SilverRunner's Build and Adventures Thread

With all the extra weight from the 34s and armor I decided to reach out to Alex at Overland Tailor Tuning.

He flashed the ECU and improved drivability quite a bit. The rig had improved shift logic, more low end torque and better throttle response.

Silver felt faster and more responsive than ever even with the 34s and extra weight.


Even the wife was very impressed with how responsive the rig felt in comparison.

 

Played in the mud a bit at Merus.
Not going to let the weather ruin our fun

 

One of the rigs in our group slashed a tire. We stuffed 14 plugs in the thing to get it back to camp.



A Tacoma broke a sway bar link which nearly slashed his CV boot. Tied the sway bar up out of the way and kept running the trail.

Recovered two vehicles that were stuck in the muck. One with the winch, and one with a kinetic rope.

It was one hell of a muddy mess out there but we still had a ton of fun

 

Decided to invest in a proper roof rack. I’ve been rocking the LFD cross bars for a while. Wanted something a little more capable so I decided on a Sherpa Crestone Sport.

 

Nice thread read and adventures to date.

 

After removing the front sway bar I started rubbing in the front during articulation. I got pretty tired of pushing the fenders back in and fixing the panel gap after every wheeling trip...





I had a few choices.
I could just remove the wheel spacers, but it seemed that wide stance really helped with off camber situations.
I could reconnect the sway bar, but during normal driving I could barely notice it was gone. And off road it made a huge difference.

To make it work I decided to chop the fenders. C4 fabrication sells a high clearance fender liner kit that I decided to pull the trigger on. This kit would not only solve the rubbing issue, it would also lower my chances of ingesting water since the viper cut and fender liner trimming exposed the air intake underneath the passenger side fender.

Here’s how it turned out





Installed some apex chassis tie rods as well since I’ve seen a few bend under stress.

 

Added some storage bags to the Molle panels in the back.

 

Thanks for sharing, very inspiring! Just picked up a silver 2022 OR.

 

After a year of abuse that rear bash bar was looking like, well... a bash bar.
The side hoops had saved my quarter panel multiple times so all the paint was scrapped off and left on various rocks and canyon walls. So I decided to give it a fresh coating of Raptor liner.





Also added some splash guards underneath to keep mud from building up inside the bumper. Built them out of some 3/16" ABS

Too much mud gets on those the radar sensors and the rig starts freaking out.



Got the bash bar looking new again.

 

Noticed the Dobinsons rear springs started to sag a little too much with the added weight and gear I keep in the rig.

Swapped the 675’s out for 677’s and got some rake dialed back in.













These have the same spring rate but are about one inch longer. Also threw in a 3/4” spacer on the rear driver side to correct the Toyota lean.

 

Buttoned up a couple other details as well.

Adjusted the Apache OffRoad rear sway bar links and Dobinsons panhard bar to accommodate the new rear springs.

Chopped the exhaust and reinstalled my awning onto the new roof rack.