Tex's '18 TRD Pro build

[Tejas]

Went to look at a TRD OffRoad/Trail for the misses, she was tired of driving my F-250 and wanted something easier to drive/park and get in/out of. Our older dogs must be picked up to get into either of our trucks and at nearly 100lbs a piece that task gets old especially when they fight it. I told the salesman I would likely put the TRD Pro grill on it to make it look like a Pro for her (since we couldn't find a new one for sale within 300 miles that wasn't Cavalry Blue or $5-10K over sticker) and he casually mentions that they have a Pro model. Apparently the guy who ordered it some four months earlier couldn't get his financing together when it arrived and they were just sitting on it in the back lot without showing/advertising it in their inventory. We took her for a spin, agreed on a price slightly below sticker and took her home. Ultimately the misses wants a Land Cruiser, but with the redesign due to hit in the next year or two and my recent change in careers I couldn't justify biting off an $80K car note at the moment.

My other half said I couldn't lift this one, but that went in one ear and out the other, it's getting a 2.5" lift in the near future (BP-51 or King's) lol. For now I am going to get a set of Hefty Fab sliders ordered along with a LFD 7/8 rack. I am not sure how mild or wild this build will end up seeing how we have the Power Wagon build already on a roll, but it'll be a nicely optioned Pro when I am done.

Obligatory dealership pic. I'll post more this coming week when I get time to clean it up and snap a few.

 

[yoyomonkey]

looks sick in black!
austin?

 

[Tejas]

looks sick in black!
austin?

Yessir!

 

[Grape Ape]

I got mine at Maund as well. Still selling them at MSRP?

 

[Tejas]

I got mine at Maund as well. Still selling them at MSRP?

Yea, slight room for discount. I see most of the dealers in the Dallas area are asking over sticker, silly!

We had given up on a Pro because I refused to pay an inflated value and I wasn't going to wait 3-6 months to order/allocate one. It must have been fate that it was there and available and not Cavalry Blue lol.

 

[Tejas]

A few pics when we got it home.

 

[Michael-Dallas]

my recent change in careers I couldn't justify biting off an $80K car note at the moment.

What, you quit your career in duck hunting and fishing?

Let's plan a trip to Big Bend w/ Bruce...

 

[Tejas]

What, you quit your career in duck hunting and fishing?

Let's plan a trip to Big Bend w/ Bruce...

Haha Doaner, no those "careers" will go on for as long as I can still physically do it. I am almost done with grad school!!!

Looking at going to Big Bend in December, you game?

 

[Michael-Dallas]

Looking at going to Big Bend in December, you game?

Yessir, keep us posted on the dates and plan, and I'll request the vacation time.

 

[Tejas]

Here's a little drive way pic during lunch break. No exterior or performance mods yet, too much life going on at the moment, but I'll get around to it eventually. I removed and sold the awful factory nerf bars/side steps, they were more in the way than of any real help/use getting in and out.

I'm most likely going to put some Hefty Fab sliders on in the future more so to protect the underside of the rocker panel from damage than anything. I'll likely have the roof rack bars powder coated black for the time being, the silver stands out like a sore thumb when literally everything else on the truck is blacked out. It'll be getting a full length rack in the future, I still have to decide which one to go with, I am not too keen on drilling holes for the majority of the better/more popular options out there.

 

[cortney76]

Baja full basket. No drilling required! I originally plasti dipped my factory roof rails and caps until I purchased my Baja and it held up almost perfect for two years in the Texas sun. I put 5 coats to make sure. Just a little cheap fix until you get a full length replacement. Sharp 4Runner BTW!