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Goose gear or homemade?
Goose Gear. Made it this far...
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Nice. My 40% delete should be here hopefully this week
Nice! I'm having some minor issues with fitment on the 40% back panel. The OEM back subwoofer panel is interfering, not sure if it was a change in design by Toyota, or what. I reached out the GG yesterday.

I'd recommend, if you are planning on removing the seat-belts, picking up a 7/16-20 set screw (or some RTV). The lap-belt retention bolt, goes through to the outside of the cab, so when removed, you now have a place for dust, moisture, etc. to enter the vehicle under the RSD platform.
 
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Nice! I'm having some minor issues with fitment on the 40% back panel. The OEM back subwoofer panel is interfering, not sure if it was a change in design by Toyota, or what. I reached out the GG yesterday.

I'd recommend, if you are planning on removing the seat-belts, picking up a 7/16-20 set screw (or some RTV). The lap-belt retention bolt, goes through to the outside of the cab, so when removed, you now have a place for dust, moisture, etc. to enter the vehicle under the RSD platform.
Hmm interesting. I’ll check that out when I’m doing the install. I have plenty of rtv and a bolt is an easy fit. I might even just leave the seat belt incase I need to put the seat back in. Thank for the heads up
 
I have right about an inch between the tire the sliding glass. Here is a test fit pic with the front tie downs just sitting in place, not installed yet.

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Love the idea...but you just made getting your traction boards out in a recovery scenario really challenging. Also with bed flex that tire is going to get really really close to that window! Build is looking great so far, love the new ideas :)
 
Love the idea...but you just made getting your traction boards out in a recovery scenario really challenging. Also with bed flex that tire is going to get really really close to that window! Build is looking great so far, love the new ideas :)
Thanks man, I have fun working on it. The tire is real easy to move in order to get to the boards. I also have a second mounting point on the Prinsu for the boards using some galvanized gate hinges. They can be run on the rack when for rides, I just don't like them on the rack full time. I also don't like the pins sticking straight up, so thats why the hinges worked for me. I will keep an eye on how close it gets to the back glass. I have a ride on July the 3rd, I plan to watch how it moves. The angle of the tire can be tweaked to provide more clearance. Also, will be monitoring how the strap holds up to the elements. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Here is a link to the gate hinges install for the Prinsu incase you were curious. Thanks again.
Original link: https://youtu.be/c47Ndi3yxGI
 
Got tired of the road noise and hot air blowing into the cab from where the rear seat-belts were, so I plugged the unused holes with a large set screw (7/16-20x1/2). Not ideal to do it from below, but better than removing the lower RSD panels.

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Maybe cover that set screw with some silicone to prevent corrosion?
I ended up adding some protection to it, luckily, I live in a fairly dry climate.

Well, after a few hundred miles, I could hear air rushing into the cab at speed and could feel the higher temps in the RSD panels. I realized I missed some seatbelt holes. So last night I removed the RSD lower panels, found the two holes I missed, removed the two previous set screws I installed from below, soaked four set screws in some CRC 3-36, put a blob of RTV down the holes and installed the setscrews from the inside.

Hmm interesting. I’ll check that out when I’m doing the install. I have plenty of rtv and a bolt is an easy fit. I might even just leave the seat belt incase I need to put the seat back in.
If all seat-belts are removed, there are FOUR holes that need filling. I missed two.
 

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Got my goose gear seat delete in today. Took a bit of figuring out to get it right but it’s a solid system.
 

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What he doesn't have is primers......I typically reload my 9mm, 45acp and 223......got bullets....cases.....powder.....NO PRIMERS!!
 
Replaced front grill with a chrome billet grill. Son says it looks like a guys truck now... Also added a bug deflector and a MBRP muffler but did re-paint it with high heat bk color. And a month ago added a nice little tool box.
 

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Installed the Morimoto License Plate Lights and Morimoto XB Mirror Turn Signals.
Removed the MESO's.
Original link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJkynuSdCxE

Did some adjusting on the switch panel I 3D printed. Have to get new screws.
Want to find a better solution for switch illumination. The terminal block is sort of clunky. Maybe I'll make something like a single point terminal. Don't really want to do a 5 to 1 splice.
Ordered a new Driving Light switch because it was a different shape. Hope the new one will match.
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My three legged companion was slipping on the door sill moulding and needed a bit of extra traction getting into her crate, so I added a bit of grip tape to the door sill moulding. We will see how the adhesive holds after the summer turns to winter. I had only planned on adding the tape to the drivers side, however, mistakes were made and I forgot to flip my pattern, so I ended up with a set for the passenger side...

Made a pattern with a lumber crayon.
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Traced the pattern onto the back of the grip tape.
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Cut the shape out of the grip tape, only to discover I forgot to invert it.... Cut out a second set...
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Applied the grip tape to the sill moulding...
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Popped the moulding back in, all done!
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