BUILD: 2017 Tundra TRD Pro by the Good Life In Ten

[warwickscout]

I went with nitto terra grapplers 295/75/18s .great tire on or off road,last set I got 50,000 mile out of them with reg tire rotation.

 

[freshlikesushi]

I actually paid someone to do it, but it was pretty labor intensive. About 6 hours of work for someone that knows more about this stuff than I do!

you paid someone for that horribly cut out hawse opening? id be pissed

 

[rruff]

I went with nitto terra grapplers 295/75/18s .great tire on or off road,last set I got 50,000 mile out of them with reg tire rotation.

That's another decent tire (295/70r18 I'm guessing, or 285/75r18). What did you think about ride, noise, and traction? MPG?

 

[Good Life In Ten]

you paid someone for that horribly cut out hawse opening? id be pissed

Yeah I have to take equal blame for that too. The SDHQ mount says designed for Warn winch, but if bolt pattern is same other winches will work, and I went with a Smittybilt.
Neither myself or the installer checked if the cutout pattern that came with the mount matched the Smittybilt winch. So I can't be upset if I gave them the stuff, including the cutout pattern without checking it myself. I wish they would have checked it, but I certainly should have as well. At least I have the flipping license plate cover to hide it! Lol

 

[freshlikesushi]

Fair enough then lol. It took me forever to cut out my fairlead on the winch
Untitled by Grant Wilson, on Flickr

So i feel your pain

 

[warwickscout]

That's another decent tire (295/70r18 I'm guessing, or 285/75r18). What did you think about ride, noise, and traction? MPG?

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ride is great, low noise ,great traction.mpg sucks but that's more about Toyota.sorry 295/70 18

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Fair enough then lol. It took me forever to cut out my fairlead on the winch


So i feel your pain

Nicely done!
Yeah I feel pretty dumb for not double checking mine. I have spent countless hours researching every detail and item of my build checking and double checking everything. I can't believe I didn't double check something that involved cutting out part of bumper!!! Oh well, can't do anything about it now and it still functions!

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Love the tire advice gents! I'll probably let these tires live most of their life span since they're still decent tires and I'm spending enough as is, but I will probably go with something bigger and badder for the next set.

 

[Good Life In Ten]

It's been a long time and a very slow build. I'm almost done though. Here's a (photo heavy) update.

The start of the build out of the truck bed. Fridge slide going on the right




Secondary battery system and inverter will be on the far edge




Ready for paint




All black!




ARB Fridge on right, 27 gallon water tank and roll up table in middle. 48" drawer slides on left




Building the drawers




Painting Drawers




Placed the drawers. They will get black faces put on them.




Drawer extended

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Drawer full, bottom drawer has a portapoti and hot water system




Platform done. Storage areas along sides. Rubber diamond plate mat across it all.




Storage behind fridge




Storage along the back of the bed




Secondary battery and inverter




Yakima Fullswing bike rack installed




Rack swung out. Drawer faces and pulls are in.




Installing bumper light bar




Finished




Both light bars on

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Ham Radio in the center console.




Air valve from ARB compressor installed in the rear bumper. Also some additional LED reverse lights.




LEFT TO DO: Finish wiring in the rear. Rooftop tent should arrive in August. Then I'll probably need to add a leaf to the rear springs and should be good to go!

 

[Grendel Kahn]

Ham Radio in the center console.

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Air valve from ARB compressor installed in the rear bumper. Also some additional LED reverse lights.

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LEFT TO DO: Finish wiring in the rear. Rooftop tent should arrive in August. Then I'll probably need to add a leaf to the rear springs and should be good to go!

Nice build!!

do you have a long shot of the rear bumper with the reverse lights? I was going to do the same thing and want to see what it looks like. Have you done the bumper recall and if you have is there space behind the painted section to mount the lights? Thanks

 

[rruff]

Nice!

What drawer slides are you using?

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Nice build!!

do you have a long shot of the rear bumper with the reverse lights? I was going to do the same thing and want to see what it looks like. Have you done the bumper recall and if you have is there space behind the painted section to mount the lights? Thanks

I'll grab a photo for you tomorrow.
I didn't have to do the bumper recall, or at least I never got notice. Mine rolled off the factory line late December so they may have corrected it prior.

 

[Good Life In Ten]

Nice!

What drawer slides are you using?

I went with "Firgelli Automations Full Extension Drawer Slides 400 lb Capacity (50")" from Amazon. They seem to be holding pretty well. Based on reviews I wouldn't load anywhere near 400lbs, but they should be plenty strong for what I have in them... and the price is great!