Doc's 05 Tacoma Build Thread

[Desert Dan]

That looks great!

 

[18seeds]

is the FP pushed all the way forward?

 

[Sgt Grunt]

Wow!!!!!! That is awesome!!!!!! I look forward to seeing it someday.

 

[PHXtaco]

Ooooh, nice! :drool:

 

[Dave Bennett]

is the FP pushed all the way forward?

See below:

Shows the whole process of fitting. Before anyone says anything, a couple of the pictures show the back of the AT FlipPac hanging off the back of the bed slightly. We do this so we can trim the rear door extrusion to matches the cap of the truck. Once it's flush the AT Flippac is slide forward into place.

On the Tacomas with a composite bed we make brackets that fit into the track system on the rail. We use the brackets to hold the FlipPac in place.

 

[FourByLand]

Pics courtesy of Martyn at AT!

I love the overall stance of the truck with the new springs!

Congrats on the FlipPac, Dave!!!

 

[Willman]

Nice Dave!

Without reading all 112 pages....What did you do for rear springs instead of the Deavers?

Can't wait to see the pictures of you getting her broke in!!

Congrats!

:wings:

 

[tacollie]

:drool::drool::drool: Your truck just keeps getting better.

 

[rdb4Runner]

Nice Dave!

Without reading all 112 pages....What did you do for rear springs instead of the Deavers?


:wings:

OME dakars with extra leaf IIRC


@tacodoc

awesome truck

 

[mountainpete]

Looks great! Looking forward to interior shots.

One hypothetical question though:

Let's say you're snoring away in the middle of the night and someone comes by and pushes your tire carrier closed with the tailgate up and rear window down.

How would you get out?

Pete

 

[a.mus.ed]

hypothetical note to self: don't go camping with Pete.:ylsmoke:

 

[Willman]

OME dakars with extra leaf IIRC

Thanks

One hypothetical question though:

Let's say you're snoring away in the middle of the night and someone comes by and pushes your tire carrier closed with the tailgate up and rear window down.

How would you get out?

Pete

That would be a great Dave camping joke!....That would sick if the guy had to pee in the middle of the night!!!!

 

[Dave Bennett]

One hypothetical question though:

Let's say you're snoring away in the middle of the night and someone comes by and pushes your tire carrier closed with the tailgate up and rear window down.

How would you get out?

Well, I would never sleep through that but you could go the pass through route into the cab via the sliding windows, OR you could pop the rear window open a couple inches, reach down and undo the swingout and open the tailgate. It can be opened and fully closed from inside

Then, bide my time to return the favor to the perpetrator... waiting months, even years if I have to... until they have completely forgotten their transgressions... striking when the time is right with a burlap bag, duct tape and nylon rope. Then I make them a living geocache somewhere remote, posting the coordinates on ExPo

 

[mountainpete]

Well, you could go the pass through route into the cab via the sliding windows, OR you could pop the rear window open a couple inches, reach down and undo the swingout and open the tailgate. It can be opened and fully closed from inside

Then, bide my time to return the favor to the perpetrator... waiting months, even years if I have to... until they have completely forgotten their transgressions... striking when the time is right with a burlap bag, duct tape and nylon rope

I was actually picturing one of those late driving nights stopped at a roadside turnout catching some sleep. Snoring away and some local hoolagans come by and slam it shut. But as long as there is enough room to reach down to the swingout all is good. I know with some tire carriers it's too close to get a canopy window open

An that's a reminder not to travel with Dave if he brings along a burlap sack!

 

[TangoBlue]

Corpsmen and duct tape - dangerous combination IIRC.:Wow1: Could actually land you in jail in some countries.