Enthusiast I
Hey everyone!
Name’s Nick. I’m from San Francisco, drive a ’95 FZJ80 and have been dying to find an overlanding community as approachable as this seems! I’ll give you some insight into my story below!
I inherited my first tacoma after college from my dad. He didn’t like the access cab and ended up getting an F150. It was a 2015 TRD Off Road. Amazing. All I did to that in the 4 years I had it was put some duratracs on it for the New England snow and the dirt roads of California when I moved out here. All I really knew about off reading was in relation to rallying (I’m a huge Subaru rally fan), so the expedition truck world was just as exciting to me.
I kept the 2nd gen until February 2020. Then COVID hit. I was kicking myself I didn’t keep that truck to use as an escape pod. All it needed was a camper shell and I could explore. Anyways, fast forward to May 2020, I pulled the trigger on a 2020 TRD Off Road Manual. It was time to start my first build.
I started this build in preparation to drive down to Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. I started with tires and a small lift and a camper shell to start, but as we all know with these things, the bug bit and I dove in to a full build. Now it has a 5.29 re-gear, 35’s and a camper. 2 months later, I bought a 1995 FZJ80, my dream rig.
So the bug bit, here I am, and I’m excited to get get to know more of you (but not buy any more cars).
The 2020 Tacoma is up for sale by the way, so let me know if you are at all interested.
Looking forward to meeting all of you, and if you ever see the VIBEWGN FZJ80 around NorCal, give me a wave!
Name’s Nick. I’m from San Francisco, drive a ’95 FZJ80 and have been dying to find an overlanding community as approachable as this seems! I’ll give you some insight into my story below!
I inherited my first tacoma after college from my dad. He didn’t like the access cab and ended up getting an F150. It was a 2015 TRD Off Road. Amazing. All I did to that in the 4 years I had it was put some duratracs on it for the New England snow and the dirt roads of California when I moved out here. All I really knew about off reading was in relation to rallying (I’m a huge Subaru rally fan), so the expedition truck world was just as exciting to me.
I kept the 2nd gen until February 2020. Then COVID hit. I was kicking myself I didn’t keep that truck to use as an escape pod. All it needed was a camper shell and I could explore. Anyways, fast forward to May 2020, I pulled the trigger on a 2020 TRD Off Road Manual. It was time to start my first build.
I started this build in preparation to drive down to Death Valley and the Mojave Desert. I started with tires and a small lift and a camper shell to start, but as we all know with these things, the bug bit and I dove in to a full build. Now it has a 5.29 re-gear, 35’s and a camper. 2 months later, I bought a 1995 FZJ80, my dream rig.
So the bug bit, here I am, and I’m excited to get get to know more of you (but not buy any more cars).
The 2020 Tacoma is up for sale by the way, so let me know if you are at all interested.
Looking forward to meeting all of you, and if you ever see the VIBEWGN FZJ80 around NorCal, give me a wave!
