Saguache's High Country Taco Build

[Saguache]

Topper arrived today, however, some assembly required so it wont be mounted until tomorrow morning.  That said, I did get to see it up close and personal today and I am stoked.  Its going to look awesome.

 

[Saguache]

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Topper is mounted, a few quick shots of the mounting process below. I realized this while trying to get the topper hatch door to seat properly, there is a dent in the left side top surface of the rear bumper. Just another reason to replace.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8552323677_2bb2e46f21.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8552323335_6ced640f75.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8553426608_8c3f1b61ba.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8553425952_a9872f1659.jpg" class="bbc_img"><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8552321777_fc06c3b5d5.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">The "tool box" on the left hand side will become the kitchen. Sand tracks on a hinge will extend the preparation surface. The next job is to pick up some Yakima risers that will fit the Rhino rails installed on the topper, then remove the Maggiolina from the Subaru and mount it to the truck.</span><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Also, stereo deck showed up yesterday as well as the seat covers. Stereo I am impressed with, hooked it up to an AUX power supply last night and a speaker and its soooooooo much better than stock.</span><img style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;" rel="lightbox" src="http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ountry-Taco-Build/images/smilies/sombrero.gif" class="inlineimg bbc_img"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Seat covers look somewhat underwhelming in the box, but I'll give them a try and see what I can do.</span><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">One more quick edit, for those in the area&nbsp;</span><a style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; color: #22229c; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url('http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/images/misc/external-link.png'); background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" href="http://scottystrucktoppers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scotty's Truck Toppers</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">&nbsp;comes recommended by moi. Scotty and his partner were great, took care of me, and even had a good time with my two year old. I felt happy to fork over the dough at the end of our exchange -- good guy, good business.</span>

 

[Saguache]

<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Topper is mounted, a few quick shots of the mounting process below. I realized this while trying to get the topper hatch door to seat properly, there is a dent in the left side top surface of the rear bumper. Just another reason to replace.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8552323677_2bb2e46f21.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8552323335_6ced640f75.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8529/8553426608_8c3f1b61ba.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8513/8553425952_a9872f1659.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8391/8552321777_fc06c3b5d5.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">The "tool box" on the left hand side will become the kitchen. Sand tracks on a hinge will extend the preparation surface. The next job is to pick up some Yakima risers that will fit the Rhino rails installed on the topper, then remove the Maggiolina from the Subaru and mount it to the truck.</span><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Also, stereo deck showed up yesterday as well as the seat covers. Stereo I am impressed with, hooked it up to an AUX power supply last night and a speaker and its soooooooo much better than stock.</span><img style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;" rel="lightbox" src="http://www.expeditionportal.com/for...ountry-Taco-Build/images/smilies/sombrero.gif" class="inlineimg bbc_img"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">Seat covers look somewhat underwhelming in the box, but I'll give them a try and see what I can do.</span><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><br style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">One more quick edit, for those in the area&nbsp;</span><a style="box-shadow: none !important; -webkit-box-shadow: none !important; color: #22229c; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url('http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/images/misc/external-link.png'); background-color: #fafafa; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;" href="http://scottystrucktoppers.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scotty's Truck Toppers</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #fafafa;">&nbsp;comes recommended by moi. Scotty and his partner were great, took care of me, and even had a good time with my two year old. I felt happy to fork over the dough at the end of our exchange -- good guy, good business.</span>

 

[Mouldy]

Looking good Sag. Looks like that topper adds maybe 3 inches above the top of the cab. Can you verify that at all?

 

[Telcobilly]

Looking great! I like your idea of using the one side as an outside kitchen. The raised panel even doubles as make shift rain shield, very clever. Same idea used in a teardrop trailer. I almost bought the same topper for my previous '04. Looking forward to more pix and updates. Might get some ideas I can incorporate.

 

[Saguache]

Rear seat cover installed, had to remove the whole deal to get it on. &nbsp;<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8377/8558029798_32ff3b2612.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><br>And finished some dash board modifications too. &nbsp;Added Scan Gauge II,&nbsp;Kenwood DPX-500BT CD Receiver [DD], and Bluetooth Mic<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8380/8558032704_83be407913.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br>Safari snorkel showed up too, but that's going to be more of a project so will have to wait for a weekend. &nbsp;Also, installed a MagLite on the left side behind the driver's seat.

 

[Saguache]

Mounted the AutoHome MGT today, thanks to my friend Luke who came over for the heavy/awkward lifting.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8511/8562056879_1f7da62373.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8523/8563170698_a9deff1ee2.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8563159424_2516d09487.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8562057997_083471a838.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8563167896_c7d557548d.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8562059799_aeb1a9b591.jpg" class="bbc_img">

 

[Mouldy]

Looks good. Wish those blasted MGT's didn't cost so much. Thanks for the measurements. Gives me an idea with mine, even though I haven't seen it yet.

 

[Saguache]

Looks good. Wish those blasted MGT's didn't cost so much. Thanks for the measurements. Gives me an idea with mine, even though I haven't seen it yet.

<br><br>Watch <a href="http://boulder.craigslist.org/rvs/3667527440.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig's list,</a>&nbsp;you might be able to land a deal. &nbsp;Buying new has its advantages, but these things are built to last. &nbsp;Might be worth the trouble if you're going to be waiting anyway.<br><br><br>

 

[Saguache]

Some recent photos taken during the week right as our latest upslope storm rolled into the area.<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8590115344_4aa0d72682.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8107/8589018665_dcc1d395bc.jpg" class="bbc_img">

 

[Saguache]

Looking good Sag. Looks like that topper adds maybe 3 inches above the top of the cab. Can you verify that at all?

<br><br>The RTT sits almost 7.5" above the cab of the truck and about 3.5" above the top of the ARE MX topper. &nbsp;I still plan on installing a low profile roof rack over the cabin area as there is plenty of space there for it.<br><br>Hope that helps,<br><br>Sag

 

[Saguache]

I just finished installation of the snorkel and the Old Man Emu lift. &nbsp;I think it looks great, it drives awesome!<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8678789635_80e7f2f327.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br>Side hilling in the snow up Left Hand Canyon<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8390/8679899962_dc47dbddcb.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br>Front adjustable A-Arm and coil overs. &nbsp;Too much clearance is a good thing<br><br><img rel="lightbox" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8119/8679900218_867db834fb.jpg" class="bbc_img"><br>Extra heavy lift in the rear, this truck has almost 15" to either diff.&nbsp;

 

[highdesertranger]

Saguache have I seen you over at expedition portal?&nbsp; highdesertranger

 

[Saguache]

Saguache have I seen you over at expedition portal?&nbsp; highdesertranger

<br><br>Yep, I post there as well.

 

[highdesertranger]

thought I recognized you.&nbsp; btw nice looking rig.&nbsp; highdesertranger