I’ve been slowly building my truck since purchasing it in Jan 2013 as a CPO. My build has been put on hold several times over the years due to cancer treatment but I feel like I’ve managed to make fairly steady progress and I’m excited about the next phase of the build.
I recently picked up a V1 for my 2nd Gen Tacoma to move the kids out of our trailer but have a faster setup/breakdown time than we did with our RTT.
Here are some pics of the progress.
The week I bought the truck.
The RTT was nice but we quickly out grew it and I got tired of having to load out the truck so we only used it for 3 years and 1 of those years we only got out a couple times due to cancer treatment.
I wanted an easier setup to load and go so we picked up a trailer. We previously camped with a 23ft trailer that was purchased after my first recurrence in 2014 but we prefer disbursed camping away from the crowds and that trailer wasn’t something that we could easily drag around on BLM and NF land so we sold it and ordered a Patriot X3. The new trailer is a beast and will go anywhere the Tacoma goes off pavement.
The downside to the trailer is the living space is taken up by the kids’ bed so we lose the table and bench area. It’s not a big deal but we have plans for some longer 4-8 week trips and I’ll need that space for working (which will typically happen when the kids are sleeping). The plan was to pick up a clamshell camper to replace the iKamper X-Cover but the weight of them all made me hesitant…I didn’t want anything heavier than the 120lb X-Cover. That lead me to the GFC. A V1 popped up locally when Relentless Fabrications was selling one of their shop trucks and the buyer didn’t want the camper.
The kids really missed the treehouse feel of being in the RTT so they were pretty excited to see the GFC setup and I’ve been told by the GFC is for kids only Life has been busy the past few weeks so I haven’t done much but I managed to get the lower level lighting setup (I used LED strips I had leftover from the lighting I put in the LEER cap I was running previously and covered them with a yellow vinyl to cut the glare), mount the Viair compressor I’ve been using, and put some vinyl wrap I had from another project over the red tubes on the lid of the GFC since they didn’t match anything on the truck. I’ll probably re-wrap the bars next year when I address some clear coat issues on the truck with either a repaint or a full wrap. I’ve also installed the JE Design latches and gutter and some beef bars.
Here are the details on the build:
2012 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road double cab short bed
Body :
- GFC V1 with red space frame, front/rear windows, a 3 bar beef rack, custom lighting, JE Design latches and gutters, Milky Way galaxy print vinyl on the GFC lid bars
- Bedrug
- Relentless hi-lift mount with 60" hi-lift
- Quick fist shovel mount
- Bed mounted Viair compressor
- Cab Mount Chop, fender trimming, and pinch flat beating
- TRD Pro headlights
- color matched grill surround
- derped front emblem +3hp
Armor :
- Relentless bolt on, flat sliders with fill plate
- Relentless stingray front winch tray/bumper
- Relentless 3/16 steel IFS, transmission, and transfer case skids
- Warn M8000S Winch
- Bruteforce HC rear bumper with swingout
Interior :
- tint on front windows to match the rears
- RedARC Tow Pro trailer brake controller
- Kenwood DNX996XR head unit with nav and CarPlay using a Maestro for steering wheel controls and OBD2 data
- Kenwood KSC-SW11 under seat sub
- Kenwood dash cam
- factory rubber floor mats
- red LED map lights
Wheels/Tires :
- Gunmetal SCS F5 16x8 +0mm (matching spare and matching wheels on the trailer)
- 285/75/16 Duratrac
Suspension :
- Fox 2.5 extended travel coilovers
- Fox 2.0 remote reservoir rear shocks
- Dakar leaf springs (CS047R)
- Wheelers ubolt flip with superbump bumpstops
- Lightracing UCAs
- swaybar delete
Other:
- Fumoto valve
- Aux transmission cooler (B&M 70268 plate cooler)
- Rear diff breather relocated to a bed cubby
- LED reverse lights and license plate lights
- LED bed-lights wired to a switch in the bed (update in process 9/2022 since the GFC install)
- 12v power outlet, USB quick charge, and voltmeter for the bed
- 20" LED lightbar mounted above the winch
- CSI Black Ice 52q freezer/fridge
- Thule Motion XT Alpine cargo box for the skis
- Relentless Fabrications aluminum tailgate skin
- Total Chaos bed stiffeners
- Dual batteries: 107Ah deep cycle in the bed that is charged off the alternator and isolated from the starting battery. The house battery is in a box that I put in the bed and plug in via an anderson 30a plug when needed. It only powers a fridge and charging for phones/cameras/etc.
- braided stainless brake lines. Stock length up front (wish I went with +1") and +3" on the rear
- TRD performance ceramic brake pads
- Stoptech cryo slotted rotors with directional venting
- Exhaust cut at rear axle
- Anderson plug at the rear bumper
- 10 year survivor patch #fuckcancer
To be installed:
- Magnuson supercharger
- 2.8" quick change pulley
- ECU swap with a modified TRD tune by JustDSM on TacomaWorld
- High flow fuel pump
- Long tube headers (URD Spec-U)
- Y-pipe/exhaust (URD Spec-U)
- Headlight Services Harness
- Camp lighting (under truck and flood)
- LED courtesy/puddle lights wired to dome light
- LED underhood lights on a pressure switch
- 10" sub in a sealed enclosure
- sound deadening behind the rear seats and in the doors