cbechtold's Expedition Tacoma Build

[cbechtold]

Built a electronics mount tube for my truck. Got tired of looking down at the cup holders when I needed directions.


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Going to repaint it whenever it gets warm again. Not super happy with the paint job. Other than that, it's great. Phone doesn't move much at all on rough roads.

 

[cbechtold]

Recently installed a Wotefusi 167 Series Hilux Snorkel on the truck. Also the truck is rackless for time being. ALSO, truck runs great now after recently tearing apart the engine to fix a valve cover gasket leak. Anyways, here's a hand full of images of the snorkel.


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For the people interested in getting on you can find them HERE!

If you're interested in learning about how to install one of them on your 1st gen Tacoma, go HERE!

 

[cbechtold]

Truck is all back together. Modified my bed rack for my Maxtrax. Pretty stoked with how the Maxtraxs mount came out. Also, now that I've painted the rack semi-gloss black I really want to repaint the bumpers soon.


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For homemade adjustable clevis pins, I'm very happy with them.


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[cbechtold]

Still not a ton of snow in the Sierra's but I'm okay with that. Always a good time out with some awesome friends.


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[cbechtold]

Man does it feel good to get back out! Went out to Slick Rock this past weekend with a buddy for some quality camping and wheeling.


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Should probably mention that I didn't tell my buddy how to zoom in and out with my camera. All the shots of my truck are at 24mm. He did an awesome job thought!


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Got to hit the hard line on the last obstacle. Took a little bit of effort, and stacking a few rocks, to get up, but I got up and nothing broke!


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Gave the nighttime photography another go. Still don't know what I'm doing, but I might as well start somewhere.


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Fun trip, but now it's on to giving the truck a full once over, maintenance and getting the old girl ready for the Rubicon.

 

[cbechtold]

Ran Deer Valley this past weekend. Started the trail from the South end and made it to the meadows before turning around. All of my armor definitely got a work out this trip.


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After Deer Valley, we decided to go check out the new Lake Alpine entrance to Slick Rock. I'm pretty excited about the new entrance. The new obstacles make it super fun!


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The following sequence of photos is my Dad taking on what I think its Slick Rock's new hardest obstacle. The camera is going to flatten it out, but I kid you not, it's a near 45* hill with a ton of loose rocks. I didn't give it a shot since I figured that I'd be winching very quickly. Going down is going to be the easy part, going up is going to be a real big challenge.


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I'm definitely giving this obstacle a shot next season. Again, all the changes to Slick Rocks look like a ton of fun!