Keeping it simple -02 Tacoma "build"
- Thread starter pnw_chris
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climber-420
Adventurer
Hell yeah. Looks great. I live down by the south entrance to Mt Rainier. Where abouts are you?
pnw_chris
Observer
That's beautiful country! I'm outside of Corvallis.
Not much new as far as upgrades go. I couldn't get the basket to work how I wanted so I took it off for the time being. I have been doing more driving of the truck than building lately. Just ordered some shiny new goodies though so stay tuned!
One from this weekend
pnw_chris
Observer
Turning into a light whore lately... New 7in LED's came in last night so I welded some mounts on the bumper quick to mount them up. Not to shabby for a wannabe with 110v flux..
Mounted:
LIGHT!
The light bar is angled down as a hybrid fog light with spot/flood combo beams. The small square ones are ditch lights with flood beams. The new 7in round ones are spot beams for distance.
Ditch/light bar are wired into one switch and the round spots are on another. I mounted the switches in the two open factory locations.
Mounted:
LIGHT!
The light bar is angled down as a hybrid fog light with spot/flood combo beams. The small square ones are ditch lights with flood beams. The new 7in round ones are spot beams for distance.
Ditch/light bar are wired into one switch and the round spots are on another. I mounted the switches in the two open factory locations.
Nice truck bud, definitely jealous of the 5-spd swap. Had considered it in my 4 door, but with all the stuff I would need to change with the drive by wire thing, I figured I would have it rebuild by the guys at IPT in New Jersey before that. Our trucks are nearly twins.
Brandon
Brandon
IIVIIoonshiner
New member
i love it man! good work!
I play outside
Member
Where'd you get the round leds?
pnw_chris
Observer
They are just ebay specials I wanted to try out (arb fakes). I think they are only rated at 52w. My little light bar far out shines them. They are marketed as "spots" but its definitely a flood beam. Overall I haven't been super impressed with them but have just left them there.
I play outside
Member
I wondered if they weren't eBay. Good to know. Thanks.
pnw_chris
Observer
Well after our trip we decided that we would much prefer a RTT over our ground tent. I lucked out and found an All Pro Apex bed rack on Craigslist!
It will take a while to save up for the tent I want but that will give me time to plan out bed storage and where I want to mount stuff on the rack. If anyone actually reads this I'm curious to hear ppl's opinions on if bed supports like this are needed to keep the bedsides from wanting to spread?
Just trying to decide if it would be best to fab something like that up for long term quality or if its just a waste of time and space. Thoughts?
It will take a while to save up for the tent I want but that will give me time to plan out bed storage and where I want to mount stuff on the rack. If anyone actually reads this I'm curious to hear ppl's opinions on if bed supports like this are needed to keep the bedsides from wanting to spread?
Just trying to decide if it would be best to fab something like that up for long term quality or if its just a waste of time and space. Thoughts?
pyrate
Rollin' along
I've used a lumber rack on my work truck for 10 years and we load it heavier than I can ever imagine you would and have never had an issue. But we also use keep the tailgate in the closed position when we are doing so. I do have a bar that will attach on each side at the top of the bed sides if needed but rarely use it. I've seen others that remove the tailgate completely and have issues w/ the bed sides. But YMMV.