behind driver side seat to run onboard air and rear air locker
Slumberjack awning in bed with 2 craftsman camping chairs
Waterport onboard pressurized water
Ipad for GPS operating Gaia GPS
Custom built wooden shelf in bed for storage

Performance misc.
Vagabond Outdoors "Drifter" Camper

Snokel kit
AFE air filter
ARB rear air locker
JBA long tube performance headers with Flowmaster 44 exhaust and HI-Flo cats
Yellowtop Optima Battery
Come-up 10,000lb Winch with Factor 55 Prolink
4.88 Gears

Future


This is what it looked like about after a month after picking it up from Toyota with 38k on it. I blacked out the wheels, debadged etc. The small money DIY mods.
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Sold the stock wheels and grabbed KMC Enduros
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Before Armor started and I moved to Colorado.
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Round 1 of my rear bumper build from 4xInnovations
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Round 1 of bed build.
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Welded up my own mounts for Inboard shocks. Alcan Springs, Timbren bumps, Bilstein 5125's, RCI diff skid pictured.
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Mountain Goodness

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Made a Bed slide but ended up taking it out for the camping season because it didn't work for the way I wanted to organize everything. I use a Wood platform in the summer and this slide out works great in the winter.
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Making some huge holes for the snorkel
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Made a bike mount that connects to my swing out bumper. Had the CVT awning mounted on the back before I moved it to my roof rack.
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Current winter bed setup with RTT off
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Misc pics from Adventures with my wife and husky pup
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Mountain Goodness

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Looks like a great setup. What's the advantage of inboard shocks over regular location?

Thanks! Inboard allows for more flexibility. You can also achieve the same results from a BAMF shock relocation and run 12" shocks but its expensive. I am going to upgrade my shocks next year to allow for controlled dampening when I am carrying heavier loads. A lot of people say it will add body roll and what not but I like it haha
 

Mountain Goodness

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Heading out on our 11 day trip into Southern Colorado, Utah. Not going to post all the pictures from the trip but here are a couple.
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Outside of Moab
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Camp set up right before crossing the Delores river
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Fun Cross. Not passable in the Spring
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After 1300 miles she needed a bath
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KTempleton

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What Snorkel kit are you running? My brother and I are looking for some for my Tundra and his 4Runner. Seeing lots of guys running the $80-100 Amazon kits. But it kinda sketches me out. HAHA Sweet Truck BTW
 

Mountain Goodness

New member
What Snorkel kit are you running? My brother and I are looking for some for my Tundra and his 4Runner. Seeing lots of guys running the $80-100 Amazon kits. But it kinda sketches me out. HAHA Sweet Truck BTW

hahahaha yeah I am running one of the Amazon kits. I refused to spend $400+ for some plastic tubing. It fits really well. Takes more time to put it all together and line everything up but works great! Thanks man!
 

Mountain Goodness

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The weather is pretty warm this weekend here in CO so decided to start my gear project. Going to 4.88's and 35's. 2 hours later she's all torn apart and ready for the new gears!

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Hover Truck!

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Rear Axle shafts pulled out so I can unbolt the 3rd member

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All pulled out.

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