Tacos in St. Louis area

I drop it off at the fab shop that Heath recommended on the 14th. I'll see about stopping in from time to time - shop is ten miles from my new house - to get some update pictures. We agreed on all the stuff you guys know about and a few extras that I've been holding back.

 

hey strangers. been a while since ive been on here. too much out of town work. but i gotta say damn i miss my truck. i got this thing to drive down here in texas. friggin 7 speed. FML. but at least there's a few nice truck to gawk at when i'm up in the bucket. but hey anyone got any leads on camper shells? i really wana get one. new front bumper too.

 

Augusta, Mo checking in.

 

Welcome to TW!

 

Welcome! One of my favorite stops on the Katy Trail!

 

Don't complain, nice truck - slow and doesn't break over center, but hey....you do tree/line work? For who?

 

Auditing Verizon ODAS sites for cci right now. But at least it's warm down here

 

Hey fellas, Im cleaning out the garage and have a few things that Id rather not ship. Ill give you guys first dibs, but gonna post on Craigslist too. I work downtown STL if anyone is interested and wants to meet. I also have a factory hitch (no pics yet)- make an offer

New in the bag- 1018 Steel T-Slot Nut, Black Oxide Finish, Tapped Through, 1/2"-13 Threads, 5/8" Height, 9/16" Slot Depth (Pack of 5)- $15


Pop and Lock PL5300- Fits 09 and up Taco- $30 used (what I paid for it and never used it)

 

I have the same locking tailgate handle on mine. Love it, and it was really easy to install.

 

Truck is at the fab shop for the next three days...

 

What are you getting done? Mine goes to VIP on Wednesday for Homelink

 

Cab mount chop, coil tower gussets, spindle gussets, alignment cam tab gussets, and rear frame box kit. Then all my suspension parts get installed.

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Speaking of Homelink, somewhere around here I have a headliner mountable Homelink that I'll never use that I'll give to whoever wants it. It's light gray and has some sort of voice memo feature in it as well. Pretty sure it came out of a Ford sun-visor. it worked fine but I ended up getting a Homelink mirror so I removed it.

 

Thanks for the offer but I got the Homelink mirror negotiated in with the purchase price. Plus I like the OEM style of the Mirror. I guess I'll be losing the compass but that's not a big deal

 

My compass works fine with my Homelink mirror, but I need to study the wiring as my outside thermometer doesn't work.

 

Did you have to provide the plates for the cab mount chop or are they providing everything? That's something I've been wanting to do but haven't found a shop at my other locations. I am also finally done with TDYs in the foreseeable future.

 

Anyone interested in front 5100s or oem led tail lights (2011) before I take them to ebay?

 

No, my OEM mirror has a digital compass built into it, the new Homelink has the auto-dimming but not the digital compass

 

I had bought the kit from Relentless and he is chopping the mount and then welding it in. Good to hear about the TDY, I love going to new places and checking them out, but I hated traveling for my job.

I have one side of the shop cleaned up and organized, will get the other done soon as well, going to need space to pull a truck all the way in so we can close the door and keep the heat in.

Now I understand, Mine - 2011 - came stock with the regular rear-view monitor and auto-dim features, and the compass and temperature were in the overhead console. I changed it out to a new one with the ear-view monitor and auto-dim features, plus Homelink.

When I plugged the new one in I found that it also had the compass and temperature in it as well. I really should let someone who is allot smarter than me take a look at it so I could get the temperature working on the mirror so I can free up that spot on the overhead console for something else.

 

Lots of progress pics in my thread.

 

@hmcclung, Austin is kicking ass.



We got the required length for the limit straps sorted and today as well as ordered. Had to put the wheel spacers on so the factory wheels would work. They only have 5.5" backspacing and there is no way they would have covered those spindle gussets. New fenders were supposed to be finished today and should ship tomorrow or Friday.

Still need to get some clone-able TPMS sensors for the new wheels and the programming tool to do it.