Those general grabber 285/70/17's are no joke. Put them on mine with a fender liner mod and they crush the snow/ ice in the NE. Crushed highways at 65 comfortably with the wife and kids in the truck with about 4-6 inches of crap on the road this past weekend. Their only draw back is the is hard to have fun sliding around with them in empty parking lots douching around without 4 wheel.

Love where your rig is going.

I love how those tires and wheels sit. I'm trying to decide on a wheel/tire package at the moment for my new 4Runner. What are the specs on those wheels you have those Grabbers on? Backspace/offset?

those are the Method Standards. -12 offset, 8 wide. yes i have the grabber AT2s on there. love them

I can only find the Method Standard wheel in 17x8.5 with 0mm offset and 4.75" backspacing and 17x9 with -12mm offset and 4.5" backspacing. Am I missing something? 6x5.5/6x139 is the right bolt pattern right?

Snagged another couple pics. Hard to see here but the sliders are on and look fresh

My apologies. I went back to my order and yes, I got the 17x9 with -12mm offset set. You may need to cut the front fender slightly (about an inch). Hope that helps!

Ok, awesome. Thanks for info. Pics look great, btw.

Painted the lower parts of the teardrop for added effect

Tape


Paint





DONE! Looks sick. Don't know why they didn't come stock like this

That does look pretty dang cool.

SO,
Long story short, had a shoot with GoPro happening with the rooftop tent... on... Problem was, I was not into having the stock racks holding the weight, and had a weekend to get this F*CKER on. It was a ton of work, and a bit of a doghouse with the ol' ball and chain.

So it begins - more fab for ya 🤘🏽

Realized that once I pulled the stock racks off, there were no rails! This was a problem, so we grabbed some 1/4 inch strap that fit perfectly. All scrap steel by the way. Stoked.





Measured to where I wanted them to land.. this was longer than we expected, so yes, we welded studs to the roof..




Needed to cut the original studs down, since this is much more low profile than OEM.



Bolted in and fit PERFECT. We left the weather stripping in as a cushion.





Needed to fill in the space from the bottom of the stock rail holster to the new rail. Made a (should I say quick?.. it wasn't.) set of spacers out of 1" steel plate. These needed to be drilled and ground down. Tacked em to a plate, and started grinding.





So we didn't shoot a ton of pics of the entire build (it was an all nighter and we were over it) but you can see here the standoffs - these were mitered at a 45 for a stylish look. And in between these pics, the crossbars were added - 1.5"x1.5" tube steel. We cut through the standoffs and plated the ends, welded up and ground em down- they look like one piece of steel.





Next was the roof tack.. Man - welding/grinding on a 16 body is scary as hell. but needed to happen for future plans.



At this point its 7:30 AM and we were FRIED. We tacked to whole frame together on the car, (also scary as hell) took it down and threw a coat of paint on. (its Sunday by the way, and I needed to be in Santa Cruz on Monday ready to shoot.) I hit the hay until 11 AM and got up to throw it on the rig. I was not stoked. BUT we lifted it on with our "lift" and the thing literally bolted on with absolutely no issues - not even a push or pull. it was nuts.





everything worked out! Still catching up on sleep though.









I'll post some of the actual rack as soon as I can!



Next is front bumper. All fabbed, no cookie cutter

Been a while since I've been able to do anything to the steed. But I have made a few camp trips with the RTT, and am actually not that into it. Pain in the a$$ to get on, and pain to close up - also put a couple scratches in the paint which made me

SO, Ive been researching options for an in-cab setup. Ive seen some really good ones, but most seem to really cramp the headroom (understandable, due to drawers under sleep platform - nothing against these, love the storage concept, but to do away with the tent, ya need some room )

I ended up going with the seat removal option, with a finishing platform, and made some progress - not done yet. Ideally, (havent figured out how yet) this will hinge to open up space underneath, since there is a good amount there!

Finishing touches will include matching carpeting .
Let me know if you have any ideas to hinge this thing! I am mounting off of the stock seat mounts.

Appreciate feedback! Will post more tomorrow!

Side Cuts




Notched (so it sits flush)




Wide

need actual pics of finished sliders man.

Ahh i forgot to get those up! Ill snag some today

Yes please. I'm in the middle of building my sliders and what is hilarious is this is my first time seeing your thread and my sliders are almost identical.

I did cut outs for the front and rear fender saves because I wanted them sucked up as close to the rocker as possible.
Did you guys cap the ends or just leave them open?

@rtinniste and @honda250xtitan

Quick pics of the sliders - all driver side

Please let me know if you want to see anything specific!

From the back



Front (wraps around the fender - sealed inside after fender as well)



Another angle from the front




Again, lmk if you have questions or want to see anything specific