Featured 3rd gen tacoma. Round 2

[Giles]

So, I had 2 l7t 12 kickers, and figured i could go bigger. Story starts here!

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[Giles]

First off, I would like to say I want to do everything to keep my back seats and hide all the gear. The goal is to keep it as close to stock looking as possible.
Currently setup is melting the power cables, so we start off with step 1 of electrical.

Shoutout to lo cost electrical in calgary that fit a 370A alternator from a highlander into a different vehicle. Took a bit of time, but this thing is huge!

Stock vs new.

 

[Giles]

This weekend was doing the welding cable and ofc wiring to the battery bank. Lots of cables.

 

[Giles]

Tonight was waiting for amazon, so I started the amp rack for under the back seat. Octagon cutouts are for 4 inch fans. Just dry fit for now to check clearance on seat. Main reason for the audiocontol was finding a 4k watt amp less than 7 inches wide to drop in to the hole.

Gonna be powering 4 b2 rampage 6.5s with passive radiators.

 

[Giles]

Today was not good. Dropped a 10 inch crescent wrench somewhere under the hood. Spent almost 2 hours pulling skid plates and doing some investigation to find it. Wrench fell in the fan housing on the radiator, but is out now.

Back to install, got the wheel well opened up to run the cables in the cab, holes drilled for the cable glands, rubber coated the wood battery/fuse tray in the back, and terminated 1 of the 2 rear batteries. Slow but forward

 

[1aespinoza Premium Member]

Slow but forward

Looking real damn good! All that attention to detail is pleasing to watch; relaxes the brain for some odd reason.

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

Today was not good. Dropped a 10 inch crescent wrench somewhere under the hood. Spent almost 2 hours pulling skid plates and doing some investigation to find it. Wrench fell in the fan housing on the radiator, but is out now.

A tool swallowed by The Great Abyss. My brother found a hammer under the hood of his Lincoln Continental after 2 years.

 

[Giles]

Thanks fellas. I am heading out for a 2 week shift l, so this is getting put on pause till I fly back. Tonight was finishing the battery bank and one helluva cleanup in the shop.

It doesn't seem to matter if I take pics in portrait or landscape, but they always come out sideways.

 

[Old_Slapper]

Today was not good. Dropped a 10 inch crescent wrench somewhere under the hood. Spent almost 2 hours pulling skid plates and doing some investigation to find it. Wrench fell in the fan housing on the radiator, but is out now.

Back to install, got the wheel well opened up to run the cables in the cab, holes drilled for the cable glands, rubber coated the wood battery/fuse tray in the back, and terminated 1 of the 2 rear batteries. Slow but forward

Whenever I drop a tool near the front of the engine, and it didn't hit the ground, I always check the radiator shroud first. While working on people's cars, I have found a lot of tools in radiator shrouds.

 

[slater]

Whenever I drop a tool near the front of the engine, and it didn't hit the ground, I always check the radiator shroud first. While working on people's cars, I have found a lot of tools in radiator shrouds.

ive seen people not look, after losing sockets or small bolt, nuts, etc....
then they would eventually end-up in my stall after they go over a bump & the cooling fan hits a home-run through the radiator.....