Locked and Long Travel Tacoma Build

[mxpatriot]

This is my 2006 Tacoma. Truck is a 4.0L, TRD Sport, 4x4. Highlights include ARB air lockers front and rear, All Pro and Defined Engineering long travel suspension, 50"-20"-6" LED light bars, rear mounted Warn winch, 2 meter-CB-GPS-iPad comms and navigation, and roof top tent. Full specs can be found below.

Drivetrain
ARB Air Lockers front and rear
4.88 Gears


Front Suspension
All Pro Long Travel

Fox 2.5 Remote Reservoir Coil Overs

Wheeler's Bumps


Rear Suspension
Defined SUA Long Travel

Bed Cage (home built)

Fox 2.5 16'' double bypass shocks


Bracing and Gussets
Total Chaos UCA Gussets

Total Chaos LCA Tabs

DMZ Engine Mount gussets

All Pro Spindle Gussets


Wheels and Tires
35'' Pro Comp Extreme A/T's

17'' XD Addicts


Lighting and Electrical
Blue sea fuse box and breaker

ScanGauge II mounted in overhead console

20'' and 50'' LED light bars (forward), 6'' single row LED (rear)

Flush mount trailer wire receptacle plug in in rear bumper


Navigation
Hard mounted Garmin 60csx (RAM mount)

"Techdeck" by Birddawg Industries to mount a full size iPad with GPS.


Communication
Cobra 75 CB Radio

Kenwood 281 2 meter ham radio.

DeLorme InReach satellite messenger


Recovery and Safety
Warn 8,000 pound winch (rear mounted)

Hi lift, shovel, ax, and hi lift base mounted in bed

Fire extinguisher mounted in bed

CLS bag and recovery bag

MAXSA traction mats


Exterior
All Pro fiberglass front fenders

Trimmed bedsides

Bed cage is built to support a removable rack and roof top tent.


Bumpers / Protection
1 3/4'' DOM Tube front bumper (home built)

Aluminum and steel skids (home built)

All Pro rear bumper

Swing out tire carrier; also lays flat for high speed stuff (home built)

Hidden hitches (front and rear)

Hidden winch (rear)

All Pro sliders


Comfort and Convenience
Autopage Remote Start

Wet Okole seat covers

Heated front seats

WeatherTech floor mats

Grom bluetooth and iPod input

Low profile rifle rack


Other
Brembo brake rotors / Hawk Pads

Stainless extended brake lines all four corners

1.5" wheel spacers in the rear to even up the track width

ABS disable

 

[uscg2008]

About time you ended on here

 

[ebbs]

:lurk:

 

[astroflashjones]

Nice truck! Looks like a lot of fun to drive. Did you see any upgrade in braking performance with he rotors and pads? It's something that seems to get overlooked a lot on here. I know when my tacoma is loaded down it feels like I'm trying to stop a tank.

 

[mxpatriot]

Nice truck! Looks like a lot of fun to drive. Did you see any upgrade in braking performance with he rotors and pads? It's something that seems to get overlooked a lot on here. I know when my tacoma is loaded down it feels like I'm trying to stop a tank.

It's been so long since the truck was stock I couldn't tell you; but I will say that I have ample braking power. Having the ability to turn the ABS off when on slick ground is also a huge help in keeping the truck under control, especially on steep descents.

 

[uscg2008]

I did the abs kill switch and with the new rotors and pads it's a world of difference

 

[aardvarcus]

Do you have any pictures or write ups of your home built aluminum and steel skids? I would like to do the same on my 2005 Tacoma and have been looking for advice and examples.

 

[mxpatriot]

Do you have any pictures or write ups of your home built aluminum and steel skids? I would like to do the same on my 2005 Tacoma and have been looking for advice and examples.

The upper skid is aluminum, 3/16". Cut with a jig saw, mounts to six tabs welded on the tube bumper. The lower skid is an All Pro IFS skid that I took a plasma cutter to and put in a press brake to make the front angle mate up to the lower tube of my tube bumper. Secures to the frame with the original four mounting points, plus two tabs welded to the tube bumper.

 

[Maxcustody]

Great looking rig! Nice job...........

 

[JonB]

I like the way this truck is built, good balance between off road capability while still being a great camping rig.

 

[mxpatriot]

Some flexing pictures from the Southern Missouri Offroad Ranch a few weekends ago. Didn't have a passenger so didn't get any pictures from the trails.

 

[MI tablista]

Love this build. I just bought an 06 access cab and would like to do something similar.

If you don't mind, could you help me sell the wife on this by ballparking how much do you have into the mods so far?

I don't need an itemized list, as just I need to know if the price of this dream is :wings: or :Wow1: before I spend too much time/$ going down the rabbit hole!

 

[mxpatriot]

Ball park $10,000-12,000, and that's doing all of the fab work myself. You could easily hit $15,000 to $20,000 if you're paying for install and fabrication. Most of the money was spent on the long travel suspension and ARB lockers.




Some pictures from Alaska:

 

[Stay Wild Outdoors]

Nice rig. Do you have any close ups of the tire carrier? Is it mounted in a way that you can swap with a regular tailgate when not using the tire gate?

 

[mxpatriot]

The tire gate is built so that the spare can stand up (like it is in the pictures) or the portion that the actual wheel is mounted to, within the tiregate, can rotate and lay flat in the bed of the truck. I do that when I need to haul a sheet of plywood or I want to go fast and lower my center of gravity.