Tow Mater

Nothing new here that other people haven’t done here already. Will be nice to have a build thread if I ever need to put the truck back to stock. Enjoy and feel free to ask any questions

Interior:

• Kenwood DDX 8706s w/ grill mount front camera Replaced during the great HU install with Alpine iLX-F511
• Salex OCD center console organizer w/ JDMCAR top shelf
• Toyota wireless charger
• Stereo upgrade
  • JBL 4505 5ch amp
  • JL C1-075ct tweeters in dash corners
  • Pioneer 10" shallow mount subwoofer w/ pioneer enclosure
• @abomb60 Custom Platinum door handle inserts
• Driver side grab handle
• Weathertech floor liners front and back
• Front window tint
• Rear window switch and parking sensor relocated to center console'
• Desert Does It Seat Jackers - Driver and Passenger + panels

Exterior:

• AVS In-channel vent visors
• TRD pro skid plate
• TRD pro grill
• TRD pro exhaust - dumped
• TRD rear swaybar
• Total Chaos Bed Stiffeners
• Valhalla's Cat Plates Front & Rear - 3/16 steel bedlined
• WNOR full top plate sliders
• Fumoto Valve and OEM aluminum filter housing
• DIY Pop n Lock tailgate lock actuator
• Truck covers USA American work cover
• TC USA Yakima rails and crossbars Currently stored in garage
• JOMAX ABS covers
• Demello front bumper
• Prinsu roof rack
• Custom KB Voodoo bed rack Dismantled and stored in garage with front runner rack on top sold
• Rear diff breather mod
• Charvonia Designs billet bed tiedowns

Wheels/Tires/Suspension:

• ICON RXT Leaf Packs set to option 3
• Coachbuilder +1 shackles
• Coachbuilder bushings
• Coachbuilder carrier bearing drop
• Fox 2.5 DSCs
• SPC UCAs
• Wheelers super bumps
• Icon Vector 5s
• 35x12.5r17 Toyo trail RTs
• Spare tire mounted in bed

Lighting:

• TRD Pro headlight upgrade with iHacker harness
• DD SSC2 Amber Sport Ditch Lights Replaced with BD Squadron Pro Amber w/ Rago mounts
• Rigid D series SAE fog lights with square bezels Replaced with DD SS3 Pro Amber fog lights
• DD SS3 Pro Amber SAE fog lights Replaced with BD SAE amber fog lights
• DD SS30 Amber combo light bar in bumper
• STL under tailgate LED strip Wont fit with CBI rear bumper
  
• Drivebright LED puddle lights
• FyreFly Interior LED Lights
• OEM LED truck bed lighting
• Front LED turn signals with resistors
• HotTails option A
• Camp cooking lights mounted on rack pointing down on tailgate Removed when back rack came off
• Left/Right camp lights wired to each rack
• BD S2 amber sport driving chase lights
• BD S2 clear flood sport bumper backup lights

Other:

• X2 27F AGM battery
• Fortin remote start
• 100w Renogy solar panel mounted on toolbox
• 100w Renogy solar panel mounted on top of bed rack Removed when bed rack came off
• 100ah battery with dc-dc mppt mounted in toolbox
• 1200w inverter
• Iceco fridge on slider
• Alternator diode
• Ironman 4x4 4ft awning Removed when bed rack came off
• Warn zeon 10k
• Rago under hood compressor mount (used for winch control box/negative bus bar
• Switch Pro SP9100
• Motorized weboost antenna using diamond k9000 motor
• WeBoost drive reach otr
• 13gal Ironman 4x4 water tank Removed when bed rack came off plumbed into 12v pump/camplux water heater
• 5lb propane tank mount
• Portable solar panel with Anderson connector extension cord
• ARB CKMTA12 mounted under hood on Bannock mount
• SDHQ battery terminals

Items on hand needing to be installed:

• Victory 4x4 center console molle
• Vleds footwell lights
• Flashlight on seat jacker panel
• AJT cup holder/shifter pieces
• 40" onx6+ light bar behind the grill on SDHQ mounts
• Seat mounted molle panel
• Scan gauge 3
• Chalk bag cupholder

Hopeful Upgrades:

• ESP under seat storage

 

Free to me busted waeco (now dometic) coolmatic. Figured it was worth the $7 in gas to give it a shot. If it works that’s cool; if not, that’s cool, too


Edit/update: New thermostat installed. Fridge works great. Next step is to remove old duct tape and put on the insulated cover that has been purchased for it. New LED for inside is en route

 

Sold the Waeco and picked up this combo.

debating about whether to mount the solar panel on the toolbox or between the crossbars

 

Starting the process of wiring the fridge and solar panel up. Hopefully it goes smoothly

 

A little bit of progress. Still waiting on the dc-dc mppt

 

Couldn’t wait on renogy anymore and the dc-dc mppt, so I bought a victron mppt and put it in instead. Funny thing is while I was installing this today I received notification of shipment from renogy. Last steps are to mount the solar panel on top of the toolbox and run wires to fridge in bed. I’m sure I’ll tinker around with it more and add more to it. Also, I realize I used red wire for both positive and negative. Put black tape on the ends of the negatives.

 

Finally got the solar panel mounted. Need to add in some rubber bushings and wire it up. Potentially paint the frame black.. not sure how that’ll impact performance

 

A little more progress today. Close to finishing (I hope). Need to wire the SB50 connector on the truck side and onto fridge cord. Going to pull out the old wire for the toolbox lights as they’ll get power from the battery now. Those need to be wired in as well. Putting together a list for Powerwerx for odds and ends. Plan is to have at least the fridge up and running by the time I go back into work next Monday. As with any electrical work, slightly nervous and keeping an eye on it.

 

Going to have to relocate the mppt and battery out of the toolbox and into the bed. Got a little toasty on our Labor Day weekend trip to AZ.

 

front runner rack. Not sure how I’ll mount it but hope to be able to fab something up

edit:

was able to get the front runner rack shortened from 6’ to 4’ and hopefully it’ll fit my application a little better. I now know why front runner gets the money they do for their racks. Their tolerances are really tight; I’d say less than a 100/1000 of an inch. Tried to freehand drill two holes and ended up having to file them out. Had some good help so was able to get it all figured out. Just waiting on the tnutz extruded aluminum to arrive for the rack legs.

 

Finally got around to installing the new headlights. Like the look of them with the old style pro grill

 

Nice work so far!

 

Rears arrived

 

Yes sir! Appreciate your help sourcing everything
Hope to get the rear end thrown on soon. Will do the fronts, wheels/tires all at the same time.

chipping away

 

Added the logo thanks to @DerfM . Not sure how much HP this is worth; but it’s gotta be worth something..

 

Thanks to @memario1214 and @14burrito for getting the parts together for the fog light swap

 

you betcha!

got cat plates installed, too

 

Sliders went on today

Will touch up the holidays and scuffs with brushed on bedliner. Still need to finish painting the top plates and throw those on too.

this hydraulic cart was a huge help.

 

DD ditch lights are mounted

 

Rears went in with one little snafu..


This was before I moved the reservoir up on top of this metal frame piece.

Turns out you should test fit things and not rely on manufacturers instructions 100%. The instructions provided by Fox are for adjusters and non-adjusters and they say to mark your drill hole for the bracket "over 18" and up 2.5" on the frame as shown below.

Did exactly that. Measured maybe ~ 8 times and if my drill had a measurement DRO on it, pretty sure my hole would be within 10/1000". But I also did so without test fitting anything. When I went to mount the reservoir it simply wouldn't go in without contorting the hose.


Completely perplexed I went inside to go on good ole tundras.com but couldnt find any images. Part of me was convinced they made the hose too long but another part said there's no way they'd make that mistake. Went onto accutunes website and sure enough.. the hose is the right length but the instructions are wrong. Looking back at the instruction page it has a non-clicker (shorter) which allows for it to fit in the space they designated. Notice how accutune's is turned down due to the extra length of hose? Wanted to do that but couldn't because the rear sway bar gets in the way.

So if you cant go down.. you go up. Had to take the bracket off and shift it and re-drill another hole. Needed to be careful because of bed mounts up there etc etc. Not super stoked about having an extra hole in my frame but what can you do. Hope this helps someone

Good news is my rear end feels buttery smooth compared to the bilsteins I had on before

 

Got the rear window and parking sensor switches relocated to a more user friendly location. Made a couple blemishes with the oscillating tool on the trim piece, but still happy with how it turned out

 

Updated the toolbox solar panel to a black framed one. Not sure the juice was worth the squeeze on this one but it looks nice

 

Looks good compared to the aluminum frame or whatever it was stock

 

Thanks!
According to Amazon and Renogy the dimensions of the black framed panel were the same as the aluminum. Welp, it’s pretty remarkable how much 0.5” can mess with things when it comes to mounting and lining up holes. Couple hours and custom brackets later, we’re good

 

Picked up wheels today