NW WA Meet / BS Thread

Im game with stock trucks joining, but they will get beat up. I know i dont really hold back

 

Im no expert, but I don't think it's supposed to look like that....

 

I'm not then, not ready to break shit yet

 

@bobsuruncle had a kit on his rig that replaces that whole assy. Plus it gives more lift. If i didnt have only 1inch ckearance left in my work parking garage id swap it myself

 

It's definitely not lol plus all this


And countless scratches on the bumpers, sliders and skids

 

Not doing a shackle flip, you loose up travel and weight capacity

 

Also interested. Probably can't make it but you never know!

 

So I was reading up on Naches and it says people air down and disconnect swaybars before starting the trail. Is this necessary? I don't feel like messing with any of that...

 

You can't disconnect a sway bar on tacos, only remove it. Which a lot of people do.

As for airing down I do every time I go off road. Naches has some harder stuff in it

 

But will leaving my suspension alone really hinder me? How far to you normally air down? (I'm a newbie off-roader)

 

Air down every time. Tires arent cheap. I just pulled my sway bar off

 

15psi. I go all the way down to 12

 

Wait, so you normally run 27? Mine is 32 normally.

 

I go to 12-13psi in the rocks and 10 in the snow

 

I run e rated tires so i normally run 35psi. E rated tires dont like to flex so i have ti air down even lower than normal. But fir all other tires i run 15psi offroad

 

Same

 

Airing down always happens when offroading because of 2 reasons. First and most importantly, airing down gives a bigger area of tire touching the ground. This provides more traction and in the cases of mud, snow, and sand, it helps you to keep from sinking in so much. Second is for comfort. Softer tires from less air make the bumps easier on you personally. The tires absorb more of any impacts on the trails.

As for sway bars, I've never disconnected mine. Sway bar disconnect is to gain more flex by allowing the wheels to stretch farther apart. Typically, people either keep sway bars connexted full time, or they get taken off the truck completely. It isn't often you find people disconnecting the sway bar at the trailhead.

 

Okay, so on to another question/ issue of mine: I see some steeper hills and stuff that may require stop and go maneuvering..... I have a manual tranny and therefore, no crawl assist, but I do have the 4x4 lo A-Trac system. How do you guys think a newbie in a manual would fair on the Naches trail (if accompanied by seasoned drivers)?

 

Depends, I've heard it can get kinda gnarly and people have gotten body damage. I'd say rock sliders at the least

 

Soooo, any suggestions for trails that won't do that? Yes, I know I bought an OR Taco, but come on, she's only 6k miles old..