Recent content by brettf

so rad!

I love this truck

Damn if that's not the truth. The Ripmo will have additional issues with length... good that your Kuat mounts might buy you more space and back to your "fractions" comment, air down that rear tire for extra height! ;) I hear that... but I find that for long drives, like say from CO to Sedona...

This thing is righteous! Looks like it was a bunch of work to get to this point - great job!

Some thoughts, and some pictures below. To answer your questions specifically: Both bikes are mediums. More on that below. Measurement is 32 5/8" from top of deck to topper door "top" opening: I can measure the height, but the stack on the red bike is highish. It's a 150mm RS fork (higher...

As much as these threads are about the gear and the truck. I am going to try to make an effort to show pictures from adventures as much as include info about the truck. Here are some shots from here and there along the way. Trying to catch up to current. Loads of...

Someone asked me elsewhere about my compressor and how it fits in the third gen, so I'll share that here as well. The ARB dual compressor isn't large for what it is, but space under the hood comes at a premium. I picked up the Slee bracket to fit the dual compressor horizontally near the...

Good timing, that's the next thing I was getting into! Somewhere along the line I put a plywood cutoff in the back of the bed and trimmed it to fit tight with the bed closed. I put some ripped 1" by 1/2"(or maybe 3/4"?) strips on the bottom as runners and fit those between the composite bed...

Sold!

Adventure time! Some northern New Mexico travels: American Basin, Odom Point on a San Juan trip: Summer camping with all the things on the Taco: Late Sept adventures. Near Moon Pass accessed from La Garita: San Juans near Blowout Pass. Drove in from Cumbres Pass through Platoro, had...

Sometime as winter was moving into spring I picked up a RTT. Blair Witch Project style picture: And eventually got my butt in gear and installed some OME Dakar leafs: I also seemed to be on a mission to attach as many things as possible to the Tacoma!

And then some adventures with the truck out of state: Returned to more snow, some trees crushed, and a bunch of cleanup: And more snow: But we made the best of it:

Started putting "things" on and in the truck. Car seat, infant, topper, rack, bike rack... started thinking about upgrading the suspension pretty quick. Settled on the TRD Baja Pro kit, which is really a TRD branded Bilstein 6112 Coilover with Bilstein 5165 rear shocks. Getting the front...

First tire plug and repair didn't take long:

One of the next things I did was to get rid of the black film between the front and rear windows on the B pillar. Drove me crazy and I couldn't wait to tear it off. Looking back now, I don't mind it as much! Still glad I did that. Took a couple hours with Goof Off and a heat gun: BEFORE...