NW WA Meet / BS Thread

I put @TRD 4x4 in your group

 

Good point!

 

They came up on the ARB website as a dealer. Was on my way back down from Canada so I stopped in.

 

Hey props to @northwesttaco, This guy gets shit done. Thanks Brian!

 

A new mattress can typically be found with 0% interest financing with nothing down.

Buy Joe's trailer, go pick up your mattress with the trailer (with no money down), pay on the mattress for a year (to build your credit) and pay it off.

You get a trailer, you get a mattress, you build your credit, and you have time to save to pay off the mattress while building your trailer.

Win, win, win... win?

 

Where is this Bellingham Overland that you speak of?

 

Damn it! You guys all play a real good Devils advocate....

 

i was thinkin the same. Id like to meet you guys since this will be the first outing in WA for me

 

Anyone done the inner and outer tie rods on a 2nd gen themselves? Scale of 1-10 for PITA. Or recommend a shop to have them done? May just have the local Les Schwab do them and probably the steering rack bushings also.

 

3... time consuming.

 

1400 Iowa Street. Turn into the parking lot at the intersection of Iowa and pacific. Kinda hard to see the sign.

 

Address: 1400 Iowa St, Bellingham, WA 98229
Phone: (360) 734-5112
Hours:
Open today · 8AM–5PM
Wednesday 8AM–5PM
Thursday 8AM–5PM
Friday 8AM–5PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Monday 8AM–5PM
Tuesday 8AM–5PM

Googled it!

 

Right where the RV place is..or was. I had no idea we had a shop like that here in town. Thanks guys.

 

I'd agree with 3. Count the threads and put the replacements in with the same number of threads showing and alignment will be close or right on in my experience.

 

It's the old Vacationland RV location. They're pretty small. Really really small. I stopped in about a week ago and they had some ARB products, some camp towels, and a solar charger setup. Nice guy, but I think they're going to have a tough go of it unless they can get established like Das Mule. Mule has a lot more product variety and did a lot more meet and greet stuff in the beginning to get the word out. Bellingham Overland also needs a bigger sign. I didn't realize that Vacationland was gone til I was pulling into a parking spot and I've driven through there almost daily since I've been off the boat.

They do Rhino Lining as well. Maybe that'll help keep them afloat.

Edit: And you're online responding faster than I can type with a 3 year old in the house. Saw your work truck and almost stopped by earlier, but said 3 year old was hungry. You'll learn about hungry 3 year olds eventually

 

Are you inferring that Rovers hate FREEDOM?

Last time I was at Tahuya at the rock garden that tends to be flat, there was a heep attempting to get over a boulder.
It was clearly noted that he didn't have lockers.
He backed up about 2 feet (not 2 meters in Rover lexicon) and yelled "Merica!!!!" out the window and mashed the skinny pedal.
A resounding metal-on-stone sound was made, to which he successfully ascended that boulder..... to only be thwarted by another.
I think a winch was involved shortly after...

 

Ha! Last time there were 3 older ladies in a pink jeep who didnt even put it in 4wd until the got stuck in the pond!
My Rover bashing is done now. Most of the owners I've met are pretty nice folks just a bit uppy.

 

@bobsuruncle it takes about 45 minutes and easy.

 

Well I think im out for this weekend. Just went to do my tie rods and my rack is leaking a lot on the passenger side. New rack is on order

 

Who is leading your group?