Hodakaguy's Overland Tacoma Builds - On to new adventures!

[Hodakaguy]

interested in what the next build is going to be

Some type of Aircraft

Hodakaguy

 

[Hodakaguy]

But why?

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Once you have the flying itch it never goes away

Hodakaguy

 

[thezentree]

I guess flying can technically be "overlanding"....

 

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OV Tune made a HUGE difference, couple that with the 4.88 gearing and you have a winning combo! The truck is soooo much more fun to drive with the gears and tune! You won't regret it!

Hodakaguy

Talk to me about this.

I moved up (down) to the 4.88s with the manual transmission. I love the way the truck drives now. As much as I love how things improved off road, it really feels "right" on the road now too. What do you feel like the OVT improved? Throttle response is a complaint of mine, but it's in line with most vehicles these days, sadly. Torque, power?

 

[rino]

A few more pics of the install.

Yesterday we welded the extension tab on the rear OEM awning mount.

Next up was to fabricate a stainless backing plate for the mount directly behind the hinge, this mount takes the majority of the load when the awning is extended so it needs to be very secure.

Supporting the weight of the awning while we fabricate the hinge support.

We were busy and I didn't go a great job at taking pictures, so now the awning is magically on the truck lol.

Here you can see the stainless steel hinge support. After looking at several different options we decided to support the rear of the awning off the Jack mount. This mount ended up being very low profile and offers a ton of support, the awning is rock solid when deployed.

I re-purposed the Batwing catch that was already on the camper, it is now the latch point for the Shadow tension strap.

I like this flip up leg on the center arm, it slopes the top so rain will run off and not pool up.

Not the best shots as the light was getting low but you can see the coverage of the shadow awning. Living in the desert the shade will be appreciated . It's amazing how solid this awning feels, just like their commercial I can pull myself up on the center arm and it barely moves!

I'll get some better pics soon.

Hodakaguy

This is RAD! Fantastic quality of install and glad your digging the awning.