Costman13
Adventurer
AS OF 3/10/17
Hello ExpeditionPortal and Tacoma Gurus,
I'm going to start a slow build process of my truck and would like to get it on here for all you Tacoma / Expo experts there is on the Portal. I have Had my truck now for about 5 years. Prior to that I had a single cab 97, with a break from tacos in between. I am new here on expeditionportal but have been over on TTORA.com for 5-6 years now, mostly lurking. With the lack of excitement on TTORA as of recently I have joined over here, and let me say, it has been great!
The truck is a 2002 TRD 3.4L, manual trans, and pushbutton t-case. So far it has been a great truck (minus having thrown a rod at 120K miles). :Wow1:
Having grown up in Northern CA and close to the Rubicon Trail, I have always been into offroading, mostly the rocks. However, now that I am getting a little older (and wiser
) The rockcrawling isn't so much a priority. I have been watching some great builds like RSB and Box Rocket, over the years and as of recently Flyingwil / Sierra Expeditions and Trump's trucks here on the Portal and I think the time has come for me to piece together a competent and capable truck.
I have just ordered some OME 882 / Dakar suspension with the Nitro Sport shocks, for the front and rear. I plan on running 285 / 75R16 BFG ATs. I chose the ATs. I chose this suspension / tire set up purely for my needs, as this truck is my daily driver and my weekend getaway machine. I have had the ATs in 265 / 75 for the better part of 4 years and 40,000 miles and have been very impressed with their performance, both on and off piste. I will be holding off on UCA's until I deem they are necessary. Sure I would love to do it all at once, but again this build will reflect my needs (although my wants are already getting in the way!).
Enough rambling for now, here are some random pictures of the the truck over the last 4 years or so.
Thanks for stopping by, See you on the trails!
Hello ExpeditionPortal and Tacoma Gurus,
I'm going to start a slow build process of my truck and would like to get it on here for all you Tacoma / Expo experts there is on the Portal. I have Had my truck now for about 5 years. Prior to that I had a single cab 97, with a break from tacos in between. I am new here on expeditionportal but have been over on TTORA.com for 5-6 years now, mostly lurking. With the lack of excitement on TTORA as of recently I have joined over here, and let me say, it has been great!
The truck is a 2002 TRD 3.4L, manual trans, and pushbutton t-case. So far it has been a great truck (minus having thrown a rod at 120K miles). :Wow1:
Having grown up in Northern CA and close to the Rubicon Trail, I have always been into offroading, mostly the rocks. However, now that I am getting a little older (and wiser
) The rockcrawling isn't so much a priority. I have been watching some great builds like RSB and Box Rocket, over the years and as of recently Flyingwil / Sierra Expeditions and Trump's trucks here on the Portal and I think the time has come for me to piece together a competent and capable truck. I have just ordered some OME 882 / Dakar suspension with the Nitro Sport shocks, for the front and rear. I plan on running 285 / 75R16 BFG ATs. I chose the ATs. I chose this suspension / tire set up purely for my needs, as this truck is my daily driver and my weekend getaway machine. I have had the ATs in 265 / 75 for the better part of 4 years and 40,000 miles and have been very impressed with their performance, both on and off piste. I will be holding off on UCA's until I deem they are necessary. Sure I would love to do it all at once, but again this build will reflect my needs (although my wants are already getting in the way!).
Enough rambling for now, here are some random pictures of the the truck over the last 4 years or so.
Thanks for stopping by, See you on the trails!
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